[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-story":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-story-the-villain-s-story-chapter-796":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Villain's Story",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},747381,986,"Chapter 796: Guardian of Shadows.","the-villain-s-story-chapter-796",796,"\u003Cp>Maxwell stopped completely, and looked down at the black blade on his neck. It was a double-edged sword, like a normal sword, however the shape of it continuously changed, the metal it was forged with went up and down, responding to the wind as if it was a liquid, and not a solid weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was slim, and almost see through at times as well. Maxwell waited for the person who had his life in his hands to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should be here for a conversation, otherwise, his head would be on the floor by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You don’t seem like a combatant, though your shadow is quite fierce.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of hearing it from behind, the voice echoed in his mind, and to top it off, it was... robotic? It was like it was a vocaloid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade pushed deeper into his skin, effortlessly cutting through it and drawing blood, trickling down his skin and tainting his shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really liked his shirt, it was a damn expensive brand! Worse, it was going to be a pain getting rid of the stain from the collar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you are?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard a stiff laugh echo in his mind, as the blade vanished all of a sudden, Maxwell heaved a sigh of relief and fixed his clothes, turning around to see who it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"... This is unexpected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widened, as a tendril of darkness arose from the ground, throwing him to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far off in the distance, Alexander blocked a black blade with his twin swords, jumping back as he coated them with wind and lightning respectively, he glared at the aggressor who had appeared out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavy, but light footsteps dug into the ground, yet floated above it with magic, disorienting Alexander’s sense of his opponent, as the black blade flashed once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Interesting... Not just one, but two? Although you can’t qualify as one yet.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved back, avoiding the blade and counter attacking by throwing sand into the face of the aggressor using his foot as a strange voice echoed in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Right...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, he regretted his decision as he realized what exactly he was fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Throwing sand won’t work, heh.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His last thought as the world darkened for a moment, a fierce fist making his consciousness crumble for a split second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edward felt something off, he came to an abrupt stop and jumped up, avoiding a sweeping strike aimed to cut him in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used his golden fire to propel himself further upwards, but tendrils of darkness arose from the sand and grabbed his feet, dragging him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crashing into the sand, Edward saw a glint shine in the dust, and barely managed to grab a black blade with his teeth, his golden fire roared, clearing the dust and finally making him able to see who wielded the strange, liquid blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And a Golden Beast as well, what a surprise.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange voice echoed in his mind, giving him a slight headache. His eyes widened as he looked up, at the figure who wielded the black blade with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"... What the hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A kick in the stomach sent him flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kazikato stared at the figure wielding a strange and dangerous blade from the skies, in his Draconian form covered by a layer of shadows, he painted a sinister picture, however, the shadows and darkness surrounding his body quivered as he laid his eyes on the figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’... What is this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Draconian of metal and darkness lay below him, smaller than him and Alan, at most the size of a tall human clad in cold armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White light escaped through the gaps of his strange armor as his tail danced in the sand. Kazikato realized, at that moment, that there was no armor in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill: Dragon Eyes has been activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was looking at what appeared to be a machine, wielding the powers of darkness, shadow, and Death. It was no armor that covered the body of the Draconian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, it was his own body, a body of metal and circuits, Kazikato saw flesh and metal coexisting within one being, wielding all the powers he had with such expertise to maintain this and many other forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked to the side, where the skies turned purple and a mana unlike any other raged forth, a blue mountain rising up from the ground, and everywhere else where he sensed that figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maxwell, Alexander, Edward, everyone was facing the same being, except for Alan, who was in his own predicament. But already, he could sense a shadow going his way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"... What are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure looking up at him bowed, and revealed his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I go by Shilam, the adjutant of Lord Kulak.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard a voice echo in his mind, strange and eerie, as the figure vanished without a trace, Kazikato’s senses alarmed him, and he turned his head, yet before he could fully do so, he suffered a dreadful kick to the neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tore through his armor of shadows, and shattered the bone that made up his Draconian form, throwing Kazikato towards the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up, his veil of shadows refusing to recover, as if they obeyed a ruler other than him, his ivory figure, parts of it cracked and dyed red with blood, rose from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A green light escaped his mouth, shrouded in dreadful black. A dragon breath unleashed at the aggressor in the skies, but the black blade wielded by the robotic samurai cut through his breath like a hot knife through butter, cleaving it in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flat part of the blade crashed into his mouth, crushing his jaw, breaking his teeth and swelling his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kazikato coughed, as the figure shrouded in metallic black took his place. It was now he who looked up at the black dread in the sky, wielded a blade of liquid shadows that taunted him with his finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadows are an unruly kind, my prince.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They really were, as none but his own responded to his calls, running towards the dreadful swordsman in the sky instead.\u003C\u002Fp>",1026,"2026-06-02T11:57:44.514Z",1,"novelbin.me","169af024fe36396689fb55371e6a5600af0bc5c4faab63ff1c0a6d5c4a76d572","the-villain-s-story-chapter-797","the-villain-s-story-chapter-795",910,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-story-cover.jpg"]