[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist":3,"chapter-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1040":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist",{"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},1532851,1991,"Chapter 1040 Divine Game: Player Relic 43","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1040",1040,"\u003Cp>[Player BS-Rita has slain player Lania Kaia-Mistblade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lania Kaia-Mistblade will join BS- and will now be known as BS-Mistblade.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected: Lania Kaia-Mistblade is a Lania Kaia leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her city will now belong to BS-.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her followers may voluntarily decide whether to join BS- as well.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The announcement rang out at the exact moment [No Logic]’s distortion ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the battlefield, players, hunters, pets, and Mechanoids all paused for a fraction of a heartbeat—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then the fighting grew even more frenzied, surging closer to Rita’s position with every exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of backing away, Rita charged straight toward the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battlefield had grown into a miniature warzone. Over a hundred combatants clashed in one tight cluster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Rita and Lightchaser had been fighting Mistblade, Nivalis and Y128 had been busy holding off Mistblade’s partnered Mechanoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Mistblade had joined BS-, their strength was free again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita summoned B80 as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One human, one dragon, and two Mechanoids slammed into the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long before this moment—when she first rushed Mistblade—Rita had already begun calculating her third target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who should she choose next?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TingoJE?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No. Absolutely not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tingo belonged to Wind Whale’s Tingo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could a world that was ninety-nine percent desert be named after a whale?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since unlocking [That Was Close, Almost a Wipe], she had begun to suspect the real meaning behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Tingo had only point-zero-zero-four percent water left, TingoJE had protected that scrap of ocean to the bitter end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That kind of homeland was not something he would ever abandon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragging him into BS-, a world that had no shortage of ocean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would not be kindness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lania Kaia-Mute?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was wary of Lania Kaia-Wither Monarch, she remained wary of Mute—and wary of all undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the BS- war, Bone Shade once resurrected fallen BS- players, and those resurrected listened only to Bone Shade’s commands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That had nearly destroyed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had borrowed that resurrection skill with [Repay], studied it, and used [Dragon Thief] to rewind time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and only by prohibiting the ability with Ancient Curse had she saved BS- from destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the hatred between the undead and the living could not be erased easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet the undead still existed peacefully within countless merged worlds, which explained more than enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Wither Monarch acted foolish, even if Bone Shade seemed ready to explode at the slightest provocation—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita would never let down her guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, Mute and Syntax were twins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twin-born skills could exist between worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could they influence each other across servers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The risks were endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her choice was... MarmangCrab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had visited Marmang. She understood MarmangCrab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Chaotic Restaurant, he once said he preferred to play alone—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and it wasn’t a lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After becoming BS-’s Adjudicator, she gained access to every world’s public records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>MarmangCrab was neither leader nor lord of his world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a player with no territory, no throne, not even a home city for himself and Little Seahorse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whenever she visited Marmang, she overheard conversations—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every species of sky crab spoke of Crab with admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he held no authority, no responsibility tied to Marmang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know whether Crab had refused leadership or Marmang had refused him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but out of all present players, he was the most ideal choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t need him to fight for the human race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She herself would handle that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only needed him to strengthen BS-.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once BS- was invaded, sky crabs, moon foxes, and oak owls could become part of BS-’s fighting force—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>covering sea, land, and air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp whistling cut through the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita turned with a rapid rewind-step, her entire body arching backward as a massive spear made of interlocking maple leaves slashed past her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had barely avoided being impaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she met Maple Syrup’s wine-red eyes, the notification chimed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have encountered your Nemesis!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All stats +10%...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but only for Maple Syrup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the flaw of [Unchanged Fate].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It locked every status—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not only negative, but also positive buffs that appeared after activation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maple Syrup’s eyes were filled with killing intent, steady and absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was low, slightly rough, yet cutting through the battlefield noise like a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So? You aren’t planning to invite me into BS- as well?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita fended off the sweeping maple spear and shouted to her allies:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack MarmangCrab!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, a small hand smacked the back of her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightchaser’s voice drifted behind her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re giving me orders?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita swallowed her indignation and kept fighting Maple Syrup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze lingered on Maple Syrup’s new wings—fully formed from thousands of overlapping crimson maple leaves—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and she nearly drooled with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How were other players’ Player Relics always so cool?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita’s target was not Maple Syrup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a quick exchange, she attempted to break away and head toward MarmangCrab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Maple Syrup’s spear swept across the sand, and where the tip passed, maple leaves rained down in sheets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita dodged with a side-step—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the maple leaves twisted midair, chasing her with impossible precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She Flash-Stepped away—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet the leaves followed the golden rain threads and immediately stuck to her upon landing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, they dissolved—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and every one of her strongest states vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Phoenix Seat]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unchanged Fate]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Wind Doesn’t Speak]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spring Scenery & Flowers]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maple Syrup’s ability could erase every active status on a player?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the corner of her eye, Rita noticed the flowers blooming across the desert from [Spring Scenery & Flowers] had all turned toward Maple Syrup like sunflowers—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which meant the entire buff had transferred to Maple Syrup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita’s hand slid to her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A platinum-red revolver materialized in her grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed the barrel against her head and pulled the trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden butterfly wings spiraled from the muzzle as a glowing bullet shot forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wrong thought evaporated in her mind—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Foolishness bullet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her, the golden thunder goblet roared, surging toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other players had also noticed her weakened state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A barrage of skills flew toward her from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita spun, aimed straight at Nivalis, and—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another golden bullet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis’ lowest stat instantly multiplied tenfold.\u003C\u002Fp>",1041,"2026-06-06T06:15:28.155Z",1,"novelbin.me","a3f4a1820b0a08e1548be474f05370f63d70c07060534237d380012b0e25b764","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1041","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1039",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]