[{"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-1241":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},1533026,1991,"Chapter 1241 Divine Game: Divine Instruction 55","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1241",1241,"\u003Cp>\"Waiting is a privilege reserved for the strong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knife Rita had thrown earlier was tossed back by Lightchaser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It struck her squarely like her own returning boomerang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is your divine talent word really that hard to figure out?\" Lightchaser asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before her student could answer, she quickly added, with rare impatience, \"Give a proper answer. Don’t say something disgusting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently Rita’s earlier line about being \"a mysterious and complicated woman\" had thoroughly grossed her out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita swung her sword faster and faster. Golden lightning surged along every arc of the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s the truth!\" she snapped. \"My life is so spectacular you people can’t even imagine it. Of course it’s hard to summarize!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightchaser sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you not to say disgusting things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita turned off Absurd Story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightchaser entered five times speed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their health bars began dropping in sync, both falling to just over three hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was only a matter of who unleashed their trump card first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightchaser was waiting for Rita’s divine talent word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Rita was waiting for Lightchaser to attack her with hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as it landed successfully, Wildfire Reignite could enter its second phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what came first was something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightchaser’s speed suddenly dropped back to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clock hand floating beside the elf stopped again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita showed no mercy. She immediately increased her attack speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no intention of testing the limits of that strange clock ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she wanted was to defeat Lightchaser before time manipulation returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, a glow appeared between Lightchaser’s brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shining crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Part of it was still only an outline, but half the crown now shone with soft moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under her student’s focused gaze, Lightchaser raised her hand and spread her fingers toward Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Student,\" she said, \"since you still called me teacher today, I’ll help you once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice took on a tone like a chant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to see my student awaken the strongest divine talent word she can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine talent word Lightchaser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All impossibilities become possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duration of the altered reality varied depending on how difficult the change was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it succeeded, even a single second would be enough for her student to awaken her divine talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita stared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...What kind of embarrassingly dramatic skill line was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now Lightchaser was playing the overpowered CEO role?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She awkwardly glanced around, toes curling inside her boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the players on the stands all looked solemn and serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Lightchaser herself wore a dignified expression while activating the skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Rita realized something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every player had frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just their movements. Even their expressions were locked in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drifting fragments of the Blue Star Sea above the arena had also stopped moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the clock hands beneath their feet inside the arena continued ticking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she stepped backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deep blue clock arena instantly turned wine red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world flipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could react, Rita was falling headfirst into the Star Sea, plunging into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like when she first entered Divine Game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She fell through endless darkness until light returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voices echoed from the distance. Loud, lively, chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita suddenly found herself standing on a high platform in a palace among the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, golden sunlight flowed through the air like liquid metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had she gone from the Star Sea arena to Dawn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this an illusion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Footsteps approached outside the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning condensed into a sword in Rita’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the scent of flowers in the air had already told her who it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the Divine Game course you wanted,\" a voice said. \"I also brought the palace design plans. I left rooms for your undead mentor and your senior as you requested. And...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice stopped abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn Smoke Tune stood beside a screen formed from extending vines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at the figure slowly turning in the golden sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calmly, she spoke her conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are not Lania Kaia Wildfire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lania Kaia Wildfire... Lania Kaia Wildfire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita repeated the name softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze remained fixed on Smoke Tune’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke Tune showed no sign of panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that did not mean much. She was always like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when the bell tolled, she had looked the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are not Lania Kaia Wildfire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What an interesting first reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of asking who she was, Smoke Tune immediately decided who she was not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like in Quiet Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, people said she was not QM Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the other person must look a lot like her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And apparently she had joined Dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita remembered something the Star Sea had said after the last bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pruning extra timelines created by time abilities. Only the most brilliant Star Sea timeline would remain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this another timeline?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thoughts raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guess after guess surfaced in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the first question she asked was something else entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did Dawn absorb Lania Kaia?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new cold fragrance entered the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn Cicada’s icy voice followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is Dawn Wildfire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe that version of Wildfire had been pulled into Rita’s timeline and was currently getting beaten up by Lightchaser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked down the steps toward the two Vineborne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can we talk about Wildfire?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"About my other self.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her posture and the force of her presence made it clear this was an order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What surprised her was the reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite her commanding tone, Dawn Cicada only looked at her with curiosity and mild surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No anger. No immediate attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was not Cicada’s usual personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lania Kaia Wildfire must be strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong people respected other strong people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That respect now extended to Rita as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like how she herself would not act recklessly if she suddenly encountered this timeline’s Deceitful Bloom or Foolishness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cicada was not afraid of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When will she return?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wildfire is important?\" Rita asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. She holds the Invasion Sequence. We are about to discuss invading Nuclear Flash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dawn Mistblade is waiting for her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Invade Nuclear Flash?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that to prepare for the bell?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lania Kaia had already been destroyed, then Wither, its ruler, would surely have died as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why were things so different here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Dawn Mistblade...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked carefully, \"What year is it in the Star Sea?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Year 6799,\" Smoke Tune replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same year as Rita’s timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that still did not reveal how much time had passed for Lania Kaia Wildfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Star Sea synchronized time across worlds, every world had its own timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During invasions Lania Kaia would sync with BS time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward it would return to its own timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several years could pass in Lania Kaia while only one passed in the Star Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question was too important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Rita instinctively believed events involving the Star Sea and Quiet Mountain would not change drastically, the presence of Dawn Mistblade and Lania Kaia Wildfire made her cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked one more thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many bells have rung so far?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has the pendulum strike happened in your world yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bells?\" Smoke Tune frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What bells?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1208,"2026-06-06T06:15:31.790Z",1,"novelbin.me","5c12fe2aa9e4654bbe939ca78f657ef1ea97812b4ae977180f92c4aff90d887a","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1125","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1240",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]