[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam":3,"chapter-young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-182":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Young Master's PoV: Woke Up As A Villain In A Game One Day",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},500634,755,"Chapter 182 182: Moving On","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-182",182,"\u003Cp>I frowned hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The journal slipped from my hand and hit the floor with a soft thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell did I just read?\" I muttered, running a hand through my hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those last few entries were a lot to digest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't understand some things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, to my credit, most of what Rexerd wrote made no sense. There were also continuity errors scattered throughout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And some entries just sounded like the ramblings of a madman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even putting all that aside, there were plenty of things that simply didn't make sense to me because I had little to no knowledge about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let's start unpacking this, one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul Density, as Rexerd described it, was essentially a soul's potential to grow. The denser it was, the more Essence it could absorb — and the higher it could ascend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He claimed that this was what Spirit Force truly was — a strong soul exerting influence on the physical world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew that. Sort of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he started talking about… Underreality?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the fuck was that? What does that even mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his words, he described Underreality as literally the underside of reality. The hidden framework. A sub-layer of existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said it was a plane of 'information' and 'data.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to him, the best way to understand Underreality was to imagine that every physical object in our world is made of codes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These codes exist in the Underreality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if someone could edit these codes, they could change the physical object too — essentially rewriting reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who could do that — those capable of rewriting reality this way — were called Threadweavers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I understood what he was trying to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it still made no damn sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primarily because nothing like that was ever shown — or even hinted at — in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to believe him, but there was no proof of Rexerd's claims. And his wording was vague. Intentionally so, I assumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said all the Threadweavers were dead. But how the hell do individuals that powerful — people who could literally edit the world — end up dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made no sense either. And again, Rexerd offered no explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, for now, I had to file that one as some kind of myth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Rexerd was spiraling back then. Maybe he read some old legend and decided to cling to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he mentioned a few other things… and I found myself forced to reconsider his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought up beings and places like the Spirit King, the Lord of Stories, Eternity's Sea, the Akashic Records, and Warlocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truthfully, I had no idea what most of that even meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ancient being called the Lord of Stories? That sounded more like a teenager's fantasy novel pen name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eternity's Sea, where all knowledge is lost and found, and the Akashic Records — a book containing all knowledge? Weren't those two concepts weirdly redundant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, I was ready to dismiss it all as myth and ramblings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he mentioned the Spirit King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I obviously knew that was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also mentioned Warlocks. And while I didn't know what exactly they were, I had heard Selene Valkryn use that word too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, albeit reluctantly, I had to take his words a bit more seriously… and admit, once again, a terrifying truth:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I don't know everything about this world.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew a lot. From the game. But the game hadn't explored every single concept, place, and character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, my knowledge was limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, I already knew that. But I didn't like being reminded of it. Because it meant there were still things I couldn't control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I really hated that feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, the most shocking revelations came after that — in the last two entries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rexerd revealed that Origin Cards weren't the physical manifestation of our souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which… honestly, surprised me more than anything he had written.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said they were just shards of some divine artifact — fragments that bond with a soul and grow alongside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He mentioned the myth of the Nine Hands several times. Another thing I had absolutely no clue about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made a mental note to research it in-depth later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Rexerd said he had his Origin Card extracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which, again, was something I didn't even know was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because throughout the game, it was repeatedly stated that if your Origin Card breaks, your soul breaks too — and your body becomes hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So… how the hell did Rexerd survive that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's why he didn't have an Origin Card when I fought him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or when Michael fought him in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't been hiding it. Apparently, Rexerd didn't have his Origin Card anymore because he… gave it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever the hell that meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, I had no clue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then — finally — I got at least one answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rexerd said he made a contract with a Scrient. A type of Essent. And became a Warlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that ethereal creature he summoned during our fight — that was a Scrient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he was able to summon it despite not having an Origin Card… not because he was a Summoner, but because he was in contract with that Essent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That led me to a theory of my own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'd been researching Warlocks and Warlock Marks a few days ago. I didn't find much on that topic back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, I had a lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what Rexerd had written, it seemed like a person becomes a Warlock by entering into a contract with a Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, I should've guessed that sooner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It fits the traditional meaning of the word warlock — someone who makes a pact with an extraplanar being and gains magical powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only I didn't know children's fantasy stories were a reliable source of study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that left me with another question: 'What exactly is a Warlock Mark, then? And how does one even make a contract with an Essent?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some Awakened had contract-based powers — like Vince, for example. His innate ability later in the game allowed him to force contracts onto others. Even Spirit Beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he never became a Warlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, was a different kind of contract required?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once more… I had no fucking idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that last revelation — that Monarchs were Warlocks — didn't even surprise me that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because I still didn't fully understand what a Warlock was yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And also because, even in the game, Monarchs were hiding a lot of things from the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The existence of the Spirit King, for instance, was a highly classified topic. Only a handful of people knew about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also keeping countless other secrets — some of which the heroes eventually uncovered. But after reading through Rexerd's journals now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like even the heroes never uncovered everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So much wasted knowledge,\" I sighed to myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could've asked him so many things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could've learned so much from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking my head, I rubbed my face. \"Damn it, Rexerd. Why did you have to side with the Syndicate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not like I didn't understand him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rexerd craved knowledge more than anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was willing to fall to any depth, cross any line, to satisfy his curiosity and get the answers he so desperately sought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the while the Monarchs knowingly kept so much hidden from the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones hailed as gods in this era, the so-called protectors of mankind, had been lying. To everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he discovered that, he must've felt… betrayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter the reason, no matter the betrayal — nothing justifies murdering so many Awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because each one of those Awakened could've been a crucial warrior for humanity in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And above all, nothing justifies selling out your own species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let his ambition consume him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His obsession eclipsed his morality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sided with the wrong side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You idiot,\" I muttered under my breath, voice tight with frustration. \"You could've changed the world. You had the knowledge, the brilliance, the madness required to do it! Hell, you were halfway there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you bet on the wrong side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You trusted the wrong people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You handed them your mind, your genius, your loyalty — and in return, they turned you into a weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tragic, brilliant pawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now you're dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all that's left of you are half-torn pages, impossible theories, and the trail of corpses you left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed my eyes for a moment. Let the silence settle. \"You fucking idiot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then, a very familiar, very annoying voice reached my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my god. You're talking to books now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I opened my eyes, expression flat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there she was — standing right before me like a vision out of a bad dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beautiful girl with eyes blue like the azure sky, skin paler than ivory, and short hair as white as untouched snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tantalizing beauty might've been breathtaking… if not for the fact that she was soaked in blood from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana crossed her arms and gave me a sharp glare. \"First you were talking to a severed head, and now you're having conversations with journals?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked and glanced down at the journal near my feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up,\" I said with a deadpan tone, standing up. \"Did you dispose of his body?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" she replied impassively. \"Submerged the dismembered pieces in a containment tank. Want me to get rid of these… things too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My gaze drifted around the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rows of glass pods stood along the walls — each one containing some grotesque failure of a creature. Mutated limbs. Exposed muscle. Stitched skin and twitching flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were barely alive, others looked like they were praying for death. Most were too disgusting to even look at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them had once been human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many had once been Awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yes,\" I said quietly, clenching my jaw. \"Kill them all. But be careful. Some of them have regeneration. And don't discard their bodies. They are evidence, after all. Just put them down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana nodded once, and for a second, the blood on her skin didn't seem quite so out of place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I waved a hand and began walking away. \"But do that later. For now… make me a cup of coffee. And make it as sweet as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised a brow and looked like she was about to comment, but before she could, I paused and turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without facing her, I drew a Card from my Soul Arsenal. Immediately, a Fire Arrow appeared in my grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hurled it at the pile of journals on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it struck, flames exploded outward — leather covers curling and blackening, ink bleeding into ash, and Rexerd's years of obsession reduced to smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched in silence as the fire consumed his legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a satisfied nod, I turned and walked out of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too much lore explored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was time to prepare for the half-yearly exams.\u003C\u002Fp>",1847,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.768Z","2026-06-01T04:31:10.979Z",1,"novelbin.me","90a8f64b518dad090ad33496bba454aaee6ccdc07566ff9f0725107d9dca1e2a","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-183","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-181",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]