[{"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-203":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},500755,755,"Chapter 203: Unhinged Pied Piper","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-203",203,"\u003Cp>I crouched under a fallen beam, skidded across moss-slick stones, and slid down the slope of a half-collapsed wall — all without losing momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt the electric touch of Essence in my limbs, enhancing my physical prowess and filling me with an addictive rush of overwhelming power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind me, distant shouts echoed through the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somewhere in the dark, Reiner was probably frothing at the mouth. Liora would be organizing a mutiny. Erwin would be polishing his rifle even faster. And Veyna—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well. Veyna was probably already drafting my obituary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing is, their plan was good. I agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had a better plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of hiding and avoiding the fights, I was going to speedrun this test and demolish anyone who'd dare to stop me — Spirit Beast or fellow Cadet, it didn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I vaulted over a rusted gate, dropped low behind a withered column, and pressed my back to the stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft growl rumbled just ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I peeked. It was still dark, and visibility was almost nonexistent, but I could still vaguely make out things within five meters of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nightmarish monster slithered out of the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like a python someone had cursed. Twelve feet long. Scales like cracked glass. A pulsing white eye in its chest — and no mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was funny, because I could hear it breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded heavy, wet, and angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't move. I didn't even blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It slithered past. Close enough that I could smell the rot dripping from its scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then… it was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I waited a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then grinned and stood up. \"So easy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, three sets of glowing red eyes flickered to life in the shadows ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh,\" I said, a little less cocky now. \"Shouldn't have jinxed it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beat later, the beasts pounced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They crawled like spiders, but their limbs were too long — long enough to scrape against the stone with a hideous chitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of their bodies was vaguely humanoid and nine feet tall, as if someone had stitched together a corpse and a giant insect and then left it to rot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their skin — or what was left of it — was parchment-thin and stretched tight over jutting bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vertebrae poked out along their backs like jagged spikes, and their lower jaw had been torn off entirely. In its place was a dangling mess of tendons that twitched as it moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their fingers were wrong. Each ended in curved claws — like surgical blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them made any sound while moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved by twisting sideways, narrowly dodging the first monster's claw. Cracks split the stone where I'd been a moment ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second beast surged toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ducked low, one palm scraping the mossy floor — and slipped my other hand inside my cloak, reaching into its dimensional storage pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, the third beast had reached me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before its claws could get anywhere near my face, a horizontal bolt of blinding golden light flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the light dimmed, the beast was split in two from the middle, its grotesque body collapsing into twitching halves that steamed on the mossy stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And raised overhead in my hands was the glowing blade of my Divine Sword, Aurieth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining two beasts turned their gazes toward me, then toward my sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their red eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which, given they didn't technically have eyelids, was deeply concerning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, you both are smart,\" I smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not smart enough. Because in the next moment, they ran. Toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They should've done the opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed and also moved forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Essence flooded through me like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped once — and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I reappeared behind the next beast, it was already too late. With a single slash, I sliced through its neck with surgical precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast's decapitated body collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut, its wounds scorched and sealed by the immolating golden light before it could even bleed a drop of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spun on my heel, already mid-swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last one charged with its claw outstretched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had already brought Aurieth down in a vicious vertical cleave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the blade connected with the monster, a radiant shockwave exploded outward — flattening the nearby stonework and launching the beast backward like a broken ragdoll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hit a crumbling column. The column hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast didn't get back up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exhaled slowly as Aurieth's light faded slightly, settling into a dim gold shimmer along the runes etched into its blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, far off in the distance…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard a low rumble. Like thunder trying to crawl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the ground trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mossy floor quivered beneath my boots as something massive stirred somewhere far away. Several somethings. Dozens. Hundreds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stifled a nervous laugh and turned my head just in time to see a distant wall of stone collapse under sheer weight. Screeches echoed. Columns cracked and toppled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You see, these ruins were dark and silent. So the flashes of light and clashing noise from my fight earlier might as well have been a dinner bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dinner bell that every single Spirit Beast within miles had heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, every single one of those mindless monsters was running straight in my direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to come at me was that cursed python from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It slithered out of the shadows, its massive body raised high, that pulsing eye in its chest locked right onto me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this time, it wasn't alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind it, the dark peeled back like wet paper — and out came dozens more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of nightmarish beasts. Misshapen, stitched-together horrors. Crawling. Clawing. Sprinting. Flocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Straight toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what did I do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this was my plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>•••\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let's pause here to unpack my brilliant strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone else was busy being cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were playing it safe. Hiding. Hunting in teams. Preserving stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They thought the goal was to survive and capture the flag. So they aimed to finish the test with the least risk possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought — why bother fighting other Cadets and Spirit Beasts, when I could just pit them against each other?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All teams were headed toward the center of the ruins. That's where the flag was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I decided to bring a hungry horde of monsters there with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I decided to let the beasts do the dirty work. Let them clash with the other Squads. Thin out the competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I decided to draw every single monster out of the dark and lead them to the center like some unhinged Pied Piper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Cadet too slow to run was going to get trampled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Squad too cocky to move was going to be torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what if I was moving alone? I didn't need to fight everyone to win. I just needed to be faster than them. Survive longer than them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was my plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was going to create so much chaos that it would render every other Squad's strategy completely useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was ruthless. It was efficient. It was poetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most importantly, it was entertaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dodged a lunge from the titanic one-eyed snake and wove past two other monsters flanking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beasts screamed and gave chase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I willed Essence into my legs and ran even faster — leaping over crumbling rooftops, ducking under attacks, never slowing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From time to time, I flashed bright golden arcs from Aurieth's blade to keep their attention on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a place as black as pitch, I was the only light source for miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a beacon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, well… more like a target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard the chaos erupt behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone shattered. Structures crumbled. Some Cadets screamed. Beasts roared. The entire ruin shuddered with the sheer magnitude of the stampede.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I just kept running toward the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smiling like an adrenaline junkie.\u003C\u002Fp>",1326,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.768Z","2026-06-01T04:31:11.943Z",1,"novelbin.me","fb94172d75ed0d91dc53af1202c06999c667d3b39447826f7bc1c8ea8aa7888a","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-204","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-202",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]