[{"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-210":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},500762,755,"Chapter 210 210: Massacre [I]","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-210",210,"\u003Cp>Well, that sure killed my mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imagine carrying your entire team on your back, only for them to treat you like you'd slapped their mothers and set fire to their childhood homes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much for post-battle camaraderie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed, shaking my head at how ungrateful people could be. Some men just couldn't appreciate genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I retrieved my sword and slid it back into the inner pocket of my robe — its fabric stained with soot and dirt, but was fine otherwise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My legs felt like jelly, drained of both adrenaline and strength, as I started making my way toward the plaza's edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around me, other Cadets were beginning to pick themselves up. Some crawled out of half-collapsed buildings. Others dragged themselves through the withered streets. A few were still sprawled on rooftops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield was quiet now, just like it was before the commencement of the test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence was only broken by the shuffle of footsteps, the groans of the wounded, and the occasional clink of steel hitting stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our schedule from here was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We'd head out of the ruins. From there, we'd be transported to the Night Castle in waves via luxury buses. A few ambulances might show up too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then we'd spend a day in the Night Castle in our assigned chambers, resting and feasting and doing whatever it was normal teenagers did on class excursions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And by tomorrow evening, Selene would take us back to the Academy, where we'd all collectively dread the upcoming results of our half-yearly exams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…But first things first. The exit of the ruins was about a twenty-minute walk from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I was dead tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look, I'll be honest. I loved my innate power. A lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, who wouldn't want to control matter with a touch, right? I was basically a god in the making.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still— still! I was incredibly jealous of people who could fly or teleport. They didn't have to walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay sure, I could conjure giant earthen hands from the ground and have them carry me like some ancient royalty… but that would look absolutely ridiculous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, like a peasant, I walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least until a breathless voice called me out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Samael!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped in my tracks as a young man jogged up from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes had a soft bluish tint, and his dark brown hair was styled way too perfectly for someone who had just survived a battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the way he panted, he must've been running around looking for me. I studied him and noticed that aside from a bruised left shoulder, he looked mostly uninjured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, who are you?\" I asked, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sucked in a breath, then looked up at me exasperatedly. \"Ivan! I'm Ivan, Samael!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I raised an eyebrow and looked him over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh. Yeah. This was definitely Ivan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemed like he was wearing contacts today. Without those oversized glasses covering half his face, he was almost unrecognizable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also had to admit — his face wasn't half bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, Ivan,\" I said. \"What did Juli do to you? You look... not ugly — which, by the way, is the highest compliment in my books.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn't talked to him in weeks. Juliana told me he finally got together with his crush and that the matter was handled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could already guess how she handled it, so I didn't ask, and she didn't explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Thank you for your highest compliment,\" Ivan scowled. Then his expression shifted and urgency flashed across his face. \"A-Anyway, Samael! Listen. I was looking for you. You know that guy Jake, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My frown returned. \"Mel Flazer? Yeah. I do, unfortunately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, him!\" Ivan nodded quickly. \"There's something… wrong with him. I– I saw him during the test. He was walking with a few other Cadets, and all of them were…\" He made a few vague hand gestures. \"They were just… following him. With dazed looks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I narrowed my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay… what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Jake had managed to gather a few lackeys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the big deal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So?\" I asked. \"I mean yeah, that's weird. But so what? People collude all the time in tests like these. My sister used a bunch of noble Cadets as bait just so she could get to me. It's not against the rules.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan shook his head frantically. \"No, no, it's not only that. It's— listen. A few people tried to fight him, but he… he just said something to them, and they all simply collapsed! Like instantly. It was really weird. That's why I thought I should report it to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Okay, yeah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the way Ivan described it, it almost sounded like Jake was using some kind of Mind Control Card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cards like that — Cards that could manipulate, corrupt, or even peek into the minds of others — were incredibly rare. And strictly regulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You needed special authorization just to possess one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even then, using it on a fellow human, outside of life-or-death scenarios, was considered a heinous crime by the will of the Monarchs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's the reason why kids with mind-affecting Origin Cards weren't even trained in regular Awakened academies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They got taken away to classified, isolated institutes and taught behind mental barriers and psychic safety nets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you're accusing him of possessing a Mind Control Card?\" I asked flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan looked visibly uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like I said, Cards like that were extremely rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jake hadn't been on any missions yet, which meant he hadn't even left the Academy before this test at the Night Sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So where the hell would he get a Mind Control Card from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Ivan muttered, \"It's just a guess. I'm only telling you what I saw. That's why I came to you first, before going to an Instructor. I mean… you are our Ace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Argh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Ace, I could conduct a search on any Cadet's Soul Arsenal. I had the authority to ask them to show me all their Cards and artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could even confiscate anything I deemed dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, our definition of 'dangerous' varied from that of a normal person since we Awakened carried weapons of mass destruction in our back pockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still. You get my point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was — I couldn't initiate a search without a valid reason and proper evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't just march up to Jake and say, 'Hey, show me your Cards because Ivan got bad vibes from you during the test.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the entire ruined site was shrouded in pitch-black darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the chaos of a heated battle, Ivan could've seen anything. He could've been mistaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe Jake didn't use mind control. Maybe he just hit his assailants with some invisible ranged spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe they were so exhausted they collapsed on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan must've sensed the doubt on my face, because he awkwardly cleared his throat the next moment. \"Look… if you want, I can ask some of the other Cadets who were nearby. Even though there was a full-on battle going on, someone else must've also seen that weird scene just like I did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I scratched my chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah. That would help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other witnesses could strengthen the claim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And besides…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bitter taste rose in my mouth all of a sudden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That guy… ever since his sudden metamorphosis, I couldn't afford to leave anything to chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was even the slightest hint of something suspicious going on with him, I needed to get ahead of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, I nodded. \"Okay, sure. Do that. Meanwhile, I'll check up on him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I patted Ivan's shoulder and brushed past him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I hadn't taken two steps when he suddenly grabbed my wrist. \"W-Wait!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned, one brow raised. \"What now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hesitated, just for a second. \"H-He wasn't heading toward the exit. When the test ended, I saw him walking toward the western edge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly… the world felt colder than it was a second ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My pupils shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a heavy, sinking feeling crawled up my spine as an unsettling realization dawned on me.\u003C\u002Fp>",1361,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.768Z","2026-06-01T04:31:11.943Z",1,"novelbin.me","a897f59691f9199d082090fcc9a565fade6cdb1661a64c9a6b8f6d34a30c0948","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-211","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-209",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]