[{"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-222":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},500774,755,"Chapter 222: Killing The Cyclops [III]","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-222",222,"\u003Cp>The cyclops collapsed with the grace of a mountain losing its will to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its massive body pitched forward while I was still on its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire world under me tilted as gravity yanked us both toward the earth. I dug my fingers deeper into the burning cracks, bracing myself against the sudden freefall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—THWOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant hit the ground like a falling god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact sent a tremor ripping across the entire battlefield. Stone ruptured. Dust exploded. Cadets andLesserSolbraiths nearby were flung off their feet by the sheer shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Brawlers who’d caused the fall stumbled back, barely managing to keep themselves upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t fall off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept my grip on the crack in its back — because unfortunately, the giantstillhadn’t hit the ground completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before its chest could slam into the earth, the cyclops caught itself with one massive arm — slamming an elbow down to break its fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled beneath the weight, but it held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so did the cyclops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half-sprawled. One eye blinking furiously. Streaming breath heaving from its throat like a dying forge — but still not down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Stillnot down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its fingers twitched against the stone, like it was trying to push itself back up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gritted my teeth, tore my gaze toward the giant’s skull, and pushed myself upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before it could rise again, I broke into a sprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My leather boots sizzled against the heat, every step sending flares of pain up my legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I vaulted over the ridges of its spine, then dropped into a full slide as I reached the slope of its neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In my right hand, I still held Aurieth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I knew —I knew— that I couldn’t let it get back up. Because if it did, we were all indubitably screwed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to keep it down. I had to force its face into the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I had to do it fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the cyclops’ laser cooldown was nearly over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I climbed its neck — like scaling a collapsing, burning bridge — and reached the base of its skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once there, I took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I raised my greatsword overhead — and its golden blade burst into radiance as I poured every last drop of Essence I’d managed to pull back into my core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt the mystical energy drain from my body until Aurieth was burning like a newborn star against the pitch-black sky of the darkest night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on, now!\" I screamed through clenched teeth and drove my sword down in a thrust. \"Fall!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thwaaaam—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—KABOOOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant my blade struck the back of the cyclops’ skull, it sounded like a church bell being shattered by lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The echo didn’t just thunder — it vibrated with so much force that even theairseemed to flinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurieth’s edge didn’t pierce the giant’s rocky hide clean through. Not quite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it sank into its flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden light flared across the cyclops’ back as a destructive shockwave burst outward in a blazing ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast howled, not only in rage but also in something between agony and shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It began thrashing around violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire world beneath me felt like it was about to flip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lost my footing and fell back hard onto my butt while Aurieth was still buried in the giant’s skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to my horror...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giantstillhadn’t fallen flat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its shoulder buckled, but its head was still in the air — not pressed against the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh–What the fuck?!\" I choked out, voice shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had given everything I had left in that attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it still wasn’t enough to bring the cyclops down completely?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sinking feeling welled up in my gut — something dangerously close tohopelessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was out of tricks. Out of wits. Out of strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No cards left up my sleeve, no energy left to improvise a miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that sinking feeling only grew worse as the cyclops let out a loud growl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And immediately after that, its eye started flickering and twitching erratically like it was about to unleash that death beam again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No no no no—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were right there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We had almost succeeded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite feeling no strength left in my legs, I pushed myself forward and grabbed the hilt of Aurieth again, trying to wrench it loose — but it wouldn’t budge. It was stuck. Lodged deep. Too deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The molten cracks in the cyclops’ back were already starting to mend, closing in around my blade like living stone swallowing a splinter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I had no strength left to pull it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, not fast enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like the universe was reminding me — I wasn’t the chosen one who’d pull the sword from the stone and save the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breath quickened. My heartbeat roared in my ears. Sweat blurred my vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was about to beslaughtered— and I was too powerless to stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...I could still save myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was still on the giant’s back. I could drop behind it and run for the plaza’s exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I’d fail to change this plot point in the story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d fail to stop themassacre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bit my lower lip and kept yanking at the hilt, still struggling to break my sword free, even as the blazing glow returned to the cyclops’ eye, brighter than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was about to blast half the plaza into ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When suddenly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ARGHHHH!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard a scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud, high-pitched scream that was constantly getting even louder...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Wait. No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t gettinglouder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was literallydrawing closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half-confused, half-panicked, I looked up — and sawsomeonefalling from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orange hair. Petite frame. A scream so feral it sounded less like a noblewoman and more like a rabid animal...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alexia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could only blink in stunned awe, unable to believe what I was witnessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alexia Von Zynx was plummeting from the heavens like a meteor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spun mid-air to gaineven moremomentum, and just before impact — she whipped her arm forward and threw a punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fist struck the pommel of Aurieth’s hilt with perfect precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shepunchedmy stuck sword — right in front of me, might I add — like hammering a nail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Onlyshewas thehammer, and myDivine Swordwas thenail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could gasp in protest and lecture her about what bad manners it is to punch someone’s stuck sword right before their eyes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade sank deeper into the cyclops’ skull with a sickening crunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not by much — just a few inches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough for the hilt to rattle violently in my grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough to make the monster scream in unimaginable pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fissures split open across its rocky flesh from the point of impact — the exact spot where my sword had been hammered down — revealing glowing magma veins pulsing just beneath the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this time, the shockwave that erupted was just as brutal as the first — a concussive blast of heat and force that flung me backward before I even fully realized what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alexia probably landed a few steps away from the lodged sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the cyclops?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, its elbow finally gave out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colossal brachium that had stubbornly kept the one-eyed giant propped up toppled sideways like a crumbling pillar of ancient stone — and the rest of its body followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THWAAAAM—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earthshook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No — theentire plazashook as the cyclops’ face smashed fully into the dirt at last, carving a crater that swallowed rubble, corpses, and a few unluckyLesserSolbraiths who hadn’t scrambled far enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust blasted skyward. Debris rained down from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...And like an omen of death, Michael was waiting there — standing just inches away from the cyclops’ fallen face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he was waiting for this very moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when the giant lifted its head one last time, its eye blinking in pain and disbelief, thefirstthing it saw was a beam of pure darkness closing in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also thelastthing it saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in the next moment, the column of darkness shooting from the edge of Michael’s cursed sword pierced clean through its eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cyclops didn’t even get the chance to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply slumped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head crashed back into the earth like a puppet whose strings had been cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body went still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mouth went silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I waited in anticipation, just in case something else had gone wrong and it still wasn’t dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds passed. It never moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when nothing happened...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...The cyclops was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>",1427,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.768Z","2026-06-01T04:31:11.943Z",1,"novelbin.me","f2a090f5ad222d95c7b43fe4e985a5089561b68a040fff0c8ee60c5011436734","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-223","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-221",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]