[{"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-261":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},500563,755,"Chapter 261: Temple Of First Rebellion [IV]","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-261",261,"\u003Cp>With weapons drawn and nerves twitching, we approached the temple cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up close, the place looked even older than I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone wasn’t brown anymore, but had faded to nearly gray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carvings were made into the walls — weathered and half-eaten by moss, yet still clear enough to show twisted shapes of men bowing before things thatweren’tmen at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basically, the murals showed people worshipping gods... or things close enough to becalledgods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We walked until we reached the entrance tall enough for giants. Its archway was cracked down the middle. Roots dangled across it like a curtain, dripping beads of moisture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Kang pushed them aside, a gust of stale air rolled out — warm and damp and carrying a faint metallic tang, like the smell of rusting coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment we stepped inside the temple, the jungle’s noise — all that buzzing, chirping, and croaking — muffled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the loud and hollow sound of our footsteps echoed back at us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor under our feet was laid with slabs of stone, uneven and fractured in places, weeds pushing through the cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive pillars lined the hall, thick as tree trunks, holding up the coffered ceiling above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And did I mention the whole place was dark? Like, ridiculously dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every corner was drowned in shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What little red glow of the moon managed to slip through small cracks here and there painted streaks of crimson light across the dusty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ran a hand along one wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which, now that I think about it, was a stupid thing to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember to never touch anything in a shady temple. You’ll understand why later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the time... Yeah, I touched the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone felt cold and damp, slick with moss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Symbols had been etched deep into the surface, spiraling into strange patterns that made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I realized it was the language of the people who built this place — a language long dead, like they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does anyone know how to read this?\" I asked, pointing at the engravings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which, again, was a stupid thing to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would anyone know how to read an alien language?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I figured with so many main characters possessing near-genius-level intellect — Vince, Lily, Juliana, Kang — at least one of them could decipher something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I was proven right the very next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vince rubbed his chin thoughtfully. \"It looks very similar to Vetus Latin. The script seems alittledifferent, but the structure is close enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily, inspecting a stone tablet plastered on the opposite wall, added with a nod, \"He’s right. It looks like a variation, but it’s readable. Based on the repeating phrases and the roots of the words, we can figure out the context. It’ll simply take some time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I squinted at them. \"So... you can read it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily gave me a flat look. \"I literallyjustsaid it’ll take some time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need!\" Ray cut in with a smug grin, whipping out his phone. \"I’ll just use AI to translate. That’ll be way quicker, simpler, and far more efficient. It’ll generate a simple algorithm and—\" his grin froze, \"—and I just remembered we don’t have internet here. Never mind. You two do it manually.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael pinched the bridge of his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vince muttered something in his mother tongue that soundedsuspiciouslylike a curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily just went back to translating without another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>•••\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next half hour, the rest of us toured the temple while Vince and Lily worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one ventured too far. We stayed within shouting distance in case something went wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While looking around, I noticed shallow alcoves decorated with human bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once I noticed that, I noticed something worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skulls were fixed on the columns, being used to hold torches that no longer burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah.Realskulls. Not carved from stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actual human skulls were grinning down at us like macabre candleholders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And instead of two, each skull had three hollow eye sockets — the third one above the bridge of the nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That led me to believe the people of this place were three-eyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I folded my arms. \"Just what kind of freakshows built this temple?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana came to stand beside me. \"Hopefully ones that stayed dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave her a sidelong glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, why was she standing so close?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Then I frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, she’d been acting a little strange the past few days... but I couldn’t put my finger on how.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then my eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh god! She was planning to kill me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, that was theonlylogical explanation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She must’ve been trying to throw me off so I wouldn’t figure out her motive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I did! I figured it out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana, sensing my growing inner panic, furrowed her brow. \"What is going on with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a deep breath, like the sigh of a lamb who’d already accepted its slaughter. \"Can you at least wait until we get back to Earth? I want to visit my mother’s grave one last time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana blinked, baffled. \"Again... what the hell is going on with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, so you won’t even fulfill my last wish?\" I whimpered. \"Fine! Do it! Just do it! But make it quick and painless, please!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just stared, completely deadpan. \"Are you having a stroke?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clutched my chest. \"Ah, classic! Make me think I’m crazy so I lower my guard. I’ve seen this trope before!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana closed her eyes and exhaled through her nose. \"You’re so weird sometimes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael’s voice echoed from across the hall. \"What’s going on over there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing,\" Juliana called back, still glaring at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not nothing!\" I shouted. \"She’s plotting my murder!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael leaned out from behind a pillar, raising an eyebrow. \"Juliana?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alexia, lounging on an altar nearby like it was a mattress instead of something where people were probably sacrificed, lazily stretched. \"Don’t kill Sam yet. We still need him to navigate us home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana rubbed her eyebrows like she was warding off a migraine. \"I’m not killing him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lies! Blatant lies!\" I accused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this point, she was grinding her teeth so hard it looked like she reallywasconsidering stabbing me to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, before bloodshed became a possibility, Vince yelled from across the hall, \"Could you all stop with whatever nonsense you’re doing and get back here?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So we did.\u003C\u002Fp>",1055,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.768Z","2026-06-01T04:31:10.979Z",1,"novelbin.me","5aeb4aa05c7a07396546e9963b35073b989a1c88b870a0954effcbf281c6840d","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-262","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-260",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]