[{"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-273":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},500575,755,"Chapter 273: Escape","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-273",273,"\u003Cp>For thirty long minutes, I watched a blind girl stumble through an ancient temple and carry people out on her back — people who would all one day become the heroes of this godforsaken world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for thirty long minutes, I watched her dropeverysingle one of them on their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I facepalmed. \"This girl is going to give everyone brain damage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, by the end of it, all of them were rescued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thatwas the important part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the last of them were laid out in a neat little row, I’d run out of energy to yell at Alexia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So instead, I just stared up at the sky and prayed to the heavens to give me patience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then we started waking everyone up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took a while, but one by one, they began to stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily was the first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat up, blinking rapidly, her face pale and her hands trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her mouth to speak — but cut herself off with a choked breath and clutched her temples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael woke up next. He bolted upright with a gasp, his chest heaving as though he’d been drowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head darted around in panic. He looked wild and disoriented and shaken to the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, I thought he was about to summon a weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, he calmed down before doing anything drastic and just slumped back against the ground, tears brimming in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was genuinely surprised by the state he was in. His condition was worse than I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had a pretty good idea what his nightmare must’ve been — something about his parents’ disappearance, no doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I really thought Xaldreth would’ve protected him. He could’ve, easily. But he didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I could guess why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xaldreth wanted Michael to be as miserable as possible. He wanted him isolated and broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That had always been his goal, even in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d play nice on the surface and act amicably, if a bit passive... all while quietly plotting behind Michael’s back, doing anything to push him closer and closer to the edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why? Because once Michael’s life would completely fall apart, he’d stop resisting and fully surrender to Xaldreth’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And oncethathappened, Xaldreth would take over Michael’s body and resurrect through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a devious little bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, all demons were like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Especially Asmodeus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asmodeus was the cleverest of them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why I was always on edge around him. He was smart enough to play me like a fiddle, and I probably wouldn’t even notice until it was far too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...God, I hate smart creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, regardless, I figured I didn’t need to worry about Michael too much. Not yet, at least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not until his life was entirely in shambles — because if that happened, well... the world would head toward a dark ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that... would be a real pain to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, my attention soon shifted to Juliana as she stirred softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t scream or gasp when she woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just opened her eyes and lay still. But her face was ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her jaw was tight, and her hand twitched like she was suppressing the urge to claw her own skin off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoa. Now forher, I was definitely worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’dneverseen her look so crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just what the hell did she see in there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her family’s slaughter? No. That alone wouldn’t elicit such a saddened reaction from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After years, she had hardened her mind. Very few things could shake her so much anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So whatever she’d seen in her nightmare... it had to be something far worse than what hadalreadyhappened to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was about to walk over to her, but Vince’s groan snapped my focus. He rolled onto his side and let out a broken sob in a hoarse voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What... the hell was that? I—I saw my sister and...\" His words died on his tongue, his hands gripped a fistful of his hair as he curled into himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah. I expected that reaction from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with Juliana, Vince’s backstory in the game had been the most miserable out of all the main characters, meaning his nightmare had plenty of material to torture him with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ray was the last to open his eyes. He sat up with a hollowed look, glanced around, then buried his face in his hands and just... stayed that way for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was heavy. The moss beneath us felt colder. The red moon bled its crimson light somewhere over the distant horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the mood was... exactly what you’d expect when a bunch of kids are reminded they desperately need to seek therapy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, what about me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, I was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I actually recovered the fastest. Sure, I felt a little ashamed for letting a false apparition of my mother trick me into lowering my guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But honestly, I would’ve been able to escape that nightmare on my own. Eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, it might’ve taken me a lot of time, but still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without Alexia...rescuingme — if her attempt to crack my skull open could even be called that — I was confident I would’ve been fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others, however, were completely, utterly, and hopelesslyrattled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, and speaking of Alexia...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood a few steps away, hands on her hips, evidently baffled as she scowled from one dejected face to the next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright,\" she said slowly, \"what in the hell happened in there? You all look like you just got emotionally sucker-punched by your grandmothers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed. \"That’s... actually not too far off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sightless gray eyes turned vaguely toward me. \"Explain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>•••\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We moved as far from the temple as we could in our deteriorated mental state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, when we couldn’t keep going on anymore, we stopped and decided to set up camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one wanted to keep walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one wanted to talk much either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The depressing silence was all that could be heard between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, Ray was the first to recover after me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time a small campfire was lit in the middle, he was looking just as lively as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he’d even taken out his drone and started recording a vlog again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome back, Ray-diants!\" he began in a voice far too cheerful for someone who’d just escaped an endless psychological torture. \"It’s day seven... or maybe eight? I don’t remember right now! We all just had the worst collective nap in history! Everyone’s traumatized, but I’m the most traumatized, so I win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Notevenclose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He angled the camera toward Vince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vince threw a stick at him... and missed. \"Stop it. How do you even have the energy for this nonsense?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ray smirked. \"Because life is a show, brother! And as the star of this show, it’s my duty to entertain my lovely viewers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana, sitting all alone by herself in the distance with her knees pulled up, didn’t even look at him. \"Then entertain them by dying quietly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ray zoomed in on her face. \"Oh, look! It’s character development! Our ice queen is finally threatening me instead ofignoringme!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana scoffed and kept looking away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michael, on the other hand, frowned. \"What are you even doing, Ray?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t talking about the vlog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was talking about the small pot Ray had just taken out of his storage satchel and placed over the fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ray blinked back at Michael, confused as if whatever he was doing was themostobvious thing in the world. \"Making tea, of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily’s face went pale. \"From the herbs you gathered earlier? Ray, the last time you brewed tea from those, it didn’t tasteanythinglike tea!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang, normally the quiet one, also visibly tensed up this time. \"Yeah, man, last time I drank your tea, I sawsounds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ray blinked. \"You what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I sawsounds!Sounds!\" Kang repeated, throwing his arms up. \"Every time someone spoke, I couldseethe wordsfloatingin the air!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ray clapped his hands together in delight. \"So you were high? That’s amazing! Do you know how much Awakened pay for drugs that could actually work on them? I gave you some for free! You’re welcome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’twantto get high!\" Kang yelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright! Calm down.\" Ray sighed, clearly disappointed at the fact that no one here was daring enough to share his artistic vision. \"Don’t worry. I promise this tea won’t have any unexpected side effects... probably.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kang groaned. And so did everyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite all their protests, Ray kept brewing the tea anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That started a little tradition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For every night after that one, Ray insisted on making hisspecialtea and forced all of us to drink it, much to the group’s equal parts annoyance and reluctant amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The routine became a bizarre kind of comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone would roll their eyes but drink it anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Everyone except Juliana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d just toss the tea and use the hot cup to warm her hands instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, though, even she would drink it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that day was still down the line.\u003C\u002Fp>",1496,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.768Z","2026-06-01T04:31:10.979Z",1,"novelbin.me","1f76dd0864173fb43c2fca15be49f53a39cda8f3da25f64c566a6315ae61eefe","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-274","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-272",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]