[{"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-350":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},500452,755,"Chapter 350: Gods And Monsters [II]","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-350",350,"\u003Cp>Are you familiar with that frustrating feeling when you’re in a ditch you can’t get out of by yourself, so you call a friend to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But while that friend does end up coming, they take their sweet goddamn time doing so?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, you’re not sure whether you want to be more thankful or beat the everliving shit out of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasexactlythe internal crisis I had to go through when I heldAuriethagain after a little over a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all that tension bled out of me soon, replaced by a confident calm as the golden blade glowed brighter in response to my Essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grinned and spun in mid-air before cartwheeling down, letting gravity do its work while also building immense momentum on my own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TheGodtook a single step back as I crashed with the force of a falling meteor, cratering the frozen ground under the flattening weight of my greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fallen deity immediately retaliated by snapping his warhammer at me. I blocked withAurieth, although the impact still shook my arm and flicked me away several feet back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I landed with a perfect backflip, immediately forming a small glacier to offer me proper footing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that time, I had not only created another ice arm to replace the one that broke earlier, but had also switched Aurieth into its bow form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, bow form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it’d been so long since I used my Divine Sword, and I’m fairly certain you’ve forgotten all about its enchantments, here’s a quick rundown:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>====\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name]:Aurieth, the Divine Blade\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rank]:Undefined(Soulbound Artifact)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Type]:Armament\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item]:Artifact\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Enchantment]:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1.[Final Gambit]– When the wielder faces mortal peril, Aurieth’s power surges exponentially, turning the tide of battle in their favor. The closer to death, the greater its lethality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2.[Trinity]– Aurieth can seamlessly shift between three forms: an Executioner Greatsword, Twin Single-edged Longswords, and a Regal Bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3.[Celestial Furnace]– Converts the wielder’s raw Essence into pure light energy, fueling devastating attacks imbued with divine brilliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4.[Conduit]– While held, Aurieth subtly enhances the wielder’s Essence absorption, accelerating recovery and strengthening their reserves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>====\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, truly, what a spectacle of craftsmanship it was~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I missed you so much, buddy!\" I murmured, nocking one fire arrow after another and letting them loose in blistering succession like an artillery battery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrows were imbued with the effects of[Celestial Furnace], so not only were they being shot like beams of light, but their destructive capabilities had also increased tenfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dear gods, this whole hellish journey would’ve been so much easier if I’d just had this sword with me from the start!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, speaking of gods, theGodused his trident in my answer and summoned a vast tidal wave that rose before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrows — greatly enhanced byAurieth’s enchantment and my own Essence — hit that curling waterfall like a flurry of missiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of steam explosions and violent splashes triggered, completely shredding the tsunami that was about to follow suit after that tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive plumes of superheated vapor hissed upward, veiling the entire battlefield in a misty fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t stop firing. Not until that same serrated disk blade from before ripped through the haze and came spiraling toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, unlike before, I was ready. I quickly switched Aurieth back into its greatsword form and unleashed a blinding pillar of light from its tip, catching the speeding disk dead-on with the force of a supernova.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The collision resulted in a high-pitched whine of metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the serrated disk still didnotstop. It just kept on coming, parting the torrential beam of light as it ground its way toward my skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My effort wasn’t in vain, though. Its spin was slowing down slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing that, I tilted my greatsword just a fraction of a degree. Instead of meeting the disk in a frontal contest, I let it slide along the flat of the golden blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screech of metal on metal was loud enough to scrape my eardrums, but it diverted the disk’s trajectory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disk whistled past my ear, taking a lock of hair with it, and carved a clean, mile-long trench through the frozen sea behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in doing so, I was left off-balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TheGodcapitalized on that slip-up by barreling through the fog. I had only a moment to widen my eyes before he drove his obsidian stake of a needle into my chest... impaling me on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Or that’s what would’ve happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, my form shriveled and disintegrated into twinkling specks of black light, like dark fireflies scattering in the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was thanks to a Card I had taken from Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Grave Mistake\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- Effect: Creates a short-lived shadow clone that dissipates into dark motes upon impact. The caster is invisible for three seconds after activation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TheGod’s obsidian stake passed through nothing but empty air and fading embers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had overextended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the momentum of his heavy body was now carrying him forward into the space I had just occupied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the fog swirled around his confused, six-armed, multi-headed silhouette, I appeared directly above him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had used those three seconds of invisibility to jump high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have time to look up as the dazzling blade of my greatsword came down in a vertical slash to burst open his skull like a guillotine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swooo—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wha—?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my sword met no resistance as it dissected the fallen deity. It just felt like cutting air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TheGod’s form rippled like a reflection in a disturbed pond, and I realized I had made a grave mistake of my own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out, theGodhad pulled theexactsame trick on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had created a mirage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hair on the back of my neck stood up. My eyes darted frantically to find him, but he was nowhere to be found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t even turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air pressure behind my shoulder blades spiked. The realGodemerged from the fog, and the next thing I knew, a thick spike of glassy obsidian was jutting out of my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My back, my spine, my lungs, my heart, and even my soul — the needle’s jagged point pierced it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down at it, blood spraying from my mouth in a violent cough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t remember feeling pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t get me wrong, it was painful as fuck. That’s the best way I could try and describe what it feels like being staked through your heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I just don’trememberit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I do remember is thinking,’Oh... this is it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prophecy was fulfilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a teeth-clattering chill started seeping into my very bones and darkness began encroaching on the edges of my vision... I had no doubt left that I was going to die now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only the question ofwhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breath was breaking. It’s a suffocating sensation when you physically feel your lungs rapidly filling with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what really gets to you is when you try to inhale as much air as possible, but your breath starts getting shorter and shorter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It feels like drowning, just so much more agonizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to stay awake, to resist the comfortable embrace of death, but my eyelids felt like lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, I couldn’t keep them open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My struggle to stay conscious turned into slow blinks, and with each blink, my awareness started fading into a colorless void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But naturally, I wasn’t going to die yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would I be telling this story if I were, you know... dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay, yeah, I did die. But not just then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because just then, something miraculous happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I forced my eyes open for what I thought would be the final time, I saw...something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before me, the entire battlefield was now half-translucent, overlapped by an endless lattice of glowing strings that stretched for as far as the world itself stretched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glowing strings...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon a closer look, I realized those strings were made of... letters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes! Small, repetitive sets of letters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were everywhere — intersecting, overlaying, and weaving into one another in patterns so complex I had to squint to see them. And my... brain hurt the more I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They made up everything, like atoms but on a more conceptual level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some strings, like the ones knitting together the small glacier under me or the silver sea beyond it, were as thick as chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other strings, like those creating the broken shards of ice or the drops of blood on my body, were as thin as spider silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, by the way, my own body was fabricated from the interconnected weave of those tiny letters as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one of them — those runes, those letters, those... codes — shimmered in colors I didn’t have names for, in hues that felt wrong to gaze upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if my eyes were translating something they were never meant to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Because they indeed were not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I realized a couple of things at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First was that the ice, the fog, the God, and my own impaled body were all just outlines — projections cast by something far more fundamental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was that the world had... peeled away before my gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peeled... That was the only word that came to mind. Like something had taken reality by the corners and lifted it just a little, enough for me to glimpse what was underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Straight away, I was reminded of Rexerd’s journals and what I had read in those pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had mentioned a layer of existence called theUnderrality. I didn’t fully understand what it meant back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I did now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the foundation atop which the entire physical plane was built, the building block of everything that is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thiswas theUnderrality.\u003C\u002Fp>",1617,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.768Z","2026-06-01T04:31:10.979Z",1,"novelbin.me","324355de6a79521292f312384a8711260a4aeebe24ceb081aebdc7da97c07bbb","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-351","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-349",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]