[{"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-62":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},500714,755,"Chapter 62 Ray Warner","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-62",62,"\u003Cp>There were many significant side characters in the game Spirit Realm Chronicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the story mainly revolved around the members of Squad 9 — the primary heroes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of Squad 9 were Lily Elderwing, Michael Godswill, Alexia Zynxx, Kang Tae-jin, and Ray Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, their relationship, much like the start of the story, was slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But over the course of the game, they grew closer and became one big dysfunctional family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the game progressed, more members joined their found family, including characters like Vince Cleverly and Juliana Blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the original crew remained the Squad 9 members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underlying reason for their close bond was a major event in the story — the Massacre during the Class Excursion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the conclusion of that arc, the Squad 9 members found themselves stranded in a very dangerous region of the Spirit Realm…. alongside a few minor characters who were all killed off for character development and to show the high stakes of their situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, that event was still far in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, I doubted it would ever take place since it occurred because Samael came into contact with the Summoning Card of Asmodeus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Samael in this reality — who was me — was not foolish. I had clearly avoided that scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, my current goal was to prevent the original Squad 9 from forming at all, as I wanted to be a part of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, I was facing a dilemma. I needed to decide who I was going to replace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, I couldn't take Michael's place in Squad 9 for two reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he was a crucial factor in his team's success in the test that granted them their team-building mission assignment, which was the whole reason I wanted to join his squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, he would never agree to any of my shady requests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same applied to Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the fact that she and I weren't on talking terms, she would never simply give up her position in the Squad without a good reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there was Alexia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could approach her and try to strike another deal, but honestly, she scared me a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And besides, negotiating with her wouldn't be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Kang Tae-jin — he was Alexia's Shadow, so he would likely refuse to switch Squads with me as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That left just one person — Ray Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And truthfully speaking, I believed I had a better chance of convincing him than I did with Alexia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why? Because at this point in the story Ray didn't care about anything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn't joking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the game — or in any media I had ever consumed — Ray Warner was the most laid-back character I had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only wanted to flirt with beautiful girls, drink fine alcohol, work out, and flirt with beautiful girls again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the type of guy who loved to party and had an unbothered outlook on life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That personality of his would make my task easier. Now all I had to do was find him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Ray was one of the top-ranking Cadets — in fact, he was second in the top ten, just below me — he had access to some of the Academy's VIP facilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of these was access to the main training gym, which was reserved for only the top Cadets from each batch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no idea if Ray would even be there, but my best chance of finding him was in that gym. So, I went there anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Academy's main gym looked exactly as you would expect from a top-tier training center for the Awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The building was massive from the outside, almost towering, and when I entered, I was even more impressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interior was spacious, filled with cutting-edge magic and technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gleaming, top-of-the-line equipment lined the expansive floor, ranging from state-of-the-art treadmills and weight machines to enchanted dummies designed to simulate live combatants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A floating holographic scoreboard hovered near the ceiling, displaying real-time statistics of those currently training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the floor was made of an adaptive material, adjusting its firmness and temperature to suit different activities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the walls were constructed from supersteel, designed to withstand heavy abuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn,\" I muttered under my breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite its grandeur, the gym wasn't overly crowded. In fact, it wasn't crowded at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being exclusive to only a handful of Cadets, it was even quieter with the start of the first semester.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the first-years had no energy left after our first academic day to even think about working out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That didn't mean it was completely empty, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could spot a few faces from my batch, along with some upperclassmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, there he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man with wavy, light brown hair and eyes that seemed to glow softly. His features were almost too perfect to be real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face could easily belong to an angel, with flawless pale skin smoother than most maidens and a height that towered over average boys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the kind of person who made everyone nearby wonder how they could possibly look so plain in comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment, he was laughing in that effortless, charming way of his, talking to a second-year girl, clearly the center of her attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, that was definitely him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now didn't look like a good time to pull him aside to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I figured I'd give Ray some time to finish up his flirt session, as interrupting him would only make things awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, instead, I headed to an empty corner of the gym and started stretching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because I particularly wanted to work out, but because standing around doing nothing would make me look like a complete fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I notice that all the equipment near me were enchanted artifacts, faintly humming with energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glanced at the weight rack, immediately dismissing it — too much effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The treadmills? Absolutely not. Running was for people who enjoyed torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, my eyes settled on a nearby punching dummy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a while since I last practiced my martial arts anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deciding on it, I reached into my pocket and pulled out a few small, shimmering cyan crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were Essence Stones — one of the most valuable materials mined from the Spirit Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And why were they so valuable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because these crystals had a unique property — they could absorb and store Essence from the atmosphere over a long period of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When broken, the stored Essence could then be absorbed by an Awakened, strengthening their soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fact made these stones far more precious than diamonds ever were back in the old world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was a catch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For low-ranked Awakened like me — those who couldn't sense Essence yet — most of the energy inside the stone was wasted upon breaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since we couldn't sense Essence, we couldn't actively absorb it. As a result, a significant portion of it simply dissipated back into the atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why the rich Awakened couldn't simply climb their way to higher ranks by hoarding these stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also why Essence Stones were considered too valuable to be given to low-rankers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet here I was, holding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Academy had a long-standing tradition of rewarding Essence Stones to the top ten Cadets of every batch at the start of the semester.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a symbol of excellence. A mark of prestige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, these particular stones had been handed to me directly by the Grandmaster during the opening ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these ones weren't very pure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were still better than nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I crushed the four stones in my hand one after another, watching them disintegrate into dust before my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, I felt a surge of energy flooding my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like adrenaline rushing through my veins, sparking a sudden burst of strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just the short-term aftereffect of absorbing a lot of Essence at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nodding to myself, I turned my gaze toward the combat dummy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I approached it, the dummy sprang to life, adopting a defensive stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's see what you've got, you glorified scarecrow,\" I muttered, more to myself than to the inanimate target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>•••\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty minutes later…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was bent over, hands on my knees, gasping for air like I was drowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My muscles screamed in pain, my heart pounded wildly, and my limbs throbbed relentlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combat dummy stood tall over me, and even though it had no face, I could almost swear it was smirking proudly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was yet another side effect of absorbing too much Essence at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the initial rush of strength wore off, I was left completely drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, by that time, Ray had finally finished his conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second-year girl he'd been flirting with walked away, flustered and blushing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, I could talk to him now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, I steadied myself, then moved to deliver a sudden spinning heel kick to the dummy's chest, sending it staggering back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time I smirked at it and walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ray Warner,\" I called, stopping a few paces from him. \"Got a minute?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and raised an eyebrow. A grin spread across his face when he recognized me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Samael,\" he greeted. \"Should I be honored that you know my name, or should I be worried?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honored,\" I said flatly. \"Even more honored because I have an offer for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grin widened. \"Yeah, no. I'm worried. But go ahead, I'm listening. Though, try to make it quick. You saw that girl I was talking to, right? I've gotta meet her later. Wasn't she cute, by the way?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wow, this guy was a bundle of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yeah, actually, she was,\" I agreed, despite myself. \"Now listen up. The Academy will divide the first-years into Squads of five tomorrow. I want you to switch Squads with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ray frowned, caught off guard for a moment. He clearly hadn't expected to hear that when I said I had a deal for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, why?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Personal reasons,\" I answered curtly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And why would I listen to you?\" His eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not forcing you,\" I laughed. \"It's your choice. But here's the deal — my Squad will have Princess Alice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ray froze, and I could see the effect it had on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the first few arcs, Ray had a thing for Princess Alice. It wasn't exactly a crush — more like him wanting to score a real princess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately for him, Alice was one of the few sensible girls who wasn't affected by his boundless charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their interactions in the game had always been… awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're not lying?\" he asked, his voice low and full of doubt. \"How do you even know she'll be in your Squad?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a genuine reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the task of assigning teams was random. No one was supposed to know who their Squad mates would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just know,\" I assured him vaguely. \"But if you don't believe me — for which I won't blame you — I can also throw you a bottle of Lenharton 25-year-old scotch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ray's eyes widened at the mention of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lenharton was a prestigious brand of whisky, and one of their 25-year-old bottles would be considered a priced luxury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew it was something even Ray would never pass up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like I expected, he stood up, offering me the brightest smile I had ever seen, and extended a hand for me to shake. \"Deal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that completed all my preparations.\u003C\u002Fp>",1935,"2026-05-30T12:03:22.767Z","2026-06-01T04:31:10.979Z",1,"novelbin.me","a5e40153fb06c8feb8de3441ab583e7a4429ad1fa8b22d3a1fa3ce66e1daecc7","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-63","young-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-chapter-61",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyoung-master-s-pov-woke-up-as-a-villain-in-a-gam-cover.jpg"]