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Chapter 558 - Villain in your path

🕑 Added 2025-02-18 09:38:08 +0000 UTC

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Asterrahl

It's easy to say he will kill her one day because it is so far out of his reach. But what she did, or failed to do, isn't worth killing over. Imagine if it were someone more on his level, would he try to murder them? It's very dramatic, and it fits with their personalities and the story in general, but it makes me a little sad. I feel bad for lonely Lissandra. And I do feel it was a bit over the top, not quite fitting. I would be relieved if later he takes it back or admits to himself he was being angsty and was (understandably) worked up. Lissandra is old as heck and her mind is surely far from human, but still. She is not that bad at all and certainly has a tough life atm. Instead of "I will kill you one day", he might have said "You stepped over the line".

Zaim İpek

And Liss isn't her child. Why should she get in the way of letting her die the way she wants to?

Zaim İpek

How is waiting patiently equivalent to "going out of her way".

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

I don't remember Nat saying he would kill her for doing the strengthening of bond thing. I remember him saying something like that about betrayal back in the first tournament, but of course those are just words. I don't consider the thing with the airship to have been a betrayal. It was an insight to Tess' mind and her motivations (character development), and there was no emotional manipulation involved. Considering those motivations, her opting out of the tournament makes even less sense. She wants to go through danger "together" with the end result of "strengthening" everybody's bonds. She wants to go on an adventure with her friends. She doesn't want to go through danger "alone" while her friends try to save her.

Michael Deleon

Greed is going out of her way to get back lissandra. I don’t think she would take it very well that, if after everything to get liss out Nate just kills her for all the bull shit she did to him and his people in the tutorial.

Zaim İpek

Why would that cause a war?

tishane Imperial MageKiller

Nat maybe liss no the Champion Tristan was her Descendant

Michael Deleon

Yeah it was Tess. She even got infected on purpose.

Michael Deleon

I absolutely hope that lissandra makes it out of the tutorial and then Nate kills her in front of of greed causing a war

Tanean

Oh it's definitely fucked up, but at the same time it's Tess we are talking about. She already did something similar with the airship going against logic to strengthen their bond or something. I wouldn't put it pass her to do some shit like that. After all, Nat is the most normal of group 4 am I right? Then again, didn't Nat promise to kill her if she did something like that again? 🤷‍♂️

Johnny

Was wondering the same, esp with the limits she just imposed

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

Scale matters. When you are as old as Liss, Nat is essentially a baby. Social norms prolly have to be re-analyzed. This is probably a grey area until we know how societies like Eladore or whatever that world was called, functioned taking this into account. As far as we know, both Liss and Nat are basically asexual though.

Zaim İpek

Nat is the opposite of teenage urges, but she is the hottest girl.

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

I do be yapping tho lol.

Zaim İpek

Yes, but not nearly as well.

Zaim İpek

When she is 6000 years old, yes. You are right. It's even worse than paedophilia. There is no word for it.

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

How the hell is making your friends/family think you are dead so some random entity can blackmail them into doing something pretty fucking impossible (if not for Nat) causing them wanton stress, and desperation, “hilarious”? It’s like that movie Whiplash with the abusive prof making the drummer student reach his potential. Do the ends justify the needs? Or maybe it’s alright because nat is a fictional character so whatever makes him stronger is cool cos that makes for a better power fantasy.

Zaim İpek

It would not be smart to leave as fast as possible. It benefits them to use all their tutorial time.

Zaim İpek

that was very cute.

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

No that would be borderline treacherous/betrayal. Her idea reality is them together forging stronger bonds, through an adventure. Not her playing with her team’s emotions for some weird convoluted outcome. Like Nat was always going to try his best to win, like the first time. Now, he’s trying his best, causing himself who knows how much mental damage, and not even have time to be Nat, not to mention the rest of the team. There’s no way Tess would have heard of that plan and been like. “Hmm, sounds like a great team building exercise”. Plus it’s the freaking tournament, she could have always come back to get possessed by as many mimics as she would have wanted “after” the tournament. Why miss this once a year Uber rare event with potential answers to questions that must have plagued her since the start of the tutorial, to “upgrade” her Chastity or whatever reason.

Oaktree

Might? Its guaranteed, the question is if he’ll lose a different lim as well.

David McCreight

I wonder where Lissandra draws the line between “win” and “dominate”

Johnny

Cockroachsandra expertly doing Nat a favor, letting him know that it’s a favor, yet still remaining hateful enough for Nat to stay laser focused on power/revenge. Love it, love her

Johnny

So much for seeing Nat go all out…it’s even better in some ways tho. He can’t just win while handicapped he still has to dominate so many tourney winners…Shit I’m excited for this battle

Doip

There’s only like 13 floors so they will leave the tutorial in like a few years maybe

Mark Bullock

Have Faith; Nat will win... He might lose a left arm though

Jonathan Nading

He's 23 lol not even borderline paedophilia

Mark Bullock

Wut I was thinking 2

Mark Bullock

Agreed! This dude can write!!

Mark Bullock

That would B a sick twist!! She is the hottest girl . Nat has those teenage urges

Mark Bullock

Can he handle black man without his passives?

Mark Bullock

Ditto

Kirin

Thank you for the chappie! Damn, no passives for Nat then. Izzy being all shy and timid after presenting Nat with her dagger is the cutest thing since sliced bread.

ZaA

When you're thousands of years old you probably care less about a physical body and more about intellect, personality, and skill. He's what, 17? She's from a seemingly medeival-esque world.. we used to marry/have children at like 9-13 EXTREMELY commonly. Use some context my dude.

Vinnie

unc

Zaim İpek

Black Mana Crown has never been legitimately usable, passives or not. The one time he kind of used it, it was very brief, took maximum effort, and was harmful to him. I don't consider that being actually usable. If he was in very poor condition from injury and exhaustion, it probably wouldn't be usable. Buuut his skill level is higher now. But also, not having those mental passives knocks him back down significantly. So probably no black mana crown this round. But it would be wise of him to train it with passives disabled when he returns to the common area. It's his best method of training Mana Manipulation, Mana Crown, and Focus all at the same time.

Zaim İpek

@TreeReader That would be such a hilarious plot twist. And on top of that, it would be Tess's idea instead of Liss, but Liss liked the idea and went with it because it seemed like a great opportunity to add some spice to Nat's training.

Zaim İpek

The reason he isn't in the chat is because the chat cannot be accessed in Beyond. So he wouldn't even know it exists unless someone tells him. It is also likely that he has no access to the tournaments even if he did want to participate.

Zaim İpek

Liss doesn't strike me as a paedophile. I don't think it's possible for her to find Nat Romantically attractive.

RingoSeto

perhaps spren means .... the final beyonders from tutorial meaning last ones entered into beyond

RingoSeto

unless it is with lily ... perhaps she will dom him for a bit .. just to snuggle

Nimble (Hell, NoGroup)

LissLiss sending our NatNat to yet another death struggle

Obie

Bro still has a little under three years left 😭, this series is finna finish when i’m 30

jax rammus

Fuck, that's evil.

Andrew

Thank you!

AzorAhai

Nah, romance will only create unnecessary plot holes

Rocotrap

I like your take on this

Rocotrap

The 1st beyonder has always been in round 5, so that entity would never be in round 10

Zaim İpek

We shall see. He will definitely try his best. There is a good chance we will see him begin to use Black Mana in this round as it will probably be much more difficult than the last one.

mitchell kaiser

But I want more…🥲

Zaim İpek

That's very possible. It fits Tess's character. She makes very risky schemes or the sake of her ideal reality.

Zaim İpek

Biscuit might get fat eating so much. Good thing he can levitate.

tishane Imperial MageKiller

Lol maybe she has a Lil Romantic 🤔 feelings for nat it would be funny if she's who lily has to beat up to get his attention.

P K

Due to how Chasity works, I wonder if Lizz told her she could lvl up her Chasity by overcome a mimic invasion, and that biscuit stayed to not only help her out, but devor all the mimics for trying to devor Tess

Dyinglight

I really want a non group 4 PoV of Nat destroying multiple rounds for this!

Antony Silva

Imagine if it was Tess who asked Lissandra to do this to Nat. Knowing her character, is pretty possible.

TheOne320

I think Nat will not be able to complete all conditions in this tournament but Biscuit will take case of Tess.

TheOne320

Why? I do not think he/she/it is in the tournament. I still think it is an animal and that is why it never writes in chat.

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

Watchu gon do? It’s Liss

TheOne320

It kind of sucks that she can just arbitrarily add more conditions even though the conditions were already agreed on.

Scraser

Oh hell yeah. Nat, shattering Lissandra's pride, being incredibly petty, putting her through the same shit she had put him through.

Josh

Nat, after a grueling battle is completely wrecked but still looms omniously over Liss. 'What are you waiting for little pup?' Shaking fingers pull out a manabloc uno-reverse card

Belmont Igneul

He’s gonna rock the fuck outta this round

Scraser

I made the prediction before that he's gonna kill her so I want it to come true, naturally, but that would also be an interesting route for him to spare her just to give her the same bullshit back that she put him through XD

BlackRazaras

Thanks for the chapter

TreeReader

It would be hilarious if tess wasn't actually infected and liss just to her to stay out of the round so he could get stronger 🤣

zoarian

When Nat actually goes all out (and I mean full on Black Mana, all passives, using Fracture, unsealed Ignition Heart), it'll be some Rock Lee shit. Nat and Liss are totally flirting btw. Everyone's saying it's a master/disciple relationship but death threats are actually the first step in courting Absolutes. It is known.

frankie doerr

I think when Nat and Liss leave the tournament the embodiment of pride is gonna get recked then the final battle will be each other

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

@Sail Nat defo cares about innocent people. He’s just Uber super loyal to people he cares about, and would choose them in a heartbeat versus innocent people. In the train trolley problem thing, Nat would choose having the train run over all of existence if even one person he cares about is at stake. The goal, though is to get strong enough to never be forced to “pick”, to be able to do what he wants. To be able to say, fuck the train. That’s the pride Now, to be able to do that, he has to be the absolute strongest, and by far. His pride can only allow him to win it all else it breaks, and with that, Nat the person prolly wouldn’t exist at the same scale that he currently does, in which he would be basically dead to Liss. Maybe Liss, understanding of all these things, is trying in her own way to preserve the image of the “light”, the “life” in Nat, that also motivates her.

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

She’ll have to make it out first

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

How so?

Azril Aditya

She's basically teaching him to not rely on any system gifted/assisted skill whether it's active or passive skill.

Sail

Don't think he'll care about earth, maybe about his mom sure, but he probably has no feelings for the rest of humans

Madje Tobi Marc'Avent Tchona

Uh no lol. Black mana’s was always a focus and mana manipulation thing. Remember the whole training arc with Liss? And not using it till mana manipulation level 60 whatnot? Honestly dude is still holding back too much with the passives taken, from what he still has yet to use.

WhiteLeeopard

I think it's just a handicap. How is he supposed to turn kinetic energy into mana and healing? That's not mana based or seems like an active skill.

Val the mysterious Jedi

Hell difficulty 2.0. Roach addition activated, ngl though I love Lysanderas reasoning. Side note I want some romance from nat after this with tess, my boi is hurting.

Shawn Treants

This just gets better every chapter! Thanks!!

RadiantSpren

Josh

Do you guys think she'll go as far as threatening earth to give nat 'motivation'?

Josh

I need a biscuit pov having a tea party with Tess struggling against the mimic please. Maybe with our doggo 'devouring' the mimics influence somehow to keep it at bay?

Josh

Okay I know they are going to battle on somewhat equal footing one day, but I don't think Nat will WANT to kill her when the time comes. He's a big softie after all

Claro reyes

Glass canon nat

Delenda23

Wow, that was a lovely moment between Nat and Liss. Thank you.

Elijah helewa

I love it. She's basically saying do everything your passives do on your own and then get all new passives.

vEnviouz

TFTC!!

Woojoe

Sooo Good!

Spiral

I think lissandra just became my favourite character 😍 what a fucking line. I'll stand as the villain in your path" godammn that was cool

Moonfrost

That passive restriction is gonna be brutal, simply because of the 2 passives Nat has that helps with mental burden. Depending on how much he's improved by dying so far, black Mana Crown might be unusable.

Venno

She’s making him so much stronger than everyone else.

Ansordia

Omg... Amazing... Kind of cruel that she limits his ability... But I guess he shouldn't have smacked her in a metaphorical sense? I wonder if this is a one time thing or it will get worse and worse... Like in the last round he can only use mana and nothing else...

Dr.Awkward

Tftc! Damn, cockroachssandra is truly evil with that demand to turn off the passives.....

M van Dongen

Yep. She's right. Fuck the System. DIY or bust.

Funny guy

Danks fur da chappie !

Elijah helewa

first?


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