Lucien Ashborne was supposed to be a nobody — an early-game villain who existed only to be crushed by the protagonist. After provoking the wrong person, he vanished from the story without even a dramatic death scene.

When a player named James dies and wakes up in Lucien’s body, he inherits every bit of the villain’s broken reputation and zero of his privileges. Bullied, scorned, and abandoned by his own noble family, Lucien now stands at the bottom of the academy hierarchy.

To make matters worse, the world he knew as a game has no guaranteed happy ending… and the protagonist’s party treats him like a criminal.

But James isn’t the Lucien they think he is.

With fragments of meta-knowledge, a half-broken system that barely works, and a determination to avoid becoming cannon fodder, he chooses a different path.

He doesn’t seek glory.
He just refuses to disappear.

This is the story of a former villain trying to rewrite his role — not as a hero, but as someone who survives on his own terms.

[Sixth Sense (Lv. 3) detects a fatal attack trajectory!]


[Target: Elisha Ravenscroft. Probability of death: 98%!]


My head whipped around. The projected trajectory line drawn by my Sixth Sense was aimed perfectly at the back of Elisha's head as she walked away from the throne's cover.


I didn't think. I instantly channeled mana into my legs and triggered my spatial footwork. My vision flashed, and I reappeared directly behind Elisha.


I didn't have time to draw the Reaver. I ripped the Winchester rifle off my shoulder and raised it horizontally like a shield.


A streak of pitch-black light shot out from the far, unseen end of the dark corridor. It bypassed the entrance of the hall entirely and slammed directly into my rifle.


To me, the spatial jump and the impact happened almost simultaneously.


Chapter 185 - Sneak Attack