[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-133":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","THE VILLAIN'S POV",{"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},336770,598,"Chapter 133 133: The Iliad’s Curse","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-133",133,"\u003Cp>- Frey Starlight's Pov -\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My vision blurred as my body began to falter, the strain of reaching my limit weighing me down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was on the verge of being forcibly ejected from my Blood Form. When that happened, I'd have to endure the backlash that followed immediately after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that happened… I wouldn't be able to fight any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's coming for me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after wounding him and severing one of his arms, Frost could still fight—especially now that he had reclaimed the Remshard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood refused to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even seeped from the corners of my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kneeling, drained, I was completely at his mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frost's gaze was colder than ever as he loomed over me, likely contemplating the best way to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could feel his hatred from here, sharp and unfiltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad... You've proven you're not just a rat scurrying through fate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his spear before my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... You're a wretched demon hiding countless secrets up your sleeve.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey Starlight... your actions, your power, your very existence—I despise everything about you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I cannot allow someone like you to live. Not after witnessing what you're capable of.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disgust twisted his features as his aura flared, preparing to end this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, I simply stared at him, my expression devoid of emotion, my face drenched in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your existence has been a curse haunting my family since the beginning. And here—this is where it ends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Remshard gleamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was impressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was planning to finish me in a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smirk curved my lips. Who would've thought the arrogant Frost wouldn't bother torturing me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A swift execution…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sounded merciful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The icy blue light of his spear bathed my face, illuminating my unchanging smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey... why the hell are you still smiling?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed my reaction irritated dear Frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing… it's just…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widened as cracks began to spread across my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath my pale skin, a searing violet light pulsed—wild and untamed, stirring the aura inside me into a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frost knew I was about to do something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he lunged with his full strength—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—but his spear halted just before my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force erupting from within me had stopped it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, I raised my sword, now streaked with those same violet lines, and pointed it at Frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the same unwavering smirk, I spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ignition\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long time ago, before I was even reincarnated into this damned world, I occasionally read stories about characters with absurd powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, I read about a man who mimicked nuclear bombs ... who, somehow, turned himself into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone sparked the idea for my fourth and final skill ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the last resort I had intended to use against Snow in the Victoriad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had cost me everything ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the achievement points I had gathered. Thousands of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless sacrifices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the final result was about to be tested in reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the very beginning, I had an SSS-rank aura reservoir inside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my low level prevented me from unleashing much of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if I had a skill ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a skill that allowed me to release a massive amount of that aura in a single, decisive attack?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A different kind of bomb—one that would annihilate everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the idea itself was unrealistic. After all, doing this would mean ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would quite literally explode myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body was far too fragile to withstand something like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At best, such an attack would destroy me before it even harmed my opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if I wasn't the one detonating?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if something else—something stronger, something unbreakable—became the vessel instead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that something could only be the Black Dread .. Balerion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps he was the only one capable of enduring such an overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single strike ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One carrying the explosive power of an immense SSS-rank aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strike that would leave me unable to fight afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ignition\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frost's expression turned grave the moment he sensed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing the final moments of my Blood Form, I unleashed an attack that surpassed S+ rank, perhaps even reaching beyond it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the edge of Balerion, a colossal beam of dark aura was unleashed—a devastating strike that annihilated everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no intention of killing Frost. He was my bargaining chip, the key to breaking the curse cast upon me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had no choice. Here and now—I would end him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perish, you arrogant lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the mighty Remshard spear, his chances of survival against this attack were zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was over—or so I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, ice began forming within the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice of unbearable cold… That power…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes widened as I felt something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This power…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn't Frost's.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My final attack had somehow been countered—repelled by ice so overwhelming that Frost's own seemed like mere child's play in comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no idea when he did it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a frozen hand now rested against the edge of Balerion's blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within the darkness, he emerged—standing between me and Frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Balerion's blade gradually froze under the influence of this man's power, while his cold, piercing gaze locked onto mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cursed under my breath, realizing that I had just lost my final weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How terrifying…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man spoke in a commanding tone, his presence overwhelming as he looked down at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was none other than Baylor—the current lord of the Moonlight Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a simple motion, he brushed aside Balerion's blade and shoved me backward, leaving me to suffer the recoil of my own power, drowning in my own blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mind was in complete disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was Baylor here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he been watching from the start?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The continuous loss of blood, the unbearable backlash from using all my abilities at once—I could barely think, let alone move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even if I could…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could I possibly do against this monster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the battle raged on, I could hear the chaos erupting above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Moonlight Family was supposed to be in turmoil right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why the hell was this bastard here, of all times?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You look surprised, Frey Starlight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor continued to stare at me with that same imposing expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be honest… I'm the one who's surprised here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, Frost gazed at his father's back, his expression a tangled mess of emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father… I—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frost tried to say something, but Baylor paid him no mind. His focus remained solely on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm surprised. At your age, with your level of power… you unleashed an attack that could have reached even me, of all people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his palm, revealing a thin line of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a small wound, but my final attack had managed to injure an SS-rank Awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That only made things worse for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor lifted his hand toward me, his lips curling into a wolfish smile—a smile of a true predator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like father, like son, wouldn't you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he talking about Abraham Starlight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were a fine piece, Frey Starlight. You've helped me a great deal up until now… but you're no longer that naïve boy you once were.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've become a beast that cannot be tamed. And so, my dear Frey…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor closed his eyes for a brief moment, recalling how he had played this child before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How he had manipulated him into playing a role in his schemes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How he had forced him to attempt to rape Seris Moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How he had gained leverage over the Starlight Family through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How he had been the perfect tool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it was all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, Baylor opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die, you arrogant lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It echoed in my ears again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The curse has been activated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain shot through my chest as my heart pounded violently, sending an unbearable wave of cold spreading through me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clutching my chest, I collapsed, my screams ripping through the battlefield, raw and drenched in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain was unbearable. A torment unlike anything I had ever endured. My heart pounded frantically, as if an icy blade were carving into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold, ragged breaths escaped my lips, one after another, uncontrolled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What do I do?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What the hell do I do?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What the hell do I do now?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My entire plan had hinged on capturing Frost, his mother, or Seris—using them as leverage to break this damn curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he saw through me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He destroyed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The searing agony coursing through me was proof—I was close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Close to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Baylor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding beam of light crashed into the ground, shaking the very air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carmen had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bathed in the scorching radiance of a star, she burned with unrestrained fury. She had come straight here after defeating Eleanor Moonlight—the traces of that battle still evident on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Carmen… So, you broke through.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor's expression remained eerily composed, even as Carmen's rage exploded before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get your filthy hands off him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, she unleashed a barrage of massive, star-forged fists, each one crashing toward Baylor with devastating force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carmen wasn't holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You people… never cease to amaze me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor raised his other hand toward her attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the colossal fists froze mid-air, locked in place by an overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suffocating weight of Baylor's full power erupted outward, drowning the battlefield in sheer dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Alpha Origin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single motion, an infinite wave of ice surged forward, swallowing Carmen whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eight stars blazing within her chest roared furiously as she fought to burn away the encroaching frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even with her SS- rank and her superior Stardust technique, she couldn't break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trapped—engulfed by an immovable mass of ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it… Frey!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her frozen hand reached for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all I could do was watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agony in my chest had transcended pain—it was something far worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept screaming, each ragged breath releasing more and more white mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My skin grew paler by the second—until it took on a sickly blue hue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My blood had frozen solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light in my eyes flickered, growing dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My long black hair—slowly, steadily—began turning white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything… was ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, I had failed. I had lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor Moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man behind everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who had tormented Frey more than anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had utterly, undeniably, defeated me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I… lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the last remnants of my strength faded, my hair turned completely white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body—pale, lifeless—became nothing more than a frozen corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor watched until the very end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood there, witnessing my slow, agonizing demise—drinking in every second of my suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confident that it was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piercing scream shattered the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor's head snapped around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His son was convulsing, writhing in agony. Black veins surfaced beneath his skin as he coughed up blood, his body trembling violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the—?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shock flickered across Baylor's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved immediately, kneeling beside Frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father… F-Father?! What's happening to me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood streamed endlessly from Frost's pores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he wasn't alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far from them, Seris Moonlight was suffering the same fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her screams intertwined with Frost's, echoing across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this?! What the hell is happening?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time—Baylor Moonlight, a man who had witnessed countless horrors in his lifetime—stood frozen in uncertainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This… This is the Iliad Curse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Starlight Family's curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But from whom—?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the words left his lips, the sound of slow, deliberate footsteps echoed from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another presence entered the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even I—barely clinging to life, my consciousness slipping—shifted my gaze toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked deathly pale. Exhausted. Yet, unmistakably, it was her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ada Starlight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baylor muttered her name as she came to a stop before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's put an end to this farce, Lord Moonlight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ada raised both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above each, a crimson sigil materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one carrying the weight of a curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cold, unwavering voice rang through the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is where you and your wretched family meet your end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2024,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","7b4a453d11c85f01973ebd8dbd6e8ea8ecd8deb82dfb0fed568ac16c4d46010b","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-134","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-132",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]