[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-175":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},336862,598,"Chapter 175 175: Nightmare of Mensis","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-175",175,"\u003Cp>-Frey Starlight's POV-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bounty on your head: 200 Points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haa…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a deep breath, gripping my sword tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pounding headache had followed me for the past two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn't alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All around me—dozens of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they weren't just regular third-years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many were from the elite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'd been hunted down relentlessly for two whole days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magnus wasn't among them this time… but what I got instead was just as troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at her—that filthy woman—and then at the army surrounding me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain hadn't stopped for even a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stuck out my tongue, letting the droplets moisten my dry throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After such an intense chase, I was reaching my limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You sure run well, Frey Starlight. I've never met anyone so stubborn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Missandei who spoke, Egon's subordinate, looking down on me with disdain while I gave her a tired smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think you guys are more stubborn than me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after defeating so many of them… they just kept coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's end this farce.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missandei—second strongest among the third-years—and with this many on her side…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting them in my current state would be tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, I could win… but it would cost me far too much. I had no intention of fighting in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missandei began to manipulate the threads between her fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those steel nails… the spool wrapped around her arms…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She controlled the threads with the wind—her combat style was truly one of a kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wove a giant spider cocoon around us, attempting to seal off any chance of escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From all sides, the other students began slowly advancing toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like you've finally accepted your fate… Frey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I accepted it… a long time ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I raised both hands in surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've got no desire to fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missandei frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clearly hadn't expected this response after two full days of chasing me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take him out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't want to prolong things. Something about this situation clearly made her uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the students stepped forward and attacked me—his sword slashed clean through, cutting me in half…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he struck wasn't me to begin with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missandei was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because what appeared in my place… was only an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"La~ la~ la~…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The singing began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those creatures… sang gleefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night had fallen, and the melody grew stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From those brains… the eyeballs emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"La~ la~ la~…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third-years' expressions darkened as they saw the dozens—no, hundreds—of Mensis Nightmare creatures surrounding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was their nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, the illusion had fully taken hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perched atop a tree in the distance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched it all unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missandei had woven the trap herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trapped inside her own spider cocoon—surrounded by hundreds of Mensis Nightmares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above them, my eyes shimmered with a faint glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Skill: Ascension.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That skill rendered me completely immune… to all forms of mental attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the early days of the exam, I'd discovered this place… the lair of those creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"La~ la~ la~…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single Mensis Nightmare's illusion can be resisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe even two… or three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when illusions come at you from this many, it's nearly on par with the Mist stalker itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless you're prepared in advance and have strong resistance, you won't even realize you've been trapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey Starlight! You bastard! What did you do!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missandei screamed, as the nightmares lunged to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did I do, you ask?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simple…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I led you, step by step—straight into their nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without you even noticing… your intense focus on me made it all too easy for the Mensis Nightmares to pull you into their illusion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it… damn it…damn it!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missandei cursed fiercely, as if her mind was being stabbed by a filthy blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're going to get us killed! There's no way we're getting out of this alive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She screamed, lashing out wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already fallen victim to the nightmare's delusions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These mental attacks—might even leave her mentally crippled in the future… a fate worse than death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Complaining now, after all that chasing earlier? Your hypocrisy isn't even funny…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all fell prey to the Menses Nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"La~ la~ la~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The melody of death played on, relentless…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missandei, of all people, screamed the most… the exact opposite of her usual calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, only one thing remained: to be devoured by the ravenous minds...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their armor would protect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And sure enough—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Critical hit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Critical hit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Critical hit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were saved… but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They didn't get teleported…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them were already being devoured by the Menses Nightmares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confused beyond belief, I watched as the temple disciples were wiped out…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teleportation spell had failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After observing for a while, I finally realized what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Nest of the Menses Nightmares…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The illusion cast by those creatures… it was like magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was overwhelmingly dense—because this was their den. And so…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It blocked the signal…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't be transported. The power of the Menses Nightmares was interfering with spatial magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're going to die…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"La~ la~ la~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched with a bitter expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They… were going to die because of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many had already begun to be consumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Menses Nightmares devoured their victims slowly… forcing me to witness every moment as limbs were torn apart, and bright red blood spilled endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remained silent as I watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sadly… I won't be able to save you…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth… I could've, if I had used Balerion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if I did… I would be disqualified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between their lives… and the Victoriade…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scale was unfair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn't a hero… nor a noble man… I was just—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone trying to return to his world…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a grim face, I turned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had already given up on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An overwhelming force surged from the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fire greater than anything I had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swept across me, the Menses Nightmares, the students, the trees… the rocks… the ground… everything within a kilometer radius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn't hot…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't feel a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so cold, I felt like I was dreaming… or maybe I had fallen into another of the Menses illusions…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no. That wasn't it. Down below…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Menses Nightmares burned to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That same fire… didn't touch the students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That level of control—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's going on…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flame that burns what it wants… and spares what it wants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thanks to it… many of the students were saved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire only lasted a moment before it vanished—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared in awe at the scorched land around me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree I had been standing on moments ago was completely gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the one responsible… stood before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His presence was overwhelming… it reminded me of my time with Ivar Valerion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brown hair and that elegant black cloak…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those burning crimson eyes lighting up his youthful face…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At last we meet… son of Abraham…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man spoke with a radiant smile as the void erupted around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Phoenix.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoenix Sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>",1177,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","09e025e1b02e7cc2c62862707c11c28bb2ea338d0670cc3d98f6ea28a837a8a6","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-176","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-174",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]