[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-213":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},336650,598,"Chapter 213 213: Frey Starlight vs Snow Lionheart (3)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-213",213,"\u003Cp>\"Ahh\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father, Mother...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did you ever imagine your son would end up coughing up this much blood?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you were here right now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder ... what kind of expressions would you show me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would you grieve for me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would you cry for me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm afraid..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact I could still laugh even after all the beating I'd taken ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it revealed just how much I had changed from the person I once was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father, Mother, if you could see me now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would you even recognize me as your son?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even I no longer clearly remember the man I was two years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I had become wasn't that foolish writer who once penned some dumb novel,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nor was I truly Frey Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was merely a third existence, lost on a path with no return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood once more, stepping toward Snow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>leaving bloody footprints behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were too many things weighing on my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far too many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the one thing I knew for certain ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was that I missed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much that it felt like my soul was being torn apart, every single day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Snow Lionheart... you have no idea how much I envy you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My perfect self ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The version of me that could fight no matter the circumstances,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stand back up no matter how hard life crushed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hero who embodied everything I once wished to become.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can never be like you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had already made a vow to myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I lost here, I would kill myself immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suicide sounded almost too easy for the person I was now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no turning back anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That bridge had long been burned—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was victory or death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow didn't understand a single word I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell are you rambling about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he thought I'd gone mad from all the beating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my mind was sharper than ever,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with Ascension forcing me to maintain my sanity, to endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lunged at Snow Lionheart with my sword, shrouded in darkness aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't win like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't have enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't even know what exactly I was trying to do anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I decided to throw everything aside ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to focus solely on that one piece of advice the system had given me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To attempt reaching a strength I didn't yet understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look into the mirror, and understand the reflection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are my reflection, Snow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our swords clashed instantly, locking us into a fierce, relentless exchange,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the sound of steel clashing filling the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every blow pushed my battered body further beyond its limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had made my decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would solve this mystery ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enigma called Snow Lionheart ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or I would die trying !!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From every clash of swords, blood spilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart frowned in confusion as he saw his opponent completely change his fighting style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flung me away once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then three times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet I still swung my sword again, my eyes wide open, locked solely onto him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Snow…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't see anything in this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was swallowed in blackness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In all that darkness… you're the only thing I see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are everything I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Snow!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart's eyes widened as his opponent revealed a completely different style of combat while fending him off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My defense had grown fragile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My attacks became utterly chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blow after blow landed harder, and harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow continued to spill my blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you trying to achieve with this?! Frey Starlight?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a swift strike, I felt his sword pierce deep into my abdomen, causing my intestines to spill out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With my right hand, I grabbed those guts, forcing them back into place, clutching the wound tight, while swinging my sword with my left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get back inside, damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain was on a level of its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My bloodied vision…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That searing agony…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with Ascension activated, it barely kept me sane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that miserable state, I continued attacking, staring at Snow with wild, unblinking eyes, making me look like a madman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, I could no longer hear anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only Snow, dancing with me in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wondered .. how was I still conscious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hand holding my gut, the other wielding my blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still trapped in a whirlwind of swords against Snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many emotions flooded through me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them... nostalgia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a familiar feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something kept me from falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something pushed me forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remembered those moments when the statues dragged me deep inside the Shadows sect .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How I stayed conscious even when all I wished for was death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt submerged .. my body moved on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was because my opponent was Snow Lionheart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That extension of myself, the one I knew everything about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew it all about that man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more I focused on him, the farther away my body drifted...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our swords clashed, faster and faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart unleashed his full strength, desperate not to remain trapped in such a maddening battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone watched, disbelieving what was unfolding before their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shrouded in swirling darkness, I felt my head burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were still there—Snow and I, locked in the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his strikes…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His patterns…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow… they became crystal clear to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone saw it ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I no longer merely blocked Snow's attacks, but began to counter them too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wielding my sword with just a single hand…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that thick darkness, I barely caught a glimpse ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely heard it ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The laughter, the screaming, the roaring cries ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven dark figures danced wildly around us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shrieked with abandon, they laughed uncontrollably, they spun around me in pure joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was because my opponent was Snow, of all people, that I was able to achieve something I had never reached against anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I knew everything about that young man who was, in a way, an extension of myself...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was able to reach it ...the level required for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My sword became faster, stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bloody smile, I howled along with them as my body danced .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the system screen, the display flickered, burning in new letters, engraving something unprecedented:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Adaptation: 1\u002F7\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Core Attribute: Darkness ››› Shadow\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness slowly engulfed all the elements my opponent had unleashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body launched counterattacks against his abilities as my shadow vanished from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt my strength double, with my own shadow reinforcing my battered body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My senses sharpened to an unbelievable degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see it now ...so clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed maniacally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can see it, you bastards!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black flame atop my sword dimmed, transforming into something closer to a shadow ... just a faint, dark sheen on the blade's surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked simple... yet it held overwhelming strength and speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to strike faster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd watched in awe as I fought Snow amidst the swirling flames, both of us moving so closely it was as if we were fused together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart stared at me in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And who could blame him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His opponent .. who had been utterly overwhelmed just moments ago .. was now fighting him evenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every move he made, it was as if I had foreseen it, responding with perfect counters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We exchanged thousands of blows ..every single one parried perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logic had long since abandoned the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after countless exchanges of blood and steel..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, blood splattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow retreated with a void Step, his hand instinctively reaching for the shallow wound on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple cut... but I had hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Vermithor within him had already begun healing the injury, but the blood staining his palm was undeniable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an unmatched smile, Snow's aura exploded in dazzling colors as he looked at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really did it, Frey Starlight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even I didn't fully understand what was happening anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caught up in a wave of pure hysteria, I screamed at him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come at me, Snow Lionheart! Let's keep fighting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1375,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","43484313eb38b6cd51fabcdfdda34179d467b7013c46dafa4b6c7e40e653b906","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-214","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-212",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]