[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-227":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},336664,598,"Chapter 227: Memories of the Fallen Star (4)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-227",227,"\u003Cp>A.N :\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And here we are, three extra chapters to celebrate the castle! Now, I think I'll go back to the regular release schedule... probably :)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you all for your support!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first volume and the Victoriad Arc are now approaching their final chapters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Frey Starlight's Pov-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Eastern Nightmare Lands…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the walls of the mysterious Shadow Sect…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham Starlight lay unconscious, defeated by the Engineer in a single blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happened was shocking, even to me... the very person who had once written a novel about this world in excruciating detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alongside the Engineer, I memorized the faces of the others... and decided that no matter what, I would never forget them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark-skinned woman, with black hair and a body so sculpted that her abs were clearly visible ...Evankhell, the previous wielder of the Dark Sister sword... perhaps the blade was even named after her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A boy who looked no older than ten, with golden hair and vibrant blue eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with long black hair, standing perfectly straight, with a massive spear strapped to his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old, withered man, almost bald, leaning heavily on a cane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would remember them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would remember every single one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenes flashed quickly as my father awoke once more, only to find himself lying there .. alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow Sect had fallen silent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the others... had vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It felt as if everything I'd seen and heard that night was just a fleeting dream... but that sword proved otherwise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gripping the Dark Sister tightly .. a pitch-black katana pulsing with immense power... Abraham realized that what he had experienced was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no hallucination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where will this path take me? Was following that strange system really the right choice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A journey into the unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's exactly what it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my father didn't waver. He simply continued doing what he had always done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He returned to the Starlight branch family's lands and resumed his training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lived his daily life to its fullest, blending in naturally with the world as if he had been born into it, as if he hadn't lived a completely different life before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone around him saw him as a mature young man .. far wiser and more composed than his age should allow ...and he gained deep respect, all while hiding the true extent of his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stronger... I knew I had to become much, much stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when he thought he had enough power, the Engineer's effortless defeat had shown him otherwise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew better than anyone ... no one could predict what the future would bring, nor what challenges awaited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham Starlight: Level 90\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Age: 25 years\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stardust Technique: Ninth Star\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leveling up had grown excruciatingly difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father finally faced the ultimate wall at SS+ rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap between SS and SS+ was monstrous .. so wide it shattered the ambitions of even the most gifted talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And beyond SS+... lay only the unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the age of 25, he finally made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To send the signal... to find my family...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I decided to conquer the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty-five years of training since his childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty-five years of wielding the sword, fighting without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, he was ready to reveal himself to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first step... was the Starlight Family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being one of the empire's most powerful factions, it was the perfect starting point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, on that day, Abraham Starlight packed his belongings, said goodbye to his false family, and set out toward the Eastern Oclas Mountains ... the stronghold of the Starlight Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many tales later told about that day ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A day when a young man appeared at the gates of the mighty Starlight Family, demanding a duel with the strongest warrior within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gatekeepers mocked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Black hair? A branch family fool? What the hell are you doing here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They jeered, slapping him on the back condescendingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You better leave before you get yourself hurt...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single glance, my father assessed them .. mere B-rank insects crawling before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wish to challenge the strongest man of this house. From what I've heard... that would be the current Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could you kindly direct me to him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as the guards burst out laughing at the \"nonsense\" spoken by this strange young man,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham maintained his calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They tried to shove him away, but he stood his ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One last time, he asked politely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they tried to forcefully remove him, they made the greatest mistake of their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched with a blank expression as my father fought dozens of guards at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw him send them all flying with a single blow .. without even drawing his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I asked nicely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front gate shattered into pieces as the alarm bell echoed across the Oclas Mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An alarm signaling that a disaster had befallen them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You draw your swords against me... Don't you realize these weapons are meant to kill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More bodies were sent soaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you want to kill me, is that it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold sweat trickled down my back when I saw my father hurl one of Starlight's strongest generals clear over a massive mountain like a mere punching bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you want to kill me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it's only fair I respond in kind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, for the first time in Starlight's history, the threat came not from the Nightmare Lands ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but from within the empire itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After crushing the faces of an absurd number of Starlight family warriors, the true elites finally began to appear one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Senate .. a council of powerful fighters ranked S and above .. descended upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, a woman resembling a wild beast charged forward, launching a devastating punch straight at my father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven stars of the Stardust Technique blazed around her heart as she attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my father caught her fist effortlessly nullifying her attack completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closer, I was stunned to recognize her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carmen Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked exactly the same as when I had last seen her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that even possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was supposed to have happened long ago, yet Carmen hadn't changed at all .. as if it had just happened yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Carmen Starlight was a sharp woman...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew it the moment our fists collided.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father's voice echoed through the memories as I watched him face nine elders of the Starlight Family alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even against that number of elite-class powerhouses, he didn't lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?! What do you want?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all shouted at him in unison, even as their battle laid waste to everything around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I simply wish to face your strongest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't come here to cause trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't even kill your guards ... only knocked them unconscious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, he beat them half to death .. but he hadn't killed a single one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you playing with us?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched Carmen lunge at him with terrifying speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he dodged effortlessly, brushing her aside with casual ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down and think... If I really wanted to kill you, you'd all be dead already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell are you saying?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the beginning, he never even drew his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fought them all with nothing but his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuing to beat them into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carmen wasn't stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She realized the gap in power the moment she clashed with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strange young man before her was on an entirely different level ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pressure heavier than anything she'd ever felt, even compared to the Starlight Lord himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she couldn't retreat, not in front of an enemy like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nine elders launched their strongest coordinated attacks at him ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but he blocked every one of them with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were relentless, especially Carmen, who fought tirelessly at the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, all of them collapsed under his relentless assault ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all except her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her stubbornness made my father serious for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a stubborn woman...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forming a blazing white flame around his right fist, my father disappeared ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>reappearing before Carmen at the speed of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His punch exploded toward her face,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and in that instant, she felt the overwhelming aura pouring from the blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw death rushing toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just before it landed, his fist stopped a hair's breadth from her face ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the shockwave alone obliterated everything behind her, leaving a massive fist-shaped crater in the giant mountain behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carmen's legs gave out and she collapsed before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at the imprint on the mountain,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she realized she had never been closer to death than she was that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you listen now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or do I need to do more?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After obliterating the Senate like they were mere toys…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They finally realized the magnitude of the threat standing before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-What do you want?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've repeated myself so many times that my mouth's about to fall off...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to face your strongest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strongest in the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he uttered those words, a beam of light descended behind Abraham.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if answering his call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within the beam, two elderly men emerged, unleashing their overwhelming auras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the marks of old age were evident on their faces, their bodies radiated a terrifying level of strength as they stood tall like spears challenging the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked alike, a clear sign that a deep bond connected them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's going on here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were strong, but the true monster was the elder standing at the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That pressure...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So you're the current Lord of the Starlight Family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1617,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","16bcaf9db4ac9c31a31604d76d9412e22c0b5ab344a12fda613d7fb3b12f326d","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-228","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-226",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]