[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-229":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},336666,598,"Chapter 229 229: Memories of the Fallen Star (6)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-229",229,"\u003Cp>He crossed the Demonic Sea by himself, killing countless nightmare creatures that lurked within those waters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the end ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he made it to the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he breached their shores, he found them waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Four Lords of the Ultras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gavid Lindman,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam A,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a tall, filthy man wearing a black mask that hid his disfigured face .. the former lord, Val.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with another figure clad in a plague doctor's robes and crow mask—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the former lord, Everblack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four SS level lords gathered to meet him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... so you were waiting for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unleashing the full pressure of his nine-star Starlight Aura, Abraham walked toward them with a face full of impatience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Sister gleamed coldly in his grip ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and without warning, he attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, an earth-shattering battle broke out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham Starlight versus the Four Lords of the Ultras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I fought with the intent to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were too damn stubborn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of them wielded monstrous demonic contracts that turned their bodies into weapons beyond human limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse still ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they unleashed horrors against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creatures shaped like humans, but utterly distorted ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with black blood oozing from their eyes and mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They used them as cannon fodder...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time I cut them down, all I felt was disgust.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remembered what you told me about the Ultras ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>about how their society worshipped blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultras Continent was like another world entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A world the Empire knew nothing about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that land, blood itself was sacred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those born with tainted blood had no future ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their bodies doomed to rot away, infected by the very demonic power that ran through their veins, until they mutated into abominations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clenched my fists as I watched it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This horror...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was ultimately my crime too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the author—the creator of this world—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bore some responsibility for what was happening there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those monsters that attacked my father... were once humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans who had been forcibly infused with demonic blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes the process would succeed, creating what they called the \"High-Blooded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those cases were exceedingly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More often, the demonic blood acted as a deadly poison, killing us humans, twisting us into grotesque abominations...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Into the creatures that assaulted my father without end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, mutations would occur... turning the corrupted humans into even more horrifying monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stronger the demonic blood infused into them, the more powerful the resulting creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These monsters had roamed the earth for over three hundred years…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed my eyes against the bloody battle unfolding between my father, the Lords of the Ultras, and those hideous beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those monsters…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were what we now call the Nightmare Creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very creatures humanity hunted across the Empire, the same ones I had faced countless times myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren't monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans hunting humans ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A truth that should never be known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father... Abraham Starlight...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a grueling battle against the Lords, the strongest Human Demon finally intervened ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wielded one of the most powerful legendary swords in existence ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Moonlight Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura released by that sword devoured all other forms of aura,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and even my father struggled against the onslaught as Dragoth and the four Lords surrounded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, my father was forced to retreat ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>barely escaping with his life, thanks to the intervention of Maekar Valerion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That battle only escalated the animosity between the Empire and the Ultras even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that infamous incident...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>my father continued to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to grow stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In gratitude for the help he received, Emperor Maekar invited my father to a grand banquet within his imperial palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maekar Valerion was a man of profound vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw further than anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His insight was genuinely admirable, alongside his overwhelming talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he was older than me,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he too had reached SS+ rank ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and that alone was astonishing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father respected the Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Emperor, in turn, was intrigued by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That day, Maekar invited me to a one-on-one duel ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A friendly match to strengthen our bond.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True warriors spoke with swords,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not at dining tables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an unspoken rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the duel was arranged in secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a handful of the highest-ranking officials even knew about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle lasted a long time ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fought deep within the Eastern Nightmare Lands between the Empire's greatest spearman, Maekar Valerion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the miracle swordsman, Abraham Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after a brutal, hard-fought duel ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for the first time, Maekar's back touched the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that moment, it became clear:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this man from the minor Starlight branch was the real deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many believed he would be the next great hero after Kazis Valerion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Church denied such claims ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for the Sacred Sword Vermithor had not chosen him as its master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet my father never needed that sword in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Sister alone was more than enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name was now on every tongue across the continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had finally reached the height he sought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not the goal he truly desired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He refused to give in to despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always seen this life as a gift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I made sure to live every day to its fullest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>out of respect for the blessings given to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite everything ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could never forget his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after thirty long years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never gave up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He endured the hollow emptiness their absence left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>came the meeting that changed Abraham Starlight's life forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The former lord ... Izan Starlight had finally reached his limits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last surrendering to the illness that had slowly consumed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An illness that had no cure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izan Starlight had fought it bravely for a long, long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had lived an astonishingly long life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, he could endure no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his final days, he pleaded ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he begged Abraham Starlight to become the next Lord of the Starlight Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't even know how to refuse...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not to the man who treated me like a son all those years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father, lost and adrift,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>found himself unable to accomplish so many of the things he had once set out to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't find his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't break past the SS+ rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And no matter how much he searched, he couldn't locate that mysterious Engineer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham Starlight had reached a dead end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood at a crossroads where he slowly began to surrender to this new life...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and become a true part of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I accepted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He accepted the offer ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to become the new Lord of the Starlight Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But there was a problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abraham Starlight did not possess the pure bloodline of the main family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and despite his overwhelming strength and achievements, many opposed his ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when Lord Izan Starlight made a proposal .. one that changed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He asked me to marry her... his only daughter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Izan had many sons, but only one daughter .. a fragile girl who had inherited his incurable illness, leaving her so secluded that Abraham had never seen her before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, my father refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't forget his family, no matter how many years had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under the relentless pressure of a dying man ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he eventually agreed to meet her,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if only once, to judge for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, it led to that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside an isolated garden belonging to one of the Starlight Family's main estates,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>my father met her for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat quietly in a wheelchair ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her legs had been paralyzed since birth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body seemed frail,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and yet... it radiated a quiet, undeniable elegance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I saw her face,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one look was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew instantly who she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the mother of Frey Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother of this body I now inhabited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked like a more mature version of my sister Ada ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as if I were standing before her twin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That woman was like a blooming rose...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rose whose roots wrapped tightly around my heart, stirring emotions that had long since died within me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I listened to my father's words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even after all those years...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She succeeded where everyone else had failed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost absurd ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how one woman managed to fill the void\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that had hollowed out a man like my father for over thirty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't understand the feelings he spoke of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those emotions he described...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had none of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had no right to judge him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I—who broke after just two years,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who tried to end it all the moment despair crushed me ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could I ever blame a man who endured for thirty years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could I fault him for falling in love...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for finding some sliver of salvation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That woman... became my mother in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her name was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>",1512,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","6c5c5a52ef5b538a3caf951451ad64685a948379a20ec574361c05d737603862","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-230","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-228",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]