[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-273":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},336610,598,"Chapter 273: The Battle of Moon Castle (5)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-273",273,"\u003Cp>– Frey Starlight's POV –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt dizzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roar of the towering demon before me echoed in my ears .. a creature that had swallowed Princess Sansa, who was now trapped somewhere deep inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood poured down my body from countless cuts .. the lingering damage of those invisible slicing attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That blood mixed with the sweat that drenched my skin, clinging to me after the brutal fight I'd just endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few minutes remained before Blood Form faded. And once it did… I'd be completely powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I really win…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oliver Khan had placed his final bet on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chose to sacrifice himself instead of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant I had no choice .. I had to give it everything I had. Or we were both as good as dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a deep breath, gathering every last drop of aura I could summon, and stepped forward .. slowly, painfully .. into the demon's cutting field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's do this!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice was barely a whisper compared to the deafening roars the demon let out as it hurled shadowy tendrils and razor-sharp slashes at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't even see the slicing waves ..there was no avoiding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I kept going, resisting everything else as I inched closer, one step at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body was being shredded rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slashes grew stronger the closer I got .. but I refused to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting back the nausea rising in my throat, I screamed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"SANSA!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swinging my blades with everything I had, I tried to push back the shadows as I shouted again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this really what you want?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explosions rocked the battlefield, but I kept moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this how you want it all to end?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I needed her to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow… I had to pull her out of the despair she'd drowned in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You weren't the one who killed them, damn it—it was HIM! the fuckin demon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pressed on, even as attacks rained from every direction, slicing through my flesh without mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And even if you did kill them .. who cares?! I've killed far more than you, and here I'm still standing! To hell with them all! Just fight back! Live!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I started shouting whatever bullshit came to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was someone still struggling to find a reason to live ... so I was in no position to bring hope to others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when I was so close to losing it myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had to say something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Sansa was still in there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somewhere deep inside, she was listening to my pathetic rambling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon's refusal to attack me directly .. that was proof enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he injured Oliver so badly with that last strike… I saw the hesitation in his movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to hide it well—but not from my Hawk Eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa was still inside… but her presence was faint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of attacks pouring down on me was absurd .. it was like standing in the middle of a hurricane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that shattered my body again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon attacked from afar, never moving an inch ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant this was my only chance to end it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I made a reckless decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dove straight into the heart of the cutting field. As I got within a few meters of it, the slicing intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cloaked myself in aura, forming a barrier to endure it .. but suddenly, I collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My face hit the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blades rained down on me from above ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that's when I realized…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My right leg was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still standing in the place I'd just leapt from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That slash had severed it clean off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A devastating surge of pain shot through my mind, nearly overwhelming me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clenched my teeth, cursing, forcing myself to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My entire body had become a bloody slab of flesh .. laid bare on the demon's chopping block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Form was the only reason I was still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it could end at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That disgusting demon stood before me, grinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in those crimson eyes…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regret…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frustration?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despair?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't know what it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I knew .. that was Sansa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was sure of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Accept yourself… goddamn it!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I staggered forward, channeling every last drop of aura into my left leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And if you can't do it... then I'll accept you instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So fight ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fight like I'm fighting now, as I hurl myself straight into hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slammed my only foot into the ground, shattering it beneath me as I launched myself toward Sansa at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I flew ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crashing into the demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrapped his arms around me instantly, trying to crush me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in return ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drove Dark Sister straight into the demon's body, taking a deep breath and praying I'd survive what came next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black hands were moments away from crushing my skull ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they could ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I unleashed the sacred power Uriel had given me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That aura ignited violently, and I whispered with a strained voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ignition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a flood…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark Sister lit up, glowing brilliantly, forcing the shadows back and flooding the area with light .. And then it detonated inside the demon's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nuclear ignition erupted, unleashing an infinite surge of holy aura into the heart of the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon let out a bloodcurdling scream as the devastating explosion fired a blinding beam into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw his body begin to crack and split apart, the holy light wrapping around Sansa ... shielding her from harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ignition released a brutal shockwave that tore through my body .. And I hoped, desperately, that it had been enough to destroy the bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was riddled with holy fractures, severely damaged…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was still clinging to Sansa, refusing to let her go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My consciousness was slipping ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon was still alive, and the tendrils were rising again, aiming to rip me apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was going to lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the ignition… hadn't been enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would all be for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thought, mixed with unbearable pain, made me spit blood in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like hell I'm letting it end like this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bit down the agony, refusing to pass out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with the last of my strength, I drove Balerion into the demon's body, right beside Dark Sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With everything I had ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the last sound my shattered throat could produce ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a broken body and depleted aura lines—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I screamed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"IGNITION!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One ignition was enough to destroy me already .. But here I was, unleashing a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dug deeper, tapping into the black ocean of aura inside me ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And released another nuclear ignition into the cursed demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster howled ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screaming in agony as the explosion consumed everything, erasing the entire battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its filthy, black body disintegrated before my eyes, vanishing piece by piece into white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw nothing but radiance—followed by a deafening silence that shattered my hearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the midst of it all ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa's body falling from above, the cocoon of shadows around her finally torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't know if she had survived… or died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had given it everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body was torn to shreds ..inside and outside after triggering ignition twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I collapsed, unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything went black, marking the end of my desperate battle…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against the Fallen Princess.\u003C\u002Fp>",1255,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","6a45da53259ee533e317c1598398e610c771e33c79854d1246335a57a0bdfd00","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-274","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-272",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]