[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-352":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},336890,598,"Chapter 352: Darker than black (1)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-352",352,"\u003Cp>What separates life from death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What distinguishes a human from a beast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, the differences are clear and well known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it comes to a cursed land ruled by the law of the jungle—where a chosen few are favored while the rest are left to rot in hell—none of that matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here in the continent of the Ultras, the law of the jungle reigns supreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brutal battles to the death are the norm...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only the strong survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t stop! We don’t have time to fight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me rip them apart, damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounded by a large group of enemies...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two men charged forward, breaking through anything in their path as the chase grew more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo led the way, clad in his full-body silver armor, punching through building walls one after another with sheer force, followed closely by Ragna, wielding a massive spear nearly his own size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end, the Ultras had been relentlessly attacking them for days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come at me, you bastards!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winds surged violently around Ragna’s spear as he unleashed slash after slash, slicing through the pursuers and painting the ground with their filthy blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he had cut down many, more and more kept coming ever since he and Danzo fell into the trap set in this desolate Ultras city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragna insisted on fighting, but Danzo dragged him along by force, refusing to let him stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you not to stop running, you idiot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s finish them off!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s exactly what they want fool!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the siege closed in, Danzo unleashed his aura, swelling his muscles to the limit. Explosive power surged through his silver dragon armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Light Maneuver: Sky-Shattering Fist!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struck the solid ground of the city with devastating force, enhanced by his dragon armor, causing a massive explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact triggered a quake felt throughout the city, leveling houses and burying the Ultras who had surrounded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the smoke and dust as cover, Danzo and Ragna vanished, leaving the Ultras circling a giant empty crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t take long before they started screaming in rage, realizing their prey had escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chaotic uproar broke out—some even began attacking each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Find them!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Search everywhere!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultras scattered like rabid dogs, desperate to reclaim their fleeing prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the prey hadn’t gone far...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Danzo had immediately dashed into one of the buildings, hiding inside with Ragna, right beneath the noses of their pursuers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now safely tucked inside the basement of the old structure, the moment the danger passed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo punched Ragna straight into a wall, fury blazing in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is wrong with you?! Fight? Wipe them out? Who the hell do you think you are ?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grabbing Ragna by the collar and lifting him, Danzo seethed at the first companion he’d found since the chaotic teleportation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragna was equally furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to run? Then run by yourself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He broke free from Danzo’s grip, yelling recklessly despite the risk of being discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t you hear what those bastards said?! Are you pretending to be deaf now?! Tell me, Danzo!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo stayed silent as Ragna continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was Lawrence, Danzo... That bastard Lawrence is their leader! That’s the name of the man who killed my father!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo instantly remembered the imperial raid on the Ultras—the day Isaac Cloud, Ragna’s father, was killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, they had been told it was a monster named Lawrence behind it all... A name he now heard again from their pursuers’ mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that moment, Ragna had gone completely insane. But unlike him, Danzo remained rational.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So? What are you planning to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill the son of a bitch, of course!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And how exactly will you do that?\" Danzo asked coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Ragna stabbed his massive spear deep into the ground, sending out a raging windstorm that shook the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have my father’s spear... Wynnyd, the Spear of Storms. I’ll kill that damn bastard with it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the five legendary spears—Wynnyd, ranked S+—left to him by his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragna was consumed by vengeance, but Danzo grabbed him by the back of the head and forced him to face him eye-to-eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listen to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing his raging friend with force, Danzo spoke impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who do you think fought that Lawrence bastard on the day of the raid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My father! And your father! My dad, wearing this cursed silver dragon armor—and your dad, wielding that damned Storm Spear you keep bragging about!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two fully armed S+ rank warriors couldn’t take him down! What do you hope to achieve with your pathetic strength?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo couldn’t stop himself from punching Ragna as he shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Revenge is fine—hell, it’s the best! But what you’re planning isn’t revenge... it’s suicide, you damned bastard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panting heavily, Danzo tried to stop Ragna from making a reckless move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood. If his own father had died that day instead of Ragna’s, perhaps he wouldn’t have been able to hold himself together either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still... he had to stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get a grip, man. Is this what your father would’ve wanted? For you to die foolishly after him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what the hell would you know?!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo punched Ragna again, grabbing him tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I know is that you’ll die if you go. And since I’m here, I won’t let that happen—even if I have to beat you senseless and drag your unconscious body with me. So either you stop this madness... or I’ll bury you here and now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to Danzo’s threat...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragna clenched the Storm Spear, Wynnyd, his jaw tight, glaring furiously at Danzo, who stared back with a dead serious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the clash never happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragna loosened his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo let go of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defeated and frustrated, Ragna sank to the ground, lowering his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What am I supposed to do, Danzo? My father’s killer... he’s so close. Closer than ever before. I might never get this chance again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this—every twist and turn—had been an accident. If not for that trap, their feet would never have stepped on this cursed continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the world has a way of becoming small. And now, Ragna stood within reach of the man who stole his father away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What am I supposed to do now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until Danzo answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Live, Ragna. Live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Removing the Silver Dragon Armor, Danzo sat down in front of his friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sure that’s what your father would’ve wanted. Live, grow stronger, and then seek your revenge again—on your own terms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the last exchange between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fell into silence, lost in their thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both stayed hidden, waiting for the danger to pass before they moved again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten days into the Continent of Ultras...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t been long, but it was enough time for a lot to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when the elite class’s supplies had run out at a terrifying pace. They weren’t all monsters with strange bodies that didn’t hunger or tire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans had their limits—and some were already breaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those two were definite exceptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, found anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon Valerion asked as he searched one of the Ultras’ administrative buildings he’d stumbled upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop asking and focus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really need to do something about that tone of yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost was also searching, scanning the entire place while ignoring the piles of corpses around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reuniting, the two had formed an unlikely team, breaking into this place in hopes of finding something—anything—that could help them return home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the results were disappointing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing useful. It’s all about cursed blood transfusions and experiments I don’t understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon cursed, kicking a metal cabinet and sending it flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll have to move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost had found nothing either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean look for the others?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honestly, most of those idiots are dead weight that’ll only slow me down... Ghost Umbra, are you really sure you want to go looking for them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon walked calmly toward Ghost, studying him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren’t you an assassin? I thought assassins worked alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t mind having Ghost on his team—he was strong, useful, reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the same couldn’t be said for the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were up to Daemon, he’d form a squad with only those he deemed worthy—and leave the trash behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even he wasn’t crazy enough to do something like that openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoping Ghost shared the same mindset, he was caught off guard when the silent killer suddenly raised his arm, revealing a glowing tattoo—the same one the witch Selina had marked him with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One of our comrades is nearby. Let’s go find them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Daemon’s words entirely, Ghost focused on his priority, giving no regard to anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially now that Selina’s mark was glowing again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very same mark she used on them during the teleportation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they were warped, the mark acted like a radar—glowing brighter as elite class members drew closer to one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was how Ragna met Danzo before, and now how Ghost had met Daemon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter sighed in defeat, having long given up trying to change Ghost’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever you want...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1521,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","9f363502401ab4061156d7e4a983ccd9aecfef633698d69bd7048d8dd66d403b","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-353","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-51",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]