[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-371":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},336920,598,"Chapter 371: A Final Farewell (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-371",371,"\u003Cp>Frey, barely able to see straight—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t notice a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All his focus was on escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after slaughtering most of the puppets, New ones continued to emerge from nowhere, eager to tear him apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Running like a madman, carrying Clana in his arms .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey finally reached the edge of the city, just meters from safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loudspeakers scattered across the city crackled to life once more, and Frey heard that voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In such a rush, Lord Starlight? Where are you off to?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey glanced over his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there, standing on top of a building that had survived the carnage—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Simon Manus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By his side stood a strange puppet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Radiating pressure so strong that Frey felt it from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all around them..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more puppets began to rise again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shattered limbs fused back together, forming new dolls—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them staring at Frey with glowing red eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s rather rude to leave when the party’s not over yet, don’t you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was too exhausted to entertain this madness any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his back and kept walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the very least, won’t you tell me what you thought of the gift I went through so much trouble to prepare? Kikiki!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simon laughed maniacally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Frey ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly realized something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clana’s voice pulled him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had slipped from his arms, falling to the ground in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s happening to me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clutching herself tightly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clana trembled—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horrified by the changes she was feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey reached for her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to freeze in place when he saw what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Underneath Clana’s now pale, almost ghostly skin—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her veins began to glow with a strange blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A foreign substance was crawling through her body ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spreading slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking her over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She collapsed into his arms, and he held her tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clinging to him with all her strength—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears finally fell from Clana’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t hold it in anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to die... Frey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to die...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the whisper in his ear—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey didn’t know what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After enduring so much, Fighting like a madman, Giving everything he had...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey’s consciousness was fading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only things he could hear—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were Clana’s sobs, and the heavy stomps of the dolls closing in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to die... Frey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still clinging to her tightly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face twisted with pain,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey finally managed to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll be fine... I’m here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know what else to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he spoke the first words that might bring Clana even a small measure of comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those words were the only thing he could offer her in that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey had already resolved to protect her until the very end...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter the cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ready to push his body beyond its limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a distance, Simon Manus continued to laugh. Then, shaking his head with false sympathy, he muttered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey Starlight... how pitiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the world he lived in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not everything we want is meant to be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clana eventually went silent—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her trembling stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her last words echoed in his mind ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world around him went still—eerily quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he felt something welling up in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something... hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he placed his hand over it to understand what it was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey found blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dripping without end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his face began to empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clana...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t Clana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A puppet made to look like her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its arm had transformed into a massive blade that now pierced through his chest and out his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heat surged up his throat ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then through his mouth ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he coughed up blood without realizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring into the red, glowing eyes of the puppet that had once looked like Clana—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey asked himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was I fighting for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had he bled so much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that struggle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that brutal fighting...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All this time—he had buried his emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since those endless training cycles had broken him down again and again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in a long while..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey’s expression crumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up at the sky, he questioned the suffering he’d endured—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The puppet-Clana pulled its blade out of his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey dropped to his knees, blood streaming from his mouth as he stared at the person he had wanted to protect...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now raising a blade to his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behind them..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The army of puppets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simon Manus laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey finally realized—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His struggle had led him only to more pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah... what’s the point?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The puppet-Clana raised her sword—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ready to decapitate him and end his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of aura blasted her backward with immense force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Struggling to regain her footing, the puppet looked at Frey—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body glowing with an intense violet light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure of his aura ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Simon Manus was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He can still release this much power? Even with a hole in his chest?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Broken body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gaping wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey chuckled bitterly, his eyes heavy with exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unlucky for you... my aura pool is SSS rank.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they thought it would end this way—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his swords with the last of his strength..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey poured out every last drop of his dark aura into one final, desperate attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ignition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The violet light of his Ignition was the only color in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive explosion erupted outward—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swallowing everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The puppets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Simon Manus, who quickly hid behind the strange puppet at his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was any place in Puppet City still standing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It no longer existed after Frey’s final strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion raged for nearly a full minute, Devouring everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And through it all—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey’s eyes never left the puppet-Clana, who was reduced to dust in the aura storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing his eyes ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He accepted the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That this was the end of the girl who had walked beside him for so long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goodbye... Clana.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the blast finally ceased—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simon Manus stepped out from behind the puppet that had shielded him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the enormous crater left behind by Frey Starlight’s final attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the remaining puppets had been destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood alone—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only one puppet left at his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Frey Starlight ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was nowhere to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wicked grin spread across Simon’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With wounds like that... he not only launched that attack—he escaped too?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought it was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Frey Starlight had gotten away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simon understood just how dangerous that boy truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very good... Frey Starlight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing was certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That monster of a boy—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would be back.\u003C\u002Fp>",1151,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","bfa68cd5a6a26f50ed32b8a67c297c8ddfaf2529398ebd3efbc37b0069a88b2f","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-372","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-62",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]