[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-391":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},336961,598,"Chapter 391: Frey starlight vs Mergo (1)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-391",391,"\u003Cp>Life was never fair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how hard you tried, no matter how much you sacrificed to reach something ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, you’d crash against the painful truth, realizing your failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after defeating an army of over a thousand Ultras, with the ogre Lawrence at their head, Frey now found himself standing before a monster far more terrifying ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo, the Lord of the Ultras, said to be the strongest among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, atop a blood-soaked battlefield, surrounded by scattered corpses...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bodies that had become nothing more than a feast for the crows...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two stood face to face over a crimson pool, tainted with black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight vs Mergo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord of the Ultras had just asked him a question ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who is this young man who annihilated such overwhelming numbers alone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is the secret of the Victoriad’s hero, the one who climbed from the bottom to reach what no one else had?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those questions haunted Mergo as he tried to assess the boy standing before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Frey didn’t respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t bring himself to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His feet, sunken in the pool of blood, made it feel like he stood in a swamp—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even walking felt like dragging a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His armor had been discarded long ago, leaving his upper body bare, soaked in blood, There was no part of him left unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just standing was a challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blood-soaked eyes could barely see anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His swords. . once an extension of his body.. felt heavy now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each step drained what little strength he had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, he was facing one of the strongest Lords of the Ultras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smell of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey felt it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted nothing more than to lie down and close those heavy eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not when those scenes kept flashing in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Danzo—his friend—bleeding as much, perhaps even more, in some far-off place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Gvardiol tearing through his friend’s body, laughing madly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That horrific laughter echoed in Frey’s mind like a curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to go...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered, forcing himself to move forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go? Go where?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To them... I have to reach them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, I see. You’re talking about your comrades,\" Mergo replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scratched his head, his gaze fixed on Frey from the start, trying to decipher the nature of the young man who had caused such a massacre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a half-smile, Mergo said something that struck more fear into Frey than anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, but you’re not going anywhere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo began walking toward him, stepping over the sea of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re far too dangerous, boy. The mere thought of letting a monster like you go free, letting you grow stronger... it terrifies me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laughed, unsheathing his Ushigatana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m too old for surprises. My bones can’t take it anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that, the Lord of the Ultras made it clear—he would not let Frey pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could even blink .. Frey charged at him, enveloped in blazing purple aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His swords burned with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he still move like this? Even in that state?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo briefly wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey’s blades were aimed directly at his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the old Lord still wore that same calm smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well... it doesn’t matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange wave of aura exploded, spreading in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey had been a heartbeat away from slicing Mergo’s neck .. But in the very next moment, the old man was already behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if you were in perfect condition... the outcome wouldn’t have changed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood exploded from Frey’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right hand, along with the Dark Sister, had been severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo was too fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So fast, Frey hadn’t even seen or felt the strike until his hand was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old Lord had intended to end it quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he didn’t expect—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Frey grabbing his severed hand before it hit the ground and forcing it back into place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a second, an impossible scene unfolded .. Flesh fused with flesh, and a violet light surged from the wound, reattaching the limb as if it had never been lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as soon as it was restored ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black flames ignited from Frey’s swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A roaring storm of aura erupted from his blades, surging toward Mergo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter blocked it easily .. But his expression shifted to seriousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That bloody monster had come at him again, relentless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His severed hand had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if nothing had ever happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting,\" Mergo muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their blades clashed—Frey’s twin swords against the Ushigatana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo fought without any difficulty, blocking every strike, exchanging rapid blows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legendary blades rang out, steel against steel, in a violent rhythm ... Between Frey, who attacked like a madman,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Mergo, who parried everything with terrifying ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you fight with such ferocity, boy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both moved at blinding speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo kept retreating, while Frey chased after him with relentless fury, trying to land a strike .. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t touch him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trying to save your friends, is that it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their swords clashed again and again, the battlefield echoing with the sound of metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey panted heavily, his breath ragged .. his mind unable to focus anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against Mergo ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That strange old man who spoke so casually despite the savage exchange taking place between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You seem to have a noble ambition,\" Mergo said calmly. \"What kind of will drives a man to stand alone against a thousand, just for the sake of others?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sparks of fire burst from the grinding steel—Dark Sister and Balerion surged with Frey’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But every time, the Ushigatana was there to meet them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hands became weapons of mass destruction, carving through the air, leaving trails of clashing aura behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again and again, they collided—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each trying to overpower the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Face-to-face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old man smiling...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a blood-soaked youth who looked more monster than man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You intend to push through no matter the cost, don’t you?\" Mergo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You believe that if you give everything—absolutely everything—you might succeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still smiling, Mergo slowly opened his dark eyes, revealing a terrifying glow beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How naïve you are, Frey Starlight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAASH!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From out of nowhere, Mergo unleashed dozens of slashes, ripping into Frey’s skin and exploding blood in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued the merciless onslaught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you see yourself as some kind of hero, Frey Starlight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one mighty strike, Mergo sent Frey flying .. Then blinked behind him in an instant and tore through him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re wrong, boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re nothing but a monster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAASH!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A monster like me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAASH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drenched in his own blood, Frey was completely overpowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me—how can a monster who slaughtered a thousand people so easily...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even think about saving others?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses were still scattered around them .. Rotting, desecrated, consumed by crows and decay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think we’re just animals, don’t you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creatures waiting to be butchered by your sword, Frey Starlight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With brutal speed, Mergo struck Frey down to the ground and stomped on his chest with crushing force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lying beneath his boot, Frey’s body was torn apart, deep wounds carved into him from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glared up with bloodshot eyes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Mergo leaned in, pressing down harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like you have something to fight for...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one of them did too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses littering the field weren’t savage Ultras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were soldiers of the Highblood—men who had lived with honor and kindness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you have the right to judge them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To kill them so you can save your friends?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absurd.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo ground his heel harder into Frey’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at them, Frey Starlight!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You killed them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You killed them all!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice boomed with rage as he pressed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each of them had a story waiting to be told .. And you severed their threads before they could even begin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether blessed or damned...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They died with dreams still clinging to their bones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many children will grow up without their fathers because of you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many men striving for success had that very dream ripped from them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some were basking in the warmth of family...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you ended it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were learning to embrace solitude...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you erased their existence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You killed them with your own hands, Frey Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what kind of selfish arrogance makes you believe you’re worthy... To even think about saving anyone else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo grabbed the hilt of his Ushigatana—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And drove it into Frey’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You and I... we’re monsters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled it out .. Then stabbed him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Monsters made to kill. We live to slaughter and spill blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued stabbing him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression twisted and terrifying as he looked down on the bloody mess that was Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our only purpose in this world is destruction. Until the day we die and receive our punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is the meaning of our existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no real difference between us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having torn Frey apart, his blood flooding the ground—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo finally stepped back, a sharp look in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the world we live in, Frey Starlight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1539,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","15635745949392af7b30b52bc3b6a57f6c9b51bfd79cac1d0176e642c5c4a267","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-84","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-83",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]