[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-392":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},336964,598,"Chapter 392: Frey starlight vs Mergo (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-392",392,"\u003Cp>He turned away from the boy he had butchered without mercy, exhaling in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I went too far... I shouldn’t have lost control like that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After burying his opponent beneath an avalanche of brutality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo forced himself to move on, his attention shifting to the other corpses around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just couldn’t comprehend it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monster who had slaughtered a thousand men talking about saving anyone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what truly made him snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now then... where did that beast sever Lawrence’s head?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo stepped deeper into the sea of blood, one step at a time, searching for his subordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That boy possesses the highest purity among us all—and regeneration that rivals even the strongest demons. He’ll survive... even if only a fragment of him remains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence was nothing more than a fifteen-year-old child, with barely any experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was more like a beast that fought purely on instinct ... And that instinct, despite his raw power, wasn’t enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo had no intention of letting him die so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbothered, he kept searching...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until suddenly—he froze. His eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course they did .. after all ... he felt him standing behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, Mergo turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There stood Frey Starlight, swords in hand, bloodshot eyes cold as death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What is the meaning of this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo was certain he had killed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had pierced his heart several times—yet here he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without warning, Frey lunged forward, resuming the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both surged at one another, their speed so fast it resembled teleportation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flurry of strikes echoed across the bloodstained land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo couldn’t understand it ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of Frey’s wounds had already healed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey attacked faster than before, relentlessly, trying to land a fatal blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mergo was still far quicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bent space around him, teleporting freely—effortlessly avoiding everything—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And appeared behind Frey with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"crevice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAASH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a second, more than a hundred cutting marks exploded across Frey’s body .. A brutal technique using the Ushigatana’s unique spatial mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood gushed out violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wounds caught fire in a dark violet glow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And healed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo’s eyes twitched in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey dashed toward him again, and their chaotic speed duel resumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both had become blurs—too fast to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slashing and countering .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield became their canvas of destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo continued tearing Frey apart ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sever!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAASH!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His swordsmanship was nothing short of monstrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a second, Frey’s body was once again covered in hundreds of cuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange sound. A rustling. A shadow swept through Frey’s body ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those wounds began to heal once more, cloaked in the same dark violet glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha! Are you some kind of zombie?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They clashed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—Mergo noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...He’s getting faster?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each passing second .. Frey’s speed increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crevice!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo unleashed hundreds of slashes in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the power of the Ushigatana:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword that could attack from every direction with invisible cuts in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same attack that had destroyed Frey’s body again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before the slashes could connect—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark aura erupted from Frey, and he moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weaving through them with an unnatural precision .. Dodging invisible attacks that no one should be able to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey avoided the unavoidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo laughed madly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can see them, Frey Starlight!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand moved with blinding speed, unleashing another flurry of attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can see my sword!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Mergo went all out—unleashing his full power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single swing, he released 100 invisible crescent blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then with a second—200 more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a fourth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a fifth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the tenth swing .. thousands of slashes rained down like a storm, covering the entire battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses, the ground, the mountains, even the air itself—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And especially...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he managed to dodge some ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer volume of slashes was too overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was shredded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torn to pieces like meat on a butcher’s slab ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo’s invisible blades showed no mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—less than a second later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That same dark aura ignited again, wrapping around Frey’s mangled form...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And healing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Again... that strange power...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo spoke in confusion, watching the young man whose regeneration now mirrored that of Lawrence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once again.. The battle resumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo unleashed another barrage of cutting attacks, but Frey began dodging them with increasing efficiency and greater speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s seeing my attacks... and adapting to them .. every single time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their clash continued, a realization dawned on Mergo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s... adjusting to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That strange dark glow—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That combat style unlike anything he’d ever seen before...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo now understood that his opponent was anything but ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shadow Adaptation: 3\u002F7]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against a monster like Mergo, ranked SS+ .. The true power of the Shadow Adaptation was finally beginning to show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying ability that made Frey resistant to nearly everything his enemies threw at him .. And when paired with his uncanny regeneration, it created a force Mergo could no longer dismiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey had become a question mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An anomaly Mergo had so far handled with ease .. Yet now, Frey’s speed and strength had grown at such an alarming rate that reaching Mergo was no longer a matter of if, but when.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This can’t be happening...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An eighteen-year-old boy ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wielding two blazing swords imbued with strange powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looked more terrifying than the demons Mergo had once faced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It defied reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey had shattered every limit, far surpassing what should be possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their blades continued clashing amid a battlefield consumed by flames. The devastation from their collisions scarred the very land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then their eyes met ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that moment, Mergo saw something he had failed to notice before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight’s eyes ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body’s movements, his aura, his abilities...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was too perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold, expressionless face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes devoid of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a word spoken since the fight began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t seem like a boy fighting for his friends anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed like a killing machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An automaton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the same human who had once fought with conviction and emotion ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something else entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their auras exploded again as they pushed against each other, and Mergo laughed out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... what are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he still fighting Frey Starlight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or had that cold sword... become something entirely different?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just kept fighting—harder than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regenerating again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That dark violet light overtaking his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His silence was louder than words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo had been right all along ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That boy wasn’t human anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A true monster who had finally found his way to this battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was impossible for someone who had just fought a thousand men ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To then fight like this with such power—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such cold fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell are you?! Frey Starlight!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo roared, launching himself forward with full strength, unleashing everything he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle erupted into an entirely new realm of destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mangled corpses around them were desecrated even further—collateral damage from a fight between beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo vs. Frey Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying clash between a young man and an old warrior .. Both wielding blades for similar reasons ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But standing on opposite sides of a world that had forced them to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the peak of the elite class’s struggle ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a brutal reminder...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That their suffering was far from over.\u003C\u002Fp>",1272,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","9116abc1209cc99fd079998864eee6b373b89df8d2217b5e1c9a467d4f415efb","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-86","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-85",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]