[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-404":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},336691,598,"Chapter 404: The Final Mission (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-404",404,"\u003Cp>A lot of time had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The individual battles were all over—some won, some lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some survived. Others... didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey and Ghost ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After tearing through the mountain range like madmen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had taken them several long minutes to finally arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every second that passed, Frey could feel his heart pounding harder and faster as they closed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey—the man whose emotions had been long buried, whose heart had turned cold—was now more anxious than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they were nearing someone who still had the power to stir those long-forgotten feelings inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a man who gave so much... and never asked for anything in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the very few people Frey truly cared about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Danzo...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wait didn’t last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Frey and Ghost finally reached the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the enemy was nowhere to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, all they found was a devastated cavern .. crushed and ruined by the battle that had taken place within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the very end of that cavern...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside a massive crater carved into the stone wall...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There lay a familiar figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man they knew all too well...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey’s Hawk Eyes allowed him to see clearly, even from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo—his body broken, mercilessly torn apart by Gvardiol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chest ripped open, his face covered in blood...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His armor shattered into fragments...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And blood spilled everywhere...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Frey and Ghost dashed toward him like madmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces twisted in fear and panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They gently held onto him—unable to accept the brutal reality before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was in a terrible state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So mangled that some of the wounds had exposed bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey felt fury surge through him... but it was drowned out by something far stronger ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Danzo...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said his name with a trembling voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, in that moment ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost, who had been checking their friend’s broken body, suddenly shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s breathing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What?\" Frey asked, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost repeated himself, louder this time:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s breathing, Frey! He’s alive!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took Frey a few seconds to process the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo... was alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost immediately began treating him as best he could, while Frey placed his hand over Danzo’s blood-soaked chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then... he heard it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sound that brought him back to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s alive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disbelieving, Frey and Ghost clung to their friend like madmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s alive!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to help him...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey’s voice cracked with emotion, his mind too shaken to think clearly as tears welled in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Channeling his SSS ranked Aura through his palm, he placed it over Danzo’s chest, trying to circulate aura into his friend’s broken body...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment he did ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey’s face darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...The aura channels. The core... it’s all shattered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, he realized ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danzo was paralyzed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d never fight again. He wouldn’t even walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey’s mind burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had his friend survived?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the enemy spare him? Leave him crippled instead of killing him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that were true... then it was a cruel mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Frey didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What mattered more than anything...Was that Danzo was still breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, no matter how hard he tried...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey couldn’t shake the unease gnawing at his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something didn’t feel right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gvardiol...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would he really spare their friend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey wanted to believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the ominous feeling swelling in his chest kept growing... faster... louder...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at his unconscious friend, Frey failed to notice the system notification that had been blinking beside him for some time now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—after a few more seconds—he finally saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system kept flashing insistently, demanding his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey knew something had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no choice but to comply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly... he opened the system interface again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With wide eyes and a heart threatening to explode inside his chest...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey read the words displayed before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...The final mission?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had appeared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mission that had been marked only by question marks ever since he won the Victoriad...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was now back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Main Mission:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Survive the Pursuit (10,000 Achievement Points)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Final Mission:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Save... or kill Danzo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reward: 15,000 Achievement Points, Skill: Screenshot (SS Rank)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failure Penalty: Death of all main characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time Limit: One month\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mission Description:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– A complete Demon Seed has been implanted in Danzo Smasher. You must act before it activates and unleashes the monster slumbering within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Ghost was busy tending to Danzo’s wounds, Frey kept rereading the mission description over and over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final mission—long shrouded in mystery—had finally revealed itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Frey felt the entire world shake around him. His eyes locked onto one term:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Complete Demon Seed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Complete...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey understood what that meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Sansa, who he barely saved—because the seed inside her had only been a prototype—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final, complete seed... had no cure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrote the story. He knew that better than anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no healing a complete Demon Seed. Because the cure didn’t exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even the power of the Lord of Light could save Danzo. The full seed fuses directly with the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one way to deal with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was right there in the mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Save... or kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...or kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kill Danzo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system had been brutally clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey nearly lost his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a trembling body, he realized the grim reality before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re asking me to kill the person I fought so hard to save...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even thinking about it left him hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t let himself spiral too far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... The system didn’t tell me to kill him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its words were precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Save... or kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant... there had to be a way to save him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There has to be one...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if there was .. then it could only come from the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring both Ghost and Danzo, Frey frantically tore through the system interface like a madman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The system must know the answer. It has to... I probably just need a massive amount of Achievement Points. Yes... it has to be that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clinging to hope with everything he had left,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he activated the Writer’s Authority—desperate to know the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can I destroy the complete Demon Seed without killing the vessel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked with a clenched heart, banking everything on the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it replied instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey expected the usual answer .. that he lacked the required points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t what he got.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– This question cannot be answered using Achievement Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such inquiries require the use of the System Inquiry ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System Inquiry!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight immediately remembered the ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reward he earned from completing the first final mission .. his victory at the Victoriad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System Inquiry allowed him to ask the Engineer one question, and the blue-eyed man would be forced to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already used it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasted it—asking how he could return to his original world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d spent it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the line that appeared beneath the interface:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– You were warned –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he read it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled what the Engineer had told him that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He warned him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to use the System Inquiry hastily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the future held too many unpredictable variables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said it word for word:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll regret it... you’ll regret using it now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Frey didn’t listen. He used it anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought the Engineer meant he’d regret learning that he couldn’t go home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the truth was far crueler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey, with a dark expression and terrifying eyes ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clutched his face in rage, finally understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...He knew. He knew this was going to happen from the beginning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at his unconscious friend, whose fate now rested entirely in his hands ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey realized that despite everything...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite all the choices,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all the fights,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all the battles,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all the desperate struggle for freedom ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey was still walking the path the blue-eyed man had laid for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything... had been for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind was in turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite all he had done...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still dancing in the palm of the Engineer’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything had become meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could no longer save Danzo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only way to end it now... was to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To kill his friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will regret it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single phrase ..spoken by the Engineer long ago .. echoed in Frey’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will regret it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hell hadn’t even begun yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... was just the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will regret it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regret deeper than anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bound by threads of fate, knotted tightly around his soul, found himself forced to keep walking this path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forced to kill his friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same friend he had risked everything to save.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between a dying Danzo...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the rest of his comrades, whose fates were still unknown...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the destiny imposed upon him, a road he was shackled to against his will—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He collapsed beside his fallen friend,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no longer knowing what he was supposed to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shattered, beneath Ghost’s confused gaze,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who couldn’t understand what had just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Frey’s expression said it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It told the story of a man who had suffered so much...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that he no longer knew how to go on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbearably painful.\u003C\u002Fp>",1564,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","d8044481dace9f82796eda0fcf61f8a48bacec9f1f2d0179c560c7dce12e6eff","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-405","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-403",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]