[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-406":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},336693,598,"Chapter 406: Last Stand (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-406",406,"\u003Cp>\"Phoenix...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aegon looked toward him, then to Seris, and finally to the corpses of both the princess and Adriana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pieced together what had happened in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...So my foolish sister is finally dead, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prince walked forward calmly, while the others followed, examining the fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All except for Daemon, who silently kept his distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn and Selena showed clear signs of sorrow for the comrades they had lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only one who survived that battle was Seris—and even she was barely hanging on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring down at his sister’s lifeless form, Aegon Valerion showed no reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t flinch. He didn’t look away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he lifted his eyes toward the distant horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after just a few seconds... he let out a sigh and wore his usual smile once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, Phoenix... what now? What’s your next move?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up until now, every decision they’d made had led to disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What choice could they possibly make when an entire army was closing in on them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The portal had been placed, quite absurdly, at the very center of the continent’s western side ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exact place Beatrice had commanded all her forces to converge upon from the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she knew the final act would unfold there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultras armies crushed the earth beneath them, marching in from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elite students were completely surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoenix and the few who remained standing stared into the distance—at the final enemy they had no choice but to face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of soldiers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them against a handful of elite students who had barely survived their individual battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy continued to draw closer, and the tremors of their advance sent a chill down every spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the others began arriving—one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lara Croft came first, barely carrying Snow on her back. Then Frey and Ghost—the last to make it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they looked at one another, their expressions were a storm of mixed emotions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when they saw the state of Snow and Danzo...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Frey—alive, against all odds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no time to process any of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth beneath them was still trembling—unceasing—warning them of an enemy they could not possibly withstand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among all of them, Frey walked forward, his face darkened beyond recognition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He passed Snow Lionheart, unconscious after his body had been consumed by dark flames...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then paused beside the body of Sansa Valerion, the princess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked so different now from the last time he had seen her... so empty, so drained of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey said nothing. His face remained unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his eyes... they said everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath that calm facade, something was building inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something ready to explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Ghost, standing just behind him, could see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the elite class, they stood frozen in place, staring at the colossal army that had surrounded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do we do now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lara Croft, gripped by fear, gave voice to the question that haunted them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terror and hopelessness had seized them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until Phoenix stepped forward—and unleashed his blazing aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames erupted around him, drawing every eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, group up here. Don’t engage. Not until the end. Wait until I open a path for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, fully prepared to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our only chance of survival... is to break through one of their weaker flanks and carve a way out. That’s our only hope.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a simple plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The miracle of the Sunlight bloodline would charge in alone—Phoenix would take on the army himself to open a path for Frey and the others to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, he wanted to protect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which made Aegon sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re seriously going to face them alone? You’ll be dead long before you open any path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was stating the obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoenix’s plan was suicidal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Phoenix didn’t stop. He increased the pressure with his aura, forcing them all to fall in line with his will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke with cold finality:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the only way. Don’t act on your own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sunlight heir stood as an overwhelming presence—forcing his will upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All but one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice that answered him carried a weight far greater than Phoenix’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chilling voice, resonating with raw power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very air around them began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight stepped away from Sansa’s body and slowly walked toward Phoenix.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura surged—equal to Phoenix’s own—shocking the Sunlight heir to the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t comprehend what he was seeing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey, drawing both his dark blades, spoke with unwavering resolve:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll fight them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a shadowed face, a suffocating killing intent erupted from within Frey, making everyone around him flinch instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the killing intent forged through the slaughter of a thousand enemies .. one after another, without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll kill them all... one by one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey was determined to spill blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After everything he’d been through... after all the horrors and losses that had piled up one after another...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had finally reached his limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something inside him was on the verge of exploding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t remain still anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to slaughter the bastards who had done this to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to destroy them all, to feed the raging fire that was devouring him from the inside... to forget ...even just for a while .. all the grief that had shattered him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to return to that state... the one from when he killed a thousand men before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, that suffocating aura of death radiated off him like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his escape—the only way to flee the cruel reality pressing down on his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it meant forgetting everything, even temporarily...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey was more than ready to kill. As much as it took.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he stood face to face with Phoenix, their chests almost colliding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an aura equal to Phoenix’s, Frey made it clear .. there would be no stopping him. Not this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially not when he was this strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll fight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey repeated, and at last, Phoenix gave in—realizing that Frey’s strength would be a vital force in the coming clash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we break through together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoenix sighed, accepting the inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More stepped forward, ready to join the fight, offering their help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the one who moved first was someone no one expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely standing, leaning on his sacred sword...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow rose, using a single arm, his body burned and broken ...but his golden eyes still shone with unwavering light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m coming too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words sent Lara Croft into a panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing?! Can’t you see your condition? You can’t even kill an ant like this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She yelled in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Snow’s gaze remained fixed on Frey Starlight alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Frey understood him immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With swift steps, Frey approached Snow, his hand glowing with an intense violet light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then prepare yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Placing his hand over Snow’s chest, Frey injected SSS-ranked Aura directly into his friend’s body, reigniting his strength from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow channeled that power instantly into his blade, covering himself with the radiance of Holy Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without warning, his wounds began to close—one by one—and a new arm began forming where the previous had burned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey had given him a terrifying surge of Aura, fully replenishing the reserves he had drained in his fight against V.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had barely scratched the surface of the titanic reservoir of aura within Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then turned to face the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyone who wants to fight—step forward!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Snow was fit to fight again, Frey pointed at the army ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to survive, then fight for your life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unleashing his Aura, Frey began empowering everyone around him, one after another ..those who willingly stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of them was shocked by the sheer magnitude of power he shared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, that didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What mattered... was the enemy standing before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Phoenix at the front, and Frey and Snow by his side...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elite class advanced, preparing for one last battle against the Ultras army...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An army that had already taken so much from them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1348,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","4a98291eef2729b61f85bc17e7f9e37858be545412f2933e2ea3aa955f57622a","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-407","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-405",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]