[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-414":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},336701,598,"Chapter 414: Another demon","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-414",414,"\u003Cp>Back on the battlefield ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation had grown utterly desperate for Frey and his companions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey could barely lift his sword anymore, his body stiffening with every motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each step, each swing, felt unbearably heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that relentless string of brutal battles... His body could no longer fight at full capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Repeated use of the Blood Form, the Ignition, the countless enemies faced ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it had left deep marks on Frey Starlight’s body, stripping away his ability to fight at his peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only survived this far thanks to Ghost’s help ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was merely a matter of time before both of them fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially now that their strongest warriors had already been defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loss of Ser Alon and Millicent had struck them hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Phoenix Sunlight was the only one still holding his ground, wreaking havoc across enemy lines ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even he would fall, once enough enemies swarmed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart too, despite using the War King Form ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had been completely surrounded by Baylor Moonlight and the Ultras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daemon Valerion wasn’t doing any better—barely surviving each minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, all of their strongest fighters had reached their limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was only a matter of time before monsters like Beatrice returned to the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the rear ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena fought with everything she had, supported by Dawn, who had unsheathed his sword once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lara Croft fired arrow after arrow, standing protectively in front of Danzo and the unconscious Seris Moonlight behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite all their desperate efforts...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were being slowly, inevitably surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this unfolded before Frey’s Hawk Eyes .. and Phoenix’s burning gaze, as he continued incinerating the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them cried out from the depths of their souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey, forcing his battered body to fight harder, stronger ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Phoenix, pushing forward with everything he had, trying to clear a path to the distant—yet painfully close—teleportation gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had hit a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tension rose to a breaking point ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all dying, slowly, helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how hard they fought, no matter how fiercely they resisted ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No help was coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were going to die here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And knowing that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey truly began to consider it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clenching his fists, blood spilling from every pore ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at the strange black mask in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was thinking of putting it on again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that meant gaining the power he needed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind of power that could turn the tide of this desperate situation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Frey was ready to risk it all again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That mask might be their only hope now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment he held it up ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey felt something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know why, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was certain that if he wore it again ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would never return to being himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something magical, unnatural about the thought .. But it gripped him completely, leaving his emotions in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep desire to survive .. One that demanded a miracle, an overwhelming strength...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clashed with the terrifying fear...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That he might lose himself forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey couldn’t decide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that hesitation didn’t last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in this world, the only thing that decided life or death—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that mask...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would give him that power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Frey made his choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was willing to gamble everything once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the only path left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting fiercely nearby, Ghost noticed what Frey was about to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that moment, the silent killer remembered something ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vision, not long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of mutilated corpses...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shattered battlefield...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An overwhelming aura unlike anything he’d felt before...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it caused by a single man ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man who wore a black mask... walking toward him through the carnage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Ghost didn’t even recognize Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura, the presence... it was entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost inhuman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, seeing Frey about to wear that mask again ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dreadful sense of foreboding welled up inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just before Frey could put on the mask...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them .. and most of those still standing on the battlefield ..froze in place the moment an overwhelming pressure crashed down upon them from out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A demonic aura. Immense. Suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It compelled them to instinctively turn toward the source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to their shock... it came from behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the rear lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From where their weakest had been stationed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chill swept through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, both of them remembered.. Danzo was still back there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the rear lines..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining members of the Elite Class fought with everything they had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how hard they tried...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were going to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no point... We can’t win against them...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lara Croft’s voice trembled with complete despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many arrows she loosed, the enemies just kept coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena, who stood in front, was almost completely drained of aura ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving them at the mercy of the Ultras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re going to die...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lara’s body shook violently as the crushing weight of that truth sank in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be afraid... We won’t die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to her stood Dawn Polaris—trembling too, with a terrifying smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We won’t die. We can’t... I’m the Last Survivor, remember?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he barely believed in it himself, the despair around him pushed Dawn to place all his hope in that strange ability of his ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ability he didn’t even understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We won’t die... We won’t die...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept muttering, trembling, while Selena had no idea what he was talking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of that changed the reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reality... that they had already lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounded from all sides, swords and spears rained down upon them ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lara Croft collapsed to the ground beside Danzo and Seris, shutting her eyes and bracing for the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of blades piercing flesh never came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, everything around her suddenly froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt something malevolent crawl over her body ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that’s when her eyes opened on instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she saw... Shocked her to her core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black horns. Long and jagged like obsidian, rising from the forehead of a girl standing above her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pitch-black eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman stood there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone Lara didn’t recognize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifyingly powerful demon who was now smiling down at her with a chilling grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the nearby Ultras soldiers exploded into chunks of flesh and bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon girl laughed madly, her body trembling uncontrollably as the blood of the fallen rained over her like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked slowly, her steps calm and deliberate .. Passing Lara and Dawn without sparing them a glance ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze locked onto the battlefield ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She murmured softly, a wave of ecstasy rising inside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—suddenly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She soared upward into the sky, slowly rising as Frey’s eyes widened in disbelief at the sight of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to say something ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his mouth clamped shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in the next instant ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something slammed into the ground around him at such blinding speed, he didn’t even see it coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From every direction ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black tendrils of shadow slithered across the battlefield, devouring enemies in an instant and reducing them to mangled chunks of blood and flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness spread like a curse, engulfing everything ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cursed gloom... and shadows too powerful to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They tore through all who stood in their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the demon kept laughing, her body trembling with every breath that left another corpse behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then ...without warning ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new massacre began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fresh storm of death and horror erupted in the heart of the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>",1300,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","c4e4ebaa5f6f053c64b0d9a1e62bbfebb38494ae3ade0003be0fa892e3102924","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-415","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-413",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]