[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-464":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},336551,598,"Chapter 464: The Abyss Unleashed (1)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-464",464,"\u003Cp>– Frey Starlight’s Pov –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Glory to the Empire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were the words Snow Lionheart made everyone repeat ..Until they became a chant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A battle cry that the Imperial Army kept echoing throughout the first day of our voyage across the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our fleet consisted of just over a hundred ships, Carrying the full strength of ten thousand soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in a place as terrifying as the Demonic Sea, A fleet like this was a force to be reckoned with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the overwhelming power we carried, Not a single nightmare creature dared approach us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite their mindless, beastlike nature ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They possessed a survival instinct strong enough to keep them away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the fleet advanced smoothly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slicing through the waves one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past few hours, As I sat atop the mast of our flagship, I could hear the laughter of soldiers below, As veterans shared war stories with younger recruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swordsmen sharpened their blades,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spearmen inspected their weapons,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And mages went over their incantations...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was eager ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ready to fight for their continent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for humanity itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a few hours remained until we reached the Bay of Shezclar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place that, in all likelihood, would host the first clash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though our vanguard squad was expected to handle the major battles,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension still weighed heavily on the hearts of the soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why they were doing everything they could to keep themselves busy ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to avoid being crushed by the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Followers of the Church quietly recited their prayers, Asking their god to light the path ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others spent time with friends ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I even caught glimpses of couples sharing intimate moments aboard the ships as they sailed toward war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scenes like that weren’t uncommon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many couples forged love—and even marriage—on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They say that life-and-death moments have a way of pulling hearts closer together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among the ten thousand troops in the fleet, The number of female warriors was far from small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How romantic... to fight beside the one you love.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Sansa commented on the scene before me, I realized I had completely forgotten she was even there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up here, at the top of the mast where the wind howled the loudest, Sansa had been asleep until now, Her head resting on my lap, Leaving herself completely vulnerable in my hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only opened her eyes the moment mine landed on the couples embracing their passion for love before battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes I wondered if she did these things on purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you really think fighting beside the one you love is romantic?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She answered, clasping her hands over her chest, Those devilish eyes of hers gazing up at me from below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you find yourself in the middle of a battlefield with the one you love ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willing to throw your life away for them if necessary...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that the purest form of romance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True enough...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To sacrifice yourself for someone you love ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the ultimate proof of the bond you shared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t see it that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It feels more tragic than romantic to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one of them dies, the other lives on, burdened with the guilt of a life lost on their behalf .. Haunted by it every single day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa immediately refuted me, sitting upright beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you ever died for me, I’d kill myself right after. So I wouldn’t have to carry that guilt you’re talking about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at her, Not understanding how she could say something like that so easily... and so bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Romantic, sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But wouldn’t that make my sacrifice meaningless?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why you must never sacrifice yourself for me .. no matter what.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There it was again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa trying to make me promise something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t sure what the future would hold,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I decided to be honest instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one day you saw me about to die,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would you throw your life away for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absolutely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She answered without a moment’s hesitation ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t that unfair?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You ask me not to do something you’re perfectly willing to do for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re right...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my life is worth far less than yours, Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why it’s okay if I die .. But you’re not allowed to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t that just hypocrisy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What even defines the value of a person’s life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On what basis had she decided mine was worth more than hers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That kind of thinking wasn’t universal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, to me... it reeked of self-loathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she hated herself ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And everything she represented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just my own selfishness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was her excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it didn’t convince me at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry... but I’m going to have to reject that kind of selfishness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, I felt like I had begun to understand Sansa—just a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind that devilish smile she wore most of the time, There was something deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something darker, tangled in the depths of her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked like a carefree demon on the outside ... But that wasn’t true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She once told me she was living only for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That I was the only reason she kept going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her feelings for me were real, and I never denied them .. Doing so would have been an insult to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t want her to keep living like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted her to find a different reason ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A reason to live for herself, not just for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, I couldn’t help her much with that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could I, when only a few hours separated me from the enemy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Placing my palm gently atop her head,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling those ivory horns, I rose to my feet, ready to leap down from the mast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Until the day we commit that double suicide you spoke of and die together...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re not allowed to die before me ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not after me either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So cling to life with everything you have,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I won’t allow you to die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I lifted my hand away,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa pressed both of hers to her head,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fingering the roots of her snow-white hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike her usual hostile stance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was remarkably calm now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That always happened whenever I took the lead in this strange bond between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it made me certain ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That devilish persona she always tried to wear was never her true self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled at her one last time ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And jumped down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sansa didn’t follow immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remained sitting there for a while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A storm of thoughts no doubt raging inside her mind...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without warning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She vanished into her own shadow ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joining me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were close now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Close to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To enemy territory.\u003C\u002Fp>",1131,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","45f7cd94cb91bcc8a455f3acd9dab50325e83278c69cdd429d416e063f61dade","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-465","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-463",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]