[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-471":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},336558,598,"Chapter 471: The Starlight Requiem (1)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-471",471,"\u003Cp>—Frey Starlight’s POV—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are only a few fragile threads separating life from death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this cruel world we live in ... a world that rewards the strong with greater violence and dominance while crushing the weak into misery .. encounters with life-and-death moments are all too frequent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a land where the strong devour the weak, one often finds themselves thrown into the jaws of fate—forced to endure trials of sheer existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know how many times the average person is supposed to face such situations in their short life...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike most, I’ve encountered them more times than I can count .. more than anyone else, perhaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the one I found myself in now was definitely one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gvardiol, the most enigmatic half-demon of his kind, had finally unleashed his full power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had pushed him to that point .. forced him to reveal his true nature to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body had transformed in a strange and terrifying way. That dark, foreign metal that once partially covered him now wrapped around his form completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No... it’s more accurate to say that his entire body had become that unknown black metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had torn his previous form apart, reduced it to shreds... yet somehow, he rose again, reformed, reborn in a shell of unbreakable darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark aura .. pure shadow coiled around the frame of that metallic body, enhancing his strikes and unveiling the raw brutality of an SS+ class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that monstrous form, he was far stronger than the previous Lord, Godfrey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey Starlight... do you know what drives an enemy more than anything else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having completely cornered me, Gvardiol kept up the pressure, his voice deeper .. more monstrous than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blows were impossibly fast, frequently bypassing my defenses. The sparks that erupted from our collisions spread like wildfire, igniting waves of magical flame around us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames burned atop the ocean itself, unnaturally and beautifully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This version of Gvardiol was nothing like the one I’d fought before...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After fighting humans countless times, I’ve come to one conclusion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy driven by vengeance is always the most relentless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a rocket-like punch that made my bones tremble, Gvardiyol drove me further back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An enemy fighting for vengeance always puts on the best show before I kill them in cold blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That has always been my greatest thrill here on planet Earth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you, Lord Starlight ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re the first enemy who’s ever made me truly want to kill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smile had vanished, replaced by an overwhelming wrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow aura swirled violently around his arms, each punch causing a massive explosion that shook the battlefield to its core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They struck me like bolts of lightning, so fast I could barely track them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I blocked most of his blows, my bones quivered with each impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In raw physical power... Gvardiol was on an entirely different level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had expected at least this much from the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... So you’re angry, aren’t you, half-demon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accelerating my steps, I gathered more and more dark aura around my blades and began striking back ..slashing into Gvardiol and delivering a staggering wave of damage with each blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no matter how hard I struck him, I couldn’t make him bleed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His metal shell absorbed the damage with disturbing ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, his attacks kept wounding me over and over ..until my blood pooled beneath my feet in a massive crimson lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, every injury I suffered regenerated instantly. I didn’t care much for the damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite Gvardiol revealing everything he had, I never once felt like I was truly losing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His power was overwhelming, yes—but I blocked most of what he threw at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 3 Shadow Adaptation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Max-level Swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two together elevated my sword art to heights I never thought possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while locked in combat with Gvardiol, I kept one eye on both Gavid Lindman and V... and I realized something important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t the same person anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be honest, I used to think that when I finally saw you again, I’d be overwhelmed with rage... That I’d try to kill you on sight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For Danzo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hatred had been festering in me for some time .. ever since my training began, I envisioned this moment over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to use that rage as fuel... to destroy you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was my only wish for so long. And truth be told... I expected to feel that way when I saw you standing beside Gavid Lindman and V.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I retreated from Gvardiol, bombarding him from a distance with a torrent of shadow slashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His armored body absorbed them all without effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, the fight seemed to have hit a stalemate: I couldn’t hurt him, and he couldn’t stop my regeneration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reality was far more nuanced than that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought I’d hate you even more, Gvardiol...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when I look at you now, somehow... those feelings have faded .. replaced by something else entirely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising my blade toward him, I offered one final smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unfortunately for you... I now see nothing but another enemy that must be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nuisance whose very existence taints this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’ll be a far better place once people like you are dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing there, surrounded by enemies...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As fire raged around me, and the thunder of war roared in my ears...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt nothing toward my opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t even feel the urge to avenge Danzo anymore...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I simply wanted to kill him .. like any other Ultras warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to do that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To bring down monsters of his caliber...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I needed to unleash a single overwhelming attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One blow with enough destructive force to bypass his defense and bring him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But landing such a strike wasn’t easy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in my current state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning, Gavid Lindman reappeared behind me with terrifying speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I instantly responded .. parrying his sword with the Dark Sister, then slashing through him with Balerion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my blade passed right through his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Phantom Form, huh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exchanged blows rapidly with Gavid Lindman, who used that ghostly state to phase through everything I threw at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Gvardiol rushed in to join the fray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left and right...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They bombarded me with a barrage of deadly strikes, all aimed to finish me off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Aether Blade carved illusions in the air, slashing through me, while Gvardiol’s punches shattered my body again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was completely surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I fought back with all I had, managing to block and counter several times—but the limits of what I could achieve in this state were painfully clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them had reached SS+ rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The longer the battle dragged on, the more my Shadow Adaptation gave me a growing edge .. but I would be long dead before it fully took effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I already knew that ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant I couldn’t afford a war of attrition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no idea what hidden tricks they still had under their belts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just when I thought things couldn’t get worse...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A volcanic eruption of black fire fell from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>",1195,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd281a6762fd36909d17633449495d4103e74f41f33e6fb05e3fa3f778de0720","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-472","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-470",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]