[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-476":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},336563,598,"Chapter 476: The Ones He Saw (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-476",476,"\u003Cp>\"How much strength... does one need to survive in a world like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was survival only possible by becoming a monster like them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene didn’t want that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going to die today...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no doubt in her mind. This was her final day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so... she didn’t want to become like them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like those monsters... who dared call themselves the heroes of the Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow Lionheart. Phoenix Sunlight. Raphael Bloodmader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They didn’t even look at us...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When those so-called heroes passed by, they didn’t spare them a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply obliterated everything in their path, then marched forward in search of the next enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Selene, there was no difference between them and the Ultras. Both sides were the same ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Monsters. The kind the world would be better off without.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Selene closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empire was about to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultras had completely surrounded them ..annihilation was only a matter of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were just waiting to deliver the final blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike her despair earlier... after witnessing the deaths of hundreds of soldiers just like her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She closed her eyes this time... at peace with her fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was ready to die... while still holding onto her humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But sometimes... the end is just the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beginning of something entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkest moment of the war, when all hope had faded...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in Shizklar Bay heard his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten Thousand Steps of Shadow: Frey Starlight’s Style : Nameless Judgement!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Selene opened her eyes again... she didn’t understand what she saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was that thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That overwhelming force?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power strong enough to shake the heavens and turn the world upside down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Selene’s celestial gaze, the entire Shizklar Bay was split in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strike known as Nameless Judgement was like divine punishment .. unleashed upon every sinner and every fool who dared stand against that man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an apocalyptic slash that consumed everything in its path, erasing the entire front fleet of the Ultras in mere seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen thousand men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the number Frey Starlight killed with that single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nameless Judgement didn’t stop there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It kept going .. its path of destruction threatening to engulf the Empire’s forces as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with such power, Selene could only stare in awe, silently awaiting the divine judgment to claim her life too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the violet flames did reach her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They engulfed her... and every other Imperial soldier nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every last one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But somehow ..miraculously .. despite being caught in the very heart of the blast that had destroyed Gavid Lindman, Gvardiol, V, and fifteen thousand Ultras...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those violet flames didn’t harm the Empire’s side at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a hint of pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead... they felt cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So strangely comforting that Selene could only sit in disbelief, waiting for a death that never came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then .. he appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who caused that calamity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who split a space the size of a nation in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had heard him clearly when he called out his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Frey Starlight . the most terrifying being on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet... Frey Starlight didn’t frighten her at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes glowed with a violet light. Selene didn’t know what exactly he saw in her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she knew one thing ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was looking at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t ignore her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same terrifying power that had wiped out thousands in an instant... now felt warm and kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That young man possessed a strength unmatched by any of the monsters who had ignored her and the others all this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, despite all of that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not ignore her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey walked quietly past her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then gently placed his hand on her head .. his touch calm and kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that single touch... Selene felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her aura ..broken and weakened by the chaos of war .. was suddenly restored to its peak condition, as if healed by some divine force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her wounds began to mend on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment... Selene understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey hadn’t just looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen every single soldier of the Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After training his senses to the very limits of perfection, Frey had become aware of everything happening around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could perceive it all .. every wound, every cry, every flicker of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he had endured all those past injuries on purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had been trying to find the perfect method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A way to save as many as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A way to save the soldiers who had struggled so desperately to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had burned alive... for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endured countless wounds... for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bled... for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most importantly ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had acknowledged their existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had given value to their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing that truth, Selene’s eyes filled with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cheeks flushed red as she stared at the hand that had gently touched her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That man ..who didn’t even look much older than her ..suddenly felt so distant... so far beyond reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, she tried to raise her hand toward him, as if to hold him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t want him to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to reach him the man who had carried the burden of war on his shoulders alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true hero of the human Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene felt that she could keep going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That she could survive this nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was already too far ahead. Her injured legs wouldn’t allow her to catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, in that final moment ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the very spot where Frey’s hand had touched her head...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange violet spark burst across Selene’s body, making her flinch in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then... she saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vision unlike anything she had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A world swallowed by fire and ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the heart of that devastation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw a masked man in black, standing tall .. after bringing death to millions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him stood others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Figures who had followed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of them unique. Each of them powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But among them ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a girl with soft, sky-blue hair and a gentle face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood close to the masked man, quiet but resolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked stronger... older... different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no mistaking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That girl... was Selene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A future version of herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a bleak and desolate future where many had died...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A future that felt strangely warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vision so gentle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It brought a quiet smile to Selene’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>",1114,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.347Z","2026-06-01T04:30:12.387Z",1,"novelbin.me","3639c73f98e5d5f4ab6f9f826cd4e40b9e6a2e1572e0dfbafea8410f756d7cb9","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-477","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-475",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]