[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-501":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},337054,598,"Chapter 501: Among Monsters (1)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-501",501,"\u003Cp>Time to act. Time to fulfill the commandments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultras, the Royal Family, and the Starlight Family ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the three powers chosen by the Lord of Light to be erased from existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Church hadn’t chosen just one of them—it had chosen them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the end of this war, the enemies of the Lord of Light shall vanish from this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Church’s followers did not know why their so-called god had named those three factions in particular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultras were understandable ..they were demon worshippers, their very antithesis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Royal Family and the Starlights... were something else entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation was shrouded in mystery, but who were they to question the will of the god they had sworn to follow?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they would obey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in 300 years, the Church was preparing to unleash its full might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against all of its enemies... and the chaos the world would witness would be of a scale never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The other side of the world—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Continent of the Ultras—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Day one of the war had finally resumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the side of humanity, forces were divided into numerous units, all sent as forward vanguards. The main army followed from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultras, too, deployed many of their own .. both of the lower and higher bloodlines, and even nightmare creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, dozens of battles erupted simultaneously, with soldiers and monsters clashing across countless fronts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation grew so complex that reports began pouring into the central command in a steady stream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few hours, twenty-one full-scale skirmishes had erupted along the front lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scattered battles ..each with different outcomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vanguards were merely probing forces ..sent to assess the enemy’s strength and tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deeper they could go, the better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in many cases, those forces would retreat the moment they encountered a true threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those 21 engagements, the Empire won some, lost others, and withdrew from a few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squads had limited manpower, so venturing too far into enemy territory with such small numbers was sheer madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the commanders deployed by the Empire, many performed remarkably well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those under Phoenix Sunlight and the hero, Snow Lionheart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did their jobs to perfection ..facing the enemy, securing victories, and clearing the path for the main force, which remained intact and ready for the true clash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... among the twenty-one squads...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was one unit that left the old man Iris Sunlight sitting in stunned silence at the command center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fury marked his face, and his fiery beard flared more intensely than ever before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people around him were anxious, while the reports continued to arrive one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir... they are still sending us regular reports and updates... but they’re ignoring all orders. Also, their leader is threatening to stop communicating altogether if we keep ’nagging’ him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he heard the latest report, Iris Sunlight shot up from his seat, slamming his desk into splinters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell are those fools thinking?! Do they think this is a game?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was truly furious this time. Iris had never been fond of chaos and deviation on the battlefield—especially when it came from their own side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That damn bastard... Frey Starlight...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, the subject was none other than Frey Starlight and his band of lunatics, the elite unit that had ventured so deep into enemy territory that they were now completely unreachable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was given a thousand men... yet hundreds returned, fleeing in terror after spending just one day fighting by his side...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey wasn’t stupid...of that, Iris was certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t the reckless type who would throw himself into death blindly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how strong he was, he couldn’t possibly survive alone in enemy territory. Even a fool would understand that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He knows what he’s doing is irrational...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris muttered, as his fiery beard blazed even more furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why the hell is he still going deeper into enemy lands?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared once more, the floor trembling beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight had become a force beyond control—unpredictable and wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ignored all orders and acted completely on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His actions were on the verge of ruining the Empire’s strategy entirely, which left Iris with only one option: to pretend he didn’t exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll stick to the original plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Frey and those who followed him ..they would bear the consequences of their choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the conclusion Iris reached after enduring Frey’s madness for several days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Empire Vanguard, Frey Starlight’s Unit—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unit that went further than anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team of lunatics that pierced deep into enemy territory, now completely surrounded by Ultras from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the eighth day in a row, they were still fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic cannons hadn’t stopped firing, and most soldiers had long since run out of strength and stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a particular group of fighters kept pushing forward, just as ferocious ..if not more so than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old witch rained down lightning without pause. A terrifying assassin slipped through shadows, ending lives silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A demonic princess veiled the battlefield in her shadows... and many others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the most terrifying of them all ..without a doubt ..was the man who led them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man soaked head to toe in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much blood that he looked monstrous—except none of it was his. It was all from his enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exhausted soldiers watching from afar saw that the battle still raged on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the forefront, a specific man charged madly, swinging his massive sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each strike turned dozens of enemies into mangled remains, while a crazed grin stretched across his blood-covered face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morval cried out in sheer exhilaration,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahaha! You’re insane! Lord Starlight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panting heavily, Morval kept running, struggling to keep up with that cursed man’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Morval’s sharp eyes, only two colors remained ..the glowing violet aura of Frey Starlight, and the crimson blood pouring from his victims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could never understand how that young man could handle such a terrifying number of enemies with such ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just how many have you killed by now, damn it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Slash!—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he shouted, his voice was drowned by the thunderous blasts and destruction caused by Frey’s blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That blade—soaked in blood—moved with terrifying precision, while a deranged smile stretched across Frey’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept slashing, decapitating his foes with random, brutal swings that left most of their corpses too mutilated to identify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In many cases, his deadliest strikes didn’t even leave a corpse behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey turned to Morval, who had been chasing after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pardon me. I didn’t quite catch that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand moved again on its own, slaughtering more and more, staining the battlefield red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you mind repeating it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1136,"2026-05-30T03:41:39.413Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","065a413b25cafa92c7f724a22c22ecc6e0fcc00559d6a630ec1d094b907d790a","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-502","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-866",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]