[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-521":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},337074,598,"Chapter 521: The Stand Against Oblivion (1)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-521",521,"\u003Cp>It was almost ironic ..how the tide turned so violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning, the empire’s side suffered a catastrophe. One so unique and devastating, it could only be compared to a disaster of \"Frey Starlight’s\" caliber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The empire’s main camp ..meant to be the safest place in the entire army had become an inferno.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hell of black flames devoured everything in its path. The fire spared no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans burned one after the other, and escape was futile. The flames chased them down to the very end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the heart of that hell, there were only two sounds: the roar of fire... and the endless screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the depths of the black inferno, the monster responsible for this disaster emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V’s eyes looked strange. Holding two legendary swords, he felt his consciousness slipping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Huh? Why am I attacking the empire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the people in front of him. Then at the swords in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are these blades? Where’s Balerion? Where’s the Dark Sister?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blackened eyes flaring, V stumbled, throwing his swords aside and clutching his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His posture, his facial expressions, his movements—everything about him was no longer him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t mere mimicry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V hadn’t just copied someone’s abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had copied their being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their habits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he was panicking now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had become Frey Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Frey Starlight would never attack the Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell did I do?! I wasn’t supposed to kill imperial soldiers ..I’m supposed to kill the Ultras!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V screamed, trying to catch his breath within the blazing hellscape of dark flames surrounding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imperial soldiers continued dying—one after another .. their dying cries grating on his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"SHUT UP ALREADY, DAMN YOU!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his hand, he unleashed a torrent of surging energy, obliterating all the burned corpses around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head felt like it was going to explode .. like someone was smashing his skull with a hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V was experiencing an existential breakdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two selves were clashing inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when the agony reached its peak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a scream that shook the heavens, V collapsed to the ground, blood bursting from his eyes, nose, and mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His muscles seized violently, his veins threatening to burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he screamed in pain, he felt the gates of hell opening inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now, V had only mimicked simple moves .. actions he’d seen others perform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time... the mimicry extended far beyond that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had embodied another person entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey Starlight .. a monster in a godlike body, overflowing with immeasurable power and unthinkable abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, V had succeeded in copying him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his body wasn’t built to handle that level of power for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now... he had hit his limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body began to reject the transformation, forcibly ejecting him from the form of Frey Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writhing in agony, V finally started to return to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that very moment, an old man suddenly appeared, striking the back of his head with a swift blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that’s what Lindman meant... Truly, a terrifying power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Mergo, the Lord of the Dark Hive .. who had teleported straight to the battlefield to observe the result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at V’s spasming, unconscious body, Mergo narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seven minutes and forty-two seconds. That’s how long he maintained Frey Starlight’s form... and yet, just that short time left him in this state.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoisting V’s broken body over his shoulder, Mergo prepared to retreat—though not before casting one final glance at the inferno around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a terrifying ability... I wonder what its true limits are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if V could copy without limit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mimicking the powerful, wielding their strength as his own...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What are the conditions? What are the boundaries?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All it took for him to copy Frey Starlight... was to see him once with his own eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that’s true...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then didn’t V just demonstrate a potential that defies all reason?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mergo chuckled in awe, contemplating the monster now resting in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The peak of the Ultras... It really is a title that suits you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, Mergo vanished with V, leaving the battlefield behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What remained... was a graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A true catastrophe for the empire’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a single day, they lost twenty thousand soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of their elite fighters were gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the Ultras had finally started to rise again, after suffering a humiliating defeat in the first round of the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the wing of night, within the blackened blaze, the massacre ended in a crushing defeat for Frey’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far from the carnage, one man crawled away by some miracle—leaving a long trail of blood behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old warrior... his flame flickering... left in a truly pitiful state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panting hard, Iris Sunlight collapsed to the ground, slamming his fist against the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris looked like a completely different person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of his body was charred, and a deep gash split his chest open, stretching across his face, where his right eye had been lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To take Nameless Judgment at point-blank range... was a one-way ticket to hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He survived only by channeling all his power into defense at the very last moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even then, despite giving it everything he had...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ended up like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference in power... was staggering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...So this is what it means... to fight against Frey Starlight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If V could replicate Frey’s power without limit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what awaited them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the arrival of a true catastrophe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would take the intervention of the highest commanders to deal with this...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or send Frey Starlight himself to stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a real catastrophe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to soothe his wounds and ignore the overwhelming pain tearing through him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris crawled away, slumping in defeat against a relatively large rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that the Lord of House Sunlight had reached a pitiful state unlike anything he had ever experienced in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps I should’ve just died back there... and used myself as a shield to protect the Claymore bearer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, it seemed like the better choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melina was still young .. with far greater potential ..unlike him, an old man at his peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the final moment... he hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of protecting her, he shielded himself... and let her die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he couldn’t make that sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that’s what made him curse himself, over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>",1075,"2026-05-30T03:41:39.413Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","aa3a51ca47a535d81dfa405c296295aa8815c57f687587b1b96402527bccc358","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-522","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-520",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]