[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-529":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},337082,598,"Chapter 529: Till the Last Breath (1)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-529",529,"\u003Cp>Above the ruins of Yharnam, the city erased from existence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth trembled. The void itself shuddered as the body of Dragoth, the Human Demon, wailed .. unrestrained and ungoverned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His crimson eyes had turned white, a sign of madness and the complete loss of self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura swelled monstrously, and the way he carried himself into battle had changed entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had become something else altogether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of him, Frey donned the Nameless Mask, bracing himself for what was to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now it begins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragoth, the Human Demon...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Dragoth didn’t reach that level by normal means. There’s a reason he has only ever lost once in his life...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’When Dragoth is pushed to the brink of defeat, something inside his mind activates—a trigger of sorts, pulled only when he’s overwhelmed with despair. When that happens... he transforms into a different kind of monster.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragoth now standing before Frey could be considered the pinnacle of the SS+ rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s probably the strongest living human on this planet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stronger even than Sir Alone and Maekar Valerion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the caliber of monster Frey Starlight was about to face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, Frey prepared himself fully, ready to unleash everything he had. Retreat was never an option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can’t handle this level, how could I ever dream of facing the monsters lurking in the shadows?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he lost to Dragoth here, then he’d never be able to challenge beings like Zibar or even Geppetto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey felt it deep within—this battle would determine his fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shall we begin?\" he said, hiding his face behind the metallic black mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Dragoth... responded to the call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bestial war cry, he crushed the ground beneath his feet and lunged at his enemy, lightning coiling wildly around his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single swing of his sword, Dragoth unleashed a massive slash that ripped through Frey ..and everything behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Frey managed to block it, a terrifying vertical gash opened along his right side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’His attack power has doubled!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing the massive difference between them, Frey flooded his body with even more aura, forcing himself to keep up with Dragoth’s berserk state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Human Demon, his sword cloaked in black lightning, attacked relentlessly—up, right, left...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was far too fast. Every strike of his sword was enough to obliterate the ground and everything in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skies above roared and flashed in response to his madness. Bolts of lightning struck down one after another ..nonstop ..raining down indiscriminately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assault was so feral that Dragoth didn’t even aim at Frey specifically ..he was destroying everything around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trapped in close quarters, Frey clashed swords with Dragoth, laughing loudly amidst the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His power’s affecting the very laws of nature... This is insane.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragoth no longer cared for techniques or refined combat styles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only cared about annihilating whatever stood in his path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His instincts screamed to eliminate the greatest threat near him—and that threat was none other than Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey had already realized the brutal nature of the power Dragoth now possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Engaging him directly in a head-on battle was far from wise. The smart move was to stall, wear him down, and chip away slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Frey chose the opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He granted Dragoth absolute advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want brutality? Then let’s make this a brutal battle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His swords flared with roaring violet light, while his muscles swelled to near bursting from the sheer amount of aura he channeled into this fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used no flashy techniques. Not even his usual swift combat style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply exchanged blows with Dragoth in pure savagery, letting Shadow Adaptation take over blindly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wounds piled up on both of them, but they didn’t even need a second to heal ..they regenerated instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was Dragoth or Frey, both possessed monstrous bodies that no longer resembled those of humans. Bodies that constantly restored themselves, no matter the injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hands were like rocket launchers, continuing to swing and strike regardless of pain or damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey’s swords carved thousands of violet arcs into the air, while Dragoth’s black lightning filled the entire battlefield—so much so that even the sky bent to his will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear—the Human Demon held the advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of raw physicality, he far outmatched his opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so fast and savage that one of his strikes annihilated half of Frey’s body in a single hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, Frey stood back up and continued fighting as if nothing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Dragoth’s current body is the peak of SS+... a form honed through brutal training and demonic power. Against this kind of strength, I need to know...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the pain, Frey never stopped wearing that twisted smile beneath his mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to know—how far this chaotic body of mine can go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the tyrant Dragoth, what could his own body ..formed from layers upon layers of chaos .. truly achieve?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t a single stable element in Frey’s physique. His raw strength was far below his opponent’s. He only matched up by stacking external advantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange aura of the SSS-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two legendary swords from which he drew great power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a miraculous ability that allowed him to adapt to every phenomenon around him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cursed mask...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that carried within it knowledge vast enough to surpass the size of the entire universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it had been crammed into a single human body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No human should ever be able to endure something like that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Frey did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as a result...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He became the monster he is now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was how Dragoth and Frey crushed each other, again and again, without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blow after blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strike after strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood for blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exchange was so fast the ground beneath them simply couldn’t take it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no choice but to dart in all directions as they continued to pound each other into oblivion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A missile of black lightning clashed against a dark projectile of pure shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their trajectories formed a colossal web ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glowing cocoon of destruction that radiated its blinding light across the entire battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the sky...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It chose Dragoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sent more and more bolts of lightning to empower him, to bless his madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who laid eyes on that battlefield...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would never believe what they were seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither earth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor sky...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had been spared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crimson blood poured like a flood,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Frey’s body had been reduced to chaos..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So wrecked that only his face remained intact, protected solely by the cursed mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragoth’s speed and power kept rising, climbing higher and higher,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Granting him a complete and overwhelming edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite that advantage ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His opponent never fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood through everything that was thrown at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He absorbed every wave of that violent rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong, Dragoth?! Keep going!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know you’ve got way more than this!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their swords clashed once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auras tore through each other in wild, frenzied collision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Show me how far someone like you can really push me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long would his regeneration last?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What were the limits of his body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much pain could he endure before it all collapsed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the questions Frey wanted answered ..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this brutal collision with Dragoth.\u003C\u002Fp>",1210,"2026-05-30T03:41:39.413Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","a3fff8df4367dde25285e4713f5715b85f2cb2cc269c548ae3d112033510d493","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-530","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-528",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]