[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-84":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},336962,598,"Chapter 84 84: An Unexpected Encounter (2)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-84",84,"\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, I stepped away from his corpse. Now that the adrenaline had worn off, my senses were slowly returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed down any lingering emotions, focusing solely on the book in my hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of this… for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I flipped through its pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ascension – S-Class Skill\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple skill with devastating effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It places the user into a state of heightened awareness— what athletes call \"The Zone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the duration of its activation, the user's body surpasses 100% of its normal capacity while maintaining absolute mental clarity. All unnecessary emotions and thoughts are suppressed, ensuring the most optimal course of action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strain on the mind is immense, so prolonged use is not advised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The transfer was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My first S-Class skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was beyond thrilled to have it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was it invaluable for combat and strategy…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it would turn me into the monster I needed to be— unburdened by emotions that would only hold me back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Sigh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last… it was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I checked my laptop, pulling up my task list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Main Mission: Survive until the end of the invasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reward: 1,000 Achievement Points (Completed).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Main Mission: Stop the Ultras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reward: 3,000 Achievement Points (Completed).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Current Achievement Points: 4,050.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah… it was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a dry chuckle as I stared at my achievement points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least I'm no longer broke…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing 10,000 points stung, but Anti-Magic and Ascension were well worth the price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was enough for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cast one last glance at the radiant core beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, Aegon. Your plans are ruined this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skill was supposed to end up in the prince's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Kai Luc was never meant to die here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cautiously approached the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Kai Luc had touched it, he would have become Aegon's slave…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Injecting his aura into this trap… would have been a fate worse than death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with my modified Hawk's Eye, I couldn't see what gift Aegon had left inside this thing for him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stark reminder to never underestimate that man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aegon Valerion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had shattered everything. I had rewritten the story's course entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the tale I had once known was spiraling into the unknown more than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had already made my decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't care what happened to this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't belong here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I wouldn't bother fixing anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was lost in my thoughts…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew I had to leave soon—if I didn't, they would catch me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was just about to turn and go…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason, I froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent pounding echoed in my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely managed to lift my hand, pressing it against my ribs, feeling the erratic, near-explosive rhythm of my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took me a moment to realize—my hand had been trembling for a while now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What… is happening?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything around me turned gray. A strange color blindness overtook my vision as I reached for my throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, I turned toward the source of this unnatural sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff… huff…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I struggled to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, I saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat there, perfectly still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was unscathed, free of any wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the midst of this suffocating darkness, the only color that remained in my vision…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were his crimson eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kai Luc was staring at me—wearing a regal, unsettling smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew what this was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fear unlike anything I had ever experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn't stupid…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't Kai Luc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor was it Astaroth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Rank 19 demon could never do something like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely managed to part my lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who… are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever—whatever—this entity was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was death itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every bead of sweat rolling down my skin felt like a blade. My heart refused to calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few seconds it took for him to respond stretched into eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I wished—desperately—that he hadn't answered at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, well…****. We finally meet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was deep. Regal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't just echo in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It carved itself into my soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the words themselves bore the greatest weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-What… did you just say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That name…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was supposed to know that name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, I had just heard it—from the mouth of a dead man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, forgive my rudeness, ****. Or should I call you Frey Starlight now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breath grew shallower. The entity before me continued speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never expected to meet the one who created this world… who created me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You cannot imagine my joy. The very being who forged me—right here, on a fragile little planet like Earth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wish I could come to you now. There's so much I'd like to discuss… but unfortunately, I am bound by many forces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart was going to burst. It wanted to flee from my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure was so suffocating that I activated Ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn't work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if it were nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was beginning to understand who was in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that realization only deepened the madness clawing at my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why aren't you saying anything, Frey Starlight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You shouldn't be here…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, this was merely a faint manifestation of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His true self was far beyond this place—far beyond Earth itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A storm of thoughts raged within me, fear coiling around my mind, threatening to devour me whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched me for a moment, as if savoring my unraveling mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You asked me earlier… 'Who are you?' Didn't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't nod. I didn't shake my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only trembled where I stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then say my name, Frey Starlight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I opened my mouth, but no words came—only the chattering of my teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Say it !\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he commanded it, the name was forced from my lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agaroth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon King smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I look forward to our next meeting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Frey Starlight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HAAAAAAAAAAAAH—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, I screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if I didn't, I was going to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Die from fear alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't control myself anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drew Balerion and unleashed a devastating slash—one that carried everything my body could muster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact reduced Kai Luc's body to a bloody mist, while the Demon King's presence vanished entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Collapsing onto the ground amidst the crimson haze, I fought to suppress the violent tremors shaking my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agaroth… The Demon King.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord of the 72 High Demons.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The being I never figured out how to defeat—even as the author who wrote him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had noticed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew who I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew where I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A being that should not have appeared at this point in the story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I forced myself to my feet and started running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I HAVE TO ESCAPE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I HAVE TO ESCAPE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Author's Note:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't get the wrong idea—this isn't the end. Not even close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, he has appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very character who causes headache , for both me and Frey .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted Frey to truly understand what terror meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A horror so absolute that even with his power as the author, he still couldn't defeat it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he has yet another reason to leave this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enjoy.\u003C\u002Fp>",1214,"2026-05-30T03:41:22.346Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","ddcd4b8da73637acbff718ff0bf5679fdd5cbe119ad5abe054e9ab809733e4f2","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-85","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-391",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]