[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-851":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},337038,598,"Chapter 848  Alexander Rybak","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-851",851,"\u003Cp>Londor… a planet where life has perished, leaving behind nothing but death and ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remnants of an ancient history—of a once-great civilization that stood for countless years among the dominant powers of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today… it had become a graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A graveyard destined to host the final act of a conspiracy that had endured for thousands of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gehrman was the first to arrive ... the first to set foot upon the abandoned, ancient world. But his pursuers followed almost instantly, clinging to him like shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maskith came first… then Wesker in Vayne's body, and finally Vex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation was far from favorable for Gehrman. All three of them were clearly stronger than him in his current state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the blue-eyed engineer didn't even bother to look back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He surged forward at full speed—crossing an unimaginable distance in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his weakened body, he was still fast enough to make the three struggle to keep up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Londor was a colossal planet—many times larger than Earth—making it nearly impossible to uncover all of its secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless races had come here over the years, including the Lord of Graves, holder of the sixth seat, who had spent ages exploring it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet… he had failed to uncover what this planet truly concealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Believing that the barrier-shrouded Crown Lands were the only mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they pursued him, both Maskith and Wesker frowned—thinking the same thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is he trying to do…? Where is he running?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying the shattered body of his king... what exactly did Gehrman hope to achieve?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After facing the Demon King… after witnessing him slaughter every human on Earth… after watching him defeat both Frey and Nameless ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he still move forward like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the Demon King had done… was the very definition of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sane mind could imagine a scenario where that monster could be defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet… Gehrman had not lost hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant one thing—he had something hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was neither a fool… nor a man clinging to false hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three of his pursuers understood this well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, they attacked without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadows slithered across the ground like serpents—tendrils shattering mountains and ridges as they surged forward, attempting to devour Gehrman whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vex moved through the darkness as well, closing the distance while unleashing a barrage of lethal blades ... each one aimed to end the blue-eyed man's life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the relentless storm of attacks, Gehrman was forced to push himself to the limit ... dodging, evading, protecting Frey's body at all costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His masked vessel suffered further damage…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he kept moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only one who held back… was Maskith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strange old man simply observed ... pursuing from close range, his eyes filled with genuine curiosity about what that engineer was trying to accomplish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is no escape, Gehrman!\" Wesker shouted through Vayne's voice, forming a terrifying spear of shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn back and fight… and face the end you've always run from.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurled the spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shot forward with terrifying precision—targeting Gehrman's back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that distance… it could not miss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the incoming catastrophe, Gehrman glanced back ... his eyes briefly meeting the weapon… and the three figures chasing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no fear on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only calm… as if his life was not in danger at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't need to fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We've already entered his domain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words echoed—confusing them for a mere instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't even have time to process them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in the very next moment ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A projectile of dense, dark gray aura struck from nowhere… obliterating the spear completely and sparing Gehrman from harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer pressure of that aura made all three turn instantly toward its origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they saw nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had come from far beyond their range—yet it had struck Wesker's attack with perfect accuracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Gehrman dashed toward the direction the attack had come from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maskith and Wesker, possessing the sharpest visual abilities among them, tried to discern what lay ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they saw nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just barren land… empty, lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least—at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few seconds passed before reality itself tore apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before their eyes, space distorted ... revealing what had been hidden beneath that empty wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A towering structure emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Colossal. Monolithic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Built from black metal ... brick upon blackened brick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not a castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It resembled… a mausoleum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ancient tomb—grand, ominous, radiating an overwhelming sense of mystery and dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wesker froze in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible… I used the King's Eye just now—how could I not see it?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even an ability like the King's Eye had failed to pierce whatever concealed this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone told them how immense the power hiding it truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, all three were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had no time to remain so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because atop that towering structure ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single figure stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching them from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was massive—broad-shouldered, imposing, standing well over two meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The upper half of his body was completely exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only black bandages wrapped tightly around him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And beneath them ... His body was not flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark, ominous metal that formed his entire being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was shadowed—void of color, save for the deep blue glow burning within his sharp, terrifying eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at his distant guests in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then slowly ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shifted his stance…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And drew his fist back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp metallic whine escaped his body—a grinding, ominous sound that heralded danger. Slowly, he tightened his fist… until the very fabric of space around him began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, the three stared, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is he doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was impossibly distant ... so far that even with enhanced vision, they could only catch a blurred outline. Yet distance meant nothing to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gehrman alone understood what was about to happen. He pressed forward without fear, without so much as a glance back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And within seconds—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man clad in black hurled his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An explosion of aura erupted—shaking the heavens, shattering the void itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What—?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gasp escaped the pursuers as an immense blue light engulfed them—detonating in their faces before any of them could react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a nuclear blast of aura ... burning, roaring, merciless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vex and Wesker instantly summoned their shadows to shield themselves, while Maskith conjured invisible barriers with all his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet all their defenses collapsed—barely saving them, only to send them hurtling away over a vast distance, tearing them completely apart from Gehrman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the three regained their bearings, the single punch they had witnessed had carved a trench the size of a continent between them and that man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder exploded around him, and his voice rose above even the loudest lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word left his lips ...heavy with years of pent-up emotion, as though he had been trapped in endless waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For years… I waited.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My body, forged from black gold, has reached its peak… while each day, I prayed for this nightmare to finally end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took another step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Years I spent waiting… waiting for his return.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His overwhelming presence matured into something immense ... reflected in the dark steel that formed his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Years guarding this cursed place… years doing nothing but training… training… training—until I forged my technique to its limits, until my skill reached its peak!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All… for this day!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster roared ... throwing another punch that exploded toward them once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gehrman threw himself aside, his eyes wide as he witnessed that overwhelming burst of power—an eruption born from a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alexander… just how far has your strength grown…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one punch, he had forced back Maskith—the Duke of Hell—Vex, and even the third-ranked among the demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go! Gehrman!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thunderous voice snapped Gehrman back to reality. Without hesitation, he surged forward toward the dark, ancient mausoleum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the man stepped into the battlefield ... taking it upon himself to face all three at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering his strength, he unleashed a deafening war cry—one that shattered eardrums and announced his presence to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is Alexander Rybak! A man who has waited years to see his king stand before him once more!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you… you wretched creatures… stand in his way before my very eyes?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alexander Rybak threw another punch—unleashing even greater destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His power was monstrous. His iron body radiated terror ... instilling fear in the hearts of all who saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A being forged from dark metal… something they had only ever seen in weapons ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now standing before them as a raging beast that crushed everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>",1446,"2026-05-30T03:41:46.111Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","c05e6728e82bd3c37ef65c76155fa5013f5471b0d1d4a58a239a3e3c9c830ad3","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-852","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-600",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]