[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-villain-s-pov":3,"chapter-the-villain-s-pov-the-villain-s-pov-chapter-857":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},337044,598,"Chapter 854  The Truth Behind Everything (1)","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-857",857,"\u003Cp>The truth… the truth behind everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer to countless questions left unresolved, and to a mystery that had lingered for far too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey felt his heart pound violently in his chest, his tension reaching its peak as he stood on the edge of revelation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had Nameless discovered in that distant past?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of madness had he witnessed—what had he heard—that forced even a creature devoid of emotion like him to reject it… to erase the memory entirely and cast it away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the height of his journey, Nameless had followed the traces left behind ... deliberately placed by an unknown entity, a presence he could not identify, nor find any clue to its origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet through those ancient remnants, he reached a place no one had ever set foot in before… and confronted the hidden truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey's face hardened, and the same tension reflected upon the current Nameless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the emotionless Nameless of the past did not appear calm as usual—he seemed disturbed, unable to maintain the composure that once defined him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything stood on the brink now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever answers they were about to uncover would shape everything that followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For from what they would witness and understand… the final version of Frey would be born ... the one who would continue the war of existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The souls that perished on Earth… still lingered, their fate unresolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And countless other lives would be reshaped by the transformation Frey was about to undergo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would not be an exaggeration to say that what Frey Starlight faced now… would change everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would mark the dawn of a new era—one unlike anything before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing side by side with the current Nameless, both followed his past self into the stream of light…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was both exhilarating… and terrifying,\" Nameless said, his expression firm as he walked beside Frey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The thrill of uncovering truth… of answering questions left in silence. And the fear of a reality so harsh… it could break even a man without emotions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nameless of the past could not bear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But we will,\" Frey replied, meeting his gaze with unwavering resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After a life filled with nothing but misery and suffering… after years of struggle drowned in sorrow… I don't think any truth, no matter how bitter, can break me now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless smiled faintly at those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As if all that suffering… was nothing more than preparation for this moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah… I think it was,\" Frey answered, returning the smile before taking a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at last… the great light parted, revealing what it had concealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey witnessed with his own eyes the moment Nameless shattered the veil ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he stepped into the place where all secrets had been hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before them unfolded an entirely new realm… a place that sent a cold shiver down their spines, despite their spectral forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless entered what appeared to be… a library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar one—Frey recognized it instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was identical to the one he had seen within the mask, eerily similar to those depicted in the paintings they had just witnessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its shelves stretched endlessly ... ascending and descending through infinite levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was vast, filled with finely crafted wooden tables and chairs, its walls adorned with gold and black stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stairs and passages intertwined across its structure, connecting distant sections across its immeasurable expanse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A library beyond comprehension… one that held countless secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Nameless entered it for the first time… his body trembled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he dropped to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey and the current Nameless stared in shock as they witnessed ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time ... warmth surge through his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warmth he had never known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless of the past did not understand what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not comprehend the strange heat flowing through him… nor the unfamiliar emotions that had taken hold of him out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's… feeling…\" Frey muttered in disbelief, having believed that Nameless only gained emotions through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This memory proved how wrong he had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overwhelmed by those sensations, Nameless remained frozen—unable to move, unable even to perceive what lay before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spent those moments trying to understand what had just awakened within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey and the current Nameless, however, were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They already possessed emotions… and thus felt none of what he experienced back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their attention shifted elsewhere within the library… searching for answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what they saw… froze them in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Tell me what I'm seeing is an illusion,\" Frey whispered, his eyes trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Nameless replied, his voice just as heavy. \"It's real. Undeniably real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before them stood a simple table ... not large, not small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of it… a single chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And upon that table rested a thick, strange black book… its cover adorned with elegant golden script.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its title read clearly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Land of Survival.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar name—to Frey… and to Nameless, who shared his memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the true shock did not come from the book… nor its title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It came from the one seated before it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man sat upon the chair, his hand resting atop the book's cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still. Silent. Unmoving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked… lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As though his soul had already left his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hair was long, dark, and strikingly beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His features… were unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the same features… shared by Frey… and Nameless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…He looks like us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unnervingly so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet there was one difference ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness that consumed his eyes…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as though they had been replaced by gleaming black pearls of shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man looked almost identical to Frey—as though he were another version of him, one more complete… more refined… and far heavier in presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore unfamiliar black garments, subtly different from anything Frey had ever seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him stood an older man, well into his forties… with thick white hair, a light beard, and features that radiated an inexplicable warmth and familiarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man stood behind the youth, resting his hand gently upon his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his eyes, too, were filled with darkness—lifeless, hollow… as though his soul had already departed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them were in the same state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One sat, his hand resting upon the book… while the other stood behind him, hand upon his shoulder ... as if bound together by something unseen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey stared at the older man for a long time, his eyes trembling, his mouth slightly open, unable to form a single word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My mind wants to say this is impossible… but my eyes insist that what I'm seeing is real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward slowly, each movement heavy… while Nameless remained behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey continued walking, step by step… until he stood directly before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no doubt…\" he said, his voice unsteady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how I look at him… no matter how long I stare… I become more certain…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…that this is… my father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, the truth revealed itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was a perfect reflection of Abraham Starlight ..  yet even more complete… more imposing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the one seated upon the chair…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…that's me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey staggered back slightly, a sharp headache crashing into him, followed by a wave of dizziness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is going on here…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around, he noticed the books surrounding him—countless of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet for some reason… they felt suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They closed in on him from all sides, as if their words had become screams echoing through his mind and soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt real… alive… their voices reverberating deep within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially that black book ... it exerted the strongest presence of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frey felt lost… as though he were about to be dragged away by those voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nameless intervened immediately, grabbing him firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pull yourself together! Don't let them take you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snapping him back to reality, Nameless covered Frey's ears with both hands, his own gaze scanning the surroundings in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before them sat Frey and Abraham—motionless before the book that seemed to have stolen their souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all around them… the books screamed with living words, as if real people were calling out from within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire scene felt surreal… like a powerful illusion imposed upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1359,"2026-05-30T03:41:46.111Z","2026-06-01T04:30:13.202Z",1,"novelbin.me","8da10130d02e7d698132b9d635dd8f59665bd4369587fbc03989ba660f4129a7","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-858","the-villain-s-pov-chapter-856",866,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-villain-s-pov-cover.jpg"]