The villain's side of the novel



After an unknown period

"Ugh." A faint voice came out of Don's mouth as he opened his eyes slowly. As soon as his consciousness became clear, he remembered something and quickly looked toward his legs. He found that his legs were still there, and he was now lying and bound on a simple medical bed in an unfamiliar room.

"Don't be nervous, it was just a hallucination." Don suddenly heard a voice coming from his right side and turned around to see Casper standing near the bed.

(An hallucination? I felt it, how could that terrible pain be an illusion?) Don thought with a complex expression. But he decided to ignore these thoughts and instead asked Casper, "Where's Fray?"

"He's got some work to take care of, but he'll be here soon," Casper replied lightly.

And as Casper said, it didn't take long for the two of them to hear the sound of footsteps approaching. Then the door opened, and a tall, muscular figure entered with a cold expression on his face and some papers in his hands.

"Hello, Don," said Fray, sitting on a chair by the bed, while Casper stood behind him with a respectful expression.

"Fray, why are you doing this? We've been classmates for more than a year," Don shouted angrily after seeing Fray.

Don couldn't comprehend how Fray could be so brutal. After all, they were classmates in the Shield class and had gone through a lot of crises together. Even though their relationship wasn't that good, he still thought that Fray went too far.

"You already know why I'm doing this," Fray said in a low voice, reading the papers in his hands without paying much attention to Don's anger.

"Is it because we entered Iskar City without permission? You could just ask for compensation. It wasn't necessary to wipe out all my comrades," Don said with the same angry expression.

In fact, Don understood that he was a wanted pirate and that any city he entered without permission would attack him immediately. But he still couldn't accept that his men were killed so brutally by one of his classmates. They had made a promise to support each other and protect humanity.

"I don't have much time to talk to you, so I'll quickly tell you why you're here," said Fray, raising his head from the papers he was reading and looking at Don with a serious expression. "First of all, I have reliable information that you entered Iskar under the orders of the Vice-Captain of the Shield Union, Luke Moonlight, to tame sea monsters and use them to attack the city in the future."

One of the reasons for the loss of Iskar City in the war against Luke in the novel was the attacks of the sea monsters that were tamed by Don's skill.

"..." Don opened his eyes with a shocked expression after hearing Fray's words. His alliance with Luke was very confidential information, and no one else knew about it. After receiving many disturbing letters from Fray's sister Erma and considering their previous experience with Fray, Luke felt that Fray might pose a threat to innocent people and even to the Shield Organization in the future. As a backup plan, Don was sent to Iskar City with the objective of bringing sea monsters near the city under his control to use them as weapons in case of emergency.

Without caring about Don's shock, Fray continued in a cold voice, "Secondly, I have strong evidence to suspect that you were one of the people who killed my knights five years ago."

"..." After hearing this, Casper's smile suddenly disappeared, replaced by an angry expression filled with killing intent.

(What? How the hell did he get this information?) Don thought,

shocked at what Fray had said. But he maintained his neutral expression and said, "Do you have any proof for your accusation?"

"Do you really think I need evidence?" Fray said in a cold voice.

"..." Don was silent, unable to answer. He knew Fray's mindset well enough to understand that Fray wouldn't say anything he wasn't sure about, and once he had made up his mind, it was almost impossible to change it. Lying at this point would be useless.

"How did you know all this?" Don asked, letting out a helpless sigh.

"Do you admit your crimes?" asked Fray with a cold expression mingled with a slight hint of anger.

"You know very well that we are not mistaken. You are a dangerous person, and we must take precautions to stop you if needed. And five years ago, your knights killed many innocent people, so we had to get rid of them," Don said in a firm voice.

"Do you know the penalty for killing members of the Parada family?" asked Fray.

"..." Don suddenly felt a cold tremor running through his body.

*******

In a village near Iskar City

"Oh my God, how could someone be so brutal? No one was left alive," Gus muttered in a low voice as he looked at a huge cemetery containing hundreds of graves.

"Whoever did this must be professionals. They didn't leave any trace behind," Aslan said with a sympathetic expression.

In fact, when they were heading towards Iskar City, Aslan and the others passed through this village. But no matter how much they searched around the village, they did not find any inhabitants. By chance, they managed to find this cemetery, which appeared to be newly established, leading them to conclude that the villagers were buried here.

"It must be the team called the Deadly Numbers," said Gus after some time of thought.

"Do you mean that team that is said to destroy all monster communities? Does that mean that the residents of this village were monsters?" Aslan asked.

"Actually, that is the only explanation," said Luke, who was standing next to Aslan.

"Could the Parada family be responsible for this?" asked Gus.

"We can't jump to conclusions without evidence, but whoever did this must be stopped," Luke said in a firm voice.

(I hope he's not the one behind this massacre.) Aslan thought with a sad expression.

"Recently, Iskar City has been behaving in strange manners," Gus remarked.

"...." Luke nodded and didn't say anything. But he also sensed that there was something weird going on in the Parada family. Erma and Don no longer answered his letters, and strange events were happening in the city. All of this made Luke feel uncomfortable, as if something huge was going to happen soon.