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To prevent the total annihilation of a doomed dark fantasy world, Frey Raon Starlight bore the heaviest cross imaginable. Bound by a secretive cosmic system, he had to masquerade as the ultimate villain, slaughter his own kin, execute his beloved comrades, and plunge the continent into utter despair to defeat the Demon King and unlock the fabled "Hidden Route." Having paid the ultimate toll, Frey successfully triggers his regression reward, turning back time to the very beginning with the intention of finally guiding everyone to true peace and salvation. However, a catastrophic anomaly corrupts the timeline: the five legendary heroines he had executed in his former life have retained their memories of his previous betrayal! Now, branded as an irredeemable monster by the very women he sacrificed his soul to protect, Frey must survive their relentless assassination attempts while desperately striving to save the world from the shadows.

by Kim Mamo, RAL•Art by Yeonjin Jeong
To prevent the total annihilation of a doomed dark fantasy world, Frey Raon Starlight bore the heaviest cross imaginable. Bound by a secretive cosmic system, he had to masquerade as the ultimate villain, slaughter his own kin, execute his beloved comrades, and plunge the continent into utter despair to defeat the Demon King and unlock the fabled "Hidden Route." Having paid the ultimate toll, Frey successfully triggers his regression reward, turning back time to the very beginning with the intention of finally guiding everyone to true peace and salvation. However, a catastrophic anomaly corrupts the timeline: the five legendary heroines he had executed in his former life have retained their memories of his previous betrayal! Now, branded as an irredeemable monster by the very women he sacrificed his soul to protect, Frey must survive their relentless assassination attempts while desperately striving to save the world from the shadows.
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The continent of Prisia is anchored by the Sunrise Empire, a sprawling imperial civilization centered around the Imperial Capital and the elite Royal Academy. Beyond the central provinces lie the Starlight Duchy, the scholarly Moonlight domain, the treacherous Gray Forest, and the corrupt subterranean black markets of the Cloud Kingdom. Deep beneath the veil of mortal perception lies the Abyssal Demon Realm and the divine astral planes where cosmic deities manipulate worldly events.
Power in Prisia is divided into three distinct paths: 1. Elemental & Arcane Circles (1st to 9th Circle): Mages manipulate ambient mana to construct spell matrices. 1st to 3rd Circles encompass standard tactical spells; 4th to 6th Circles govern destructive mass-destruction magic; 7th to 9th Circles grant reality-altering elemental catastrophes. 2. Aura & Stellar Swordsmanship: Knights harness life force and starlight mana, advancing from Aura User to Sword Expert, Sword Master, and the apex Stellar Transcendence. 3. Divine & Demonic Authorities: Pure channels of divine holy power drawn from solar deities, or abyssal dark sorcery powered by sacrifices, curses, and demonic pacts.
The Starlight Heroic Family: The lineage of legendary heroes sworn to defend humanity, burdened with ancient celestial duties. The Imperial Sunrise Court: Led by the Emperor and imperial princesses, commanding the Imperial Knight Order and state-sanctioned battle mages. The Holy Church of the Sun: An ostensibly benevolent religious order of priests and paladins guided by Saintesses, secretly manipulated by outer gods. The Moonlight Intel Syndicate: An elite noble house and intelligence apparatus that controls global information networks. The Demon Lord’s Vanguard: Demonic executives and fiends who orchestrate mortal purges under the command of primordial abyssal entities.
Reality is governed by strict divine parameters and the "Path of the Villain" System - a cosmic intervention mechanism that grants power via "False Villain Points" earned through intentional villainy. Revealing one's true heroic motives inflicts catastrophic system penalties, including severe physical recoil, memory erasure, and progressive lifespan decay. In addition, unbreakable Soul Oaths (Geas) bind spirits, while ancient artifacts like the Stone of Domination permit the subjugation of abyssal souls.
The sole heir of the illustrious Starlight heroic lineage, Frey is a tragic, self-sacrificing prodigy who unlocked the "Path of the Villain" system after a previous apocalyptic timeline failed. Forced to play the role of an irredeemable scoundrel to accumulate system points and avert humanity's extinction, Frey hides his noble motives behind a mask of cold arrogance. He endures horrific divine recoil, systemic lifespans reductions, and the hatred of those he loves, operating in total isolation to dismantle demonic conspiracies from within. Powers: Master of Starlight Sword Arts and high-tier dual-attribute stellar mana; possesses supreme tactical intellect; wields the Stone of Domination to subjugate high-ranking demons; utilizes system-acquired combat arts, dark absorption techniques, and extreme pain tolerance.
Chapter 1Frey’s dark sorceress butler and lifelong attendant who initially retained fragmented memories from a past timeline where Frey appeared to be a murderous monster. After invading his subconscious during a system collapse, she discovered the staggering extent of his solitary sacrifices. Shattered by guilt and fierce devotion, Kania cast aside her vengeance, placing the "One Heart, One Body" curse upon herself to physically absorb half of Frey's agonizing bodily degradation and serve as his primary confidante. Powers: High-tier Dark Sorcery and Shadow Weaving; advanced curse manipulation; subconscious realm diving; necromantic tracking; barrier disruption.
Chapter 1A fire elementalist who initially despised Frey due to fabricated memories regarding the tragedy in the Gray Forest. Bound to him by a life-or-death magical geas disguised as ruthless servitude, Irina was pushed to rapidly advance her arcane potential through harsh trials. Upon uncovering the truth behind Frey's actions, her burning hatred transformed into fierce loyalty and remorse, cementing her role as his primary frontline artillery. Powers: 7th Circle Fire Elemental Magic; high-speed runic scroll creation; incinerating area-of-effect spells (e.g., Inferno Burst, Solar Flare); high mana recovery rate.
Chapter 2The Third Princess of the Sunrise Empire, Clana initially severed her political engagement with Frey to preserve her sovereignty and champion the common folk, unaware that Frey orchestrated the break to spare her from demonic scrutiny. After breaking through imperial mind-manipulation spells and reading Frey's hidden journal, she recognized his silent guidance and marshaled the entire imperial faction to protect him from execution. Powers: Imperial Solar Magic; high-order defensive barrier matrices; royal command aura; master-level political statecraft and military mobilization.
Chapter 1The Saintess of the Church of the Sun, revered across the empire as the living avatar of purity. Unbeknownst to her conscious mind, her divine prayers were long intercepted by the Demon God Eclipse, and she secretly held administrative privileges over the regression system across countless failed timelines. Once her memories of previous cycles were restored, she defied church dogma and shattered system restrictions to preserve Frey's soul. Powers: Supreme Miracles and Divine Healing; absolute curse purification; holy barrier deployment; administrative system intervention and timeline recall.
Chapter 1The genius prime minister of the Moonlight family and mastermind of the continent's most formidable intelligence network. Serena willingly subjected herself to an absolute obedience contract with Frey after deciphering ancient ruins that exposed the world's false history. Despite being subjected to horrific mind control by a shadow faction, her analytical prowess allowed her to decode Frey's encrypted memoirs and coordinate the heroines' rescue operations. Powers: Information warfare; decryption of primordial languages; strategic divination; spatial and sensory illusion magic.
Chapter 1A primordial cosmic entity who usurped the identity of the Sun God to deceive mortal religions and manipulate the Saintess's divine channel. Eclipse orchestrated the cyclical destruction of Prisia across numerous timelines, imposing system penalties and soul curses onto Frey to drive him to despair and ensure absolute demonic dominion over the mortal realm. Powers: Reality-warping divine authorities; cosmic system manipulation; mental invasion and soul rot infliction; avatars of abyssal darkness.
Chapter 65The supreme general of the Abyssal Demonic Horde. Operating through resurrected avatars and masquerading as a legendary Hero during royal gatherings, the Demon King commands the demonic executives and executes the will of Eclipse to purge human civilization. Powers: Abyssal Hellfire; absolute physical regeneration; high-tier spatial tearing; lethal cardiac curse arts.
Chapter 34High-ranking executives in the Demon Army hierarchy. Arrogant and ruthless, they guarded the inner command structure of the demonic forces until Frey challenged and defeated them in single combat to claim the title of Second Commander. Powers: High demon bloodline transformations; localized gravity disruption; flesh corruption and soul reap abilities.
Chapter 38A corrupt abyssal demon who operated within the underworld black-market auctions, trafficking cursed relics and human souls to establish a sacrificial beachhead in imperial territory. Powers: Corrupting miasma generation; auction-hall dimensional trapping; dark soul absorption.
Chapter 5Ch. 1 - 11
Following his regression after the previous world line's collapse, Frey Raon Starlight activates the "Path of the Villain" system on the eve of his Royal Academy enrollment. Frey balances acting as an arrogant scoundrel against covertly neutralizing threats, culminating in a clash where he defeats the Great Demon Yukarius at an underground black-market auction. The immense strain triggers a severe system penalty, causing Frey to collapse; Kania invades his subconscious to investigate his weakness, only to witness his hidden suffering and switch from a vengeful assassin into his sworn protector.
Ch. 12 - 33
Frey enters the Royal Academy, publicly binding the hostile fire mage Irina Filiard through a life-or-death geas to force her rapid magical growth during midterm exams. When demonic cultists infiltrate the campus and launch a sacrificial ritual targeting the commoners' dormitory, Frey fakes demonic possession to dismantle the ritual matrix from within, taking the full brunt of the magical backlash. The act leaves Frey in a three-month coma while Princess Clana launches a smear campaign against his name, unaware of his intervention as the Demon Lord mobilizes duplicate avatars across the empire.
Ch. 34 - 46
While serving a disciplinary assignment, Frey uncovers an imperial orphanage run by corrupt paladins who harvest children into undead horrors, leading to an encounter with the newly resurrected Demon Lord. To secure internal intelligence, Frey infiltrates the Demon Army's command structure, defeating executives Domirkan and Rihir to secure the position of Second Commander. However, during an undercover operation at a royal banquet inside the Moonlight estate, the Demon King ambushes Frey under the guise of the legendary Hero, inflicting a catastrophic system memory-erasure penalty.
Ch. 47 - 59
Frey partners with Saintess Ferloche Asterade to track down an underground, high-security slave syndicate backed by Cloud Kingdom nobility. Leveraging his villainous reputation to enter the facility, Frey subdues a rampaging Demon Fox, dismantles the auction network, and establishes a covert welfare foundation to rehabilitate the freed captives. The strain of the battle, compounded by Serena falling under enemy mental domination, causes Frey's heart to decay rapidly, forcing the heroines into a shared descent into his subconscious to purge the lethal corruption.
Ch. 60 - 70
Saintess Ferloche exercises her administrative system authority to halt an impending regression loop, bringing the heroines together to view Frey's memories of past sacrifices across multiple timelines. After demon forces extract Frey from an imperial execution platform, he engages the Demon King in a duel, suffering a fatal cardiac curse that shatters his soul and brings him before the true Sun God. As Demon God Eclipse invades the heroines' minds to force an apocalyptic bad end, the heroines decipher Frey’s personal diary, withstand Eclipse's divine pressure, and tether his fractured soul back to the waking world.