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Chapter 184: The Princess’s Move · Nov 01, 2026

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151 Chapter 151: Total Chaos 2026-11-01
152 Chapter 152: The Hollow 2026-11-01
153 Chapter 153: Demon and King 2026-11-01
154 Chapter 154: Beyond the Veil (1) 2026-11-01
155 Chapter 155: Beyond the Veil (2) 2026-11-01
156 Chapter 156: More Trouble Ahead (1) 2026-11-01
157 Chapter 157: More Trouble Ahead (2) 2026-11-01
158 Chapter 158: Between Reality and Illusion (1) 2026-11-01
159 Chapter 159: Between Reality and Illusion (2) 2026-11-01
160 Chapter 160: The Demon Prince 2026-11-01
161 Chapter 161: The Island Trial (1) 2026-11-01
162 Chapter 162: The Island Trial (2) 2026-11-01
163 Chapter 163: Daemon Valerion 2026-11-01
164 Chapter 164: Surrounded by Foes 2026-11-01
165 Chapter 165: Complete Chaos 2026-11-01
166 Chapter 166: The First Step into the Island Trial 2026-11-01
167 Chapter 167: Towards Another Hell 2026-11-01
168 Chapter 168: When the Nightmare Begins 2026-11-01
169 Chapter 169: Dominance of the First Years 2026-11-01
170 Chapter 170: Storms on the Horizon 2026-11-01
171 Chapter 171: Clash Beneath the Wing of Night 2026-11-01
172 Chapter 172: Clash of the Elite (1) 2026-11-01
173 Chapter 173: Clash of the Elite (2) 2026-11-01
174 Chapter 174: Clash of the Elite (3) 2026-11-01
175 Chapter 175: Nightmare of Mensis 2026-11-01
176 Chapter 176: The True Trial 2026-11-01
177 Chapter 177: The Awaited Showdown 2026-11-01
178 Chapter 178: Snow Lionheart vs Daemon Valerion 2026-11-01
179 Chapter 179: Pride of a Warrior 2026-11-01
180 Chapter 180: Cold war 2026-11-01
181 Chapter 181: The True Predator 2026-11-01
182 Chapter 182: Dragon and Serpent 2026-11-01
183 Chapter 183: Approaching the End 2026-11-01
184 Chapter 184: The Princess’s Move 2026-11-01
185 Chapter 185: Twists of Fate 2026-11-01
186 Chapter 186: A Quiet Night 2026-11-01
187 Chapter 187: Cursed Power 2026-11-01
188 Chapter 188: The Final Days 2026-11-01
189 Chapter 189: The Moonlight Scheme 2026-11-01
190 Chapter 190: Unveiling the Conspiracy 2026-11-01
191 Chapter 191: One-Sided Battle 2026-11-01
192 Chapter 192: Until Death 2026-11-01
193 Chapter 193: The End of the Trial 2026-11-01
194 Chapter 194: Preliminaries Results 2026-11-01
195 Chapter 195: Quarterfinal Draw 2026-11-01
196 Chapter 196: The Chosen Hero 2026-11-01
197 Chapter 197: The Hardship of the Nightmare 2026-11-01
198 Chapter 198: The Beginning of the Victoriad 2026-11-01
199 Chapter 199: A Hero and an Assassin 2026-11-01
200 Chapter 200: Daemon Valerion vs Danzo Smasher 2026-11-01

Chapter 184: The Princess’s Move

Among students who fought to survive… and others who clashed endlessly among themselves…

Princess Sansa Valerion sat quietly inside her tree-hollow shelter.

Adriana was still there.

Jessica, meanwhile, had been coming and going regularly , gathering food, clean water, and supplies,

Even though the princess had never asked her to.

The last day in particular had been… oddly quiet.

Adriana hadnʼt approached the princess.

She hadnʼt spoken to her at all.

Jessica only spoke when it involved their immediate needs or survival.

As a result ...

Sansa often drifted into her own thoughts.

Adriana hadnʼt noticed at first.

But after struggling to sleep lately, shaken by recent events ..

She caught on to something unusual.

Sansa Valerion… never slept.

She sat in silence, lost in thought for hours.

Sometimes she wandered outside.

Then returned.

It was… uncomfortable, in a way.

Until that day came .. --- –21 days since the Island Trial began–

As usual, the girls sat within the massive tree.

Jessica was away at the moment.

Then, something changed.

Sansaʼs eyes lit up , she felt something.

Rain poured heavily outside, as it had so often lately.

The students had grown used to it.

Sansa walked to the entrance, peering outside.

The Baij corpses were still there—Jessica hadnʼt finished clearing them out.

But the rain had washed over the decaying bodies, cleansing them somewhat.

And from amidst those corpses…

Someone appeared.

Adriana tensed immediately at the sight.

Lately, even her own shadow frightened her—let alone something like this.

A figure emerged—

A young man, ghostly in appearance, with stark white hair.

But Sansa narrowed her eyes, studying him. ”Frey?”

With a faint smile, the boy stepped forward.

That black armor,

Those swirling, vortex-like eyes—

Dark lines traced beneath them,

A sign of sleep deprivation.

And yet, somehow,

He still carried a face that could be called handsome , Even compared to the other Temple elites.

Like a fallen prince from a long-lost wicked kingdom. ”Hello… Sansa.”

The way he approached made it clear ..

He wasnʼt lost.

He had come here on purpose.

Adriana instinctively raised her spear ..

Sansa, however, didnʼt move.

Frey expected this sort of welcome—

Especially from Adriana, whose presence he hadnʼt anticipated.

So he made his intentions clear from the start. ”Thereʼs no need for hostility. I didnʼt come here to fight.”

He glanced at the scattered Baij corpses around him. ”Looks like you had some visitors recently… and dealt with them well.”

Sansa ignored the pointless commentary and went straight to the heart of the matter. ”Why are you here? Did you use points to locate me?”

Despite everything sheʼd been through lately

She was still a princess.

She wasnʼt blind

She had noticed Freyʼs sudden point drop, the exact 500-point deduction.

Connecting the dots wasnʼt hard.

And Frey… didnʼt deny it. ”I did.

I came here… for you, Sansa.”

His admission only deepened the confusion ..

But at the very least…

She didnʼt see him as an enemy. ”You came for me, huh?

Then come inside. Youʼre soaked enough as it is.”

She turned her back to him and walked back into the tree.

Adriana was stunned.

Was she really going to let Frey inside?

She tried to speak ..

But Sansa didnʼt give her the chance.

Frey watched them both with a blank expression.

Then followed them inside.

Even he hadnʼt expected Sansa to be so… lenient.

But she had probably read his intentions long ago ..

If he meant her harm,

She wouldʼve sensed it immediately.

The moment Frey stepped into their private shelter,

He paused—his gaze scanning the space within.

It was surprisingly spacious.

Using simple resources, they had set up three separate sleeping areas.

Food and supplies were neatly stored to the side.

And the scent in the air ...

It was unmistakably feminine.

The kind of scent that could only come from a space occupied by three girls…

So much better than the filth outside.

Freyʼs senses picked up on everything… yet he didnʼt react.

The princess gestured for him to sit.

Adriana, on the other hand, distanced herself from him as much as possible.

Every time their eyes met, the timid girl seemed to curl further into herself.

Frey chuckled, recalling how she once spoke to him so casually ... back when she didnʼt know who he was.

Humans are selective by nature.

They often go with the tide.

If someone is labeled as a ”bad person” by one group, that label sticks ..

Following them all the way to their grave.

And Freyʼs reputation was… anything but favorable.

He knew that very well.

Now sitting before the princess, the two locked eyes for a brief moment.

Both of them… had the same black eyes now. ”So… do you have something to say?”

Sansa asked, leaning against the table Jessica had built earlier.

Frey crossed his arms, and got straight to the point. ”Simply put… I need your help, Sansa.”

I need help.

Sansa.

How many times had the princess heard those words from him in the past?

But this was the first time sheʼd heard them since surviving the Ultras.

Or rather ... from this new Frey. ”What exactly do you need me for?

Are you trying to form a team?

No…

You donʼt strike me as someone who would.”

Frey shook his head, then began explaining.

He had already decided—

He would reveal everything. ”I need your help dealing with your brother…

Aegon.”

Sansaʼs expression darkened the moment she heard the name.

Adriana, meanwhile, sprang to her feet, unable to accept what she was hearing. ”Frey Starlight! How dare you try to turn Sansa against the prince like this?!”

Upon hearing her, both Frey and Sansa sighed at the same time.

Clearly, the clueless girl still only saw Aegon as the perfect prince ..

Unaware of his true nature.

In her eyes, perhaps Sansa and Aegon were just loving siblings, merely caught in a rivalry… ”Adriana…

Please donʼt get involved in this.

I know better than you what I should or shouldnʼt do.”

Ordered by the princess herself,

Adriana fell silent.

She hadnʼt expected Sansa to take Freyʼs side in front of her.

Returning to Frey ..

Sansa asked calmly: ”What happened?”

How had Frey earned Aegonʼs hatred?

Frey explained it briefly ...

He didnʼt tell her exactly how he had sabotaged Aegonʼs plan involving Kai Luc,

But he gave her a general overview, mixing a large part of the truth into his story.

After piecing it together .. ”Aegon rallied the entire third year against you…

Just to get you eliminated from the trial?”

Frey nodded. ”Thatʼs right.”

Sansa thought deeply.

For Aegon to label someone an enemy…

It wasnʼt a trivial thing.

Her brother saw people as pieces to play with ,Not equals.

But she also knew some of Freyʼs secrets…

About the strength he had been hiding.

She could understand how things reached this point. ”But I donʼt get it…

Frey, with your current points, youʼve already passed the trial.

Why risk going all the way against him?”

In other words,

Frey had enough points to avoid elimination.

He could just stay out of trouble and let the trial end.

But that wasnʼt an option. ”One of the trialʼs rules states that I must reach the final rendezvous point.

If Iʼm eliminated before then, even with my current points…

I wonʼt be allowed to enter the Victoriad.”

The final rule of the island exam: –Participants must reach the final designated zone, to be announced at the end of the trial.

Failure to do so will result in disqualification.

That single rule was a chain binding Frey.

Because he had to reach that point to secure his place in the finals, it made him the perfect target.

The extremist group that wanted his head hadnʼt moved yet, and he couldnʼt waste time dealing with the third-years.

Sansa stared at Frey for a moment…

Before finally asking a question that had lingered in her mind for some time. ”Frey…

What does the Victoriad mean to you?” ”Everything.”

Frey responded instantly.

Seeing just how serious he was about it… Sansa didnʼt quite understand the reason ,

But she didnʼt press further. ”You need someone to keep the third-years off you until the trial ends… so you can reach the final zone safely.”

Frey nodded, even though that wasnʼt entirely true.

What he truly needed was cover—

To handle the Moonlight faction without distraction.

But there was no point in telling Sansa that now.

She thought for a moment before giving her answer. ”Alright… Iʼll help you.”

Frey blinked in surprise at how quickly she agreed ...

But masked it with a small chuckle. ”Sorry… I always seem to end up using our friendship like this.”

In front of the apologetic Frey, Sansa shook her head. ”Iʼm not helping you out of kindness.

Iʼm repaying a debt.

You saved me once, remember?”

Her words pulled both of them back ...

To that day they faced Feyrith together.

If it hadnʼt been for Frey… who knows what wouldʼve happened?

The system played a big role, sure—

But it didnʼt change the fact: heʼd saved her life.

And with that, Frey had gotten what he came for.

But he didnʼt even have time to lower his guard.

In one swift motion, he drew his sword ...Blocking a sudden ambush from the side.

Jessica Thievenin had returned ... And she didnʼt look friendly at all.

Frey instantly unleashed a wave of Dark Aura,

Pushing her back as she activated gravitational pressure to try and restrain him. ”Princess! Get back , Iʼll deal with the intruder!”

She probably assumed he had come to steal their supplies…

Or that he was after the points on their heads.

So she didnʼt hesitate to strike.

Frey recognized her—

And considered how to stop her without hurting her.

But he didnʼt have to.

SWOOSH

Out of nowhere, hundreds of black threads lashed forward,

Wrapping tightly around Jessica and binding her completely.

The strongest in the second year…

Couldnʼt do a thing against that power.

Tied down by the black threads, Jessica finally froze ...

Staring in stunned silence at the one responsible. ”Lower your aura… Jessica. Heʼs a friend.”

The princessʼs calm words left no room for argument.

Grudgingly, Jessica complied...

She didnʼt exactly have a choice.

On the other side, Frey was staring in silence…

At those threads—

Rising straight from Sansaʼs shadow.

For some reason…

His face darkened the moment he saw them.

Sansa released Jessica,

Then issued her next order without missing a beat. ”Jessica , go gather the remaining second-year students.”

Still confused, Jessica didnʼt fully understand what was going on…

But Frey seemed to. ”Sansa… are you…?”

She nodded, confirming what he had already suspected. ”Since Aegon rallied the third-years to attack you… Weʼll have the second-years defend you.”

Just as Aegon had the third-years backing him—

Sansa already held the loyalty of the second-years.

Frey had anticipated this type of support—

Which was why he chose her from the start. ”But Princess—if i leave now—” ”Itʼs an order. Iʼll explain the situation later.”

Jessica tried to protest—

But the princess didnʼt give her the chance.

Instead, she gathered her shadow…

And returned to Freyʼs side. ”Until Jessica brings everyone together, youʼll stay here with us.

Frey—if the third year come for us before then…”

With a smile, she clasped her hands behind her back.

Her pitch-black eyes gleamed with absolute clarity. ”Iʼll handle them myself.”

Frey stared at the princess standing before him.

Even he hadnʼt expected this outcome…

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