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Chapter 16 - ROUND TWO — SILAD VS JINYOUNG monarch of DUALITy

Scene 1 — Duality Awakens, uncontralled

Jinyoung stands reborn as the Monarch of Duality.

White/Grey on one side.Black/Purple on the other.Reality bends around him.

But inside?

Something is wrong.

.A memory.A presence.

Yogaroth.

Fragments of the Hollow Monarch flood into his mind:

Worlds collapsing

Civilizations erased

Monarchs trembling out of fear

The Abyss swallowing everything

Jinyoung's breath trembles.

For a moment, he feels nothing.

No fear.No anger.No empathy.

Just cold emptiness.

He whispers:

"Why… can't I feel anything?"

His hunters look at him with awe.

But Jinyoung feels a chill deeper than Silad's frost. Scene 2 — Silad Returns

The temperature drops again.

Silad steps out of the frozen air.

But this time…he looks cautious.

"Duality.A concept that should not exist."

Jinyoung's aura spikes involuntarily.

A wave of killing intent erupts —violent, hungry, devouring.

Hunters collapse.Liam staggers.Baruka kneels.Even Silad's eyes widen.

Jinyoung clenches his fists.

"Stop…Stop…STOP!"

The killing intent snaps back.

He's breathing hard.

He's not in control. - They clash

Scene 3 the fight starts.

Sillad move first

Absolute Frost erupts.Time freezes.Mana freezes.Death energy freezes.

But Duality is two forces.

Silad freezes the white/grey side —the erasure.

But the black/purple side keeps moving —the devouring.

Jinyoung appears behind Silad.

His voice echoes in two tones.

"You can't freeze both."

Silad turns, eyes sharp.

"Then I will freeze you."

Scene 4 — Yogaroth's Memories Interfere in battle.

As Jinyoung fights, visions flash:

Yogaroth devouring a Monarch baran the real baran monarch of hell flames king of demons the concept of hell flame out of rage

Yogaroth erasing a continent

Yogaroth laughing as stars die

Jinyoung's movements become erratic.

Silad notices.

"You are unstable."

Jinyoung growls.

"Get… out of my head!"

But the memories increases.

He sees Yogaroth's throne.He hears Yogaroth's voice.

"We are the Hollow one.

Jinyoung's aura spikes violently.

A blast of Duality energy erupts —white and black spiraling like a storm.

Silad is forced back.

But Jinyoung isn't celebrating.

He's terrified of the vision.

Scene 6 — Fear of Losing his Humanity what makes him human

Jinyoung's heart pounds.

He remembers:

His mother's voice

His friends

The hunters who trusted him

The world he swore to protect

But the memories feel distant.

Cold.

Like they belong to someone else.

He clutches his chest.

"I'm… slipping."

Silad raises his hand.

"Then let me end your suffering." Scene 7 — temporarily loss of control

Silad attacks.

Jinyoung's killing intent spikes uncontrollably.

A wave of black/purple energy erupts.

The ground collapses.The sky cracks.Hunters scream.Even Silad is pushed back.

Jinyoung's voice distorts.

"DEVOUR everything—"

He stops himself.

He forces the black/purple side down.

He trembles violently.

"No…I won't become Yogaroth."

Silad tilts his head.

"But you already are."

Scene 8 Duality stabilises temporarily

Jinyoung takes a deep breath.

White/Grey and Black/Purple swirl around him.

He forces them into balance.

Not mastery.

Just enough.

He looks at Silad.

"I'm not Yogaroth.I'm not Hollow Death.I'm not the Abyss."

Duality flares.

"I am Jinyoung."

Silad smiles faintly.

"Then prove it to me."

Scene 9 -clash

Duality vs Absolute Frost.

White/Grey erases silads frost.Black/Purple devours the frost.Silad freezes one side.The other side breaks free of his control.

Silad freezes time.Duality moves anyway.

Silad freezes mana.Duality devours the frost.

Silad freezes death energy.Duality erases the freeze.

The battlefield becomes a storm:

Frost that stops reality

Duality that bends it

Silence

Roars

Light

Darkness

A fight worthy of silads strength - scene 10-silad leaves jinyoung alone.

Silad steps back

For the first time, he looks… impressed.

"You are incomplete.But you are no longer beneath me."

Jinyoung stands, breathing hard.

Duality flickers.

He's exhausted.Unstable.Barely holding on.

Silad turns away.

"Master your Duality.Then come find me."

He disappears into frost.

Jinyoung collapses to one knee.

Liam rushes to him.

"Master—!"

Jinyoung whispers:

"I'm… still me.But I don't know…for how long."

The hunters look at him with fear and awe.

Because the Monarch of Duality is powerful.

But he is not stable.Not fully human.

And the world feels it.

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