CHAPTER FOURTY-SEVEN!
────a losing game.

❝WHAT A PITY, FOR A LIFE SO STRONG COULD BE  KILLED SO EASILY.❞

"YOU INSOLENT WENCH!" THE frost monarch shouted as he raised his arms.

then, in thundering shockwaves, golems made out of ice suddenly rose from the ground, surprising [y/n].

the plague monarch flew in the air and spread her arms out, using her magi loudly as she looked at jin-woo. "would you let me in on the fun as well?"

jin-woo looked around as the corpses of the deceased hunters, as they grew into resemble ugly spiders with extra legs growing on their back.

the two first moved between the zombies, killing them with their daggers. feeling guilty as they recognized they were dead hunters.

suddenly, an ice golem was about to attack jin-woo from behind but [y/n] was quick to attack. she ignited her dagger once more, it's balde turning into fire. and she slashes the ice golem right through the middle, melting it away.

then four more of the golems surrounded her and jin-woo. instantly, the two glanced and nodding at each other. 

the two split up for a moment, each player
taking two ice golems each.

[y/n] jumps up and kicks one in the face before spinning and decapitating it with another kick. then she threw both her daggers at the other and with the snap of her fingers, it melts away in blazing fire.

she smirks, summoning kamish's mercy back into her hands. she charges straight at frost monarch causing him to grit his teeth.

but before [y/n] could even reached him, a glowing white chain wrapped around her leg pulling her away. she looks down to see who the culprit was and it was atlus. seeing his prideful expression on his face had her pissed off.

"[Y/N]?!"

"I'M ALRIGHT WOO! I'LL DEAL WITH HIM!"

[y/n] raises kamish's mercy before cutting the chain, shocking the moon monarch. she skids to a stop, before she can even catch her breath, more chains came at her.

she quickly parried all the ones she could, even cutting some. then, from the left, green humanoid hands came at her. the [h/c] haired player dodges the hand just in time, seeing it was the plague monarch trying to harm her.

'yo, what happened to women supporting women?' she jokes to herself as she and jin-woo meet up once again.

the number of ice golems and zombie insects tripled, atlus' chains had now had sickles at the end of them and the beast monarch had regenerated its arm back. several more magical fists floated near the queen of insects.

all the four monarchs face the couple, grins etching their faces, their aura growing with bloodlust by the second.

UNTIL THEY HEAR SOMETHING BREAKING.

the pair look to their left, seeing a familiar claw break free from the ice. a smile forms on [y/n]'s face as she knew exactly who was the first to break free from his ice prison.

"MY LIEGE, MY QUEEN!!"

it was beru, he clawed his way out of shattering the ice into tiny pieces.

"that insect woman dares lay her hands on my lieges!! killeeeehhk!! my lieges!!" beru screeches out, flying as fast as he could to his masters.

"a mere shadow soldier broke out of my binding spell?" the frost monarch mutters in disbelief. "how could a commander level entity be in the hands of a human?"

"a single commander level shadow soldier is practically a god of destruction." the beast monarch adds also in shock.

"but how powerful would be a commander level sun knight?" atlus brings up, breathlessly making the three look at each other in slight worry.

the three monarchs could glance at icarus' ice prison, they noticed it was already slowly melting away.

THEY CERTAINLY DID NOT WANT TO THE FACE THE WRATH OF ICARUS.

"a child who doesn't recognize their own mother must be punished!" the insect monarch shouts, sending her magical fits towards the ant.

beru sliced the fist easily before shrieking out. "killeehhk! shut up, you crazy bitch!"

"what?!" the monarch screeched in anger, she was in disbelief that her child won't even listen to her.

the powerful ant summon landed in front of jin-woo and [y/n] as he gave them a look of admiration while crying.

"you weren't pushed back even when fighting against those of a superior species. as expected of my lieges!" he sniffles gazing up at them. "i have never failed to be amazed by your limitless strength..."

jin-woo awkwardly stared at beru with a sweat while [y/n] laughed warmly at him.

'ah, he's so cute!'

then, a horde of corpses appeared behind beru and the three quickly killed all them in an instant.

one of the magical fists of the insect monarch headed towards jin-woo who wasn't able to dodge in time. she swatted him away like a bug and slammed him into a building nearby.

"WOO!" [y/n] shouts as she cuts another one of atlus' chains as if he was trying to get her attention.

the male player emerged from the debris of the fallen building as he sat on the ground, gasping trying to get air into his lungs.

his head was spinning as blood trickled down from his mouth. he looks up and sees thousands of ice arrows floating up in the air and heading straight towards him.

his eyes widened as he struggles to get up. then someone appears before him, holding his face with delicate and pretty hands.

"darling!" [y/n] says as she covers his body with her own, shielding him.

panic fills his eyes when she wasn't even paying attention to the ice arrows that were headed towards her.

"my love, behind you!—" he starts but his words come to a halt when she quickly turns around, her dagger ignited in blazing fire.

in quick succession of the turn, she she swipes her dagger in the air, causing the sky to be filled with fire causing the arrows to melt away.

"don't you know you're playing with fire?" [y/n] taunts the frost monarch who stood a over her with a smirk. "besides, i told you, you are not getting out of this alive."

'she's so attractive when she's fights on my behalf...' jin-woo thinks, blush tinting his cheeks.

"you insolent fool! a mere human like you dares to say such a thing to a monarch as me?!" he roars going to attack her again but she got the jump on him.

the female player rushed at him, both of her daggers on fire, she swings at him but the frost monarch narrowly dodges her fire.

the frost being only smirks when the beast monarch suddenly appears right behind her.

she knows it too late when the beast summons his sword from the subspace just like she and jin-woo could.

the sword was a few inches from reaching her back when jin-woo wrapped his arms from behind her, shielding her from her from the sword.

tears pricked [y/n]'s eyes as the two harshly landed on the ground. she quickly gets on her knees and inspects the wound on his back. she gasps as it covered his entire back, she looks at jin-woo who only coughed up blood.

"why would you protect me you idiot!" she insults him, letting a few stray tears fall down her face.

he let out a pained laugh before looking at her. "i would do it a million times if it meant there won't be a single scratch on you."

she feels her face heat at his passionate words as she wipes her tears away, calling him idiot again.

atlus could only watch them interact, bubbles of jealousy filling inside of him. he knew the moment he got a closer look at aurora's vessel. the traces left behind by the vessel of the shadow monarch, the way he had tainted her.

when that was supposed to be his to take.

"my liege!"

beru was about to assist his wounded king when the insect monarch had the ant in her grasp. he looks back, noticing that she was in her true form.

"my name is querehsha, the monarch of plagues." she spoke, her voice full of demand. "i am the mother of every insect in existence. even though you're an ungrateful insect who doesn't recognize their mother, i shall embrace you as one of my children."

beru struggles against her hold, shrieking. "kieeek! let go of me!"

the beast monarch then soon hovered his sword above jin-woo as he glared at him "this is the end for you two."

seeing this, beru panics and shouts to both armies. "you dumb servants! what are all of you doing?! hurry up and assist our lieges!!"

and one by one, the shadow soldiers and the sun knights began to break free from their ice prison after hearing beru's call of desperation.

greed was the first to break free, shouting in determination, "i will be the one cutting the last breath of the enemies!"

"that thing must have been a strong warrior in its lifetime." the beast monarch comments, glancing at the summon.

"the higher ranking soldiers have started to appear," the frost monarch continues, clicking his tongue in annoyance.

"but that also must mean..." atlus adds, his starry ruby eyes glance at icarus' ice prison.

all that's left was empty crystal of ice, melting away.

this sends the monarch in slight panic when suddenly, icarus comes rushing at him along with scar.

"AURORA! DARLING! YOUR KNIGHT HAS A PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST ME!" he shrieks, trying to get some get distance between him and the knight.

[y/n] could only laugh at the situation before yelling. "GO ICARUS! KILL HIM!"

the frost monarch could only rolls his eyes at atlus' actions before looking down at the two players who sat on the ground.

"however, your wound is fatal. playtime's over." he states, crossing his arms behind his back.

"are you talking about this?" jin-woo questions before a sly smirk forms on his lips.

and both monarchs eyes widened open as they watched jin-woo recover instantly. as if nothing even happened in the first place.

"STATUS EFFECT RECOVERY."

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FROM THE SIDELINES, lennart was watching what was unfolding as thomas was being healed.

his gaze towards the battle was fearful as he couldn't even keep up with [y/n] or jin-woo's attacks.

"w-what's happening?"

the german hunter couldn't tear his gaze away from the battle. it was as if there was a violent storm in seoul and jin-woo and [y/n] we're at the center of it.

"i feel like... i'm watching the end of the world." lennart responds absentmindedly.

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IN [YOUR CITY]...

"ray, is that really your sister?" dean asks in disbelief, as he and the older brother watch the live broadcast of the fight in seoul in a rented penthouse.

the pink haired man couldn't even respond, he only watched as his precious baby sister fight beings he couldn't imagine himself standing in front of.

[y/n] fought with grace and elegance, it seems that when she entered to fight she became even more beautiful than she was before.

'did she face these kinds of monsters even when she was an e-rank?' he questions, bitting his lip. 'and i left her all alone...'

ray closed in eyes in guilt feeling extremely ashamed of his past actions, not knowing if the forgiveness he gotten from her was enough.

'MOM, DAD. PLEASE FORGIVE YOUR BASTARD OF A SON.'

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WITH THE SHADOW soldiers and sun knights joining the fight. the two players could focus on their main targets with their aid.

jin-woo stuck with beru to fight querehsha while [y/n] and icarus fought the moon monarch, and greed and tusk along with scar were left to fight the beast and the frost monarch.

"this bastard!" querehsha shouted as she was about to attack beru. jin-woo appeared behind her, dagger in hand.

"the creator told me a prophecy," he began his voice almost ominous. "that we would die from the pillar of flames that holds up the world."

he raises his dagger. "but he didn't tell us... whether that pillar will fall or not."

jin-woo slashed away at the insects that surrounded querehsha's body like armor and landed on the ground.

just then, she launched an avalanche green liquid towards the male player from behind him, soaking him head to to toe.

"it must be poison." he mutters and looks back at her, unamused. "poison won't work on me."

[BUFF: STARTING CURE USING 'DETOXIFICATION'.]

[3, 2, 1... DETOXIFICATION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.]

"you insolent bastard!" querehsha screams in anger and flew towards him. "i will rip you apart into piec-"

her eyes widened as she felt a powerful force pulling her towards him. the plague monarch tried to free herself but she couldn't escape, no matter how hard she tried.

using kamish's wrath, jin-woo lactivates his skill, mutilate. using it to cut every bit of her of her flesh into pieces.

her body begins to dust away, like ash flowing in the wind. she couldn't scream in agony nor cry, she was only amazed at what the feeling of death felt like.

her glowing eyes wandered to [y/n] who was still fighting and the plague monarch wonders what it would be like to die by her hand.

she'll never know.

[YOU HAVE DEFEATED 'QUEREHSHA', THE
MONARCH OF PLAGUE AND ONE OF THE TEN
MONARCHS.]

[YOUR LEVEL HAS INCREASED.]
[YOUR LEVEL HAS INCREASED.]
[YOUR LEVEL HAS INCREASED.]

"h-how is this possible?" the frost monarch mutters as he witnesses querehsha's death. "he shouldn't be able to use
the shadow monarch's power to its full extent yet."

he looks to his right, seeing [y/n] getting her arms chained up to ground, struggling to break free along with icarus.

then, the monarch makes note of the interactions she had with jin-woo earlier.

'we must proceed with that plan, then.' he thinks with a sigh.

the original plan was actually to capture aurora's vessal alive and see if they could return her to her true form.

but by the looks of things, the monarchs may
have to turn to plan b.

"so we will have experience it again.... the fear towards two strongest monarchs who once ruled this universe." he continues with a solemn tone.

"don't be so afraid of them. they're exhausted," the beast monarch stats confidently. "the fact that they are relying on these small fries implies that they are still incomplete. incomplete monarchs cannot get in the way of other monarchs."

the beast monarch looked at beru who was struggling as it held beru in a chokehold. but this was different, if the beast monarch truly did finish killing him off.

it will be for good.

jin-woo turns around in a panic as he felt beru's existence began to fade into nothingness.

"cancel summon! beru, come back!" he shouts in desperation in hopes that will do the trick.

[YOU CANNOT RETRACT THE SPECIFIED SUBJECT.]

seeing the messages, jin-woo quickly raced to the beast monarch, swinging his dagger at him.

the monarch dodged and released beru as he escaped, the ant retracted back into his king's shadow while [y/n] freed herself by burning away the chain and having icarus hide in her soul.

"you're no fun darling." atlus pouts playfully. "why are you so keen on getting away from me?"

[y/n] doesn't even spare a glance at him and only rejoins her lover, right by his side.

her actions anger the moon monarch. he doesn't understand why she keeps being so difficult.

in what way was he inferior to that bastard's vessel?

"king of beasts, you are right," the monarch of frost spoke as white marks began surfacing on his body as the air around him grew colder with each passing second.

giant ice spikes shoot out from behind him and a giant ice spear in the shape of a trident appears in his hand.

"humans, it seems that you are overly confident of your powers, which doesn't have an owner." he continues, gesturing to them both. "even if you use your powers in controlling puppets like these, we simply need to cut the strings so you can't control them anymore."

the frost monarch turns to the others. "we will be proceeding with that plan."

hearing this, a joyful smile appears on atlus' face. his chain sickles appearing in both of hands.

"lovely! this way, me and my darling aurora can finally be reunited!" he cheers with a manic look in his eyes..

the two players could only stare at the growing ice spikes that surrounded the area as they only glanced at each other.

"i will trap the puppets under my authority and make themgo through healing and resurrection over and over again.
your soldiers will be nothing but parasites that eat away your mana then." he points out, using his trident to gesture their trapped army.

the frost monarch wasted no time in attacking jin-woo and pushes his ice trident towards him. while, [y/n] was once again wrapped in chains and being pulled towards atlus.

SEPARATING THE TWO PLAYERS.

"damnit! not again!" she groans as she was now a distance away from jin-woo.

she was then released from her chains as the two skid to a stop and begin fighting again.

though for some reason, this time around, [y/n] was having a hard time cutting atlus' chains. she could only parry them and that was becoming more exhausting by the second.

"feeling exhausted yet, darling?" the monarch taunts with a wicked grin.

she grits her teeth in anger, sending him a fiery glare. "no, i'm actually getting started!"

using her skill, dance of the sun goddess. the blade on kamish's mercy ignited red, turning into beautiful blade of fire.

she chases right after the monarch at a incredible speed, sparing him no time to think of a counter attack.

he only jumps back sending more and more chains to come her way. this time with the skill she's using, she's able to cut through his chains.

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[it's for reference lmaoo]
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it was chase of cat and mouse, their speeds already reaching other worldly levels.

the sickles as the end of the chains slashed at [y/n]'s shoulders, arms or any place that seemed vulnerable at the short moment of an opening, causing her to slow down a bit.

'don't stop running!' she thinks, her glowing eyes narrowing as she evades another chain. 'don't let this slow you down!

she inched closer and closer to the moon monarch, seeing a opening to cut off at least a limb.

'i can do this! just gain the advantage with speed!' she thinks as she cuts another chain. 'look at everything! his breathing, his tiniest movements!'

and with a determined smile she sees an opening, she raises her dagger to make full clean cut at his neck. once she lowered her dagger, blood splattered into the air.

BUT IT WASNT HIS.

[y/n] stays frozen in her place, looking down at the blood dripping down to ground. atlus chains pierced straight through chest and stomach, making a total of seven chains.

the sickly color stains her pure white shirt before she spits out a mouthful of blood. the grip on her daggers slipped, as they fall to the ground.

she was unable to speak, her eyes were wide open as she looked down at her wreaked body.

everyone in the area held their gasps in, watching with wide eyes as one the most powerful hunters take such deadly damage.

WHILE SUNG JIN-WOO REMAINED UNAWARE.

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JIN-WOO'S SOLE FOCUS was the frost monarch, he has him in corner where his thinks he can get him.

"KING OF FROST! NOW!"

the voice of the king of stars takes the two out of their battle and the monarch wastes no time in going to where atlus was.

the male player's eyes followed his direction wondering why he left in such in hurry.

HE WISHES DIDNT.

he wishes he didn't become so curious as to why the monarch of frost left their battle. he wishes he stayed ignorant.

his daggers slip out of his hand landing on the ground with a clang. he only stares, staring at the horrific sight before him, his heart falling to his stomach.

[y/n] comes face to face with the frost monarch, heaving. trying to get at least a bit of into her lungs.

"so this—" she coughs, spitting out more blood. "was your plan b?"

"for an incomplete monarch, you are quite observant." the frost muses before stabbing her heart with an ice covered dagger.

"i'll return your weapon to you."

the bitter cold invaded her remaining senses as even more blood leaked out of her body, having no longer the ability to speak.

'i leveled up... this much should've of been easy.' [y/n] thinks, feeling a few tears well up in her bloodshot eyes.

her glowing eyes glance to the side and her heart breaks as held back tears come flowing down.

'i'm sorry woo...'

jin-woo could only stare back at her, not knowing if there anything he could do. he was drawing a complete blank.

"you should have chosen me, aurora. you're fate will only be lead to agony if you stay with ashborn's vessel." atlus mentions, whispering against her ear.

'you're wrong, so wrong.' she thinks her eyes meeting the ground. 'meeting him was the best thing that's ever happened to me.'

if [y/n] [l/n] had a thousand more lives, she'd choose sung jin-woo in every single one.

as she ignores the moon monarch and feels her last moments on this earth comes into fruition. she decides in meeting jin-woo's eyes in what will be the last time.

and with every bit of strength she has left within her, mustering up to this one simple movement.

she gives him a warm smile. like it was just any
normal day.

her action shakes jin-woo to his very core as his own tears begin spill from his eyes. a man who barely showed vulnerability to others nor to his enemies was now crying in front of millions.

"[y/n]." he mumbles desperately, taking a small steps towards her.

those few steps become faster when he sees the ice bitting at her skin, making her warm skin become frozen.

suddenly, the beast monarch and atlus get in his way. blocking whatever path he may take to get to the one he loves most.

jin-woo screams her name like it's the only thing he's ever known, roaring to the heavens. as he tries to push his way through the two monarchs.

"[Y/N], I WANTED TO ASK YOU."

ice crawled up her skin as the frost monarch stayed with her, watching her wither away to nothing but an ice statue.

'ah, shit.' she curses, almost wanting to laugh. 'guess i'm seeing mom and dad sooner rather than later."

but there is a part of [y/n] that thought, what if she gave little more? a little more push to be faster, to be stronger. maybe then, her fate would have been a little different.

soon enough, all of her senses were diluted. her vision was growing darker with each passing second.

as jin-woo relentless tired to reach his way to her. knowing he could help her, if only giving a few more seconds of time.

he could save her. he could save the one thing that brought nothing but endless serenity.

the world could only watch [y/n] take her last dying breaths as they fall into the pit of despair.

the dark-haired player screamed her name over and over again. telling her to keep her eyes open for another moment longer. that he'll be there in no time, that he'll take away the pain she's experiencing.

"YES, WHAT IS IT JIN-WOO?"

while the two other monarchs fight tooth and nail to keep the male player from reaching [y/n].

her health counter rapidly goes down, inching closer and closer to zero.

'still...' she thinks, her conscious slipping. 'just a little more, please...'

her glowing eyes flickered like a put out fire before suddenly growing a bit brighter.

'give me a bit more strength! please!' [y/n] pleads to anyone up above to give her just one more chance.

jin-woo cuts his way through the two monarch, going at full speed to his lover. tears spilling out of his eyes as he hopes to to reach her in time.

"[ Y / N ] !"

he bellows, his voice echoing in the hearts of others. he reaches out to her as the ice encases her body.

but before the tips of his fingers could even touch her, the ice fully takes her as it's prisoner. he stumbles to the ground, tripping and losing his own balance.

then, he quickly gets up, stumbling as he does so. he stands before her, trapped in the cold ice. and only after a moment, a messages appears before his eyes.

a sob escapes his lips as he falls to his knees, his head rest against the freezing surface of the ice as he lets out the most heart wrenching scream as much his vocal cords would let him.

"LET'S GET MARRIED."

[PLAYER 2'S HP HAS REACHED 0.]
[PLAYER 2 HAS DIED.]

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JIN-WOO'S WORLD GOT unexpectedly darker as the light of his life was snuffed out.

color rapidly drained from his vision along his remaining joy. leaving nothing but a broken shell of a man to experience what's it's like to live in a dull monochrome world.

the world fell beneath his feet as he cried silent sobs that racked his ever aching body.

he would give anything to see her breath again. to be smiling at him like nothing even happened. there's wasn't anything in the world that he wouldn't give up just to see her alive again— just to hold her in his arms.

"it is done." the frost monarch says as the other two could only watch the vessel of the shadow monarch fall into his own darkness.

atlus crosses his arms with huff. "well my work here is also done."

"excuse me what?" the beast monarch muses with a growl.

the moon monarch rolls his eyes at the animal, turning his back to the other. "my end of the deal only involve aurora's vessel. i'm going to be waiting with the king of destruction."

"that wasn't part of the deal, king of stars!"

"are you that much of coward?!"

"no i'm not, but...." atlus trails off, looking at them over his shoulder. "i don't wanna be here when he goes on a rampage."

the monarch gestures to jin-woo, who delicately placed his fingers on [y/n]'s ice prison, caressing it. as his aura grows with a dangerous bloodlust.

the king of stars gives the other two monarchs a backhanded salute before dissolving into a clutter of stars.

now they were only two left.

suddenly, the frost monarch feels an intense magical energy and bloodlust behind him. he quickly moved his head to the side, barely missing kamish's wrath.

the elf meets the eyes of jin-woo's, the glare that painted his face was deadly that it probably had enough power to kill the monarch on the spot if it could.

"YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE PAYING THE PRICE FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"

jin-woo roars, his voice almost shaking the ground. he begins to relentlessly attack the frost monarch, letting his own emotions of grieving take over him.

the monarch quickly slams the end of the ice trident against his stomach, throwing him back.

jin-woo looks up at him, panting through heavy breaths, noting the monarch's quick speed of recovery.

'he's fast.' he thinks, feeling a little blood trickle down from his mouth. 'but that doesn't matter, i will kill him. i need to kill him.'

the only thought on jin-woo's mind was to avenge her, the woman he so desperately loves.

"i will put an end to this quickly, seeing how easily it was to kill aurora's vessel." the frost monarch comments, narrowing his glowing eyes.

his words had jin-woo gritting his teeth. "don't you dare speak of her."

then frost monarch sprinted towards him, swinging his ice trident with quick attacks. jin-woo responded to each attack but the frost monarch was just that more faster than him.

'movement, sight, breathing, muscle and mana flow...' he thinks pushing his body to its limit. 'i can do it! i can avenge her!'

"i don't know what you're plotting..." the monarch trails as his trident disappears as it replaced with two huge scythes. "but it's no use!"

ignoring him, jin-woo quickly moved to behind the frost monarch as he swung his two scythes.

with confident glowing eyes, the dark haired player raises his daggers to deal the final strike.

S T A B !

five claws plunged through jin-woo's chest from behind as ice spikes rooted his feet to the ground.

the player could only look down with wide eyes, seeing the tips of the sharp claws.

dripping with what it seems to
be his blood.

"i guess you're nothing without the speed you're so confident in." the beast monarch taunts from behind him.

'no, i need to!—' he thinks frantically, as he spits out a mouth full of blood. '...i need to avenge her.'

it seems that, sung jin-woo let get his grieving emotions be his own downfall.

kamish's wrath fell from his hands and fell to the ground with a loud sound in the silence of the world.

not only was [y/n] [l/n] killed moments before but it's seems her lover will be sharing the same fate. truly a tragic end for them both.

jin-woo attempts to remove the claws in chest before being stopped by the frost monarch, once again.

"i will return your weapon to you. just like i've done with aurora's vessel." he says in a mocking tone and pushed the dagger jin-woo had used to impale him, right through his chest.

"all right. now, can you heal yourself as you did earlier?" hearing nothing in response, the monarch pushes the dagger deeper. "you probably can't. no matter how strong you are, you are not a complete monarch."

the frost monarch gives him a look, before leaning in close to his face. "is this as far as you go, human? if that is so, then you will not be able to witness the moment our armies set foot in this world, when that happens, there will be mountains of corpses and endless rivers formed by their blood."

the rest seoul could only either shed tears or stare in shock, seeing the deaths of their two most powerful hunters.

two separate beings who seemed invincible, all powerful and dominating. who stood at the apex of the world.

"but this country you grew up in will be different." he states, a manic smile growing on his face. "i shall personally freeze every single human on this land and make them suffer through eternal agony. they will have to live through eternity, not being able to live or die."

ice begins encase jin-woo's body, like it had done to [y/n] once before. his movements are limited because of it, finding no way to escape.

'ah, so this is what she felt.' he grimaces, wallowing in his own guilt. 'i'm sorry, my sunshine. i left you all alone.'

"so show me your endless contempt for me within your death. that will also be part of my joy."

jin-woo feels the frost reach his face, slowing succumbing him to his death. but instead of wallowing in pain, he pleaded.

'one chance...' he asks frantically, gritting his teeth. 'just one more chance to be a little bit faster!'

the ice has almost covered his entirety of his face, as he desperately tries to push himself to give just a little more.

then the world falls into complete silence as the ice covers sung jin-woo, trapping within him it's prison.

[PLAYER 1'S HP HAS REACHED 0.]
[PLAYER 1 HAS DIED.]

CHAPTER FOURTY-SEVEN! END!
────a losing game.