The corrupted army surged like a tidal wave.
Thousands of twisted Titan forms crashed forward through the darkness, their bodies stitched together from failed awakenings and shattered experiments.
Screams echoed endlessly through the realm.
Not rage.
Pain.
Morvain stood behind them calmly.
Watching.
Measuring.
"You see monsters."
His voice echoed across the corruption.
"I see the future."
Harold walked forward.
Unafraid.
Unshaken.
Inside—
Unity pulsed steadily.
"Balance holding."
The Counter-Sovereign spread its threads through the battlefield.
"Corruption network mapped."
The Devourer growled deeply.
"…False evolution detected."
The Monkey King cracked his knuckles.
"Then let's tear it apart."
The first wave reached Harold.
And stopped.
Not frozen this time.
Not suppressed.
Balanced.
The unstable Titan energy inside the corrupted forms suddenly stabilized for half a second.
Just enough.
The twisted creatures hesitated.
Their movements faltered.
Morvain's eyes narrowed slightly.
"…You interfere with synchronization."
Harold stepped through the halted wave calmly.
"I free them from it."
The corruption reacted violently.
Dozens of larger creatures burst forward at once, their bodies reshaping endlessly to adapt.
Blades.
Claws.
Armor.
Wings.
Forced evolution in real time.
Morvain raised his hand slightly.
"…Adapt."
The creatures changed instantly again.
Faster.
Sharper.
More efficient.
Storm's distant voice echoed faintly through the unstable connection.
"…Okay, I definitely hate that guy."
Harold vanished.
BOOM.
One of the massive corrupted forms shattered apart instantly.
Not destroyed violently.
Separated.
Its unstable Titan energies split cleanly away from the host body.
The human trapped inside collapsed free.
Alive.
Morvain's expression shifted slightly.
"…Impossible."
Unity glowed brighter.
"Separation successful."
The Counter-Sovereign adjusted instantly.
"New pathway confirmed."
The Devourer rumbled low.
"…Purification through balance."
Harold moved again.
Another corrupted creature collapsed apart.
Another human freed.
The entire corrupted army began reacting chaotically.
Not because Harold was overpowering them—
But because he was undoing them.
Morvain finally frowned.
"…You think they can return to normal?"
Harold's eyes remained calm.
"They never stopped being human."
For the first time—
Something cold entered Morvain's gaze.
"…Naive."
The corruption exploded outward violently.
This time—
It didn't attack Harold.
It attacked the freed survivors.
Storm's voice exploded through the connection.
"…That bastard!"
The corrupted energy rushed toward the weakened humans like starving predators.
Morvain spoke calmly.
"They cannot survive separation."
A pause.
"…So they remain useful."
Harold's eyes sharpened instantly.
Authority expanded.
The entire realm froze.
Not just the corruption.
Everything.
Morvain's smile faded.
"…What?"
For the first time—
His authority was completely overridden.
Inside—
Unity burned brilliantly.
"Absolute balance authority active."
The Counter-Sovereign pulsed rapidly.
"Environmental control established."
The Devourer roared.
"…Domination achieved."
The Monkey King grinned wildly.
"HAHA! Now THIS is overwhelming!"
Harold stepped forward slowly.
The frozen corruption trembled around him.
"You mistake evolution for progress."
Another step.
"You force growth without understanding balance."
The corruption around Morvain began destabilizing.
Not because Harold attacked it—
Because it could no longer maintain itself under true balance.
Morvain's calm expression finally cracked slightly.
"…You shouldn't exist."
Harold stopped in front of him.
"No."
A pause.
"People like you shouldn't."
Morvain's aura exploded violently.
The corruption surged into him directly, fusing into his body.
Bones cracked.
Energy erupted.
Countless Titan fragments merged into a single form.
His body transformed rapidly.
Dark armor formed across his skin.
Multiple glowing eyes opened behind him.
The entire corrupted realm shook violently.
Outside—
The Academy barriers shattered instantly.
Students screamed as the sky darkened unnaturally.
The Headmaster's expression hardened.
"…He's merging fully."
Frost clenched his fists.
"…Can Harold stop that?"
Storm stared at the collapsing sky nervously.
"…Please say yes."
Inside—
Morvain's transformed voice echoed like countless beings speaking together.
"Then witness…"
The corruption spiraled endlessly around him.
"…True evolution."
The realm cracked.
Reality distorted.
The entire corrupted dimension began collapsing into Morvain himself.
Inside Harold—
Even the system reacted heavily now.
Unity dimmed slightly.
"Threat level increasing rapidly."
The Counter-Sovereign warned,
"…Corruption singularity forming."
The Devourer rumbled deeply.
"…Consumption risk critical."
The Monkey King stopped smiling.
"…Okay. That one's bad."
Morvain raised one hand.
And the corrupted realm itself condensed into a single point above his palm.
A miniature collapsing world.
"You stabilized balance."
His monstrous eyes locked onto Harold.
"…Now survive endless evolution."
Then—
He unleashed it.