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Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 113: The Emergence of the Endless Void
The fight, though won, was far from over.Ethan's body shuddered with exhaustion. The furious blaze of the Phoenix's power burned through the void, but with it came the final squall of his strength. Shallow gasps for air, every breath a battle, his legs unsteady beneath him; his sword, still faintly glowing with the remains of his power, dangled from his hand.Lysara stood beside him, her staff faintly glowing as she prepared a healing spell, but even her magic was strained, exhausted from the countless battles they had fought together. She reached out to steady him as his vision blurred."We have to go," Lysara urged, her voice tight with anxiety. "The danger's not done yet. Something else is coming."The sky above them began to shift, the air growing heavy with an unnatural chill. The clouds parted, revealing a dark. A rift that seemed to tear apart the very fabric of reality. Through it, a chilling darkness began to spill out, thicker and more oppressive than anything they had face
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 114: The Shattered Horizon
Between Ethan and Lysara stood the heavenly apparition bathed in ethereal light. And before it stood the darkness, ready to swallow them whole. The tension crackled all around them as for the first time in a lifetime, he could feel that flicker of hope. Little did he know, however, it was very short-lived, as the battle wasn't anywhere close to over yet.The dark being, still veiled in swirling tendrils of shadow, hissed with rage. "You dare to intervene, old one? The void cannot be stopped. You, like all the rest, will fall before it."The celestial figure narrowed its eyes brilliant pools of light looking at the darkness before it. "The nothingness may crave to devour everything, but that does not mean it cannot be defeated. Nor will I give it this planet. Not when I still remain."Ethan could sense the worth of the celestial figure's words as it stood before him, a beacon of light and the essence of unyielding power. But even with this new ally, Ethan knew they were at a disadvanta
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 115: The Abyssal Titan
The battlefield trembled as the gigantic creature came out of the rift. It was shifting and contorting every second. This was an entity of pure darkness, with a body made up of constantly shifting mass, a pulsating shadow that seemed to tear the world apart at its seams.Ethan, Lysara, and the celestial figure stood firm, but the sheer presence of the Abyssal Titan was overwhelming. It moved with terrifying speed, its massive limbs crashing through the earth as if it were nothing more than sand. Its eyes burned with an unholy light, and its voice, when it spoke, was like the very ground trembling beneath their feet."Foolish mortals," the Abyssal Titan growled, its voice deep and resonant. "You dare defy the eternal darkness? You will be consumed, just as everything before you has been."Ethan's heart galloped wildly in his chest. The monster was unlike any he had yet faced. Power emanated off it, but not a positive power; in fact, it threatened to drown them in its storm-trodden wind
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 116: Wrath of the Titan
The battlegrounds were aflame with mayhem, and the earth shuddered as the Abyssal Titan's energy crashed upon it. As darkness spewed out of the crack, an otherworldly growl came out of it, and in the far horizon, a monstrosity began to materialize. A gigantic, towering form unlike what Ethan, Lysara, or the heavenly being had ever laid eyes on. The earth itself seemed to shrink away from the spreading gash, fissures opening under their feet as the very atmosphere became oppressive with fear.Ethan's breath caught in his throat as he watched the horror unfold before him. The Titan, a monstrosity already enormous and intimidating in its strength, had a companion a being so gigantic and terrifying that it made the Abyssal Titan seem like some dark shadow in comparison. A new creature was slowly rising from the rift, its body writhing with tendrils and jagged, broken limbs. Its head was an enormous mass of shifting eyes staring into nothingness, its sheer presence causing the earth to gro
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 117: Edge of Oblivion
The world seemed to be crumbling around Ethan as if it was ending. His heart was racing, and his breathing was shallow gasps as he was dragged deeper into the hole. Before him was the dark figure a creature of absolute void. Its malevolent eyes seemed to flicker with energies that would have been felt by gods; its presence deflected the fabric of reality itself. Ethan summoned what strength he had, but it was as if trying to wade through wet mud. The power was not near; it was not present. The pull from the rift was constant and relentless."Ethan!" Lysara's voice came, a distant echo through the cacophony, her words swept away by the winds of despair.The world around Ethan swirled in shadows and light, his feet no longer touching solid ground. He felt himself sinking, his body drawn closer and closer to the endless abyss. Every instinct within him screamed to fight back, but the void was suffocating, pushing against his very being.The creature before him, its form a shifting mass o
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 118: The Real Awakening
The air was heavy with tension as Ethan stood at the edge of the battlefield, the burden of the world heavy on his shoulders. His breath came in short, ragged gasps, his body battered and bruised from the ongoing struggle. The Abyssal Titan was retreating, the massive form retreating into the shadows, but a far more ominous presence emerged from the rift. The earth was shaking at the people's feet, and the heavens themselves seemed to tremble in fear.Cracking sounds broke up the air as a darker and more terrifying shadow than that which Ethan had faced slowly materialized before him. Darkness shrouded the form, a mass shape, changing and formless, like something that could absorb the light around it. The chilling run down Ethan's spine was enough to make his heart run in real panic.Lysara stood by his side and automatically went for her staff. She was almost inaudible when she asked, "What is that? What… what's coming through the rift?"Ethan didn't answer. His eyes were glued on th
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 119: The Abyss Reborn
The ground shook beneath Ethan's feet, a shudder that ran through his bones. The rift above them pulsed, dark energy swirling and coiling like a serpent preparing to strike. The shadowy figure loomed over them, its form shifting and rippling as if it were made of the very void itself. The abyssal presence felt suffocating, a weight on the air that made it hard to breathe.Ethan's heart was pounding in his chest as he grasped the hilt of his sword, now crackling with Phoenix fire. Standing beside him, ready to face whatever lay beyond the rift, were his allies: the Guardian of Light, celestial knight, ghostly wolf, and mighty dragon. And yet, even with all this combined power, there was a terrible uncertainty hanging in the air. They were dealing with something that had been sealed away for ages—a force older than time itself.The shadowy figure spoke, its voice like a thousand whispers in the wind, cold and mocking. "You have no idea what you are dealing with, boy. The darkness you se
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 121: The Final Gambit
The rift above them pulsed with dark energy, its swirling vortex threatening to swallow everything whole. Ethan’s heart raced as the wave of darkness surged toward him and his allies. The Abyssal creature’s presence loomed like a specter of doom, its malicious laughter echoing through the battlefield, louder than the deafening roar of the dark surge.For a moment, everything seemed to slow, and Ethan felt a cold chill run down his spine. The world around him was consumed by an unrelenting storm of shadows. The sky above them had turned an ominous shade of crimson, and the ground beneath their feet trembled as if in fear of the coming destruction.His sword was still blazing with the Phoenix flame, but it now felt like a mere flicker in the face of the overwhelming darkness. He could feel his strength waning, his body exhausted from the battles that had come before. But there was no time for hesitation. No time to question his next move. The fate of the world rested in his hands."Ever
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Episode 212: The Last War, The Last King
It was no longer their battlefield.What had once been a sky became a dirty mirror of a world that had died before history itself.The ground shook under Ethan and Asha’s feet, not from ruination, but from something attempting to rewrite existence itself.And at the center of the whole thingThe light belonged not to this world, and it now burned behind their eyes, at last uncovered from the shattered mask.The End.They weren’t human.They weren’t divine.They had been something before those things.And as they walked closer, the mere act of them distorted the air nearby.“You have tread too far, Hollow King.”“You’ve broken too many chains.“And now you will see what was meant to be forgotten.”Ethan’s hands made fists.Asha took a slow, deep breath.They had no time to think.Because the First King moved.And the final battle began.Ethan had little time to even react before he found the First King in front of him.Their movement flouted space itself—not teleportation, not speed, ju
Episode 210: The Beast That Devours Fate
Ethan felt nothing.No pain.No weight.No time.Just… absence.As if he had entered the void of creation itself.As if he never existed at all.But somewhere through the deafening silence.He could still hear Asha calling his name.Still feel the tug of who he was.What he had been.What he refused to lose.Because this wasn’t merely an enemy.This was something worse.Something beyond the throne.Farther than he had ever ventured beyond the kings and wars that had shaped his life.And if he didn’t stop it.There would have been nothing left to save.Not this world.Not Asha.Not himself.Nothing.Asha was losing him.She saw it.Felt it.Ethan was fading, his form wavering between real and unreal, his shadow bending, extending—being consumed.The Nameless Horror stood in front of them, a shape that had shape, a thing that had life, but nonetheless the presence of hunger.It had no eyes.No mouth.And yet.She could hear it laughing.Not a sound.Not a voice.A feeling.A whisper in
Episode 209: The Breaking of the Seal
Ethan and Asha fell through the floor.Not from an explosion.Not from an attack.But because something below it had stirred.A being older than the Hollow Throne.Something that had been locked away since the beginning of this world.And they had just released it into the wild.Or the very ground they fought upon, as Asha staggered backward, as wide-eyed as the battlefield ripping itself asunder, huge stone slabs rising into the air like broken sheets of a long-lost history.Ethan breathed slowly, steadily.But his shadow is his power.Trembled.For whatever was coming out of the cracks.It wasn’t a monster.It wasn’t a ruler.It was more than those things.That should have never come back to life.The tyrant coughed violently, blood leaking from between their lips, but they were smiling.Smiling as they knew exactly what was in store."You thought you won."Their voice was raw, not much more than a whisper.“You thought you could kill me and end this war.Their half-broken gaze sett
Episode 208: The Hollow King’s Last Breath
The battlefield had long been a maelstrom of destruction.But when the tyrant came down.Everything changed.The atmosphere twisted, warped by the mere gravity of their existence.Reddish-golden light poured off their form, writhing into physical might, bending the battlefield as if the very fabric of reality was willing itself to conform to their will.Ethan and Asha knew it immediately.The pressure.The difference.The monsters they’d fought before Vaelros, the tainted Tamers, the Eclipse Titan.They had been powerful.But this?This was a god entering the fray.Asha’s pulse pounded.She gripped her sword more tightly, but her fingers were numb.Ethan’s shadow trembled wildly.His power, which had always been bound to the throne, was now battling against him.Because the throne no longer belonged to him.And there before him stood its new ruler.The tyrant’s voice was calm. Smooth.Amused."Tell me, Hollow King…"“It’s like being powerless. How does that feel?The War Begins Again
Episode 207: The Tyrant Descends
The battlefield had long been a maelstrom of destruction.But when the tyrant came down.Everything changed.The atmosphere twisted, warped by the mere gravity of their existence.Reddish-golden light poured off their form, writhing into physical might, bending the battlefield as if the very fabric of reality was willing itself to conform to their will.Ethan and Asha knew it immediately.The pressure.The difference.The monsters they’d fought before Vaelros, the tainted Tamers, the Eclipse Titan.They had been powerful.But this?This was a god entering the fray.Asha’s pulse pounded.She gripped her sword more tightly, but her fingers were numb.Ethan’s shadow trembled wildly.His power, which had always been bound to the throne, was now battling against him.Because the throne no longer belonged to him.And there before him stood its new ruler.The tyrant’s voice was calm. Smooth.Amused."Tell me, Hollow King…"“It’s like being powerless. How does that feel?Ethan moved first.He
Episode 206: The Colossus That Eats Light
The Nightmare GrowsThings were coming apart at the scene of the battle.The colossus towered, hovering over Ethan and Asha, contorting, warping, and turning into something worse.Its shape contorted, once a lump of shadow and machination and now remolding itself in the heat of battle.Razor-sharp spines of obsidian jutted from its back. Its arms stretched, transforming into monstrous blades of pure void.And worse, it was learning.Ethan clenched his fists.Asha swallowed hard. “Tell me we have a plan.”Ethan exhaled. “We destroy it before it’s fully developed.”A pause.Then Asha grinned. “Good. That, I can do.”And then.They attacked.So, The Hollow King and the Tamer Strike BackAsha was first.She darted ahead, her knife glinting in the fractured light, stitching her way through the maelstrom of sorcery pulsing from the colossus.The air itself struggled against her, the raw force of the beast’s power stretching time like chewing gum around it.But Asha was faster.She ducked be
Episode 205: The War of Beasts and Kings
The battlefield ceased to be a desolation.It was a slaughterhouse.Asha’s boots skidded on the cracked earth, her blade shining as she plunged it into the chest of a monstrous soldier. The creature screeched, but it did not fall.It had no blood to spill.No flesh to break.It was a manifestation of the throne’s will, a life that was never meant to be extinguished.And it was multiplying.For each one she felled, two more crawled from their cracks, skeletal eyes fixated on her with unbowed faithfulness.Asha gritted her teeth.They were trapped.And Ethan.Ethan was fighting in another way.The Final Fighter: A King Without A Throne, A Fighter Without ChainsEthan had stopped using his shadow.The energy of the throne, his old throne, was throwing him out, and now the power of himself was turning against him.So instead he had been battling with his fists.With pure, relentless force.He slammed his heel into the earth, pushing himself forward, his body running faster than the though
Episode 204: The First War of the New King
The Rising StormThe wind was wrong.Not just heavy hostility.It contained something other than natural, something that made Asha’s skin prickle with unease.Standing with Ethan at the edge of the battlefield, she stared across the devastation of their greatest fight.But this was no victory here.Only loss.The throne was gone.Taken.And the world was already writhing under its new monarch.Ethan’s hands balled at his sides. His shadow, which he used to wield with ease, was still thrashing.Still smarting from being spurned by the throne that had once been his.Asha took a slow breath.“So,” she said, looking at him, willing to steady the weight at her chest. “Where do we start? ”Ethan didn’t respond right away.His eyes were fixed on the horizon.For the long walk back in the far distance past the shattered ruins, past the crumbling ashes of the old world.A new kingdom was forming.And it was spreading faster than they could contain it.The New King’s DomainThe sky was splittin
Episode 203: The New Tyrant
The throne was gone.The battlefield was wreckage, but it wasn’t the desolation that made Ethan’s chest a hollow place.It was the absence.He had spent every moment of his life struggling with the past, against it, trying to only be defined by what he could make of himself and his family rather than that throne.And now, someone else was in possession of it.Now, the world was breaking in ways he couldn’t control.Ethan blew out, trying to keep his breaths even.But Asha noticed the tension in his shoulders.She felt it too.The shift in the air.The change in, really, the world itself.Whatever this masked ruler had done, it had not simply been to take the throne.They had redefined something basic.And now, the reckoning was at hand.Fast.A First Indication of the New OrderThe ground quivered.Not from a battle, not an attack, but from something deeper.Asha’s instincts screamed.She grabbed Ethan’s arm.“Move.”Before he could ask it, the ground opened beneath them.An enormous
