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Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 138: The Awakening of Hope
The world was falling apart.Ethan could feel the ground cracking and buckling beneath him as the vortex of darkness continued to grow. The Shadow King stood tall, now a figure of pure malevolence, at the center of the storm. His laughter boomed through the dying world, a god of shadows with nothing more than a flicker of light struggling against the encroaching darkness.But even as hope seemed lost, Ethan's resolution flared brighter than ever."We can't let him win," he whispered to himself, his teeth clenched and his hands shaking as he clutched the charred hilt of his sword. His body was on fire; every movement was agony, but his spirit would not break.Lysara's voice came to him, her determination unbreakable. "We have gone this far, Ethan. We can't go back now. You are not alone in this.He looked up in time to see her stand beside him, her staff shimmering with the last remnants of divine energy. Her face was white, her eyes exhausted by both the desperation and hope within th
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 139: The Final Eclipse
The quiet after the form destruction was not quiet with peace but rather a hushed, anticipating stillness-the storm was at hand. Ethan stood alone on the battlefield; the remainder of the dark Shadow King army swirled into the wind. His breathing was in harsh gasps; his body was bruised from the colossal energy that he had released. The sword in his hand, made dull by and dripping in the remnants of battle, trembled as if it too had exhausted itself.Behind him was Lysara, the knight, and the wolf, the dragon, and the phoenix, their own weariness starting to show on their faces. They'd fought hard for it, but even now, they all knew that victory was far from complete.“It’s not over,” Ethan muttered, his voice laced with a grim certainty.Lysara approached him slowly, her steps soft but firm. She was tired, but her eyes remained steady as she looked at Ethan. “You’re right,” she said, her voice a calm contrast to the chaos that had just unfolded. “The darkness has retreated, but it’s
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 140: The Eclipse Ascendant
The air inside the cave seemed to vibrate with an unnatural energy, every breath that Ethan took feeling heavier, more suffocating. The figure in front of him, veiled in shadows, carried a presence so dark, so overwhelming, that it seemed it would twist the very fabric of the world. It was as if the storm outside had found a vessel, and this was the culmination of every nightmare that had tormented the world."You think you can stop me, Summoner?" The figure's voice boomed, cold and chilling, as if the very ground beneath them trembled in fear, as the cavern walls reverberated from the sound. Dark energy emanating from it had strengthened; swirling masses of shadows distorted the cave's interior. Its eyes were burning with an infernal light, hot as a thousand lost souls.Ethan tightened his grip on his sword. His heart thudded in his chest as he felt the weight of the words settle into him. This was no ordinary opponent. This was the force behind everything, the one pulling all the st
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 141: The Last Piece
The cave roared as the ground shuddered beneath Ethan's feet. The searing light that had torn through the darkness pulsed, flooding the cave with such brightness that the shadows couldn't even be glimpsed. Ethan's heart raced as he labored to propel himself up, his battered body thudding and bruising against the jagged ground where he lay, beaten in the last round of the fight.He could hardly see the form pushing out of the shine, a figure so huge, so immense, that it seemed to foreshorten the very cave itself. The air was positively imponderable with anticipation, and Ethan's breath caught in his chest as he tried to make sense of this overpowering presence."What is that?" Lysara whispered, her voice filled with awe and fear.The form took shape in the light, a towering creature of pure energy and unleashed power. Its body was light and shadow, a creature of fire and ice, with an aura emanating as if it were born of raw strength. It was beautiful and frightening, able to conjure up
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 142: The Final Convergence
The figure before Ethan and his friends stood in stark contrast to the chaos that had enveloped the cave. It was radiant, an ethereal being of pure light that seemed to distort reality itself. Its form was both human and divine, a silhouette of power that held the promise of salvation, yet also carried the weight of an unspeakable responsibility.Ethan's heart was pounding at the sight, and he couldn't tear his gaze away. "Who… who are you?" he managed to ask, but his voice didn't rise over a whisper anymore, full of awe and questioning.His eyes looked into the creature's. Bright, piercing eyes, yet those of a most ancient time filled with a contradictory warmth. "I am the Last One," the creature went on to state, its deep, resonating voice echoing thousands of years behind it. "The one meant to bring an end to all this. This final key against the Eclipse itself."Lysara stepped forward, her staff crackling with residual energy. "The Last One? But… but you were just a legend! A myth
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 143: The Rising Light
The cave shuddered in terror as the dark figure closed in, its presence suffocating and overpowering. The wall was crumbling under the weight of its power; shadows spun like a living nightmare around Ethan and his companions. But they stood firm, with the light of their resolve unwavering. The battle had already raged for far too long, and now the final act was upon them.Ethan's sword had a brilliant golden glow coursing through it, more vibrant than ever before. His body was aching, all his strength seeping away with every passing moment, but he could feel something stirring within him a power that had been lying dormant, waiting for the right moment to awaken. His fingers closed tighter and tighter around the hilt of his blade, his voice a whisper but full of resolve."We end this here," Ethan said, his voice a steady calm in the face of the growing chaos.Lysara's staff crackled with ancient energy as she stepped forward, her gaze fixed on the dark figure that had brought such dev
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 144: The Invisible Enemy
The cave trembled under the weight of the growing darkness. The explosive roar that had consumed the space sent a wave of cold fear washing over Ethan and his companions. The earth cracked, and a chilling wind blew through the depths, whipping up dust and debris. Ethan's heart pounded in his chest as he steadied himself on the shifting ground. Every instinct screamed at him to retreat, but he knew there was no escaping this.The dark figure's form had grown larger, more ominous, as if the very fabric of the cave itself had bowed to its will. The air felt heavy with its malevolent energy, and the shadows seemed to pulse, alive with a sinister hunger.Ethan's golden sword flickered feebly in his grasp, the brilliance that lay inside of it striving hard to continue burning against the encroaching shadows. He felt his body slowly draining the last vestiges of his remaining energy. His determination, however, was still intact."This can't be how it ends," Ethan muttered in a tired tone, de
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 145: The Radiant One Rises
Bright light forced its way out of the newly appeared body and washed through the cavern, cutting away through shadows that had threatened to devour everything alive. Ethan blinked, trying to cut back the blinding brightness. His heart raced, and he felt that pressure of darkness receding, but the battle was far from over.The Eternal One, its shape a writhing tangle of shadow and force, spat fury and slunk into the cave's depths, as if to escape the light. "No!" it screamed, its voice booming within the cave's very walls. "You can't halt what is now moving! The Eclipse can never be unstirred!"Ethan's heart pounded in his chest as he struggled to concentrate on the figure before them. The light that burst forth from it was like some alive thing, white and blinding. It was a being of great power, despite being dimmed to half of its potential by the extreme brightness. It seemed to pulse with energy; Ethan could feel it.Not human.The body of the figure was a shimmering, molten gold,
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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
