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Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 146 The Eclipse Released
The cave shuddered, and a low growl of anger rumbled through the stone as Ethan stood amidst the ruin of their battle. The light off his sword pulsed, and the dim, shadowy remains that once thrived now fled fitfully into darkness. Sweat saturated his brow, and his chest shuddered in ragged, gasping heaves. Still, in that air of their victory over the Eternal One lay a new and ominous presence it was heavy and suffocating, and it was unmistakable.The golden form of the Radiant One shone beside him. Its placidity was such an oddity among the tumult in the air that it could well have been called a contradiction in terms. "The shadows retreat for the present," it spoke, quiet as thunder. "But be aware, Ethan: the darkness beaten back will surely return, but the heart of the Eclipse beats on.Ethan gripped his blade tighter, its light dimming a little as he tried to steady himself. "What does that mean? If the Eternal One is gone, why do I still feel it feel that it's not over?"The Radia
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 147: The force within
The darkness surged forward, consuming the air with its malignant presence. Ethan stood at the center of the storm, battered and bruised from the earlier battle with the creature. His breath came in ragged gasps, the weight of exhaustion pulling at his limbs. But there was no time to rest. No time to hesitate. The true eclipse was rising before him, its shadow blocking out the very light of the world.The creature the bringer of this nightmarish force towered over him, its contorted grin opening wider as the massive shadow that lay behind began to coalesce fully. Ethan could feel it, a presence dark and vastly more powerful than anything he'd ever encountered. The air vibrated with the pulsing of the Eclipse's heart, and Ethan knew, if they were not going to act now, everything would be lost.Lysara stood beside him, her staff crackling with energy, her eyes wide with fear but full of determination. "Ethan, we can't hold it back for much longer," she said, her voice strained. "The Ecl
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 148: Abyssal Army
The battlefield was a storm of chaos. The sky above crackled with a growing storm, the air heavy with tension. Ethan stood at the heart of it all, feeling the weight of destiny pressing against him. The power coursing through his veins had reached new, unfathomable heights, but with this power came a burden a responsibility greater than anything he could have ever imagined.The ground shuddered under his feet with the final charge of the Abyssal Army. The very fact that they seemed unstoppable with glowing eyes burning into his skin and sharp claws raked into readiness to rip asunder this world made their sight terrible to bear. He looked upon a grotesque form in which lay all that evil would assume on its return from its hellish domain: it led, dark fires swirling in his mass of living rock. End.Ethan's grip on his sword tightened, his breath coming in ragged gasps. He could feel the pain in his body, the strain from the countless battles that had pushed him to his limits. But there
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 149: The True Form
Ethan felt the ground shake beneath his feet as the dark figure before him raised its hand, sending shockwaves through the air. The very fabric of reality seemed to tremble in response to its presence, the world groaning under the weight of an impending disaster. Ethan could feel it, deep within his bones the threat that loomed was far greater than anything he had ever faced.His breath caught, but he straightened himself up. His sword, now aglow with the fire of a thousand stars, was still clutched in his hand. His heart pounded in his chest, reminding him that this battle was far from over. The shadows that had been unleashed by the behemoth were nothing compared to what was coming next.What are you?"Ethan demanded, his voice cutting through the ominous silence that had fallen over the battlefield.The dark figure’s cloak fluttered in the unnatural wind, and its eyes glowing like twin pools of pure void fixed upon him. “I am the harbinger of the end,” it intoned, its voice a cold w
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 150: Dying Flame
Ethan felt himself suffocating as the dark wrapped around him. The whole world was groaning under something unbelievable, with an abyss trying to consume all, its hands and tendrils sneaking their way into the reality itself. Ethan stood there, his burning body with only some last traces of his might, his gasping breath squeezed as the shadow covered him completely like a vise.His sword, still smoldering with the brilliance of a thousand stars, vibrated in his hand, a signal of hope in the encroaching blackness. But with all the power surging through him, Ethan could also feel the strain of the chasm upon him. His summonses, mighty as they were, were failing. Ignis the dragon, who was once an effective power of destruction, stumbled now under the pressure of the dark magic. The armored knight's sword dulled and lost its divine light as if flickering from a dying flame. His lion, which embodied the power of courage, could barely contain the flood of shadows.Ethan could feel it. It wa
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 151: Shadows Within
The battlefield was scorched, the remnants of burned embers lingering on Ethan's desperate light. Smoke curled into the air, coupled with the heavy stench of earth burning and dissipating magic. The battle between abysmal darkness and heavenly brilliance had left fractures in the very fabric of reality. However, it was silent, a stillness that seemed to be precisely before a storm that would surely come and destroy everything else.Ethan’s body trembled, each breath ragged and shallow. His sword, which had once blazed like the heart of a dying star, now flickered weakly in his grasp. Blood dripped from countless wounds etched across his flesh, staining the ground beneath him. Yet his gaze remained locked on the figure advancing through the haze.It was neither fully light nor fully shadow, a being caught between realms. Its form shifted like a mirage, flickering between solidity and nothingness. Cold, empty eyes pierced through the smoke, devoid of empathy or understanding. There was
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 152: The Piece of His Soul
The air was thick with ash and the acrid stench of burning shadows. Tendrils of darkness writhed and twisted like serpents over the battlefield, seeking purchase on what little light remained. Ethan stood at the epicenter of chaos, his body trembling with exhaustion but refusing to falter.Sweat dripped down his brow, mingling with streaks of blood on his face, but his grip on the blazing sword never wavered. The luminous entity he had summoned, an embodiment of his will, hovered protectively behind him, its wings radiating golden brilliance. "We can't hold this forever," Ethan whispered through gritted teeth, looking at Ignis, the battered dragon whose flames flickered weakly. The once-mighty beast's scales were scorched black, its wings torn and bloodied. The knight, wielding a now-dulled sword, staggered as if each step cost him a piece of his soul. The lion, emblematic of courage, limped forward with defiant snarls despite its matted fur and wounds. The void had adapted to ever
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 153: Shadows of Reckoning
The air crackled with energy as the aftermath of the previous battle settled into eerie silence. Smoke and ash swirled around Ethan, his body battered and bruised but still standing. His sword, now flickering with a dim, unstable light, hung heavily at his side. His breath was ragged, each inhale a struggle against the crushing weight of exhaustion.Behind him, the aftermath of the battlefield seemed to go on for an eternity: a graveyard of twisted shadows and fallen monsters. Ignis, his magnificent dragon summon, had vanished into its ethereal state, shimmering faintly in the air like a protective ghost. The armored knight, though valiant in its resilience, had crumpled into fractured armor scattered across the earth drenched with blood. Ethan's lion companion stood at his side, its golden mane dulled with grime, growling low and steady.But there was no time to rest.From the thick haze, a new presence emerged one that sent a chill down Ethan’s spine. The darkness rippled unnaturally
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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