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Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 163: Darkness Clashed
The sky was shattered. The gaping void above them pulsed, a swirling vortex of malevolent energy, its crimson eyes blinking in chaotic rhythm. The battlefield, once littered with the corpses of fallen monsters, now trembled under the weight of something far worse.Ethan's breathing was rough, his eyes blurring. The artifact on his chest throbbed spasmodically as it sensed the breach in reality. He felt the weight of his choices pressing down on him. He had won the battle, but by doing so, he had unleashed an even greater horror.A deep, guttural growl reverberated through the air. From the chasm in the sky, an enormous clawed hand emerged, its obsidian surface rippling with dark energy. The fingers flexed, talons gleaming in the dying light. Then came the rest of it a hulking abomination of fused bodies and writhing appendages, its maw splitting open into a grotesque grin.Lena coughed, clutching her wounded side as she stumbled to Ethan’s side. “Tell me we have a plan.”Ethan tighten
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 164: Ashes of the Fallen
The battlefield was silent eerily so. The explosion of light that had erupted from Ethan’s final charge had left nothing but a smoldering crater in the heart of the abyss. The ground was cracked and scorched, and the air shimmered with residual energy. But as the dust began to settle, a new dread crept over those who had survived.Lena clutched her chest, struggling to catch her breath. The knight, still battered and dented, stood rigid, scanning the horizon for any sign of Ethan. Ignis, though wounded, let out a soft growl, his wings folding tight against his back. They had retreated, as Ethan had commanded but none of them could shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong.Then, the air split with a low, guttural rumble.A ripple of darkness slithered across the battlefield. It began as a whisper, an echo of something ancient and restless. And then, from the center of the crater, a clawed hand emerged massive, charred, and pulsing with void energy. The earth trembled as some
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 165: Down into Blood and Shadows
The battlefield was a crimson-splattered canvas of broken dolls on the ground. The scent of iron and burnt flesh hung in the air, heavy, unrelenting. Ethan stood in the center of it all, his fingers digging tighter into his sword handle as his body shook with tension, not with fear, but with the burden of battle. His wounds screamed in protest, his muscles begging for rest, but he knew there was no stopping now. Not when the enemy still stood.From the shattered temple ruins, the new adversary emerged a towering figure clad in obsidian armor, his face hidden behind a horned helm. His presence alone warped the space around him, distorting light and reality. The others had called him only one name: Dregor, the Black Executioner.Ethan's breath came in jagged gasps. He had fought a thousand battles, but this one was different. Dregor exuded malevolence, an old power that asphyxiated the battlefield itself. When their gazes clashed, Ethan felt a crushing pressure against his soul."You ar
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 166: The Dark Armor
The battlefield was a ruin of smoke and blood, bodies lying in twisted heaps, the echoes of battle still lingering in the suffocating air. Ethan’s hands trembled around the hilt of his sword, his body screaming in pain, yet he refused to yield. Beside him, Sylva stood, her tattered robes fluttering in the eerie wind, her eyes glowing with a fierce violet light.Dregor remained standing, unfazed, his dark armor now fractured but still pulsing with an ancient malevolence. A smirk played across his lips as he wiped blood from the corner of his mouth. "You persist, boy. It’s almost commendable. Almost."Ethan steadied his breathing, his vision narrowing on the warlord. "We’re not done yet."Dregor let out a deep, guttural chuckle. "No… you're not. But your fight is no longer with me."The ground shook violently. A crack, deafening, tore through the air as if the battlefield itself was splitting open. From the void, a dreadful form now began rising forth. It was a monster that would not co
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 167: New Skill
Ethan stood amid the battlefield, his body aching, his breath ragged. The enemy forces continued to surge forward, an unrelenting tide of darkness and despair. His summoned creatures Ignis, the armored knight, and the lion fought fiercely at his side, but even their combined might struggled to hold back the monstrous onslaught.Then, a voice echoed in his mind. It was the artifact's voice. "You have reached the boundary of your might, Ethan. But there's still a path ahead. Prohibited technique fusion."Ethan's eyes opened wide. "Fusion? What's that?""Combine the essence of your summons into one, a being of unparalleled strength. But be warned, the process is irreversible for the duration of battle, and it will test your very soul."The battlefield shook as more shadow beasts came out from the chasms below. Ethan clenched his fists, determination burning within. No other choice.He closed his eyes, reaching deep within himself. He felt the presence of Ignis, the knight, and the lion,
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 168: The Legendary Warrior
Ethan’s vision blurred as he struggled to push himself off the broken battlefield. The overwhelming darkness pressed against his body like a crushing weight, sapping his strength with every breath. His fusion had failed, and now, he knelt at the mercy of the dark warlord looming above him.The warlord’s lips curled into a sneer as he lifted his obsidian blade. “This is where your story ends, boy.”But before he could strike, a blinding beam of golden light erupted from the smoke-covered horizon. A thunderous roar followed as a figure crashed into the battlefield, sending shockwaves rippling across the war-torn landscape.Ethan’s heart pounded. He knew that voice.Standing defiantly amidst the swirling darkness was Alric, the legendary warrior who had once fought beside Ethan’s father. His armor gleamed despite the grime and blood caking it, his sword burning with radiant energy.“I won’t let you take another soul,” Alric growled, his golden eyes locked onto the warlord.The warlord sc
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 169: The Fusion of Beasts
The battlefield was soaked in blood and ash, the air thick with the scent of burning flesh and iron. Ethan stood amidst the carnage, his body battered but his resolve unshaken. His fusion ability had granted him immense power, but the cost was evident the toll on his body was becoming unbearable. Each breath felt like fire in his lungs, yet he refused to falter.As he caught his breath, a low, guttural growl rumbled through the battlefield. A new enemy had emerged, one unlike any he had faced before. A monstrous being, a fusion of the strongest creatures the darkness had to offer, stood before him. Its skin was a writhing mass of shadow and bone, eyes burning with malevolent intelligence. It exuded an aura of sheer dread, making even the bravest warriors tremble.Ethan tightened his grip on his sword, its blade glowing with an ethereal light. His summoned beasts stood by his side, their bodies still pulsating from their last fusion. He knew what had to be done one final fusion, one fi
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 170: The Chains of Fate
A suffocating darkness spread across the battlefield, thick as tar, swallowing the echoes of the fallen. The scent of blood and burned flesh hung heavy in the air. Ethan stood motionless, his breath shallow, his muscles aching from the battle against the Abyss Reaver. But his exhaustion meant nothing now. A far greater enemy had emerged from the void.The figure before him remained cloaked in the shadows, its golden eyes glowing like embers in the night. The air crackled with malevolence, a suffocating pressure pressing against Ethan’s chest. The voice from the abyss, calm yet venomous, replayed in his mind:“Join me, Ethan. You’ve already begun to embrace the darkness within you.”His fingers clenched around his sword, knuckles turning white. The exhaustion, the wounds, the weight of every battle fought they didn’t matter. He had made it this far, defied death countless times. And he wasn’t about to fall now.But before he could respond, the ground trembled violently beneath him.Fro
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Episode 178: The Maw of Perdition
The world was broken.Asha could still taste ash in the air, thick and acrid, clinging to the insides of her lungs like something alive. The battlefield if it could still be called that was no more than broken earth and bleeding sky, a wound rent in the very fabric of reality.The cuneiform figure had done something to Ethan, something that couldn't be explained. He was standing, yes, breathing, yes, but incorrectly.The void had taken him.And now it was looking at him through them.Cain remained rigid with the sword trembling in his hands.His face was ashen, and he was panting in short, coarse breaths.Even Raven, the ghost of them all, was the only one to be unnaturally still, her fingers flitting along the hem of her cloak as though she’d just be giving up on this place and leaving.But Asha could not move.She could only stare at Ethan at what had once been Ethan.His formerly recognizable features had contorted, the planes and angles of his face darkened by a thing moving under
Episode 177: The Hollow Crown the Ashen Reckoning
The sky bled ruin.Colors with no place in this world twisted through the heavens, putrescent violets and rotting blacks that twisted like wounds in the seat of reality.But the battlefield, already a Sargasso Sea of lost flesh and cracked subsoil and the hush of final embers, trembled under something formless, merciless, only hungry.Asha stumbled, dragging a streak of blood from her brow, the air heavy with the decay that made her lungs hurt. Cain was still rising to his feet, his sword a useless tremor in his shaking hands. Raven, always the specter, had already melted into the dark, cold and observing. Calculating.And then there was Ethan.Or what was left of him.He stood at the center of the slaughter, his body cloaked in writhing coils of silver and black, his eyes those twin eclipses alight with something beyond human understanding. He avoided looking at his friends. He did not acknowledge their pleading, horrified stares.He was staring into the face of the Warden of Ash.A
Episode 176: The Hollow Crown
The Eclipse DevoursAn ancient, hollow, endless howl cracked the sky.The ground shuddered under the weight of the battlefield.It was no mere sound it was a force, a vibration that slithered under the skin, coiled around the bones, and whispered in the ears of those who caught its unseen gaze.Asha’s breath hitched.Shit, she thought, as she gripped the useless hilts of her snapped daggers tighter, her mind spinning.That sound… It wasn’t Ethan.Cain was spitting blood onto the parched earth as he pulled himself upright.His muscles shrieked, but his instincts shrieked louder move, fight, survive.But how the fuck were they supposed to fight that?Ethan or what remained of him stood frozen there, head thrown back, silver-black chains slithering around his arms like live creatures.There was not even a hint of recognition in his face, no flash of familiarity.Just a slow, spooky smile as his monstrous eyes glimmered like twin eclipses.And then… he spoke."He comes."The ground split
Episode 175: The Awakening of the Heir
The Space Between Life and DeathEthan floated.Weightless. Silent.Suspended in the infinite black between existence and oblivion.His body was gone, shed like an old husk.What was left was something different.Something unfinished.A resounding voice echoed through the void. Smooth.Cold. Familiar."Still fighting, even now?"Ethan’s mind stirred.His soul was heartlessly chained, rattling now, deep and powerful and dark-run purgatorial energy coursing through it, each pulse sending blinding pain clean through him.Then he saw him.Silver eyes fall like dying stars of the Eclipsed King at the center of all the void.Ethan’s teeth clenched, battling against the pain, summoning himself his shape flickered, uncertain, a golden glow fighting against the black webbing that invaded his arms.“You’re in my head,” Ethan rumbled, his voice hoarse. "Get the hell out."The king just tilted his head and smirked."Oh, Ethan. This is not your head anymore.”The abyss shook.And with that, Ethan
Episode 174: Chains of the Fallen
The AftermathOn the battlefield, it was like the calm before the storm.From broken soil, smoke curled.The sounds of battle faded, leaving behind a heavy silence as the air hung with the burden of recent events.Ethan lurched forward, gasping for air like a wounded animal.His limbs throbbed with pain, every vein still coursing with the lingering power of the fusion.Every fiber of his being told him he ought to be dead.And yet he stood.He had survived.Yet something within him felt … off.He shook not just because of the immense effort but also for something deeper, something that could not be seen.Cain sat hunched over near him, a hand pressed against his chest where the abyssal tendrils had grasped him just moments before.His skin was still dark in places, veins blackened from lingering corruption.Asha pressed against a broken edge, panting.Blood still ran from her shoulder, but her violet eyes were glued to the spot where the Eclipsed King had disappeared.Raven, always th
Episode 173: The King Who Was Eclipsed
The Rift OpensThe air split like cracking bone.Reality tore itself apart behind Ethan, birthing a swirling vortex of writhing black and crimson light.The battlefield jerked, as if the very laws of gravity had paused, either in worship or in terror.A new presence had arrived.And it was watching.Before he saw it, Ethan felt the shift. An energy pulse that made the abyss tend away.As he gripped his sword tighter, a slow pressure, viscous and monstrous, seeped from the rift, curling the spine like a whisper of death.Even the figure in the hood, the architect of so much pain, paused.Then from the void a hand appeared.Not like the viney brutes of the abyss, nor the squiggly tentacles of the Whohnthe.This was something different.A hand impossibly perfect, impossibly human, dressed in silver rings and covered in eiderdown, shadow-like tattoos that warbled like constellations.And then he stepped through.The Arrival of the King (that he eclipsed)As he stepped out fully into the f
Episode 172: Dominion
Darkness seemed to engulf Ethan whole, a void deeper than darkness.His screams muffled in the void, his body gleefully weightless yet crushed beneath a weight he would never know.His mind warped, thoughts twisting into whispers some his own, some foreign, invasive, and hungry.A voice slithered through the darkness."Let it go, Ethan. Let the pain evaporate… Surrender, and you shall live again.”No.He fought against the pull, the unseen shackles pulling him deeper, and clenched his fists.The power, the abyss it wanted him to give in. To become something else.His breath hovered in his rib cage, his body quaking on the brink of erasure. Images flashed through his mind Ignis, his fierce dragon companion; Osha, the knight who fought beside him; the Lion, his stalwart beast, who still battled the foe.His friends, the ones who had died.Asha. Cain. Raven.He couldn’t lose himself.Ethan thundered through the abyss with a defiant roar, his soul ablaze with golden light.The darkness sc
Episode 170: Reaver’s Destruction
A still, black static climbed over the battlefield, thicker than tar, devouring the whispers of the dead.The stench of blood and burnt flesh filled the air.Ethan froze in place, breathing shallow, limbs still sore from his tussle with the Abyss Reaver.But his fatigue didn’t matter now.A much greater enemy had been born from the void.The person before him was still shrouded in shadows, golden eyes flickering like embers in darkness.The air bristled with malevolence, a suffocating weight crushing down on Ethan’s ribs.The voice from the void, smooth with malice, echoed in his head:“Join me, Ethan. You’ve started to embrace the darkness that lurks in your soul.”The knuckles of his fingers turned white as he gripped his sword.The fatigue, the lacerations, the burden of every painful conflict fought they didn’t matter.He had come so far, escaped death countless times.And he wasn’t about to stumble now.But before he could answer, the ground shook violently beneath him.A monstro
Episode 170: The Chains of Fate
A suffocating darkness spread across the battlefield, thick as tar, swallowing the echoes of the fallen. The scent of blood and burned flesh hung heavy in the air. Ethan stood motionless, his breath shallow, his muscles aching from the battle against the Abyss Reaver. But his exhaustion meant nothing now. A far greater enemy had emerged from the void.The figure before him remained cloaked in the shadows, its golden eyes glowing like embers in the night. The air crackled with malevolence, a suffocating pressure pressing against Ethan’s chest. The voice from the abyss, calm yet venomous, replayed in his mind:“Join me, Ethan. You’ve already begun to embrace the darkness within you.”His fingers clenched around his sword, knuckles turning white. The exhaustion, the wounds, the weight of every battle fought they didn’t matter. He had made it this far, defied death countless times. And he wasn’t about to fall now.But before he could respond, the ground trembled violently beneath him.Fro
