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Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 95: They're Coming
The wind was blowing through the ruin, speaking to Ethan and Lysara of secrets of yore as they stood there together, breathing hard with fatigue. The battle was won, but victory left them shaken. Beside them, the Herald of the Eternal Hunt stood, its wounds still smoking, its golden eyes scanning shadows beyond. The abyss wasn't done with them yet.Ethan clenched his grip on his sword, the aftershocks of his summoning still vibrating through his veins. Power surged within him, but it was different now refined, controlled. He could feel the shift, the awakening of something deeper, something far more dangerous.A guttural growl rumbled through the ruins.Lysara's fingers flexed around her staff, golden light swirling at its tip. "They're coming," she whispered, her voice steady despite the dread curling around them.Ethan took a step forward, raising his blade. "Let them."From the abyss, they emerged.Twisted creatures, shrouded in darkness, their forms constantly shifting as though r
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 96: The Leader
The battlefield was silent for only a moment, a breath between battles. Smoke curled through the ruins, and the fading echoes of the Abyssal Warlord’s last attack left deep scars upon the earth. But Ethan and Lysara had no time to recover. The darkness was stirring again.Ethan wiped the blood from his brow, his fingers tightening around his blade. His body ached, his energy waning, but he refused to falter. He could still feel the summoning power within him, a pulsing force eager to be unleashed.Lysara’s voice broke the silence, urgent and unwavering. “Ethan, something’s coming.”The air shuddered, a cold wind sweeping through the ruins. From the fractured earth, new shadows emerged. These were unlike the creatures before larger, more defined, their jagged limbs pulsing with a sickly green glow. Their eyes burned with malice, and their bodies were adorned with ancient symbols of corruption.The leader of the creatures stepped forward, its skeletal frame wrapped in a cloak of obsidia
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 97: The Lightening of Dark Master
It was quiet the type that comes after an intense storm on the battlefield. Smoke curls in the air, as if it had whispers of the secret of the recently concluded battle. Ethan stood at the edge of the wreckage, the remains of the corrupted creatures smoldering in the aftermath of the dragon’s fiery breath. His body was battered and bloodied, but his spirit burned bright with the fire of a warrior.Beside him, Lysara was down on a knee, running out of strength from the spate of casts. She pushed the sweat-soaked hair behind her ear. Her eyes trailed over the chaos. "That was too close," she muttered, her breath ragged from exhaustion. "We can't let our guard down.Ethan's hand tightened on his sword. It was hard to see what was left of the destroyed city. The dragon was standing in the background, its golden flames burning like a renewed beacon of eternity. There stood a celestial knight and the ghostly wolf by his side, like silent sentinels, their forms equally tattered but unmoving.
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 98: The Dark Descent
The storm above them howled like a living thing, the winds whipping through the ruined battlefield with such force that it felt as if the very heavens were collapsing. Ethan stood at the forefront, his sword pulsing with energy, his body aching from the brutal battle they'd already fought. Yet, despite the overwhelming odds, a fire burned in his chest a fire that refused to be extinguished.In front of him stood the monstrous figure risen from the earth, its dark titan form an amalgamation of shadow and sinew, so grotesque in its design that it was unlike anything Ethan had ever seen before. Larger than any beast he had ever faced, the body of the thing was encased in blackened armor, a mass that seemed to suck light into its being. Its eyes, burning malevolent crimson, fixed on Ethan, and he felt a chill run through his very soul.And standing behind the creature, a silhouette of darkness against the battlefield's light, he was the Architect, now shown in all his glory, for his true
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 99: The Hidden Enemy
The battlefield was a maelstrom of flame, darkness, and the sounds of steel colliding with its counterpart. There, Ethan held his sword raised high as a titan and its new summon battled in an ear-shattering bout. The earth cracked and heaved, as if the skies themselves were angry, the smoke thick with burned earth and unmistakable blood odor. His heart was racing, but there was no time to pause, no time to rest. They were fighting not just for their lives but for the fate of the entire world.The behemoth that Ethan conjured up those massive legs, that unyielding momentum—was slammed into the titan again and again, the fist strikes creating an earthquake-like shaking on the battleground. The ugly form of a titan moved unbelievably fast due to its considerable size, making its hits unbearable. The massive behemoth made a powerful endeavor but was far from hitting back with the utmost force. His fist struck every time into that titan's iron armor, sounding like crunching metal, not enou
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 100: The Rise of the Fallen
Time itself seemed to slow around Ethan. The air around him was heavy with the inevitability of doom. The Unseen, its massive jaws clamping now tight around his form, squeezed with a force that would not let go. Darkness surrounded him; it stayed on top of him, suffocating him in its grip. Pain shot through his body as the creature's teeth dug deeper, threatening to crush him to oblivion. But even now, when all seemed lost, one thought shone in his mind like a burning flame, eternal: I won't give up.His vision blurred, the pain intensifying, but in the depths of his despair, something within him began to stir. The summoning energy his power had been drained almost completely, but it was still there, pulsing deep inside him, waiting. He had always known that it was more than just a tool it was a part of him. A reflection of his will.Ethan's eyes snapped open. His breath came in sharp gasps, and despite the crushing darkness around him, he focused. He wouldn't die here. Not like this.
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 101: The Abyss Unleashed
The battlefield was silent once again, but this silence was not peaceful. It was the calm before the storm. Ethan’s heart thundered in his chest as he stood at the edge of the rift, his sword raised, its light flickering in the oppressive darkness that had consumed the sky. The air itself seemed to warp, bending around the ominous force that now loomed above them.The presence from the rift was no longer an unseen force it was manifesting before their very eyes. From the depths of the darkness, a shadow began to take shape, an entity so vast and terrifying that it seemed to tear at the very fabric of reality itself. It was a creature that defied description, its form constantly shifting, as though it existed in multiple dimensions at once. Its eyes, if they could even be called eyes, burned with an infernal light, casting an eerie glow over the shattered earth.The architect stood before the rift, his arms raised in triumph, his expression twisted in a deranged smile. “This is the tru
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 102: The Abyssal Heart
The mighty roar from the rift shook the earth, a tremor so strong it seemed the very ground beneath their feet rippled beneath their strides. Ethan's heart pounded in his chest as his sword drank in that primordial energy, his hand struggling to keep up with the force of the Fallen King's grip. The darkness around him was crushing, but Lysara's divine light, now embracing him, brought the shadows back inch by inch."You cannot defeat me," the Fallen King hissed, its voice a monstrous rasp that echoed through the air like a thousand whispers. Its eyes gleamed with malice as it tightened its hold on Ethan, lifting him from the ground as if he were nothing more than a puppet. "You are weak. All of you are weak."But even as the Fallen King’s oppressive force bore down on him, Ethan refused to give in. His eyes locked with Lysara’s, the unspoken understanding between them clear. She was not backing down, not now, not when they were this close. She channeled her magic through her staff, th
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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
