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00:00I stood beneath the binding altar of Ironhaven Academy, watching the instructor scan the list.
00:05After Lyra Ashford's name came mine, Kale Voss.
00:09I stepped onto the platform. The four pillars blazed to light.
00:12Blinding white light from the binding formation closed around me.
00:16One thought burned in my mind.
00:18This world is overrun with beasts, and humanity learned to bind and command them.
00:23My bound beast awakens today.
00:26I pressed my palm to the dim crystal orb and whispered,
00:29Come forth, the beast that is mine.
00:33Golden light erupted from within me.
00:35Two columns, one crimson, one black, tore through the clouds.
00:40He summoned two beasts at once!
00:42The red column dissolved.
00:44A blazing dragon emerged, wreathed in roaring flame.
00:50The black column faded.
00:51A shadow cat dropped silently to the ground and rubbed against my leg.
00:56Too bad. The second one's F-ranked trash.
00:59I scanned the crowd.
01:00My girlfriend, Lyra Ashford, stood there.
01:03She just failed to bind.
01:05Even if the binding went wrong, it doesn't matter, Lyra.
01:09I'll protect you.
01:10Then Lyra sprinted up onto the altar.
01:14Instructor, that dragon is mine.
01:20Lyra?
01:23What are you saying?
01:25Kale tampered with my binding.
01:27What kind of gutter trash from the Ashporter could ever summon two beasts on his own?
01:32Just think the lamp call winding there.
01:35Someone like you could never pull this off.
01:37Everyone knows it.
01:38The blazing dragon stepped past me and moved to Lyra's side.
01:42It turned and snarled.
01:44I stared it down.
01:46You are my bound beast.
01:47Who gave you permission to move?
01:49You're not my master.
01:51You never were.
01:54Lyra stroked its neck, satisfied.
01:56Exactly.
01:58Only I have the resources to raise a blazing dragon properly.
02:02Turns out he's scum.
02:04Get out of Iron Heaven Academy!
02:07Kale Voss.
02:08Violation of Academy Code.
02:10Attempted theft of another student's bound beaster.
02:12You're expelled.
02:13You're taking her word alone.
02:15You call yourself an instructor?
02:16You think Lyra Ashford, top of the entire Academy from a distinguished family,
02:20would frame someone from the Ash Quarter?
02:22I held its gaze.
02:23Top of the Academy?
02:24Without my tutoring?
02:26She wouldn't crack the top ten!
02:28Someone called out.
02:29Right.
02:30And maybe she wrote your essays too.
02:32Kale, we're done.
02:34I don't know what I was thinking.
02:36She glanced at the shadow cat by my feet.
02:39F-rank trash suits you perfectly.
02:41Though knowing you, you'll struggle to even feed it.
02:44I clenched my fist.
02:45Then a blue screen snapped open in front of my eyes.
02:48Divine Beast Binder System.
02:50Online.
02:51A quest.
02:52Break up with Lyra Ashford.
02:54I stared at the quest details on the system screen.
02:57Breath coming fast.
02:58Six rank.
02:59Upgraded a million times over.
03:01That would push far beyond SSS rank.
03:04I looked at Lyra and kept my voice flat.
03:06Fine.
03:07As you wish.
03:08I turned to the Blazing Dragon.
03:10As for you,
03:11I hope you won't regret this.
03:15Kale,
03:16after this is over,
03:18don't go around talking about us.
03:21I don't want people knowing I had a nobody like you for an X.
03:27Warning.
03:28Energy release during Shadow Cat's upgrade is projected to level Iron Health entire.
03:34My brow snapped together.
03:36I looked at the instructor,
03:37at the students of Ironhaven Academy.
03:39Then I tore my Academy crest off and dropped it on the ground.
03:45From this moment,
03:46I have nothing to do with Ironhavel Academy.
03:48I turned and walked away.
03:49Meanwhile,
03:50at Ironhaven Guard Corps headquarters,
03:52her cousin,
03:53Roland Ashford,
03:54was already there.
03:55He held out a crystal,
03:56pulsing the flame.
03:57This is an S-Rank Fire Tribute Beast Corps.
03:59Once Inks absorbs it,
04:01he'll advance straight to S-Rank.
04:03Lyra pressed the core against the dragon.
04:05A column of light exploded skyward.
04:07When the radiance faded,
04:08Ignis' presence had surged beyond recognition.
04:12Ignis,
04:12Blazing Dragon S-Rank.
04:14I'm an S-Rank Beast Binder now!
04:16Thank you, Roland!
04:18S-Rank Beast hinders.
04:20The entire Alliance sees fewer than five a year.
04:23Once you grow into your power,
04:25the Ashford name will want for nothing.
04:27Lyra's smile turned cold.
04:29She thought in her mind,
04:32Someday I'll be the Alliance's finest Beast Binder,
04:34and Kale Vos,
04:36that nobody,
04:37will spend the rest of his life beneath my feet.
04:40The next day,
04:41I pulled on a mask,
04:42shouldered my pack,
04:43and headed deep into the forest.
04:45It was on the far edge of Ironhaven.
04:47Nyx stood quietly on my shoulder,
04:49the whole way.
04:50The blue system screen blinked open in front of me,
04:53asking whether to upgrade the Shadowcat.
04:55I drew a slow breath.
04:56Yes.
04:57System.
04:57Upgrade complete.
04:59Shadowcat has evolved.
05:00Void Bang.
05:01In an instant,
05:02Nyx blazed with golden light.
05:04A massive pillar tore through the sky,
05:06and swept across the earth,
05:08leaving nothing but empty craters in its wake.
05:10Across Ironhaven,
05:12Beast Binder stopped and stared.
05:14A beast manifestation?
05:16It is.
05:18But the scale is way beyond S-Rank.
05:20Is that, is that,
05:21S-S-S?
05:22In the rubble,
05:23Nyx landed back on my shoulder,
05:25and pressed her face against mine.
05:27Purple markings had appeared along her fur.
05:29I checked the system screen.
05:30Her rank had reached World Breaker class.
05:33Potential beyond anything this world had seen.
05:36I scratched behind her ears.
05:38Nyx.
05:39That's your name now.
05:40We're going to the top together.
05:45I rubbed my chin.
05:46Right now, you can level a continent in one breath.
05:49But everything else is still untrained.
05:52New quest.
05:53Slay 10 City Razor class beasts.
05:56Reward.
05:56Divine rank talent.
05:57I'd seen what Divine rank talents could do for a beast in combat.
06:03The picture was clear.
06:05Just as we turned to leave,
06:07a roar split the air.
06:10Commander Thorne descended on a war eagle.
06:13His companions dropped from a griffon and a giant butterfly,
06:16landing in a line across my path.
06:18Thorne surveyed the craters around us.
06:20Kid, you cause this much damage on the outskirts of Ironheaven and just walk away?
06:25That's not how this works.
06:27Join Ironheaven University and I'll let it go.
06:30I looked the three of them over.
06:32Three City Razor class beast binders.
06:36Let it go?
06:38Three City Razors.
06:40You really think you're in a position to say that?
06:43Nyx exhaled in their direction.
06:44A purple light pressed down.
06:46All three of them and their beasts slammed flat against the ground.
06:50The earth cracked beneath them.
06:52I looked down at them from where I stood.
06:53Be grateful.
06:54All you wanted to do was threaten me.
06:58I walked away with Nyx.
06:59Behind me, the three of them lay sprawled in the dirt,
07:02unable to so much as stand.
07:04Lyra and Roland walked into the office.
07:06Dean Hartwell was already waiting.
07:08Lyra, this is Vice-Carminal Hartwell of the Imperial Academy.
07:11Hartwell studied her.
07:12The S-Rake Beastbinder who triggered that manifestation
07:15at Guard Corps headquarters yesterday?
07:17That was you?
07:18My cousin.
07:20Vice-Chancellor Hartfield.
07:21I'm Lyra Ashfield.
07:23Hartwell didn't hesitate.
07:24How would you feel about an exceptional admission
07:26to the Imperial Academy's Prodigy class?
07:29The Prodigy class.
07:30Fewer than 30 members in the Alliance's entire history.
07:33Yes.
07:34Absolutely yes.
07:35Hartwell produced a round crystal orb,
07:37glowing with golden light.
07:38The letter S carved into its surface.
07:40An S-Rank talent shard.
07:42It will awaken an S-Rank talent in your bound beast.
07:46Lyra took it and crushed it in her palm.
07:48Crimson light poured into Ignis's skull.
07:56Ignis has an S-Rank talent now.
07:58She turned and bowed to Hartwell.
08:00Thank you, Vice-Cancellor.
08:02S-Rank beast.
08:03S-Rank talent.
08:05In this year's intake,
08:07you may well be the only one in the entire Alliance, Miss Ashfield.
08:10Lyra's fist tightened at her side.
08:12A single thought flashed.
08:13You'll never touch the world I'm reaching for, Kale.
08:16Stay in the Ash Quarter.
08:18Be a nobody for the rest of your life.
08:20Then the ground shook.
08:21People scattered across the streets of Ironhaven.
08:23The alarm blared across the city.
08:25Warning!
08:26City Ranser-class Thunderbeast detected 20 miles southeast of Ironhound.
08:31Lyra, Hartwell, and Roland rushed into the street.
08:34To the southeast, black clouds and lightning swallowed the sky.
08:37Their faces went pale.
08:42I stood at the center of the storm.
08:45Nyx exhaled once toward the Thunderbeast crouching in the lightning.
08:48Last one, and it had to show up this close to Ironhaven.
08:51The Thunderbeast roared and unleashed every corner of the torrent of lightning
08:55that reduced the forest around us to scorched wasteland in seconds.
09:00Big voice.
09:02Nyx.
09:03Hiss on it.
09:06Purple energy surged from Nyx and met the storm head-on.
09:10That lightning was enough to flatten the city.
09:12Collapsed in an instant, the Thunderbeast felt death coming and turned to run.
09:17Going somewhere.
09:18Frost spread from beneath my feet.
09:20The Thunderbeast flash-froze into a colossal ice sculpture.
09:24Then falling rocks shattered it.
09:26I caught Nyx as she dropped back into my arms and sighed.
09:29Easy on the follow-through next time, Nyx.
09:32Nothing left to devour at this rate.
09:33Nyx blinked at me, unbothered, and nuzzled my face.
09:37Fair enough.
09:38Nine city razors down already.
09:41One more or less doesn't matter.
09:45I pulled up the screen.
09:47I smiled faintly.
09:48Devour suits you, Nyx.
09:51Should have told you to hold back.
09:53Look at this mess.
09:54Across the rubble, Lyra, Hartwell, Roland, and a guard core unit stood staring at the Thunderbeast's carcass.
10:01Roland crouched and studied it.
10:03Confirmed.
10:04City racer-class Thunderbeast.
10:06Killed in a single strike.
10:08Lyra's voice came out small.
10:10One hit.
10:11How strong is the one who did this?
10:14Peak Kingdom Ender-class.
10:17Possibly Worldbreaker.
10:18Worldbreaker?
10:19Does the Alliance even have someone at that level?
10:21No.
10:22Our strongest tops out at Kingdom Ender.
10:25A guard core soldier called out.
10:27Captain.
10:28Tracks in the rubble.
10:29Small feline beast.
10:30Hartwell and Roland moved to look.
10:32Lyra stood frozen.
10:34A thought flashed in her mind.
10:36Nyx.
10:37Small cat.
10:38Could it be Kale?
10:38She shook it off instantly.
10:40Impossible.
10:42Whoever did this is a peak Kingdom Ender or higher.
10:45Kale is just F-real trash.
10:47He isn't worth their shadow.
10:49Back at the Imperial Academy's Wraith grounds, a massive stone tablet embedded with countless crystals stood before the new students.
10:55Hartwell faced them.
10:56A ward wreath is the lingering soul of a slain beast.
11:00One that a beast bander can contract.
11:02The students murmured.
11:03Hartwell continued.
11:04The right ward wreath can dramatically amplify your bound beast and wield great power.
11:08Think of it as a second beast.
11:10This holds every wreath the Academy has collected over centuries.
11:13He pressed his palm to the surface.
11:15Countless beast silhouettes flickered and vanished.
11:17He turned back.
11:19Top ten from the entrance tournament.
11:21Step forward.
11:23Ten students moved to the tablet.
11:25Lyra was among them.
11:25Place your hand on the surface.
11:27If the tablet responds, you receive a ward wreath.
11:31The ten pressed their palms down.
11:32Blinding light flashed in waves.
11:34Moments later, nine of them had enormous beast silhouettes drifting behind them.
11:39All high-tier.
11:40Every one of them is top-tier talent and high-rank wreaths.
11:43All eyes turned to Lyra, still waiting.
11:45Lyra Ashford hasn't gotten a response yet.
11:47Wonder what she'll pull.
11:50Then the tablet convulsed.
11:51Blazing crimson light erupted skyward.
11:54A three-headed hellhound, wreathed and flamed, materialized behind Lyra.
11:58City Razor Class.
11:59Lyra Ashford's ward wreath is a City Rider Class Inferno wreath.
12:02First place in the entrance tournament.
12:04Makes sense.
12:05Hartwell stared at the Inferno Wraith and nodded.
12:08City Razor Class.
12:09The Alliance hasn't seen one in a hundred years.
12:11Fire attribute pairs perfectly with Ignace.
12:14Strengthen your bond, Lyra.
12:15Your name will echo across the entire Alliance before long.
12:19Yes, Vice-Compat.
12:21She rejoined the line.
12:22The crowd parted for her automatically.
12:24Her fist curled.
12:25One thought burned in her mind.
12:27I'm already making my name at the Imperial Academy.
12:30One day, I'll be the Alliance's greatest beast funder.
12:33And you, Kale, you'll stay F-rank trash until you die.
12:37At that moment, I was deep in the Blighted Wilds, completely unaware of any of it.
12:42I stood at the edge of a 10,000 meter canyon.
12:44At the bottom, a mountain-sized, eight-headed serpent stared up at me.
12:49Last Kingdom Ender on the list.
12:52Finally.
12:53Half a month earlier, I stretched out on my bed with Nyx rolling beside me.
12:56I pulled up the system screen and thought it through.
12:59Divine Rank Talent secured.
13:01Next, a Ward Wraith for Nyx.
13:03Something to push her even further.
13:10Kingdom Enders only show up deep in the wilds.
13:14And the truth about how beasts entered this world is buried somewhere down there, too.
13:19Back in the canyon.
13:20All eight Hydra heads fired at once.
13:22Venom and breath weapons tore the canyon walls apart,
13:25sending boulders crashing down in avalanches.
13:28I kept my voice flat.
13:29Big voice!
13:30Nyx, hiss on it!
13:31Nyx stood on my shoulder and exhaled.
13:33An invisible sonic wave shredded all the venom and breath.
13:37The Hydra felt death and turned to flee.
13:39Running? Really?
13:42Frost exploded from beneath my feet.
13:45The Hydra locked into a colossal ice sculpture in an instant.
13:48Then, the collapsing canyon walls crushed it.
13:50Lighter touch next time.
13:52Now there's nothing left to devour.
13:54Fine.
13:55Nine Kingdom Enders absorbed already.
13:57One more or less doesn't matter.
13:59Ten Kingdom Ender-class beasts slain.
14:01Confirmed.
14:02Reward granted.
14:05World Breaker-class wraith.
14:07Doesn't exist in Alliance history or legend.
14:09Space attribute too rare.
14:11Covers Nyx's close-range capture.
14:12I raised one hand.
14:14A towering purple humanoid silhouette materialized behind me.
14:17Stretching across the sky, I frowned slightly.
14:20Too large.
14:21It shrank to palm size at my thought, took solid form, and settled quietly on my other shoulder.
14:26I looked around at the rubble.
14:27Done.
14:28Let's go home.
14:29The Voideater reached forward and drew a line through the air.
14:32Space split open into a dark gate and stepped through with Nyx.
14:36Ironhaven Guard Corps Training Ground.
14:38At the center of the arena, Lyra stood behind Ignis.
14:41Dozens of fire-red Beast Corps formed a ring around him.
14:45A surge of blinding light turned all corps into radiance, pouring into Ignis.
14:49Flames wrapping his body.
14:51Quiet.
14:51His role shook for loss.
14:53Hartwell watched from the side.
14:55Congratulations, Lyra.
14:56You've advanced to high-tier Beast Binder.
14:58I couldn't have done it without your guidance, Vice Counselor.
15:01I was born in Ironhaven.
15:02It's only right I see its prodigies shine.
15:04When your name echoes across the Alliance, both Ironhouse and the Imperial economy will
15:08be proud to claim you.
15:10Lyra looked at Ignis, a cold thought running through her mind.
15:13Kale, in just a few months I'm already a high-tier S-rank Beast Finder.
15:16Only one in Disalliance or they're standing beside me who killed the Thunder Beast the
15:20Senior.
15:20You'll always be an F-rank nobody.
15:22Hartwell suddenly sighed.
15:23You've reached high-tier so quickly.
15:24Remarkable.
15:25And yet, Lyra looked up.
15:26Vice Cantalent?
15:27What's wrong?
15:28I've been stuck at Peak City Raster for years.
15:30If I could obtain a Darkness Attribute Source, I might finally break through to Kingdom Ender
15:34Class, the highest rank a Beast Bender can achieve.
15:36I was I-O.
15:37But Darkness and Space Attributes are the rarest.
15:39I've searched the entire Alliance.
15:41Nothing.
15:41Something clicked in Lyra's mind.
15:43The Shadow Cat.
15:44The one on Kale's shoulder.
15:46She turned to Hartwell and began massaging his shoulders.
15:49Vice Cantalent.
15:49I might have exactly what you're looking for.
15:50My ex-boyfriend's bound beast is a Shadow Cat.
15:52Only F-led?
15:53But would that work for you?
15:54Yes.
15:54More than enough.
15:55But when a Beast is killed, the Beast Bender either dies or permanently crippled.
15:59Are you sure about this?
15:59He means nothing to me.
16:00I cut ties with him a long time ago.
16:02Besides, sacrificing one nobody so you can reach Kingdom Ender to class?
16:04That's a service to the entire Alliance.
16:06Well said.
16:07I knew I hadn't misjudged you, Lyra.
16:09If I reach Kingdom Ender, I'll pour every resource I have into your growth.
16:13Vice Cantalent.
16:14No time to waste.
16:14We leave now.
16:19I lay on my bed.
16:20Nyx sprawled on my chest.
16:22The Void Eater drifted above my head.
16:24Half a month of consolidation.
16:25I had full command of the Worldbreaker-class Wardwraith.
16:29Nyx's wraith is set.
16:30Time to think about what's next.
16:32A voice cut through the door.
16:34Kale Vos, get out here.
16:37I frowned, stood up, and walked to the front door.
16:40I pulled it open.
16:41Lyra stood there with her arms crossed.
16:43That face I once knew so well.
16:45Now nothing but contempt.
16:47She stared at me with open arrogance.
16:49Hartwell stood behind her, eyes scanning my home with quiet calculation.
16:53Lyra, what is it this time?
16:55Lyra looked at my messy hair.
16:56You should be grateful I'm even talking to someone like you.
16:58In the months since we parted, I've become a high-tier S-rank Beast Bander.
17:01Ignis has an S-rank talent.
17:02My Wardwaith is City Radar-classed, which is rarer than anything in Alliance history.
17:06Ignis materialized at her back and unleashed a roar.
17:09Behind her, the Inferno Wraith rose and loomed.
17:12Lyra looked down at me.
17:14I could crush you with one finger.
17:16High-tier S-rank.
17:18Impressive.
17:19The gap between us is sky and earth.
17:21Sky and earth?
17:22And you think you're the sky?
17:24She laughed like I'd said something absurd.
17:26What else, Kale?
17:27Have you been a nobody so long it's rotted your brain?
17:29The laughter dropped.
17:30I stared at her.
17:32You came all the way here just to show off?
17:34I came because I need something from you, Kale.
17:36I raised an eyebrow.
17:37She gestured to Hartwell beside her, greed flickering in her eyes.
17:41Give me your shadow cat.
17:44I stared at Lyra.
17:45For a moment, I didn't even want to respond.
17:47What do you mean?
17:48This is Vice Chancellor Hartlil of the Imperial Academy.
17:51He's been stuck at Peak City Racer for years.
17:53He needs a Darkness Attribute Source to break through to Kingdom Ender Class.
17:56Your shadow cat is Darkness Attribute.
17:59Kill it, extract the core, and we can refine a Darkness Attribute Source.
18:02So that's what this is.
18:04Vice Chancellor Reach and Kingdom Tata Class benefit the entire Alliance.
18:07A tiny purple figure for a ward wraith.
18:09Fitting for someone like you.
18:11Trash.
18:12Sure.
18:12You're a nobody.
18:13You should feel lucky to contribute to the Alliance future, even at your own expense.
18:17Even if your beast perishes, you won't necessarily die.
18:19There's a reasonable chance you'll just be permanently crippled.
18:22And if I say no...
18:23Then you're obstructing the Alliance.
18:25That's treason.
18:26Of course.
18:27Framing always comes naturally to you, Lyra.
18:30You want my beast?
18:30Just come and take it.
18:33Your call.
18:34Vice Cancellor, go ahead.
18:36Hartwell straightened.
18:37Your sacrifice for the greater good will not be forgotten, young Kale.
18:42Before the last word landed, black energy exploded from his body.
18:46A massive, black-furred wolf materialized behind him.
18:50His bonded beast, the Dusk Wolf.
18:52I watched Hartwell without expression.
18:54Nyx tilted her head.
18:55The Void Eater drifted off my shoulder and floated in front of me.
18:58Why does that thing look familiar?
19:00Never mind.
19:00It's just a low-rank ward, Rhyth.
19:02It won't change anything.
19:04Dusk Wolf.
19:04Hartwell's voice went hard.
19:05The Dusk Wolf howled.
19:07Its shadows scratched and exploded into hundreds of hundred-meter-tall spikes.
19:11They leveled nearby buildings and rushed at me with destructive force.
19:17You've chosen wrong.
19:19That ancient, hollow sound cracked through the air like a bell.
19:23The shadow spikes, hundreds of meters tall, shattered to dust the moment the Void Eater spoke.
19:29Then the Void Eater's body, previously palm-sized, expanded.
19:33Ten thousand meters in an instant.
19:35Countless fractured purple rifts spread like cobwebs across the sky.
19:39I stood on the Void Eater's shoulder, Nyx beside me, rising slowly into the air.
19:44Its shadow fell across the entire city.
19:46Lyra and Hartwell stared up in terror.
19:48Ignis and the Inferno Wraith trembled where they stood.
19:51That energy is above City Razor.
19:53It's Kingdom Ender class.
19:55Impossible.
19:55How does Kale Vox have a Kingdom Ender class break?
19:57Kingdom Ender.
19:58You have no idea.
19:59It's the Void Eater.
20:00What is the Void Eater?
20:02A beast born a hundred years ago.
20:04One of the most powerful Kingdom Enders ever recorded.
20:06It took ten Kingdom Ender class Beast Binders hunting together to bring it down.
20:09Ten Kingdom Enders?
20:11That hunt shattered space for ten thousand miles in every direction.
20:14Four Kingdom Ender Beast Binders died and every survivor was left critically wounded.
20:17My beast.
20:18Go ahead.
20:19Take it.
20:20A misunderstanding, young Kale.
20:23My student and I, we overstepped.
20:24Please, let this go.
20:26For the Imperial Academy's sake.
20:28A crystal cracked open behind him.
20:29We'll leave immediately.
20:31Leave.
20:31You came after my master.
20:33You think you get to leave?
20:35Its enormous hand closed.
20:37The spatial gate crumpled to nothing.
20:39Crushing force drove down toward Hartwell and Lyra.
20:42Hartwell drove the Dusk Wolf into a frenzy, throwing up wall after wall of shadow to hold it back.
20:47Lyra, go.
20:48You being here splits my focus.
20:50Lyra didn't.
20:51Hartwell watched her vanish and turned back to me.
20:53Kale, if anything happens to me here, the Alliance will come for you.
20:54We'll see if these ants can even touch my master.
20:58Both hands came together.
20:59The Dusk Wolf's shadow walls and the blue spatial gate collapsed at once.
21:04The Dusk Wolf hung in midair, covered in blood-red wounds, barely holding itself up.
21:09Hartwell drove it forward, wiping blood from his mouth.
21:11He looked ten years older in moments.
21:13His eyes still held the snarl of a cornered beast.
21:16Kale Vox, you think having the Void Eater makes you untouchable?
21:20The Void Eater was destroyed by the Alliance a hundred years ago and reduced to a wraith.
21:25Stand down now.
21:26I'll make sure the Alliance overlooks your involvement.
21:29The Void Eater's voice landed like cold iron.
21:33A thousand-meter purple spear condensed in its right hand, lunging at Hartwell with sky-crushing
21:38force.
21:38Hartwell's eyes went past fear to resolve.
21:41I will not die here.
21:42A wisp of smoke-black blood rose from his brow, torn forcibly from his life essence.
21:48Dusk Wolf, absorb my blood essence.
21:50Run at full power.
21:51One drop won't save you.
21:54Stay.
21:55The Void Eater's left hand closed in the air.
21:57Purple spatial rifts wove into a cage.
22:00Kale, I've already sent word back to the capital.
22:02Even for a Kingdom Ender, the Alliance will not let this go.
22:05Kingdom Ender.
22:07Short-sighted ants.
22:09World, world breaker.
22:11That's impossible.
22:13Go and repent in whatever comes next.
22:15Five fingers closed.
22:17Hartwell's body and the howling Dusk Wolf were swallowed by purple rays.
22:21Not a particle remained.
22:23Master, the threat has been eliminated.
22:26I nodded once.
22:27Don't waste time on ants.
22:29Let's go.
22:31Yes.
22:32Below, Commander Thorn and the Ironhaven Beastbinders, he stared up at the massive purple silhouette overhead.
22:39The Void Eater.
22:41Contracted as someone's ward with.
22:44Should we contact Alliance Headquarters for backup?
22:47You want to get this entire city killed?
22:49Don't you dare!
22:50At the Imperial Academy's wraith grounds, Lyra lay on the ground, both hands pressed to her chest, gasping.
22:56An emergency broadcast blared over the Academy's plaza.
22:59Vice-capital Heartland is dead.
23:02Imperial Academy Investigation Unit, mobilize at once.
23:05Above the plaza, Beastbinders mounted their flying wrists.
23:08Torred, or Ironhaven.
23:11Hartwell is dead.
23:13He was a peak-ranked Beastbinder.
23:16And Kale just...
23:20How does the Void Eater obey Kale like that?
23:23How?
23:24How?
23:25Kale's face flashed in her mind, then Nyx, over and over, this-
23:30This is Kale's fault! If he just said he had the Voideater as his ward wreath-
23:37Crimson light spread from her body. Ignis materialized beside her. Ignis spoke quietly.
23:42Master, this may not be what you think.
23:48Explain.
23:49Legend says powerful beasts may rise as wraiths after death,
23:54seeking a host to devour and resurrect themselves.
23:58So the Voideater isn't loyal to Sail. It's been watching his life-source the whole time.
24:03Exactly.
24:05I knew it. Someone like Kale could never actually command something like that.
24:11Master, what if that nobody comes after us anyway?
24:16Against a Kingdom Ender-class wraith, we have no chance.
24:20You're right. But the Voideater isn't the only Kingdom Ender in this world.
24:26She rested a hand on Ignis' head.
24:28You're my beast. I will always give you the best conditions to grow. Trust me.
24:34She reached into her coat and pulled out an envelope.
24:37Across the front was written, Letter of Recommendation, signed by the man who had just died.
24:42Lyra looked at it.
24:44I'm taking you to meet someone who actually matters in this Alliance.
24:48Alliance Headquarters.
24:49Lord Kain sat behind a wide desk, brow-locked, reading the letter Lyra had placed before him.
24:55Lyra stood across from the desk, composed.
24:58Will this person actually protect us?
25:00Lyra's eyes didn't move.
25:01He's a ranked Beastbinder.
25:03Every rank seat is peak Kingdom Ender.
25:06In the entire Alliance, only seven people are stronger than Lord Kain.
25:11If he took us under his wing...
25:13Lyra thought quietly.
25:14Hartwell owed Kain his life.
25:16That debt doesn't disappear just because Hartwell is gone.
25:19It's only right I collect it.
25:20Kain set the letter down and looked at Lyra directly.
25:24Hartwell's handwriting.
25:26No question.
25:27Lyra, was it?
25:28If you were important to him, no need for formalities.
25:31Sit.
25:31Lyra settled into the chair, careful and deferential.
25:34Kain was quiet for a moment.
25:35I haven't seen Hartwell in years.
25:37How is he?
25:38Sir, Vice-Chancellor Hartwell.
25:41He was killed.
25:44Who?!
25:46Hartwell saved my life!
25:49Whoever did this...
25:52Tell me everything.
25:53A man named Kale Vox killed him.
25:56Kale Vox?
25:57That name isn't in any Kingdom Ender record I know.
26:01He's F-Week.
26:02But his Ward-Rilth is the Void Eater.
26:05The Void Eater.
26:08Lyra stood in the wreckage of Lord Kain's office.
26:10Vice-Cancellor Hartwell and I had gone to Sale to discuss retrieving something from him.
26:16Without warning, Sale turned the Void Eater on us.
26:19He meant to kill us both.
26:20She made a motion like brushing away tears, voice catching.
26:24The Vice-Cancellor threw himself in front of me to get me out.
26:28In the end, Kale killed him.
26:30Kale Vox.
26:32Hiding behind the Void Eater and defying Alliance lore.
26:35He deserves to die.
26:36Please, my lord.
26:37Avenge Vice-Cancellor Hartwell.
26:38Rally the Kingdom Ender-class Beast-Hinders.
26:40Hunt down the Void Eater and destroy Kale once and for all.
26:43Hmph.
26:43Rally the Kingdom Enders?
26:44That won't be necessary.
26:46Lyra blinked.
26:46Why not?
26:47When a beast becomes a wraith, its power drops significantly.
26:51The Void Eater as it stands now is no stronger than an average Kingdom Ender.
26:56I can handle it alone.
26:57Lyra's pulse jumped.
26:59Then we should go at once, for the Vice-Cancellor.
27:01Not yet.
27:02The front lines are under pressure.
27:04I can't leave headquarters right now.
27:06When the front stabilizes, I will deal with Kale Vox personally.
27:09I guess I owe.
27:10In the meantime, he won't come after you.
27:12Live your life.
27:14Yes, my lord.
27:15She watched him turn away.
27:16He's dismissing me.
27:17She looked at the letter still in Kane's hand.
27:20Let soft sorrow into her voice.
27:22And bowed low.
27:22Vice-Cancellor Hartwell once told me that when he returned from Ironhout,
27:25he planned to take me as his final student.
27:28He had wanted to invite you to witness it.
27:31He said the bond between the two of you went beyond the life debt.
27:35That you were the beast-binder he respected most above all others.
27:39He never imagined that Ironhome would be the last place he ever went.
27:43Kane's movement stopped.
27:44He turned back to look at her.
27:46If Hartfield thought that highly of you, stay.
27:48Learn under me.
27:50Lyra Ashfield is grateful, my lord.
27:53Deep in the blighted wilds, the forest lay in scorched ruins.
27:58A massive, crimson magic circle pulsed in the air, unleashing waves of red lightning that tore the ground apart in
28:05all directions.
28:06The six-headed wyvern beat its wings violently.
28:08Each of its six heads blasted annihilating energy in every direction.
28:13Below, Alliance leader Vandercrest pressed a hand to a bleeding gash across his abdomen, breathing raggedly.
28:19His dragon, powerful enough to guard an entire region, lay unconscious and gravely wounded behind him.
28:26It actually broke through the half-step worldbreaker.
28:29Damn.
28:32I have to send word.
28:33Every kingdom ender in the Alliance must converge on you on this beast.
28:37If it fully masters its new power, the Alliance is doomed.
28:41Nyx, breathe on it.
28:42Crest froze.
28:43He looked up in shock.
28:44A purple, spatial gate tore open across the sky.
28:48I stepped through with Nyx and the Void Eater, gazing down at the wyvern from above.
28:53Mrow!
28:54Nyx leaped from my shoulder.
28:55A vast, magic circle formed instantly across the heavens.
28:59Frost fell like a curtain.
29:01In seconds, the entire wasteland turned to frozen planes.
29:05The unstoppable, six-headed wyvern was encased in a colossal ice sculpture, frozen solid on the spot.
29:11Good work, Nyx.
29:13Devour it.
29:14Countless shadowy tendrils poured from Nyx's mouth and dragged the wyvern's massive body inside him.
29:20System.
29:21Beast devoured six-headed wyvern.
29:26One hit.
29:28Half-step world breaker.
29:30Gone in one strike.
29:31Gone in one strike.
29:35World breaker class.
29:38World breaker class.
29:38This person is definitely world breaker class.
29:41Ups.
29:43Alliance leader Vandercrest.
29:46I owe you my life, Senior.
29:48SNIHeJeC3 3
29:49Don't mention it.
29:49I was going to kill it anyway.
29:52May I ask your name, Senior?
29:53Would you consider taking a seat as a rank and Beastbinder in the Alliance?
29:57Not interested.
29:59DR.같os.
29:59SNIHeC3
30:003 You would be granted rankled
30:02first ...? Above every other Beastbinder
30:05in the entire Alliance.
30:11I looked at Crest. He was covered in blood, the wound on his side raw and gaping, yet
30:17his eyes still burned with urgency.
30:19I appreciate the offer, Alliance leader. I have no interest in joining any organization.
30:24Crest stepped forward urgently.
30:49He bowed deeply.
30:51I waved it off and nodded at the Void Eater to open a gate. This gate leads to the capital.
30:57I stepped through with Nyx and the Void Eater. The portal closed behind me.
31:02Alliance Headquarters, Conference Room. Crest stood at the center of the chamber. Every
31:06seat around him was occupied by a Kingdom Ender-class Beastbinder, their expressions grim.
31:12Lord Cain sat in the front row. Lyra stood behind him, head slightly bowed. Crest scanned
31:17the room.
31:17Regarding the six-headed Wyron operation, I nearly perished out there.
31:23Cain's voice sharpened in shock.
31:24The Wyzen advanced to half-step Worldbreaker.
31:28Crest nodded slowly. The room erupted into murmurs. A kingdom burst.
31:32We must mobilize every Kingdom Ender in the Alliance at once. The Wyzen must be eliminated if it fully
31:39masters its new power. The Alliance is doomed. There is no other choice.
31:45There is no need. A Worldbreaker-class senior has already slain it.
31:51Worldbreaker? The Alliance has someone at that level?
31:54Yes. Unfortunately, that scene declined to join the Alliance. I called this meeting to
31:58make one thing clear. All of you must know this person exists.
32:00What does this senior look like?
32:06He travels with a small black cat as his bonded beast. Remember that. All of you.
32:15Black cat.
32:18Black cat.
32:19Cain's death.
32:19Cain's death.
32:19Cain's death.
32:26Cain's death.
32:27Cain's death.
32:27Cain's death.
32:27Cain's death.
32:27It's impossible. Kael is a nobody.
32:31The senior the Alliance leader speaks of is the same one who killed the Thunderbeast in one strike outside Ironhaven,
32:38not Kale.
32:40Exactly, Master. Kale is nothing but a dead man walking.
32:44Lyra steadied her breath. The corner of her mouth curled upward.
32:47Unknown, yet already a legend across the Alliance.
32:50Only someone like that senior deserves to stand beside Lyra Ashford.
32:54Lyra sat cross-legged with her eyes closed. Dozens of blood-red beast cores surrounded her.
33:00Ignis paced beside her, flames flickering with unease.
33:03The cores dissolved into streams of deep crimson light and poured into her body.
33:07Lyra opened her eyes. Her aura had completely transformed.
33:12City Razor class. Finally.
33:14Lord Kain stood nearby, watching. He nodded in approval.
33:18City Razor in under a year. The Alliance hasn't seen a prodigy like you in a century. Undisputed.
33:23Lyra stood up.
33:25I couldn't have done it without your guidance, my lord.
33:28Kain reached into his sleeve and pulled out an SS-rank Fire Attribute Talent Shard.
33:33Its markings sharp and clear.
33:35An SS-rank Fire Attribute Talent Shard.
33:37Ignis will awaken a second powerful talent.
33:40Lyra's breath caught.
33:43SS-rank!
33:44She took it with both hands, trembling slightly, and pressed it to Ignis' skull.
33:48A blinding crimson light surged into the dragon's body.
33:51A wall of flame condensed around him.
33:55Thank you, my lord.
33:57SS-rank talented Beastbinders can be counted on one hand across the entire history of the Alliance.
34:03The future belongs to people like you.
34:06I won't let you or the Alliance down.
34:09Kain watched her leave, her stride confident and straight.
34:12Lyra briefly pictured me beneath her composure, then pushed it aside.
34:16Another step closer to the top.
34:17You, Kale.
34:18You're not even worth kneeling before me now.
34:20Then, a pillar of blinding light erupted far across the horizon.
34:25Lyra and Kain turned at the same time.
34:27Lyra frowned.
34:28Is that a beast manifestation?
34:31No.
34:33A relic sight has surfaced.
34:36A relic sight?
34:37Before the Alliance existed, there were World Breaker-class Beastbinders among humanity.
34:41They sacrificed themselves to defeat World Breaker-class beasts.
34:45The relic sights are what they left behind.
34:47Lyra's eyes sharpened at once.
34:49What's inside?
34:50Talent shards, beast equipment, all kinds.
34:53And the chance to step into World Breaker-class.
34:55Lyra went completely still.
34:57World Breaker.
35:00Come with me, Lyra.
35:02This could be your moment.
35:07Yes.
35:08The blighted wilds.
35:10I stood on open ground, facing three beasts the size of small mountains.
35:14The pangolin beast slammed both feet into the earth.
35:17The ground surged upward.
35:19Stone spikes like a forest tore toward me.
35:22Beside it, a massive ape beat its chest.
35:24The ground churned.
35:26Vines like pythons lashed out at me.
35:28High above, a hawk circled.
35:30The wind off its wings twisted into funnel clouds that stacked around me in layers.
35:34I glanced at the Void Eater on my shoulder.
35:37Void.
35:38Cage them.
35:39Yes, master.
35:41Two fingers moved.
35:43Purple spatial rifts wove into a perfect enclosure.
35:47All three beasts were crushed together in an instant.
35:49Every attack dissolving into nothing.
35:52Nyx.
35:53World-ending thunder.
35:55Then devour.
35:56Meow.
35:57Nyx leaped from my shoulder.
35:59The sky turned black.
36:01Blood-red lightning struck, charring the three beasts into blackened wreckage that crashed
36:05down.
36:06Nyx opened her mouth.
36:07Tendrils stretched out and dragged the remains inside her.
36:10100 City Razor-class beasts slain.
36:13Confirmed.
36:13Talent fusion card granted.
36:15The golden card on the interface caught my eye.
36:18All elemental-type talents merged.
36:20New talent.
36:21Freely command every elemental force that exists in this world.
36:24I let the sensation settle through me.
36:26Something vast and alive.
36:28Responding to me in every direction.
36:30Second divine real talent.
36:32Worth every one of those hundred city races.
36:38You two have been carrying everything lately.
36:40I know it.
36:42Meow.
36:43Serving you is my honor, master.
36:46Then the horizon lit up.
36:48A pillar of light.
36:49Distant but unmistakable.
36:50I stared at it.
36:52What is that?
36:53World-breaker class.
36:54Relic sight detected nearby.
36:56Claim the beast legacy within the relic sight.
36:5930% godmark fragment.
37:02What's a godmark fragment?
37:03Godmark fragment.
37:05100% forge godmark.
37:07Required for ascensions.
37:08An ascendant commands absolute power and may traverse all worlds.
37:12Traverse all worlds.
37:14Something ignited.
37:14A pull towards something beyond the edge of what I could see.
37:18Nyx.
37:19Void.
37:20Let's go.
37:22This was the world-breaker class relic sight.
37:25A glowing path arched from the emptiness to a cloud-suspended floating island.
37:30Countless crystal light orbs drifted above the island's surface.
37:33I stepped out of a purple spatial gate.
37:35Nyx on my left shoulder and the void eater on my right.
37:38I glanced at the still forming luminous path.
37:40The sight isn't fully open yet.
37:43We wait.
37:44Kale Voss.
37:45You're still alive?
37:46That voice.
37:47Sharp.
37:48Familiar.
37:49I turned.
37:49Lyra and Lord Kane descended on a frost phoenix and landed in front of me.
37:53Lyra looked me over.
37:55Contempt written plainly across her face.
37:57You came here.
37:58Don't tell me you're actually trying to claim a world-breaker class legacy.
38:02How is that your concern?
38:05An F-rank beast finder reaching for a world-breaker legacy?
38:08That's genuinely funny.
38:10I looked at her directly.
38:11And you think you deserve it?
38:12If I don't, then no young beast-bender in the entire alliance does.
38:18Ignis materialized behind her and roared, flames bursting from every inch of his body.
38:23I'm the City Razor-class S-rank beast-bender.
38:26The greatest prodigy the alliance has seen in a century.
38:29Breaking up with you was the best decision I ever made.
38:33I stared at her, at that narrow, self-satisfied confidence, and almost laughed.
38:37City Razor S-rage.
38:40And you're already this arrogant.
38:42You really haven't changed.
38:45Still no idea how small that is.
38:47Ignis spread his wings.
38:48The flames flared higher.
38:50He bared his fangs at me.
38:51Weak and arrogant.
38:53You never change either, Kale Vos.
38:57Ignis beat his wings, fire scattering like rain.
39:00His huge eyes fixed on me, full of contempt.
39:02Is it that hard to admit someone's stronger?
39:05Or you just can't accept you're a nobody?
39:10Perfect.
39:11That's my beast.
39:13Lyra smiled, satisfied.
39:15Nyx stayed quiet on my shoulder.
39:17She'd heard enough.
39:19She turned to Lyra and Ignis, then forced out broken human wounds.
39:24Mao.
39:25You will...
39:29Regret this.
39:31Ignis stared at her for a moment.
39:33Then he opened his jaws.
39:35He unleashed a dragon fire toy.
39:38In seconds, several nearby trees turned to ash.
39:42Regret?
39:43Over a nobody?
39:44An F-ranked Shadowcat thinks it can go up against me?
39:48An S-rank?
39:51That what you're trying to say?
39:53You and your Shadowcat, Kale.
39:55A perfect pair of trash.
39:57Lyra crossed her arms and looked down at me.
40:01The Void Eater had endured enough.
40:03It drifted off my shoulder, its purple form rising into the air.
40:07A suffocating pressure spread out, squeezing everyone's chests.
40:11Foolish woman.
40:13Foolish beast.
40:15All that talent you brag about.
40:18Not even a fraction of what my master's got.
40:21It shifted its game.
40:22Kill my master.
40:23You can't.
40:24Not the whole alliance.
40:27Whether he lives or dies, that's his choice alone.
40:31Lyra didn't flinch.
40:33Instead, she stepped back behind Lord Cain.
40:36A sharp, mocking smile on her face.
40:38The once feared Void Eater.
40:40Tamed.
40:42Just look at it.
40:44Not devousting its host's life source after all.
40:49Did it really grow fond of being a nobody's pet?
40:53Or is it just as worthless as everything else around you?
40:57The Void Eater flared with rage.
40:59Purple energy surged and condensed, ready to strike.
41:03Cain instantly sent the Frost Phoenix between them.
41:07The air went hot.
41:08Void.
41:09They're just ants.
41:11Let it go.
41:12Ants.
41:13Let it go.
41:14The Void Eater pulled back his power.
41:18Yes, master.
41:19I turned and walked away.
41:21Lyra's voice called after me.
41:23Running again.
41:24Just like always.
41:27Lyra watched the Void Eater stand down.
41:30She figured I'd backed off out of fear.
41:32Her smile turned sharp.
41:33She waved the Frost Phoenix away.
41:35Then she turned to Lord Cain.
41:38My lord, Cain's still the same.
41:40He's got the Void Eater as his wrath.
41:45He betrayed the Alliance.
41:49Betrayed humanity.
41:52My lord.
41:53I beg you.
41:54Destroy the Void Eater and tail both.
41:57Defend the Alliance.
41:58Avenge Vice Missional Hartwell.
42:01Not yet.
42:02Why not?
42:03You said you could take the Void Eater alone.
42:05This place is unstable.
42:06If we fight inside the Relic Site's boundary, it could cause uncontrollable consequences.
42:10Once the site closes, I'll deal with them both myself.
42:13I was being hasty.
42:14Lyra, don't waste your thoughts on someone like him.
42:16Focus everything on the Relic Site.
42:17That legacy's what truly matters.
42:19Yes, my lord.
42:20She lifted her eyes, locked firm on the floating island.
42:25Today, Lyra Ashfield's name will ring across the whole Alliance.
42:30I'd moved to a quiet spot at the crowd's edge.
42:33My back was against a tree.
42:35I watched Lyra's proud silhouette from far off.
42:38I let out a soft laugh.
42:39I turned my gaze to the island.
42:41World Breaker-class Beast Binders.
42:43The ones before the Alliance?
42:44Wonder what they left behind.
42:45I glanced at Nyx and the Void Eater.
42:48This is a World Breaker Relic Site.
42:51There should be stuff inside worth your while.
42:54Distant roars rumbled through the wilderness.
42:56Massive shadows fell over the whole area.
42:59Several flying beasts blocked out the way.
43:01Someone in the crowd pointed upward.
43:06The Alliance-ranked Kingdom Enders are here.
43:09Outside the Relic Site, across the wilderness, enormous flying beasts landed one after another.
43:15Each carried figures with distinct bearing and attire.
43:18They were the Alliance's true inner circle.
43:20The Beast Binders nearby reacted right away.
43:24Every major hidden clan, every top-ranked Beast Binder Academy, every ranked Kingdom Ender,
43:29they're all here.
43:30A white-haired elder in pale green robes landed on a crane.
43:34Alliance-ranked, sixth seat, peak Kingdom Ender.
43:38Class, Silas Vance.
43:39Silas Vance, patriarch of the Alliance's oldest hidden clan.
43:44They say his beast weaves the threads of time itself.
43:47That young man beside him is Cassius.
43:49His bound beast is an S-ranked Mirage Fox.
43:51They say it can take the form of anything.
43:53Beside him, a young man surveyed the scene below.
43:56His gaze was cold with disdain.
43:58Vance clan, young heir, city-raiser class.
44:01Meteority.
44:03Everywhere.
44:04And they all think they're entitled to a World Breaker class legacy.
44:08From the other direction, a giant butterfly drifted in.
44:11There was no visible rider, until a figure stepped out of thin air.
44:15Alliance-ranked, fifth seat, peak Kingdom Ender class.
44:19A voice murmured low in the crowd.
44:21Chancellor of Warbeast Academy.
44:22Under her Warbeast passed Imperial Academy to become the Alliance top institution.
44:27Her power's on a whole nother level.
44:29Beside the butterfly, an ice-blue haired girl materialized.
44:32Warbeast Academy, student, first seat, city-raiser class.
44:36Sable stretched lazily.
44:38A tiny ice-blue dragon coiled around her shoulders.
44:41Lots of people.
44:42At least it won't be boring.
44:43Then the ground shook.
44:45A thunderous crash rang out.
44:46Aldric Stone landed beside Riven Cross.
44:49He jumped straight down from the back of a colossal dragon.
44:52The impact sent dust surging outward.
44:55Alliance-ranked, third seat, peak Kingdom Ender class.
44:59A voice murmured in the crowd.
45:01Aldric Stone, the Vice Alliance leader himself.
45:06Riven Cross turned to Stone and bowed deeply.
45:09Master, I'll claim this legacy for the Alliance.
45:12Do what you must.
45:13Riven Cross, Sable Frost, Cassian Vance.
45:16Those three are easily the strongest young Beastbinders alive.
45:20Throw in a bunch of Kingdom Enders.
45:21Whatever happens next is going to be legendary.
45:23Barely older than me and only now in City Rager.
45:26The strongest of the young generation?
45:27They don't deserve that title.
45:29This relic site belongs to no one.
45:31You earn every treasure inside with your own two hands.
45:35But whoever claims the final legacy must stand with the Alliance.
45:39All for the Alliance.
45:40All for humanity.
45:41All for the Alliance.
45:42Their battle cry cut through the sky.
45:46In that moment, the floating island burst with light.
45:49The glowing path leading to its shores opened completely.
45:54Inside the relic site.
45:56First trial.
45:57The glowing path opened all the way.
45:59Beastbinders rushed toward the island entrance.
46:01A light barrier flickered to life.
46:03It pushed most of them back.
46:05Only the younger Beastbinders can get in.
46:08This place has an age limit.
46:10Makes sense.
46:11If Kingdom Ender class warriors fought over this legacy, the backlash alone would tear the whole site apart.
46:17Talented young Beastbinders keep popping up one after another.
46:20That's a good thing.
46:22But for kids their age, some haven't killed a single Beast yet.
46:27The three of them turned to stare at the glowing orb where I stood, all at once.
46:31My counter read zero.
46:33Beasts swarmed me non-stop from every side.
46:36Yet I stood still in the middle of them.
46:37Those types always wait for a miracle.
46:40Against true talent, they never stood a chance.
46:46Liar, focus on the legacy.
46:48One who cannot slay even a single Beast is unworthy of your attention.
46:51Deep within the aisle, the first trial raged at its peak.
46:55The counters above Rivencross, Sablefrost, and Cassian Vance all surged past 500.
47:01Less than three minutes, and they've already felled 500 Beasts!
47:05How can anyone end compete with that?
47:08Look!
47:09That one is keeping pace with Riven, Sable, and Cassian!
47:11Lyra's counter had also broken 500.
47:14The three exchanged looks.
47:15Without a word, they all unleashed their full power at once.
47:19Their counters exploded, soaring past 1,000 in an instant.
47:24They weren't even trying earlier.
47:27Lyra glanced at their numbers, just over 1,000, and smiled to herself.
47:31Holding nothing back, and that's all?
47:33You think you deserve this legacy?
47:39Let me show you what a real prodigy looks like.
47:43Her counter detonated upward, 2,000, and still climbing, already far ahead of the other three.
47:49Inside the relic site, first trial, fire and chaos raged across the trial gates.
47:54Lyra stood atop Ignis.
47:56Roaring flames devoured every beast in range.
47:58The unbroken world.
48:00Rivencross, Sablefrost, Cassian Vance stared up at her.
48:04She wasn't using her full power either.
48:09She's already surpassed all three of us combined.
48:13There.
48:14Now you know who the true prodigy is.
48:18She glanced toward my light sphere, saw the number still at zero, and looked away in disgust.
48:23She urged Ignis onward, beast after beast, falling before them.
48:27Petitek.
48:29Master, few beasts remain in our zone.
48:31We will be the first to clear the trial.
48:34Good.
48:35I want every last one of them watching when I do.
48:38Her counter hit 6,000.
48:40All attention in the site locked onto her.
48:42Everyone already accepted her as the inevitable first.
48:45Then a voice boomed, ancient and overwhelming, filling every corner of the relic site.
48:50Kale Voss.
48:52Trial passed.
48:54Lyra's face did not twist.
48:56It went completely still.
48:57Her voice came out as a near scream.
48:59Every young beast binder in the trial, and every observer outside, turned at once.
49:04I still stood in the center of my sphere.
49:06Nyx rested on my left shoulder, the Void Eater floating above me.
49:10The endless flood of beasts that had poured in moments earlier, all gone.
49:14Every last one vanished in an instant.
49:17Outside the relic.
49:18All the people stared at the space where I stood.
49:20That's impossible.
49:22He didn't kill a single beast.
49:25Kale Voss.
49:28Who trained this person?
49:29How does someone like this exist without anyone knowing?
49:32Same age bracket.
49:34And he eliminated that many beasts in a single instant.
49:41Someone like that doesn't stay unknown.
49:44Look at his beast.
49:46Silas and Isolde looked at Nyx on my shoulder.
49:49Both of them took an involuntary step back.
49:51Silas' voice dropped.
49:53The black cat, could it be?
49:55Kane moved to the three of them.
49:56A cold half-smile was on his face.
50:00It's not what you're thinking.
50:02Explain.
50:04Kale's bound beast is F-rank.
50:06He happened to obtain the Void Eater as a ward waver.
50:10Nothing more.
50:11He's driving it on borrowed life source.
50:14That explains it.
50:15Someone that age couldn't be who we were thinking.
50:17Burning life source for a legacy.
50:20Foolish.
50:22Even if Evie somehow gets the legacy.
50:24An F-reigned beast.
50:26The talent gap is permanent.
50:28All four of them looked away from me and turned their attention elsewhere.
50:32Inside the site.
50:33The ancient voice had rung through every corner of the island.
50:37Lyra stood on Ignis' back.
50:38She stared at my back with an expression that kept trying to find a shape.
50:43Kale passed the first trial before me.
50:46That is not possible.
50:47That is not possible.
50:49I have Ignis at S-rank.
50:51Talent ratings in the top five across all of Alliance history.
50:54A city-racker class we'll ride with.
50:56Nobody passes before me.
50:57Nobody.
50:58Master, it had to be the Void Eater.
51:00He burnt life source and cheated.
51:02Lyra went still.
51:04Then she exhaled.
51:06Right.
51:07That's what happened.
51:09The rest of the trials test beast potential and beast finder talent.
51:12I'll watch him fail every one of them.
51:13He's just a dying nobody, master.
51:18He breathed out another tornado of fire.
51:20He cleared what remained of the beasts in their zone.
51:22The ancient voice filled the site again.
51:24Lyra Ashfield, trial passed.
51:27On the island, nine enormous stone pillars rose in silence.
51:32The magic circle on the ground had gone dark.
51:35The first trial was over.
51:37I stood alone in front of the pillars, taking in the empty site.
51:40I don't think the second trial will open until the first one closes completely.
51:45Fine.
51:45I'll wait.
51:48Kale Voss, are you standing here because you already know you're finished?
51:52I had no patience for this.
51:54Do you follow people around just to bark at them?
51:56Lyra's expression flickered with anger for a second.
51:58Make the most of your words now, while you still can.
52:02This legacy belongs to my master.
52:04A nobody like you doesn't even deserve to look at it.
52:09I'd had enough of this.
52:11Fine.
52:12You're right.
52:14Now leave me alone.
52:15First trial concluded.
52:17Second trial opened.
52:20Blinding light flooded the entire eye.
52:23Dozens of young beast binders stood ready at the trial entrance.
52:26The magic circle beneath them flared to light.
52:30Second trial.
52:31Beasts only.
52:32One pillar.
52:33One gate.
52:34Clear all gates.
52:36And the legacy of this site is yours.
52:38This legacy is mine.
52:40Ironhaven University.
52:41First seed.
52:42Garret's beast charged the first gate with complete confidence.
52:46Second later, he came flying back, covered in blood, and crashed.
52:51Beast Bonder A.
52:52Ironhaven University is top ten in the alliance.
52:55Garret Vane is their best.
52:56And his beast couldn't get through even one gate?
52:59If he can't, who can?
53:01Riven Cross, Sable Frost, and Cassian Vance exchanged alliances.
53:06Sable Frost's and Cassian Vance's beasts stumbled out.
53:10The Guardian Beast at the seventh gate is Half-Step Kingdom Enderclass?
53:18Cassian stared at his fist.
53:19No one can claim this legacy.
53:21No one.
53:25Sable Frost and Cassian Vance both stopped at six gates.
53:30Riven Cross is the last one.
53:32If anyone can...
53:33The seventh pillar lit up.
53:34Riven Cross's beast stumbled out, bloody.
53:37A light beam fell into his hand and wrapped around his wrist as a band.
53:41The seventh gate gives Kingdom Ender class gear.
53:43What awaits at nine goals?
53:46Raven failed at the eighth.
53:47The Guardian is full Kingdom Ender.
53:50No one can claim the legacy.
53:52Lyra heard the crowd's despair.
53:55Pathetic.
53:55They call themselves the best of their generation?
53:59Only my master deserves this legacy.
54:03The words hung in the air.
54:06Ignis burst into action.
54:08Fueled by Lyra's ambition.
54:09He charged into the trial gates.
54:14Inside the relic site, every Beast Binder watching turned toward the island entrance.
54:19Eight pillars blazed to life at once.
54:21A crimson silhouette tore out of the gates.
54:23It was Ignis.
54:24Sablefrost spoke in a small voice.
54:26She beat Kingdom Ender Guardian.
54:26Her beast cleared the eighth gore.
54:29Someone our age.
54:30With this kind of power.
54:32Cyan Vance looked at his own six gates.
54:34Compared to her, I failed my family.
54:36Lyra lifted her head high.
54:38Among the Alliance's finest youth, she'd found what she saw.
54:41She watched their shocked faces and smiled coldly.
54:44Look up.
54:45Forgive me, master.
54:46The ninth gate peak Kingdom Ender.
54:49I can't pass.
54:50Lyra showed no disappointment.
54:51It doesn't matter.
54:53No one else can pass either.
54:54I've already made my name.
54:56Outside the relic site, Zold spoke first.
54:58The Imperial Academy produced a real prodigy.
55:00I wonder if she'd consider Warbeast.
55:02Such talent belongs to the Alliance.
55:05I could take her as my second student.
55:07The Vance clan will name her heir.
55:09Full resources, full support.
55:11I'll accept your kind intentions on Lyra's behalf.
55:14But Lyra is my student.
55:15I have everything she needs.
55:17Lyra Ashford is yours.
55:18You found a good one, Kayon.
55:20Genuinely envious.
55:22With talent like hers in the next generation, the Alliance future is in good hands.
55:26Inside the site, Lyra rode Ignis straight to my side.
55:30She halted right at home.
55:32Clear contempt covered her face.
55:35Do you see the gap between us now, Kayle?
55:38Ignis reared back.
55:39He breathed fire across the ground at my feet.
55:41Wake up, Kayle Voss.
55:42My master stands far beyond your reach.
55:45Accept the truth.
55:46I stared at them both, expressionless.
55:49Then I turned my focus to Nyx.
55:51I rested one hand on her head.
55:53Nyx, don't cause him a notion.
55:55Nyx slipped off my shoulder slowly.
55:59She stepped silently into the second trial gates.
56:02The whole island shook the very next moment.
56:05All nine stone pillars blazed to life at once.
56:08Bright light surged high into the sky.
56:14Lyra and Ignis froze mid-sentence as the light washed over them.
56:17Eight pillars had burned bright across the island moments before.
56:20Now all nine blazed in unison.
56:22The intense light burned every island.
56:25Nyx had barely stepped inside.
56:26Lyra spoke, raw with unmasked shock.
56:29Nine pillars.
56:30The ninth guardian is Peak Kingdom Eptor.
56:32This can't be real.
56:34It's impossible.
56:35Kayle must have cheated.
56:36A low F-ranked beast cannot defeat a Peak Kingdom Eptor guardian.
56:40It just can't.
56:41Lyra clutched her head in disbelief.
56:43Lyra pressed both hands to her head.
56:45Something cracked open behind her eyes.
56:47The world break a legacy.
56:49He took it.
56:50He can't be the one to get it.
56:52The island buckled before her words even ended.
56:55The nine pillars crumbled with a thunderous crutch.
56:57The island started breaking apart.
56:59Everyone inside the site fled in panic.
57:01They rushed for the exits, scrambling toward the island's edge.
57:05A spatial rift tore open soon after.
57:07Lord Kane hovered atop his frost phoenix.
57:10Lyra mounted behind him.
57:11They landed right before me.
57:12Lyra fell to the ground and lingered there a moment.
57:15My lord, I failed you.
57:17I could not seize the legacy.
57:19I lost to this nobody.
57:23Lyra, the site's energy is fading.
57:26It collapsed on its own.
57:28Nothing was ever claimed.
57:31The site just collapsed on its own?
57:34Lyra's face rebuilt itself.
57:36The contempt came back, layer by layer.
57:38I knew it.
57:40Kale, you actually scared me for a second.
57:42But a trash beast is a trash beast.
57:44Always.
57:45My lord, please.
57:46Destroy the Void Eater and Kale both.
57:48Protect the Alliance.
57:49Avenge Vice Cancel Heartwild.
57:51No need for me to move.
57:52When the site collapses, no beast in Survive Clowns out.
57:55He wants life source to stain it.
57:56The Void Eater Wraith will fade on its own not long after.
58:00And I didn't even have to lift a finger.
58:01You and your trash beast buried together in this rubble.
58:04At least that's fitting.
58:05I'm not dying.
58:07But you too.
58:10You will.
58:14You're losing it.
58:16Goodbye, Kale.
58:16You're losing it.
58:17Goodbye, Kale.
58:18She and Kale took to the air on Ignis and the Frost Phoenix.
58:21They left without looking back.
58:23I looked at them go.
58:24Then, quietly.
58:25I'll let you keep laughing a little longer.
58:28Goodbye, Kale.
58:29Goodbye, Kale.
58:29Goodbye, Kale.
58:29Goodbye, Kale.
58:29Goodbye, Kale.
58:30Goodbye, Kale.
58:30Goodbye, Kale.
58:30Goodbye, Kale.
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