Born weak, abandoned by his clan, and mocked as a failed hatcher, Kael was never meant to survive. But when an ancient forbidden creature awakens inside his shattered core, everything changes. Primal Devourer: The Broken Hatcher’s Rise is an explosive dark fantasy mini drama filled with revenge, monster evolution, deadly powers, betrayal, and unstoppable rise-to-power action.
In a world where strength is determined by bonded beasts and legendary hatchers rule above all others, Kael is branded useless after his egg is declared broken. Cast aside by his family and humiliated by those he once trusted, he becomes the lowest outcast in the empire.
But on the night he is left to die in the forbidden abyss, Kael discovers a terrifying truth hidden beneath the ruins of the ancient world. A forgotten primordial entity chooses him as its vessel—the legendary Primal Devourer, a creature feared even by the gods.
With the power to consume beasts, abilities, bloodlines, and even magic itself, Kael begins an evolution unlike anything the world has ever seen. Every enemy he defeats makes him stronger. Every betrayal fuels his transformation. The weak boy they once despised slowly becomes the nightmare that kingdoms fear.
As powerful sects, royal hatchers, and ancient monsters hunt him down, Kael uncovers dark secrets surrounding the collapse of the old empire and the true origin of the hatchers. The broken egg that ruined his life may actually hold the key to awakening a force capable of devouring the world itself.
But power always demands sacrifice. The more Kael uses the Devourer’s strength, the more dangerous and uncontrollable he becomes. Friends begin to fear him. Enemies desperately try to destroy him before it’s too late. And hidden deep within the Devourer lies a hunger that may one day consume even Kael himself.
Packed with monster evolution, dark fantasy action, revenge arcs, overpowered abilities, cultivation elements, ancient beasts, dungeon battles, kingdom conspiracies, forbidden powers, and emotional betrayals, this thrilling fantasy drama delivers nonstop intensity and epic progression.
Perfect for fans of fantasy revenge stories, beast taming dramas, evolution systems, antihero protagonists, dark cultivation worlds, and rise-from-nothing fantasy series.
Can the broken hatcher become humanity’s greatest savior… or its final catastrophe?
#PrimalDevourer #FantasyDrama #MonsterEvolution #DarkFantasy #RevengeStory #OverpoweredHero #FantasyMiniDrama #RiseToPower #CultivationDrama #EpicFantasy
In a world where strength is determined by bonded beasts and legendary hatchers rule above all others, Kael is branded useless after his egg is declared broken. Cast aside by his family and humiliated by those he once trusted, he becomes the lowest outcast in the empire.
But on the night he is left to die in the forbidden abyss, Kael discovers a terrifying truth hidden beneath the ruins of the ancient world. A forgotten primordial entity chooses him as its vessel—the legendary Primal Devourer, a creature feared even by the gods.
With the power to consume beasts, abilities, bloodlines, and even magic itself, Kael begins an evolution unlike anything the world has ever seen. Every enemy he defeats makes him stronger. Every betrayal fuels his transformation. The weak boy they once despised slowly becomes the nightmare that kingdoms fear.
As powerful sects, royal hatchers, and ancient monsters hunt him down, Kael uncovers dark secrets surrounding the collapse of the old empire and the true origin of the hatchers. The broken egg that ruined his life may actually hold the key to awakening a force capable of devouring the world itself.
But power always demands sacrifice. The more Kael uses the Devourer’s strength, the more dangerous and uncontrollable he becomes. Friends begin to fear him. Enemies desperately try to destroy him before it’s too late. And hidden deep within the Devourer lies a hunger that may one day consume even Kael himself.
Packed with monster evolution, dark fantasy action, revenge arcs, overpowered abilities, cultivation elements, ancient beasts, dungeon battles, kingdom conspiracies, forbidden powers, and emotional betrayals, this thrilling fantasy drama delivers nonstop intensity and epic progression.
Perfect for fans of fantasy revenge stories, beast taming dramas, evolution systems, antihero protagonists, dark cultivation worlds, and rise-from-nothing fantasy series.
Can the broken hatcher become humanity’s greatest savior… or its final catastrophe?
#PrimalDevourer #FantasyDrama #MonsterEvolution #DarkFantasy #RevengeStory #OverpoweredHero #FantasyMiniDrama #RiseToPower #CultivationDrama #EpicFantasy
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00:00My mentor gives the blonde girl the best egg in the hall, he tosses me the one no one wanted,
00:05I am last in the rankings, refusal is never an option, for 7 years, I fed it everything I had,
00:11my magic, my sleep, my youth, no one helped, no one noticed, when the shell finally cracks to reveal the
00:18air of Yoramankar, the rarest bloodline in a millennium, suddenly, everyone wants a piece of what I've made, the blonde
00:24girl claims him, my mentor backs her up, 3 seniors corner me, forcing me to give him up,
00:29and my lindworm, he just stands there, saying nothing, Aurelia is the only one worthy of me, let me go,
00:34I gave you life, I could take it back, so I drive a blade through his heart, devour his core
00:39and become stronger than all of them combined, 7 years ago, the hatching hall, on the altar lay 20 familiar
00:46eggs, each radiating a different light, Aurelia walked to the center and picked up an egg glowing with golden flames,
00:52this egg is calling my name mentor, she said with a smile, she never once looked at me, the last
00:57egg lay alone in the corner,
00:58Dull, grey white, without a trace of light, Archmaster Maldus gave me a side lay glance, Vesper you are patient,
01:04you can bear this stillness, this one is yours, I cradled it in my hands, heavy, ice cold, it took
01:10me 7 years, I slept with it against my skin every single night, fed it my magic, thread by thread,
01:16I turned down every field trial, missed 3 ascension rites and 4 tower galas, I read every lindworm hatching record
01:22in the grand library, I learned to scrape the absolute bottom of my magical core when utterly exhausted, 7 years
01:28later,
01:28the shell cracked, a boy with silver hair and amber eyes stepped out, he opened his eyes, and I was
01:33the first thing he saw, after that, he never chose to see me again, he became Aurelia's shadow, she practiced
01:40the sword, he played the harp by her side, she frowned, the smiled, he bent over backward to make her
01:45gentleman, all she had to say was such a gentleman, and from that moment on, I became an obstacle in
01:50his way, today, 3 senior apprentice block my path, Lysander stands next to them, he says it to my face,
01:55Aurelia is brilliant, she's beautiful and kind, she is the only one worthy to be my mate, Vester, if you
02:01actually care about me, break the bond,
02:03the 3 seniors turn to stare, they are not here to mediate, they are here to witness my humiliation, Cedric
02:08speaks first, talking down to me from on high,
02:10Vester, Lysander is the direct heir of Jormagard, there isn't another bloodline like his in the entire northern frontier, face
02:15reality, dragging this out only makes you a laughing stock, you two were never a match,
02:19Orlando chimes in a soft voice, it's not your fault, it's a matter of bloodline, if you truly love him,
02:25set him free, it would be best for everyone,
02:28Gabriel cuts to the chase, the heir of Jormangel is destined for the highest nobility, and Auraria is a daughter
02:34of the phoenix, it's fate, the whole tower is dying to celebrate their bond ceremony, standing in their way just
02:41disgraces you,
02:42word after word, sentence after sentence, then they just wait in Lysana, waiting for my tears, he turns his head,
02:48won't even meet my eyes, he agrees with every single word,
02:527 years, I bled my magic into him, drop by drop, I turned a cold, dead stone into a living,
02:59breathing man, and now they demand I hand him over, if he will not keep faith, then he forfeits the
03:04right to exist,
03:04the meteoric iron dagger sinks into Lysander's chest, I drive it beneath the breastbone, straight into his Lindwarf core crystal,
03:10the one place no hand had reached in seven years,
03:13those amber eyes, always so arrogant, widen in shock and pain,
03:16Vesper, you, what did you,
03:18he stares at me, really stares, as if the wound had finally taught him where to look, I steady my
03:23grip, twisting the blade deeper, the meteorite edge crushes his core into dust,
03:27not a chance of survival, Archmage Maldives mentioned it in a lecture once,
03:31the nine lives of a Lindworm, just a myth, but the core, that's their fatal weakness, at last, one of
03:37Maldives's lessons proves useful,
03:40why wouldn't I, what I gave shape to, I can also destroy, if I want you dead, then you die,
03:45blood runs down the hilt, covers my fingers,
03:48Lysander tries to speak, he only chokes on blood, the light leaves his eyes, his body hits the floor, he
03:55shifts back to his true form,
03:56a massive silver white serpent, its scales go dull at once, stripped of all their glory,
04:01it coils across the floor, taking up half the room, I don't blink, I watch until he stops twitching,
04:07I rip the dagger out, walk to the center of the room, drop to my knees, I start carving into
04:12the floor,
04:13deep in the tower's restricted vault lies a book, the chronicle of primal blood rites,
04:17I copied a page from it in secret and hid it in my room, studying it in silence for seven
04:21years,
04:21the devourer's gift, a 3,000 year old taboo, no tools required, no setup needed, just one caster,
04:29and one formidable sacrifice, I finish the last rune, I slice my fingertip open, let the blood drip
04:35into the center, I drag Lysander's corpse into the circle, my blood spreads out, it lights up every
04:40carb line, the whole array blazes with dark hole light, I've never seen a color like it, but every vein
04:46in my body hums, Lysander's serpent form lights up, first the scales, then the muscles, finally the
04:52bones, everything breaks down, bit by bit, it melts into threads of dark gold energy, ripped straight
04:58from his corpse, flowing right into me, the threads sink through my skin, hook into my bloodstream,
05:04the moment the first thread enters, something explodes in my head, a memory that isn't mine,
05:09locked deep in my soul since the day I was born, it cracks wide open, I see a creature,
05:13it eats stars, swallows light, devours the laws of reality, it has existed since the
05:19beginning of the world, the first predator, the primal devourer, I always thought I was
05:24worthless, my magic was pathetically weak, ever since I entered the tower at 12, I ranked
05:29at the bottom, I thought I was born broken, but now I realize I was wrong, basic magic is
05:34useless to me, everything the tower taught me is worthless, something in me had lain dormant
05:39since birth, sealed behind an appetite no ordinary magic could feed, Lysander, the heir
05:44of Jormungandr, the only sacrifice to break the seal in 3000 years, I smile, so that is
05:50the truth, Lysander's body vanishes completely, every drop of his energy floods my veins, the
05:56shackles that bound my magic for seven years collapse, one by one, when the last of the
06:00dark gold vanishes into me, I rise with an archmage's power in my bones, all that's
06:04left is a dry ritual ray and a pool of blood, not a single trace of Lysander, like he never
06:09existed at all, I rise to my feet and roll my wrist, my joints crack, the door bangs
06:15open, Maldris stands in the doorway, Arolia cowers behind him, eyes red and body shaking,
06:21she clutches her golden phoenix, the three seniors flank them, faces pale with terror,
06:25how could you, you killed him and then you devoured him, she breaks down sobbing, Maldris unleashes
06:32his full archmaster era across the room, Vesper, what you did in this room defiles the tower,
06:38yet you also performed a forbidden ritual, by my authority you are cast out and remounded
06:44to the abyss, his power crashes down on me, seven years ago, this would have crushed me, but now,
06:50I'm an archmage, I hold the power of the primal devourer, I straighten and meet his gaze,
06:55killing my bonded creature, mentor Lysander wasn't a human, he was a familiar, I hatched him from
07:01Michelle seven years ago, Tower Code, Volume 7, Chapter 3, Section 11, a familiar's life
07:06belongs to its hatcher, your language, not mine, Maldris chokes on his own words, Arolia suddenly
07:12cuts in, tears already gathering as if on command, her voice trembles with practiced grief,
07:17even if he was just a familiar, you were together for seven years, do you feel nothing, he was the
07:24heir of Jormagon, that bloodline was irreplaceable, and you just destroyed it, irreplaceable or not,
07:30he was mine, he wanted to go with someone else, so I killed him, I glare at her, you care
07:35an awful
07:35lot about what belongs to other people, do other people's belongings always catch your eye, Arolia
07:40goes white, the phoenix in her arm struggles, she grips it tighter, the bird pecks at her wrist,
07:46how dare you, Maldus snaps, he knows I have him cornered on the rules, but Arolia's tears matter
07:52more than his own laws, he cannot accuse me of murdering a familiar, so he pivots, fine, the familiar
07:57was yours, but your mindset is dangerous, you performed a forbidden ritual, you have shown open
08:02malice towards Arolia, someone like you is a threat to this tower, I sentence you to three
08:07years in the abyss, the three seniors actually flinch, the abyss, the deepest forbidden zone
08:13beneath the tower, toxic magic, poisoned air, feral beasts, most apprentices don't last three weeks
08:20down there, so that is a sentence, death, draped in formal language, a flash of satisfaction crosses
08:25Arolia's eyes, then she fakes a worried look, mentor, surely there is another punishment, the abyss will
08:31kill her, please, not that, her mouth says the words, her feet don't move an inch, my word
08:38is final, take her away, the tower guards step forward, I will walk on my own, I head for
08:45the entrance, passing Arolia, I stop, I lean in and drop my voice to a whisper just for
08:50her, hold that bird close, I may decide I'm hungry, Arolia freezes, she hugs her bird tighter,
08:58pure terror in her eyes, I walk to the edge of the abyss, black mist rolls up from the
09:03dark below, I jump in, and let the abyss swallow me whole, I hit the bottom of the abyss, blood,
09:10rot, the stench from hundreds of feral beasts, old bones under my boots, green eyes flashing
09:15in the shadows, growls echoing from every direction, the primal devourer in my veins
09:20wakes up instantly, it feels no fear, only hunger, a forbidden zone, looks more like
09:26a grand feast, I crack a smile, a spike armored boar charges first, bone plays hard as steel,
09:32tusks meant to shred metal, I don't even use magic, I sidestep, drive my bear fist into
09:37its ribs, crack, the boar slams into the rock wall, bone gives way, it dies instantly, the
09:44devourer doesn't just give me magic, it remakes my body, I press my palm to the boar's chest,
09:49dark gold threads rip from its corpse into me, core, bloodline, energy, I take it all,
09:54the corpse crumbles into an empty husk, not a bad start, over the next few days, I hunt
10:00my way through the abyss, shadow panthers give me speed, rock shell wizards leave toughness
10:04in my bones, toxic bog toads try their poison on me, and my blood devours that too, the magical
10:09concentration is higher than I expected, I stalk through the abyss like an apex predator,
10:14grating my prey, everything in my path runs for its life, my power surges to archmage, level 2,
10:20every day, I grow stronger, I just killed a two headed wind serpent, as I reach for its core,
10:25I sense movement above, I hide my aura, melt into the shadows, up on a rock ledge,
10:31Maldus, Aurelia, and the three seniors, standing inside Maldus's protective ward, without it,
10:36the toxic air would destroy their lungs in minutes, Aurelia hugs her golden phoenix,
10:41her dress somehow still spotless, she holds a silk handkerchief to her nose, staring down into
10:45the dark, mentor, the dark magic down here is dreadful, do you think she's even alive,
10:50I'm worried for her, she's resilient, she'll survive, a little suffering might finally teach
10:56her her place, Aurelia strokes as her bird's feathers, that's a relief, it is still such a
11:03tragedy that his bloodline was lost, if you were still here, my phoenix could have joined with
11:08him, their cores would have resonated beautifully, the phoenix lets out a sharp cry, backing up
11:13its master, don't waste tears on him Aurelia, Lysandar was rare, yes, but your phoenix is pure
11:18blood, its future reaches even higher, exactly, Vesper is selfish and cruel, she killed Lysandar,
11:24what a loss to the whole tower, you have a heart of gold, stop wasting your pity on her,
11:28Aurelia nods softly, then, she raises her voice, I just think, maybe she's broken down,
11:35lost her way, if she just came out and apologized, Lysandar is gone, but mentor is generous,
11:41he'd give her a second chance, she doesn't have to suffer here, from the shadows, I listen
11:45and wait, the phoenix breaks free from Aladia's arms, it spreads its wings and dives for my dead
11:50serpent, pure arrogance in its eyes, it thinks the kill is unclaimed, a glowing golden light
11:56trails from its claws as it swoops down, so it comes down after all, before its talons
12:00hit the serpent, I burst out of the shadows, the phoenix senses danger, tries to pull away,
12:06too late, my right hand snaps around its throat, its screech cuts off, it thrashes wildly, golden
12:12fire erupts from its feathers, trying to melt my arm to the bone, but a pulse of dark gold
12:16energy instantly snuffs out the fire, what are you doing, let him go, let him go, Vester,
12:21don't you dare, I slowly tighten my grip, I look up at their faces, everyone is frozen solid,
12:31your bird came to steal my kill, why shouldn't I take it, snap, its neck cracks cleanly under my
12:36grip, the phoenix goes limp, the light in its eyes dies, the golden glow fades, I toss it in the
12:42dirt,
12:43Aurelia's scream rips through the abyss, her face turns white, her knees buckle, Cedric barely
12:48catches her before she falls to the ground, my phoenix, you really killed him, tears spill over,
12:54her finger points at me, no sweetness now, only hatred, he was my destined mate, how dare you,
13:00how dare you, mentor, she killed Lysaner, and now she killed my phoenix, Aurelia throws herself at
13:07Maldus's feet, Maldus's face shifts from cold indifference to murderous fury, that phoenix was
13:12a pureblood, handpicked for Aurelia, raised on the tower's premium resources, years of investment,
13:18worth far more than Lysander had ever been, the cornerstone of his entire master plan for
13:22Aurelia, and the student he cast into the abyss to die, has just snapped its neck as if it were
13:26nothing, his archmaced aura explodes, his magic pours out, a giant hand made of raw art power
13:32hangs above me, it slams down he is trying to kill me, I will grind your soul into ash, the
13:37hand hasn't
13:38even touched me yet, the pressure already cracks my bones, the primal devourer roars awake, I dig my
13:43heels in to hold my ground, I look up at him, grind my soul, for a phoenix, mentor am I
13:48not
13:49your student toos, seven years of questions boiling over, something flickers across his
13:53face, it vanishes, buried by absolute rage, shut up, you murdered your bonded beast, you
13:58slaughtered your sister's familiar, and now you play the victim, she wanted Lysaner, you
14:03forced me to give him up, her bird swoops in to steal my kill, and now you want me dead,
14:07since the day I walked into this tower at 12 years old, she had the best of everything,
14:10every mistake, every unfairness was mine to bear, because she's more talented, because
14:14her tears matter more, because she's the chosen one in your eyes, then what am I, you pulled
14:19me out of an orphanage, was this the plan all along, was I just a stepping stone, was I
14:22always supposed to die the second she needed me to, answer me mentor, dead silence, the three
14:27seniors don't say a word, everyone knows, it's an open secret, but no one ever ripped it
14:33open and forced them to face it, Aurelia stops sobbing, her eyes dart around, showing
14:38the fear of being exposed, Muldrus's face twists, my words strike a nerve he refuses
14:42to face, taking me from the orphanage might have started as real pity, but year after
14:46year, beside Elyria's talent and fortune my mediocre gifts lost all value to him, my worth
14:50had been decided long ago, whatever served Elyria best, and now, the tool in his hand has
14:54turned on him, silver tongue, twisted facts, his tone is hard, merciless, he tries to cover
15:00the wound I have carved into his pride, what you have done is beyond forgiveness, the last
15:04shred of loyalty I had for this place, it burns out completely, then as of today I owe
15:08neither you nor this tower anything, we are done, done you think a lowest rank apprentice
15:12gets to decide when this ends, this abyss is your grave, the magic hand glows brighter, the
15:16power spikes, enough to level the entire bottom of the abyss, the shock wave alone cracks the
15:21ground under my boots into a spider web, I can't take this hit head on, my eyes lock on the
15:25phoenix corpse, broken neck, fainted gold, the primal devourer roars with hunger, this
15:30pure blood core is stronger than Lysiater's, no time for a full ritual, I grab the bird
15:34and shove it against my chest, dark gold threads rip out of the corpse, they flood straight into
15:38me, pure phoenix essence explodes in my body, every vein burns, my power surges, archmaster
15:44level 3, level 4, peak, 3 leaps, 3 heartbeats, Maldus's magic hand is still dropping, I lift
15:50my head, I point a single finger, dark gold energy pools at the tip, it isn't magic, it's the
15:55devourer's source, older, stronger than everything, I flick my finger, Maldus's peak archmist attack
16:01shatters like glass breaking from within, soundless, everything fades into a thousand specks of light
16:05glistening across the abyss, the abyss falls silent, five faces staring down at me, I'll
16:11never forget their expressions, it's the look people wear when their world shatters before
16:14their eyes, I don't hesitate, I launch myself from the bottom onto the ledge, Cedric, a blast
16:19of dark gold energy slams them into the rock wall, they go limp before they hit the ground,
16:23Aurelia crashes to the dirt, paralyzed by fear, Maldus the man who just tried to kill
16:28me is frozen, his eyes are wide with disbelief, I walk up to him a full head shorter, he takes
16:32a step back, mentor do you remember what you told the orphanage mage from the day you brought
16:36me here, Aurelia was next to me, 3 years older, you adopted her from a top tier noble family
16:42the year before, you said she had the phoenix mark, a once in a century prodigy, 7 years,
16:47I woke up 2 hours early every day to study, just slept in, I stayed up 4 hours late every
16:52night
16:52to research, she went to galas, in every magical trial I placed at the absolute leg top, you
16:56said she never even sat for an instant, 7 years hatching and you tossing me like rubbish, I
16:59hatched into the air of Yorma Mangahar, and today, today you tried to kill me for her phoenix,
17:03Maldus's lips tremble, Vesta, I, I press my hand against his chest, your turn, the devourer
17:10wakes up, not death, an archmage does not fear death, this is worse, total erration, his magic,
17:16everything that makes him an archmaster, pulled out, thread by thread, turned into dark gold
17:21energy, drawn into my veins, I do not devour him completely, I let him live, I strip him
17:27of everything, magic, affinity, rank, I leave him breathing, for a man like Maldus, life
17:33without magic is worse than death, I pull my hand back, he collapses, his hair turns white,
17:39deep wrinkles carve into his face, his eyes go dim, he looks up at me, I look down at him,
17:44tell me Maldus, who betrayed who, Aurelia is still on the ground, too terrified to make
17:49a sound, I pick up the phoenix corpse, most of its energy is gone, even dead, its flesh
17:53and bones still have value, the three knocked out seniors, not worth my time, and then there's
17:57Mardus, a few bounds up the abbess walls, I grab the bird by the wing and leap upward,
18:01and I land dead center in the tower's main plaza, the senior mentors and apprentices are
18:05crowded together, panicking over the power spakes from below, was that archmaster energy,
18:08what happened, it came from the abbess, do we have an intruder, if the archmist is handling
18:12it himself, we should be fine, I drop from the air, holding a dead bird in one hand,
18:16pouring out massive dark power without restraint, is that Vesper, she got out of the abbess,
18:22is that the phoenix, that power, peak archmaster, no way, she's only been down there a few days,
18:28Vesper, what are you doing here, that phoenix, what did you do to Aurelia, where is the archmaester,
18:34I toss the bird on the cobblestones and sweep my gaze across the plaza, every apprentice flinches
18:40when I look at them, the archmaster, you mean the man who abandoned me to that place, he
18:44tried to kill me, I pause, so I took everything from him, impossible, lies, how dare you slander
18:52the archmaster, Tivadar and the other mentors flare their magic, getting ready to take me
18:56down, don't believe me, go look, he's on the edge of the abbess, if you hurry you might
19:01just save his life, they feel my power, that cannot be faked, as for the rest of you, I glare
19:06at the mentors, especially fixed on Tivadar, you all agreed to throw me into that abyss,
19:10I move, fast as lightning, three strikes land before anyone can react, the shields of Tivadar
19:15and the other two mentors who approved my sentence, shatter, piece by piece, one by one they collapse
19:19onto the ground, out cold, silence, even the senior mentors don't have time to lift a finger,
19:24as of today, the tower of ashes belongs to me, if any among you object, step forward, no
19:29one, no one bows, but the first one drops his head, then the second, the third, one after
19:36another, every one of them lowers their head, two guards drag Aurelia into the plaza, her
19:42pristine image is ruined, her dress is torn to shreds, covered in dirt and blood, she drops
19:48to her knees, no fake tears this time, please, I was wrong, just leave me alive, her voice cracks,
19:55she crawls towards me, reaches for my robes, I give her one look, she freezes,
20:01it was me, I was jealous, I only wanted Lysomir for his bloodline, I shouldn't have let my phoenix
20:07go after you, she chokes on her sobs, stuttering, please, we studied together for seven years,
20:12just spare me, I'll do anything, I'll leave the tower, I'll give up the title, daughter of the phoenix,
20:16Aurelia, I cut her off, and crouch down so we are eye to eye, do you remember what you said
20:22to me
20:22three years ago, she goes blank, I was hatching Lysander, three months with no sleep, my magic
20:28was so drained, I almost fell down the stairs, you grabbed my arm and comforted me, you said,
20:33don't push yourself too hard, when your familiar hatches, he'll take care of you, did you mean
20:37any way of it, she can't answer, I stand up, looking at the unconscious seniors and mentors,
20:42you told me to do the decent thing and let go, did any of you hear what you were saying,
20:47Lysander was mine, seven years, I raised him from an egg, little by little, and you just expected
20:51me to hand him over, did anyone ask whether I was Willy, I did, old man, you kept Muldris
20:55preaching about Avodia, the daughter of the phoenix, the tower's golden hope, everyone
20:58had to protect her, did you forget, at 12, my control scores exceeded hers by 12%, at
21:0314, I undertook my first solo mission, I nearly died bringing back a toxic Magrosa from the
21:08Blackwood Ridge, you said adequate, then you spent 20 minutes praising Alaria for picking
21:13a lavender in the garden, at 16, I volunteered for a beast hunt on the Ebis Rim, you said our
21:18radio was a better candidate, she backed out, said she had a headache, the hunt got cancelled,
21:23you never brought my name up again, those jerks his head up, his cloudy eyes are blank,
21:28he has absolutely nothing to say, I stare at his blank face, the last trace of pity in
21:33my chest dies, you all forgot, I didn't choose to be like this, you made me this way, your
21:38favoritessness taught me that resources must be taken, your sentence taught me that stepping
21:43back means getting crushed, your attempt on my life taught me that weakness is a sin, if you
21:48hadn't squeezed every drop of humanity out of me, if you hadn't thrown me in the Abyss
21:51to die, I'd still be the quiet little Vesper, keeping her head down, begging for fair treatment,
21:57you created the monster standing in front of you, utter silence, just Alaria's muffled
22:02sobs, the crowd is barely breathing, they understand now, I wasn't born cold, they made
22:07me this way, their bias, indifference and cruelty, strike by stroke they forged me, I square
22:13my shoulders and turn away, not looking at their faces, you admitted your sins, now it's
22:17time to pay, Aurelia, she looks up, your apprentice status is revoked, your magic is sealed, just
22:22enough to keep you alive, you will live at the bottom of the Abyss, where your terror
22:26will draw out the lesser beasts, to serve as target practice for the apprentice, you will
22:30live, that much, I will guarantee, but you're going to spend the rest of your life in the
22:35Abyss where you tried to bury me, all the color drains from her face, she knows exactly
22:39what that means, she opens her mouth to beg, I don't give her the chance, Maldus, for the
22:45sake of the one useful thing he taught me, volume 7 chapter 3 section 11, he gets to stay
22:50in the tower, stripped of all privileges, reduced to the lowest servant in the tower, a former
22:55archmist, scrubbing floors and handing out rations, the rest of you keep your lives, for
22:59now, but this tower will never drag anyone down again, starting tomorrow advancement will
23:04be earned under my rule alone, fewer rewards, harder trials, no exceptions, all resources
23:11go through me, I walk toward the main spire, I don't look back, only one thought remains,
23:16what I will hunt next.
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