The Charcoal Abyss
Narrator (low, tense)
"The void stretched endlessly… suffocating, silent, and black as burnt stone. Here… truth waited with fangs."
Sang (in disbelief, voice unsteady):
"I… I have some questions."
Beast (deep, echoing rumble):
"What?"
Sang (frustrated, accusing):
"First… because of you… I can't remember what I'm doing.Why."
Beast (matter-of-fact, unshaken):
"Yes. Not only you—no one remembers when you use me. Not until we are one."
Sang (confused, pressing):
"Use you? When have I ever used you?"
Beast (low, certain):
"Of course… you wouldn't remember."
Sang (cutting in, trying to push past it):
"Forget that. Tell me—why did you choose me? And when will you leave me?"
The abyss shakes faintly with the beast's booming laughter, deep and unsettling.
Beast (mocking):
"You… are the one who chose me."
Sang (startled, eyes widening):
"Me?"
Beast (slow, heavy certainty):
"Yes."
The Choice
The darkness ripples. A memory bursts into life—
The scene describing the flashback
Episode 4. A spell lies on the ground. Without hesitation, Sang grabs it, hurls it at the window—
CRASH! Glass explodes into the night.
He moves to leap out, but a glowing, beast-like form appears before him… for just a heartbeat… then vanishes.
Back in the present—
Beast (final, possessive):
"And… I will never leave you."
Sang's jaw locks. Teeth grind. The weight of the truth presses against his chest.
The Den of Querion
Rakhad (whispering, serious):
"Dumb…"
Zoick (bursting, half-angry, half-amused):
"What?! The great demon and king—and you call him dumb?"
Man (calm, unshaken):
"Yes. He is so dumb… he didn't have much IQ in knowledge."
Rakhad (leaning in, curious):
"Then how… did he become so powerful, so feared… so respected?"
Man (tone turning grave):
"That… is exactly what we are about to tell you."
The Name
The abyss returns. The beast looms above Sang like a mountain of black steel and shadow.
Sang (cold, steady):
"Finally… I'll ask you. What is your name?"
Beast (pausing… then voice thundering with ancient power):
"I am… Keyokthai."
Narrator (deep, resonant)
"And so, the name was spoken… the name that would one day make the heavens kneel."