Episode 1 - Title: "The Blood Arena"
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[Opening Scene]
🎙️ Unknown Narrator:
"Three hundred and twenty-one years ago, when kingdoms vied for power and thrones, a monster emerged from the void, unleashing devastation across villages and capitals alike.
For seventy grueling years, humanity endured a hell so fierce they believed their extinction was inevitable. Then, as mysteriously as it came, the monster vanished... only for other beasts to slowly rise from its shadow."
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[Location: Kingdom of Grendalia - City of Averial (Known as the City of Beasts)]
A fortress city constructed by the capital to trap the beasts and halt their relentless advance.
Its towering walls, etched with glowing arcane runes, stretch skyward, guarded by watchtowers bristling with magic.
The battlefield sprawls wide, hemmed by jagged black rocks and gnarled trees that seem almost alive.
Time: just after dawn - a pale light seeps through the lingering mist, filtered by shimmering crystals pulsating with energy.
🎵 (Opening music - soft drumbeats blending into a rising orchestra, evoking grandeur and looming danger)
[Panoramic shot - the camera sweeps slowly across the battlefield.]
Screams pierce the air... swords clash violently... monstrous roars echo... breaths come in ragged gasps...
Dust clouds the horizon, crimson blood stains the cracked stones.
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🗡️ Commander Ryudo Donol - voice cutting through chaos, firm and commanding:
"Maintain your formation! Cavalry, take the front lines! Archers, provide covering fire from the rear!
Recovery squads, move fast-grab any salvage and fall back!"
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The Elite - The Justice Covenant Team:
•Lak Miral - Lightning Element Summoner, calm and precise
•Beatri Revas - Wind Element Summoner, fierce and relentless
•Konotobi Jeedo - Earth Element Summoner, gruff with a dry wit
•Serena - Energy Healer, gentle yet unwavering
🎵 (Music intensifies - the drums pound harder, brass instruments shout with urgency)
[Elite team in combat]
A colossal beast named Raidaimon-a red-flamed dragon with a body like dark obsidian, its torn wings oozing red energy, jaws lined with scythe-like fangs.
The Elite press forward under Ryudo's unyielding command, faces alight with fierce determination.
🎙️ Inner voice - narrator, low and somber:
"When the beasts first descended upon us, our hearts were strong... but survival forced us to abandon even that."
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[Cut to Kaelin - fighting with the secondary unit]
They face lesser beasts, less ferocious but overwhelming in number.
🎵 (Tense, subtle percussion - like the ticking of a cruel clock)
Kaelin (inner monologue):
"The tide never ends... this war of attrition... just as I feared."
Suddenly-a scream rips through the chaos... a team member is shredded apart. Blood sprays; limbs scatter.
🎵 (Shock stings the strings-then an eerie silence)
Only five remain.
One shouts frantically:
"Fall back! Regroup with the Elite! We're on the verge of annihilation!"
Kaelin steps back, eyes locked on a wounded girl clutching his leg, her trembling hand soaked with blood.
🎵 (Melancholic piano notes-each drop echoing loss)
The girl (pleading):
"Please... don't leave me... I'm not ready to die... not until I've made things right for her..."
🎵 (Violin whispers softly, wind sighs through the trees)
Kaelin (whispering, heart breaking):
"Kiara...?"
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[Flashback - orphanage, four years prior]
Kiara reaches out a small hand to Kaelin:
"Let's become explorers, Kaelin... explorers who help every living thing."
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[Return to present]
Kaelin (inner turmoil):
"(Should I carry her? It's her... so why can't I move?)"
A harsh voice cuts through the haze:
"Kiara! Kaelin! Carry her now!"
Kaelin freezes, then presses a finger to his eyelid as if to shut out the world.
🎵 (Music drops to a cold, sorrowful whisper)
Kaelin (with bitter sarcasm):
"If I were like her, I'd be dead too... I can't save everyone. Some are born just to die."
"Carry her yourself... I didn't come here to haul corpses."
Faces around him harden, disbelief and anger flashing.
One soldier snarls:
"Fool... do you even know who you are? Even the beast we hunt wouldn't say that.
You're dead inside, Kaelin... even if your heart still beats."
🎵 (Low, muted heartbeat rhythm)
Kaelin (inner):
"The weak are meant to perish... now I see why my parents had to go."
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[Another team member gently lifts Kiara. The squad withdraws.]
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[Back to the Elite battle - Raidaimon snarling in fury]
🎵 (Fiery, rapid strings and drums drive the battle's pulse)
Commander Ryudo:
"Finish this beast, Beatri!"
Beatri (eyes flashing with fierce resolve):
"This reminds me of him... but it's more vicious, more corrupt."
[She dashes like a gale, slicing Raidaimon's wing.]
"Konotobi, your move!"
Konotobi (grinning despite the morning battle):
"Using this in the morning feels like making breakfast... but here goes nothing."
[A massive boulder crashes from above.]
Lak (smirking):
"Try not to burn the kitchen down, chef."
[Lak hurls a spear crackling with lightning, piercing the beast's maw.]
Serena (steady and caring):
"I won't lose another friend today."
[She rushes forward, snapping her fingers - the beast's legs shatter, and it collapses.]
Someone quips with a smirk:
"Feels like we're knights in some ancient tale."
(then chuckling) "Honestly, I'm just winging it."
The commander descends from above; Raidaimon breathes fire at him.
[All gasp, but Ryudo emerges scorched, hammer smashing the beast's skull-an explosion of dark energy.]
Serena (catching him):
"Heal!"
[Her powers wash over him, restoring every wound.]
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Crowd murmurs:
"That's the strength of the Elite..."
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Commander (grim):
"This isn't over. More beasts remain!"
A soldier reports:
"Recovery squad... obliterated."
Commander (internally):
"That was my gamble... I overlooked their fragility... damn it... where is my justice?"
[His gaze lands on Kaelin, who survived alone.]
"At least that stubborn brat still draws breath."
Commander (laughing dryly):
"You made it this time... fate must have a different plan. Fall back! The fight's done for today!"
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[Whisper in his ear-his face freezes, then hardens.]
"I walked into a trap... this time, there will be no escape."
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[Cut to Kaelin, eyes narrowing, a slow, grim smile forming.]
🎵 (Soft music easing tension, a hint of quiet menace)
Kaelin:
"I rolled the dice... if I die, I'll do it on my terms, not theirs."
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[His face blurs as if through a sniper's scope...]
[A shadowy figure appears, binoculars in hand.]
"God... 'monsters' have many faces.
Every pawn on the board has started moving... and you're first, Team Asendra."
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[He raises his hands-winds whip his hair and cloak.]
🎙️ Deep voice:
"This is our moment... The Liberation Party begins now."
"Initiate Phase One... prepare yourselves!"
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🎬 End - To Be Continued...
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