SEASON 2 — EPISODE 8: STORM BEFORE THE FEAST
Cold Open — Two Fronts
RECAP MONTAGE:
• Ep. 7: The First Servant killed, Level 60, Eater's Bane unlocked.
• Cloaked Hunter warning: "Neither can you [fight this alone]."
• The Shadow King awakening four more Servants.
EXT. WAR COUNCIL TENT — NIGHT
A storm howls outside. The Guild Master slams a map onto the table:
• One Servant is awakening in the Titan King's territory.
• Another is rising from the Sea of Broken Spears.
KAI:
"Pick one, Xavier. We can't split forces."
XAVIER:
"I'm not picking. I'll kill them both."
Act 1 — The Impossible Plan
EXT. BATTLEFIELD SPLIT-SCREEN STYLE
• On one side, waves crash as a massive Kraken-shaped Servant rises from the sea, dragging ships into the depths.
• On the other, the Titan King's Servant — a warlord of obsidian and flame — crushes Hunter armies underfoot.
XAVIER (over comms):
"Hold both lines for twenty minutes. That's all I need."
He activates Hunter's Duality in its most extreme form — body splitting into two fully independent copies, each operating at full strength but draining his life force at double speed.
Act 2 — Fighting the Sea Servant
EXT. SEA OF BROKEN SPEARS
Copy-One Xavier uses Volt Breaker Overdrive to sprint across waves, carving through the Kraken Servant's tentacles.
Its massive eye opens — a swirling black hole of mana — attempting to drag him into its abyssal core.
Xavier channels Arc Storm Cleave underwater, igniting the sea in a flash of golden lightning.
The Servant's body splits apart, sinking into the abyss.
HUD:
Threat Neutralized. Life Force: 52%
Act 3 — Fighting the Titan Servant
EXT. TITAN KING'S TERRITORY — VOLCANIC PLAIN
Copy-Two Xavier arrives mid-siege — Kai barely holding a defense line.
The Titan Servant roars, unleashing a Corruption Wave that melts armor and turns weaker Hunters feral.
Xavier's Eater's Bane resists it, but barely — his skin starts to crack, glowing white-hot from the strain.
He launches into Apex Fang Sever — Limit Break, driving his blade through the Servant's heart core.
The explosion engulfs the battlefield, leaving molten glass where volcanic rock stood.
HUD:
Threat Neutralized. Life Force: 19%
Act 4 — The Becoming
Both Xaviers stagger… then collapse toward each other.
The copies merge back into one body — but something's different:
• His eyes burn with constant golden-white light.
• His aura ripples like a storm contained in human form.
• His voice carries an echo.
KAI:
"…What are you?"
XAVIER:
"Not human. Not beast. Something the Eater can't kill."
Act 5 — Aftermath & New Power
HUD:
LEVEL UP! 60 → 70
NEW FORM: Apex Ascendant — Permanently transcended human limits. Limit Break is now his baseline, further enhanced by Eater's Bane.
Hunters stare in awe and fear — some whispering if Xavier is the next threat after the World-Eater.
Ending Cliffhanger
INT. SHADOW KING'S SEAL CHAMBER — NIGHT
The Shadow King looks up as three remaining Servants kneel before him.
In the shadows behind them, a gargantuan, horned silhouette moves — eyes like dying stars.
SHADOW KING:
"It wakes. And now… it will notice you, Xavier."
Final shot — Xavier standing alone on a cliff, watching storm clouds swirl into the shape of a colossal, open jaw in the sky.