SEASON 2 — EPISODE 5: HUNTER'S CHOICE
Cold Open — Two Fronts, One Hunter
RECAP MONTAGE:
• Episode 4: Xavier partially unmasks the Cloaked Hunter, revealing his mentor's face.
• The Citadel's war gate hides the Titan King's sigil.
• The sound of something colossal breathing beyond the walls.
EXT. FROSTWRAITH CITADEL COURTYARD — NIGHT
Snow swirls around Xavier and the Cloaked Hunter, still locked in their duel.
The ground trembles.
The war gate shudders, then bursts open in a storm of shattered ice — revealing the Titan Warlord: a 200-foot armored beast with frost crystal plating.
HUD:
Titan Warlord — Threat Level: 85
CLOAKED HUNTER (smirking under the half-mask):
"Two hunts at once… let's see what you're really made of."
Act 1 — Chaos Unleashed
The Titan Warlord charges, each step shaking the Citadel walls. Hunters on the ramparts unleash ballista fire — shattered instantly by the beast's frost breath.
Xavier dodges a slash from the Cloaked Hunter — only for both of them to be knocked aside by the Titan's sweeping claw.
KAI (over comms):
"Xav, focus! You can't take both—"
XAVIER:
"Watch me."
Act 2 — Splitting the Fight
Xavier dives under the Titan's legs, carving into its knee core with Volt Breaker Overdrive.
Cloaked Hunter intercepts mid-run, forcing him into a blade lock directly beneath the monster.
CLOAKED HUNTER:
"Kill the Titan, and you give me the kill shot on you. Kill me, and the Titan levels this fortress. Choose."
XAVIER:
"I don't choose. I win."
Act 3 — The Level-Up Mid-Battle
The Titan slams a claw down — Xavier grabs the Cloaked Hunter and throws him onto the claw as it rises.
They both sprint up its arm, slashing at each other while dodging bolts of frost lightning from the beast's horns.
As they reach the shoulder, the Titan rears back — exposing its chest core.
HUD FLASH: XP Surge Imminent — Level Cap Threshold
Xavier chains Apex Hunter Mode + Volt Breaker Overdrive + Arc Storm Cleave into a single technique, slicing through the Cloaked Hunter's weapon guard and half-destroying the Titan's core in the same strike.
HUD EXPLOSION:
LEVEL UP! 40 → 50
NEW ABILITY: Hunter's Duality — Allows simultaneous targeting of two locked enemies without loss of focus.
Act 4 — Two Kills, One Blade
Phase One: Xavier engages Cloaked Hunter in close combat while using Hunter's Duality to direct his off-hand lightning strikes into the Titan's core.
Every blow against one enemy sets up a critical opening against the other.
Phase Two: The Titan Warlord roars, dropping to one knee as its core fractures.
Cloaked Hunter tries to take advantage — but Xavier pivots mid-swing, driving his blade through the Titan's chest and slashing the Cloaked Hunter across the abdomen in the same motion.
The Titan collapses in slow motion — an avalanche of ice shards burying half the courtyard.
Act 5 — Stalemate
Xavier stands over the downed Cloaked Hunter, blade at his throat.
XAVIER:
"End of the hunt."
The Cloaked Hunter smirks, triggering a frost-flash bomb. When the light fades, he's gone — leaving only his shattered weapon and a drop of blood in the snow.
Ending Cliffhanger
INT. SHADOW KING'S THRONE ROOM — NIGHT
The Shadow King watches frost-mirrors replay the fight.
"He's grown too quickly… accelerate the First Hunt."
In the distance, a Titan-shaped shadow far larger than any before moves in the storm — the Titan King himself.