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Chapter 20 - X THE HUNTER S2 E10

SEASON 2 — EPISODE 10: THE GOD THAT HUNTS BACK

Cold Open — Swallowed Whole

RECAP MONTAGE:

• Ep. 9: Xavier overpowers the Shadow King in direct combat.

• World-Eater notices him for the first time.

• Permanent Godslayer Velocity and Colossus Force unlocked.

• Shadow King retreats with remaining Servants.

EXT. SKY ABOVE THE CONTINENT — DAY

The World-Eater descends — not like a creature, but like an apocalypse.

Its "mouth" opens and an entire section of the sky is swallowed into darkness.

KAI (over comms):

"Xavier! Don't let it—"

WHITE FLASH — Xavier is gone.

Act 1 — Inside the World-Eater

INT. WORLD-EATER'S INNER VOID

No ground. No sky. Just endless flesh, bone, and floating islands of organs the size of cities.

Gravity pulls in multiple directions at once.

SYSTEM WARNING:

• Threat Level: ∞

• Environment Status: HOSTILE — Reality suppression active.

Xavier tries to move — his Apex Ascendant form slows to a crawl.

Even his lightning fizzles, eaten by the void around him.

XAVIER:

"…So you're not gonna make this easy."

Act 2 — The First Predator

From the shadows between titanic ribs, a hunter-beast emerges — not prey, but another Apex Predator, forged from the World-Eater's own cells.

Level: ?? (Est. >1500)

It moves faster than light should allow — slashing across Xavier's chest before he can fully react.

The fight is brutal, each strike shaking entire organ-islands apart.

Every wound the beast takes regenerates instantly.

Act 3 — Pushing Beyond Apex Ascendant

Xavier realizes his only chance is to overload himself, using his own life as fuel.

He calls up Hunter's Duality — but instead of splitting, he forces both copies into one body, merging strength and speed into a single overcharged core.

This begins tearing him apart at the cellular level — but it also lets him move at true Godspeed inside the suppression field.

He catches the predator mid-lunge, drives his blade through its skull, and rips out its glowing core.

Act 4 — The Heart of the Beast

The World-Eater reacts — the entire dimension tilts, pulling him toward a planet-sized heart beating in the distance.

Each beat sends shockwaves that erase anything caught in them.

Dozens of new predators emerge — all Level 1000+.

Xavier doesn't slow down. Every strike he makes now obliterates enemies instantly, speed and power far beyond what the HUD can register.

Act 5 — The Limit Break That Never Ends

He reaches the heart — a sphere of living energy surrounded by tendrils of black lightning.

XAVIER (to the heart):

"You looked at me first. Remember that."

He drives his sword in and unleashes Infinite Apex Sever — a Limit Break that does not end until his will does.

The heart ruptures, flooding the dimension with white-gold light.

Act 6 — Permanent Evolution

The explosion throws him out of the World-Eater's body, back onto the continent.

The sky above is torn — the World-Eater wounded, retreating into the void beyond the stars.

HUD:

LEVEL UP! 80 → 100

NEW PERMANENT PASSIVES:

• Transcendent Physique — All physical attributes scale infinitely with each battle survived.

• Absolute Velocity — Speed unaffected by environmental or dimensional suppression.

• Predator's Supremacy — Any opponent of lower level automatically suffers reduced speed, strength, and regeneration in Xavier's presence.

Ending Cliffhanger

EXT. RUINS OF THE CITADEL — NIGHT

The Shadow King stands on the balcony, watching the World-Eater retreat.

SHADOW KING (smiling):

"You hurt it. Now it will come for everything."

In the distance, Xavier walks out of the smoke — eyes burning with unending golden-white light, his aura now threaded with shadows from the World-Eater's heart.

XAVIER:

"Good. I'll hunt it to the edge of creation."

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