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🔥 EPISODE 2 — "THE AWAKENING INSI
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SCENE 1 — THE NIGHT AFTER THE TRAGEDY
Aryx wakes up in the healer's hut again, breathing heavily, covered in sweat.
The nightmare hits him:
His family calling his name
The demon's glowing eyes
His own scream stuck inside his throat
The white aura from his breath
The silver flash in his eyes
He grabs his hair, trembling.
The healer enters quietly.
Healer:
"You're fighting inside your dreams, child."
Aryx's voice cracks for the first time:
"I couldn't save them…"
The healer sits beside him, her voice deep and old:
"Some pain shapes us.
Some pain destroys us.
You must decide which path you walk."
Aryx looks at his hands. They're trembling—but not from fear.
From anger. From awakening.
He whispers:
"If I don't become stronger… this will happen to others."
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SCENE 2 — STRANGE CHANGES
Morning light enters the hut.
Aryx stands up slowly.
But something is wrong.
When he blinks, the world slows for a split second.
When he focuses, he hears things far away:
The blacksmith hammering metal
Someone arguing two houses away
A child dropping a bucket
His senses are expanding beyond human limits.
He touches the wall—
his palm feels the vibrations of footsteps outside.
His brain processes everything at insane speed.
He whispers:
"…What's happening to me?"
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SCENE 3 — THE FIRST TEST
Aryx steps out into the village.
People stare at him with pity and fear.
But Aryx notices something strange.
Above every person's body…
there's a faint glow.
Some are blue.
Some are yellow.
A few are dark gray.
Soulsight is activating by itself.
A drunk man walks past him with a red aura swirling around him.
Aryx feels a sudden instinct:
Anger inside…
about to break…
he might hurt someone soon.
Aryx steps away instantly.
"I can see… their souls."
His breathing grows heavy.
The world is too loud.
Too detailed.
Too bright.
He covers his ears, overwhelmed.
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SCENE 4 — THE DEMON RETURNS
A shadow flickers across a rooftop.
Aryx's spine goes cold.
His eyes shift to silver instinctively.
A whisper echoes from behind a tree:
"You awakened… faster than expected."
A small, thin demon steps out— not the same one from his home, but the same type.
Black smoke.
Blue eyes.
Sharp grin.
Demon:
"Your soul scent… delicious."
Aryx steps back. He has no weapon. No training. Just instinct.
But his breathing sharpens.
A faint white mist leaves his mouth.
The demon lunges.
Aryx's brain explodes with calculations:
Attack angle
Timing
Distance
Weak point: left rib
His foot moves before he thinks.
He dodges the swipe by centimeters.
The demon snarls.
"Your eyes… those silver eyes.
A Mindbreaker is born again."
Aryx doesn't know what that means.
The demon attacks again— this time faster.
Aryx inhales deeply.
He doesn't know it,
but he uses Soulbreath Level 1.
His muscles strengthen.
His heart beats harder.
His reaction time spikes.
He punches the demon in the jaw—
sending it flying into a wall.
Even Aryx is shocked.
Aryx:
"…Did I just…?"
The demon laughs, rising slowly.
"Impressive for a newborn."
It charges again.
Aryx can't dodge this one.
But suddenly—
A sword slices between them.
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SCENE 5 — RAVEN ENTERS
A dark figure lands in front of Aryx.
Long coat.
Black blade.
One silver earring.
Eyes sharp like a hawk.
Raven.
He speaks calmly:
"Step back, kid."
He moves with insane speed— one clean slash—
SHRING!
The demon's head drops to the ground.
It dissolves into smoke.
Aryx stares, speechless.
Raven turns to him.
He studies Aryx's eyes.
Raven:
"…Silver eyes.
A Mindbreaker.
I thought your kind went extinct."**
Aryx:
"Mind… what?"
Raven doesn't explain.
He tosses Aryx a small cloth.
Blood wipes from Aryx's cheek.
Raven asks quietly:
"Do you want to survive?
Or die like the rest of your village?"
Aryx clenches his fists.
"…I want to kill them. All of them."
Raven gives a thin smile.
"Good answer."
He turns around.
"Follow me.
Your real training begins now."
Aryx hesitates, looking back at his destroyed home.
He whispers:
"I'll come back when I'm strong enough…"
Then he follows Raven into the woods.
Into a new life.
Into a new destiny.
The screen fades black.
End of Episode 2.