Episode 6 — The Dragon's Lieutenant
Cold Open — Orders from the Guild
[Quick Recap Montage]
— Flash of Xavier's clash with the Sky Tyrant Dragon — blade meeting claw, lightning surging.
— HUD overlay: LEVEL UP! 7 → 9.
— His eyes flash feral gold — Primal Instinct Mode awakens.
INT. GUILD WAR ROOM — NIGHT
Holographic map flickers to life across the table.
Guild Master (slamming the table):
The dragon commands more than raw power. It has lieutenants — elite beasts that lead its armies.
We've located one. Kill it… before it rallies more monsters.
Kai (grinning):
Finally… a real warm-up.
Xavier (side-eye):
Warm-up for what?
Kai:
For killing your big lizard friend.
The map screen shatters into black — pounding taiko drums hit —
TITLE CARD: EPISODE 6 — THE DRAGON'S LIEUTENANT
Act 1 — Into the Badlands
EXT. BLACK SCAR — DAY
A jagged wasteland stretches endlessly, deep gouges in the earth still glowing faintly with old battle magic.
Beast Sense HUD: Multiple faint mana signatures detected.
Xavier:
They're guarding something.
Kai (half-smirk):
Or someone.
Overhead, smaller dragonspawn circle like vultures, their screeches echoing through the wind.
Act 2 — The Lieutenant Appears
A rumble underfoot. Cracks split the earth — molten light seeps upward.
BOOM — the ground explodes, showering lava shards.
From the fissure rises the Inferno Basilisk — a 30-foot serpent-drake hybrid, magma oozing from its fangs, eyes burning like coals from the underworld.
HUD Scan: Threat Level: 40 — Fatal if unprepared.
Kai:
I call the head!
Xavier:
Not without me.
Act 3 — Tag-Team Shōnen Battle
Basilisk: ROAAAAARRRR! — unleashes a molten fire torrent.
Xavier activates Volt Breaker Overdrive — lightning cracks along his frame as he dashes along rock spires, each step leaving a scorch mark.
Kai deflects falling debris with twin blades, spinning through the heat haze.
Beast Sense HUD: Weak points detected — glowing nodes along the spine.
Xavier:
I'll open the path — you finish it!
PRIMAL INSTINCT MODE — his pupils slit, movements turning feral as he shreds through scale plates like paper.
Kai uses Xavier's back as a launch point — a spinning flip over the Basilisk's head —
SFX: SHHHK! — both blades plunge into its skull.
The beast convulses, molten blood spraying across the battlefield.
Its final scream echoes before its body collapses in a steaming heap.
Act 4 — Victory & Rank Up
HUD:
LEVEL UP! 9 → 10
NEW TAG SKILL UNLOCKED — CROSS FANG ASSAULT (Lv.1)
A synchronized strike with Kai that amplifies both Hunters' power.
Kai (wiping magma from his cheek):
We should do this more often.
Xavier:
Don't get used to it.
Ending Cliffhanger
INT. GUILD WAR ROOM — NIGHT
The Guild Master's face is stone.
Guild Master:
You've killed one lieutenant… but the dragon has six.
CUT TO — A massive stone hall lit by torchlight.
A Cloaked Hunter stands before the shadows of all six lieutenants — their forms monstrous, towering.
Cloaked Hunter (low, amused):
Let's see if the boy can survive all of us.
SMASH CUT — Xavier, alone, sharpening his blade in darkness.
Xavier (whispering):
Bring them.