SEASON 2 — EPISODE 4: HUNTER VS. HUNTER
Cold Open — Clash at the Citadel Gates
RECAP MONTAGE:
• Episode 1: Cloaked Hunter destroys an A-Rank city and leaves Xavier his mentor's tag.
• Episode 2: Xavier levels to 40 after slaying the Stormbreaker Behemoth.
• Episode 3: Xavier wipes out two members of the White Fang and reaches the Citadel gates.
EXT. FROSTWRAITH CITADEL — NIGHT
Snow spirals violently around the fortress walls.
Xavier and the Cloaked Hunter stand ten paces apart.
No beast roars, no magic cannons — just the howling wind.
CLOAKED HUNTER:
"When you fight a beast, it reacts. When you fight me… I plan ten moves ahead."
HUD flashes:
XAVIER — Level 40 (Titan Slayer Lv.2) — LIMIT BREAK READY
CLOAKED HUNTER — Threat Level: ??? — Estimated Level 55+
They charge — the screen goes white on impact.
Act 1 — First Exchange
EXT. CITADEL OUTER COURTYARD
Blades spark in rapid succession. Cloaked Hunter fights like a predator testing prey — every slash just shy of killing, every movement drawing Xavier into traps.
Xavier attempts Volt Breaker Overdrive — Cloaked Hunter sidesteps and sweeps his legs, planting a blade at his throat.
CLOAKED HUNTER:
"You rely on beast patterns. Hunters are chaos."
He retreats instead of killing, signaling this is about more than victory.
Act 2 — Reading the Hunter
They circle each other in the snow.
Beast Sense picks up… nothing. Cloaked Hunter's heartbeat, footsteps, even his breathing are suppressed.
KAI (over comms):
"Xav, you can't read him like a monster. You need to think like him."
Xavier switches tactics — not charging, but baiting. He feigns a stumble.
Cloaked Hunter takes the bait — Xavier parries and cuts through part of his cloak, revealing a distinctive silver vambrace.
Xavier freezes.
"…That's my mentor's."
Act 3 — The Mind Game
The fight slows — becomes a chess match of feints, traps, and counter-traps.
They use the environment — sliding across ice, kicking up snow to blind, ricocheting weapons off frozen walls.
Cloaked Hunter starts talking mid-combat:
"Your mentor knew the First Hunt's truth. That's why I spared you… then. Now? I need to know if you're ready to hear it."
Xavier:
"I'll hear it after I put you down."
Act 4 — Limit Break Clash
Both vanish in blurs of speed — Limit Break vs. Bloodflare Surge (Cloaked Hunter's ultimate).
Every clash sends shockwaves through the courtyard, snow spiraling in cyclones around them.
Cloaked Hunter gains the upper hand — cutting across Xavier's chestplate.
CLOAKED HUNTER:
"Too slow."
Xavier channels all Apex Hunter Mode into a single counterstrike — the Apex Fang Sever doesn't hit flesh, but slices through the Cloaked Hunter's mask.
Act 5 — The Unmasking
The mask splits, revealing half of the Cloaked Hunter's face — scarred, with a single sharp silver eye…
XAVIER:
"…No. That's impossible."
The Cloaked Hunter's expression is cold, but there's a flicker of recognition.
CLOAKED HUNTER:
"The man you call mentor… is gone. I am what's left."
He disengages — tossing a frost-smoke grenade that engulfs the courtyard.
Ending Cliffhanger
INT. CITADEL INNER WALLS — NIGHT
The Cloaked Hunter kneels before the Shadow King.
SHADOW KING:
"You've seen his strength. Will he survive the First Hunt?"
CLOAKED HUNTER:
"…If he doesn't break… he might."
Camera pans to a massive, sealed war gate — carved with the sigil of the Titan King.
The sound of something enormous breathing echoes from behind it.