Hellish Heat: We Traded Deadly Beast Mates follows a dangerous twist of fate in the beast world where two destined mates are unexpectedly swapped. As primal instincts, forbidden attraction, ancient rivalries, and deadly secrets collide, survival becomes inseparable from love. Watch the full episode with English subtitles and enjoy this thrilling fantasy romance short drama filled with powerful beast mates, shocking betrayals, and unforgettable twists.
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00:02My own sister and my naga husband were wrapped around each other, laughing as my windpipe crashed.
00:08He belongs to me, Eve! Burn to ashes in this hellfire!
00:12In our past life, Sophia and I found two beastkin eggs.
00:23Yet Sophia loathed the serpent's creepy, icy scales.
00:26So she threw a fit, hijacked my phoenix, and shoved the ugly snake down my throat.
00:31But then, the heatfall came.
00:33The phoenix's fire aura cooked Sophia alive, while the serpent's eggs kept me perfectly safe.
00:38Mad with jealousy, Sophia seduced my husband at the brink of death.
00:42They slaughtered me.
00:43But now, I open my eyes.
00:45We are right back to the day the eggs hatched.
00:48Before I can even blink, Sophia rushes forward and snatches the frost serpent.
00:52The serpent is mine! You can keep that useless bird!
00:55She thinks the serpent is her golden ticket to surviving the heatfall.
00:59What the bitch doesn't know is, in our last life, he only kept his powers because I fed him my
01:04blood every single day.
01:07His fangs carried deadly neurotoxins.
01:10Every single feeding was liquid fire in my veins.
01:13It was pure torture.
01:17Since Sophia wants him so badly, I'll let her enjoy being drained alive.
01:22If that's what you want, Sophia, he's yours.
01:27In my last life, Vayne only married me because the ancient covenant forced his hand.
01:31But now, he doesn't even wait for me.
01:34He grabs Sophia and glares at me like I'm trash.
01:37Sophia wants me, Eve.
01:39I belong to her now.
01:40Get over it.
01:42Look at how he rejects me.
01:44This isn't their first meeting.
01:46They are already hooked up behind my back.
01:48Sophia and I aren't the only ones reborn.
01:51The global boiling starts soon.
01:53Sophia whispers in my ear.
01:55Get on your knees and beg me, and I might give you a few days of cool air.
01:59I almost burst out laughing.
02:01She has no idea she just signed her own death warrant.
02:04Sophia drags him away with her head high, totally blind to the pure evil in his eyes.
02:09I turn to the shivering phoenix.
02:11Ever since he cracked his shell, he's been terrified and only calms down after Sophia leaves.
02:17I didn't mean to.
02:18Please don't hit me.
02:19He looks at me, petrified.
02:21Why are you so scared?
02:23Did Sophia do something terrible to you?
02:27Don't say her name.
02:28Please never say it again.
02:30Did Sophia lose her mind in the heat last life and take it all out on him?
02:33The phoenix curls up.
02:35My god.
02:36The phoenix is reborn too.
02:40I kneel and pull him close, whispering softly.
02:44It's okay.
02:45It's all over now.
02:46I've got you.
02:47And nobody will ever hurt you again.
02:49He looks up at me.
02:50Do you really accept me?
02:51In the last life, Sophia hated my heat.
02:53She said I was nothing compared to the serpent.
02:56She ruined my body then dumped me outside like trash.
02:58Trust me.
02:59You are a hundred times better than him.
03:01That snake is the real trash.
03:02In my last life, he drained my blood every single day and then killed me with Sophia.
03:06But why?
03:07Our ancient rules say we must be loyal to the one who saved us or we'll face a terrible curse.
03:11How did he dare betray you like that?
03:13It doesn't matter anymore.
03:15Let's head to my house first.
03:17We have to start prepping for the end of the world right away.
03:20I give the phoenix a new name, Blaze.
03:22He loves it.
03:23He asks me to sit on his back, spread his eyes, and flies.
03:33In no time, he carries me right back to the farmhouse.
03:37We decide to dig a cellar.
03:39A hundred meters deep underground.
03:41Won't need any AC or cooling gear.
03:43An unexpected bonus.
03:44He hit water while digging.
03:46We land at the bottom of the cellar and I'm instantly covered in a wonderful chill.
03:50But down here, it's absolute heaven.
03:53Tomorrow, the world burns.
03:55Sophia?
03:56Let's see who makes it out alive this time.
04:00Waking up the next morning, I feel the cellar warming up though it's no longer freezing underground.
04:05Now, it's just a perfect, comfortable temperature.
04:09Finally, no more firepower.
04:11Blaze stretches near the bed, exhausted.
04:14The blood drain to stop the heat day and night was too much.
04:17I am totally spent.
04:18Heartbroken and guilty, I sit right up.
04:20Your power drains your own blood?
04:22Yeah, but you would have chosen to freeze just to save me.
04:27I won't let you hold back for my sake.
04:29Blaze pinches my cheek, smiling like it's nothing.
04:32Looking at Blaze, so gentle and selfless, my heart breaks and swells at the same time.
04:37In my past life, Vayne couldn't take the heat, so he drained my blood daily to power his ice skills.
04:42He didn't give a damn about my life.
04:44The thought makes me wonder-
04:45How are Veen and Sophia doing anyway?
04:48Too bad I can't watch it in person.
04:50Blaze grins, summoning a mirror from his flames.
04:54Eve, wanna watch their live show?
04:59Blaze breathes a thin stream of Phoenix fire across the mirror.
05:02The surface ripples instantly.
05:04A moment later, Sophia and Vayne's Skyline residence appears inside the glass.
05:09Sweaty and annoyed, Sophia is dragging on Vayne and bitching nonstop.
05:13Doesn't look noble at all.
05:15It's so damn hot!
05:17What are you waiting for?
05:18Use your ice powers already!
05:21You wanted this.
05:23Don't cry when it hurts.
05:25Just do it already!
05:27I'm melting here!
05:29I won't regret it!
05:30The second the words leave her mouth, Vayne moves.
05:33His icy fangs sink deep into her arm.
05:35Sophia lets out a scream so sharp it barely sounds human.
05:39Her entire body locks up instantly.
05:41I can't keep watching.
05:43I flip the mirror face down onto the table.
05:46But the moment I turn around, I meet Blaze's eyes.
05:48Complicated.
05:49Full of pity.
05:51He holds me close, wrapping his huge wings around me.
05:54His voice breaks for me.
05:56Eve, did that bastard put you through the same hell last time?
05:59Feeling his gentle care, my nose burns.
06:01Two lifetimes of pain rush over me, and tears stream down my face.
06:05But before I can answer, Sophia's furious voice suddenly bursts from the mirror.
06:10Help me!
06:11Bring that bitch Eve here and make her your blood bag!
06:16The second I hear Sophia volunteering me as their blood supply, I immediately flip the mirror back over.
06:21Inside the reflection, Vayne slowly licks the blood from Sophia's arm, then brushes his tongue across her cheek.
06:27His expression is almost amused.
06:30You're an excellent blood source.
06:31Honestly, you taste much better than your sister.
06:34Sophia is still trembling from the pain.
06:36What are you crying for?
06:37Without me would you even survive the heat fall?
06:39As for your sister, she's probably roasting alive by now.
06:43I roll my eyes so hard it almost hurts.
06:45You're right.
06:46I can't let her come here and enjoy this.
06:47I want her to die out there.
06:49I want her trapped under that sun until she completely breaks.
06:51I want her crawling back to me, begging me to save her.
06:54See?
06:54You're way more interesting than Eve.
06:56I definitely chose the right woman.
06:58Call her.
06:58I want to see how pathetic those two loosers look right now.
07:01A few seconds later, my phone rings.
07:03I answer immediately.
07:05Eve, the heat outside is unbearable right now.
07:07Are you already struggling to breathe?
07:09If you beg me nicely, maybe I'll save you.
07:11I chuckle under my breath.
07:13My voice stays completely calm.
07:15That instantly irritates her.
07:16Oh, stop pretending, she snaps.
07:18You're dying from jealousy right now, aren't you?
07:20Too bad.
07:21Even if you beg now, I still won't save you.
07:23You and that useless fire roll can burn to death together.
07:26Sorry to disappoint you, Sophia.
07:27I'm actually doing pretty great.
07:29But you?
07:30How's Veen's feeding going for you so far?
07:34You're so delirious from the heat, it's embarrassing.
07:36Making up nonsense because you're jealous of me?
07:38Sophia, do you really think you're the only one who came back?
07:43You think I don't know what Veen does to the person bonded to him?
07:48Honestly, thanks for handing Blaze over to me.
07:50He's gentle.
07:52He protects me.
07:53He's a thousand times better than your cold-blooded snake.
08:00She remembers too.
08:02Eve knows exactly what's happening to me!
08:05She has to be laughing at me behind my back!
08:09So what if she knows?
08:10I'm still the one keeping you alive.
08:12And her Phoenix?
08:13He's useless.
08:14She's obviously jealous.
08:15Right.
08:16Right, she has to be jealous.
08:17She's probably burning alive right now.
08:20Let's see how long she can keep pretending.
08:24That's my smart girl.
08:25What does Eve even have to feel proud about?
08:28You just focus on eating well and staying healthy for me.
08:32In a few more days, the heat will break her completely.
08:35And then Eve will come crawling back to you herself.
08:39Sophia falls for it immediately.
08:41Within seconds, she's smug again.
08:43I stare coldly at their reflection in the mirror.
08:46Sophia, enjoy laughing while you still can.
08:48You still don't understand what Vayne really wants from you.
08:52He doesn't just want your blood.
08:55He wants someone just as rotten as he is.
08:57That's what feeds his power.
08:59And your twisted little soul?
09:00To him, that's the perfect meal.
09:01After that, life inside the underground shelter becomes strangely peaceful.
09:05Blaze and I settle into a quiet rhythm underground.
09:08Food.
09:09Water.
09:09Safety.
09:10Warmth.
09:11For the first time across two lifetimes,
09:13I finally feel like I'm living instead of merely surviving.
09:16Sophia still calls occasionally.
09:17Every single time, she tries showing off her perfect life with Vayne.
09:21At first, I play along just to kill time.
09:24Eventually, I get tired of it.
09:27So one day, I answer her call on video and casually show her the entire underground shelter.
09:32The cool stone walls.
09:33The underground water supply.
09:35The comfortable living space.
09:36Sophia's face twists instantly.
09:38After that, she never calls me first again.
09:41I thought things would stay peaceful.
09:43I was wrong.
09:44The next disaster was already on its way.
09:48Late one night, warm drops of water suddenly hit my face.
09:51I wake up instantly.
09:53Beside me, Blaze bolts upright too.
09:55We both turn toward the entrance of the root cellar.
09:58Rainwater is leaking through the sealed door above us.
10:00The water feels strangely warm against my skin.
10:03At first, neither of us thinks much of it.
10:06Just a leak.
10:07But the rain never stops.
10:08Day after day, water keeps pouring down from the surface.
10:12Soon, a thin layer of water covers the cellar floor.
10:15Higher, the situation turns dangerous fast.
10:18Blaze insists on scouting the surface alone while keeping me underground.
10:21When he finally returns hours later, his face is pale and tense.
10:27The city's flooding.
10:29Most of the streets are already underwater.
10:31My heart sinks.
10:32The glaciers must have melted.
10:33All that water's pouring into the cities now.
10:35He glances grimly at the cellar walls.
10:38And the flood waters are still rising.
10:40Even with the shelter sealed, the pressure outside keeps forcing water through the cracks.
10:44At this rate, the entire underground shelter will be underwater within days.
10:48I force myself to stay calm.
10:50We leave immediately.
10:51We need to find higher ground.
10:52I know.
10:54But the surface heat is unbearable.
10:56If we go up there, you'll burn alive.
10:59It's my fault.
11:00I can only use fire abilities.
11:02Pain flashes across his face.
11:04If you'd chosen Ven instead-
11:05Don't ever say that again!
11:08If I'd chosen Ven, I would have died a long time ago.
11:11Blaze falls silent.
11:12No, we're not dying here.
11:14We're not waiting for fate to decide everything.
11:18I've got a plan.
11:20Take me to Mount Kronos.
11:23The summit?
11:25It's the highest mountain in the world.
11:28The flood waters will never reach that altitude.
11:31And normally, the summit temperature stays below freezing.
11:36But now that the thermal cataclystums is heating the planet, the temperature up there should balance out perfectly.
11:42Understanding flashes across Blaze's face instantly.
11:45Eve, that's genius.
11:47We should leave right now.
11:49But the excitement fades almost immediately.
11:51Because another problem hits me.
11:53The journey is too long.
11:55We'd have to fly beneath that burning sun the entire way there.
11:57There's a real chance we'd be roasted alive before ever reaching Mount Kronos.
12:01Silence settles between us.
12:03I'll call Sophia.
12:04No.
12:05Don't trust her.
12:08Sophia abused me in our last life.
12:10And she helped Ven kill you.
12:11People like that don't change.
12:14Trust me this once.
12:16I know what I'm doing.
12:17Then I make the call.
12:18Sophia answers almost immediately.
12:21What?
12:21Finally burning alive over there?
12:23Her voice is smug as ever.
12:24You've seen the non-stop rain lately, right?
12:26So?
12:27I almost laugh at how short-sighted she is.
12:30But I force myself to stay calm.
12:32At this rate, swallow the entire city.
12:34Drown long before the heat kills you.
12:36Silence.
12:37So let's work together.
12:39Blaze can fly all of us to Mount Kronos.
12:42The summit is high enough to avoid the flooding.
12:45So?
12:46What do you think?
12:50Eve, are you insane?
12:51Has the heat melt your brain or something?
12:53I'm on the 22nd floor of Skyline Residence.
12:56You're stuck in that run-down farm outside the city.
12:58If anyone's gonna drown first, it's you.
13:01Oh, I get it now.
13:02You're roasting alive and too proud to beg me for help,
13:04so you made up this whole story to scare me.
13:06You don't believe me?
13:08Fine.
13:10I was trying to help both of us survive.
13:14But forget it.
13:15Then I hang up.
13:17Blaze notices my expression immediately.
13:19Let her die if she wants to.
13:20She's not worth worrying about.
13:21In our last life, I actually hatched for you.
13:24But Sophia stole me before you could form the bond.
13:28She pretended to be my bondmaid.
13:31And because of the covenant,
13:32I spent all that time trying to repay a debt I never owed her.
13:36You knew it was me?
13:37Even inside the egg?
13:40I recognized your voice.
13:45I heard you singing outside the shell all the time.
13:48I memorized it before I was even born.
13:51You heard it?
13:52The second Sophia sang to me.
13:55I knew she was lying.
13:56Then why didn't you expose her?
13:59I was planning to deal with Venn first.
14:02I wanted to get rid of him quietly then come back to you afterward.
14:06But then the heatfall started.
14:07The biggest mistake of my life was believing a monster like Vian could ever protect you.
14:15In our last life,
14:17I should have burned both of them to ash the moment I had the chance.
14:20But the heat is still here, Blaze.
14:23If I die, fine.
14:25But you have to survive.
14:27You went to Sophia for my sake?
14:30Eve, you have no idea what that means to me.
14:36We don't need them.
14:47I climbed onto Blaze's back, only to feel the howling gale, the spinning world, and the churning nausea in my
14:52stomach.
14:52I thought it was the scorching sun and high temperature along the way that caused heat stroke, so I closed
14:57my eyes and quietly awaited death.
14:59But only a few moments later, Blaze's voice sounds beside my ear.
15:04Eve, open your eyes.
15:06We're here.
15:07I slowly open my eyes.
15:09And freeze.
15:10We're standing on the summit of Mount Kronos.
15:13Cold wind brushes across my face.
15:15We're already here?
15:17How is that even possible?
15:19It's part of the Phoenix bloodline.
15:21Extreme flight speed.
15:22That distance wasn't far at all.
15:24Before I can respond, my phone suddenly rings.
15:28Sophia.
15:29Again.
15:30I answer immediately.
15:32Eve, you mentioned cooperating before.
15:34I thought about it carefully.
15:35And since we're sisters, I've decided I can help you after all.
15:39But you need to kneel first.
15:41Right now.
15:42And beg me properly.
15:43At this point, I genuinely want to see how miserable her situation has become.
15:47So I open the mirror.
15:49The image flickers into focus instantly.
15:52Flood water is already crashing against the balcony outside Skyline residence.
15:56They're on the 22nd floor.
15:58And the water is still rising.
16:02So that's why she called that she's about to drown.
16:04And she's still acting like she's doing me a favor.
16:07Well, say something.
16:09I'm helping you because we're family.
16:11Stop being so stubborn.
16:12Oh, really?
16:13Then should I thank you now or later?
16:15Obviously, you should thank me.
16:17I'm saving your life!
16:19Yeah.
16:19That's not happening.
16:21Then I hang up point three seconds later.
16:23The phone rings again.
16:24I stare at the screen for a moment.
16:25I won't let you hold that for us.
16:26Genuinely considering blocking her.
16:28But curiosity wins in the end.
16:30I want to know what excuse she'll come up with next.
16:33So I answer.
16:34Fine!
16:35Since you're my sister, I'll be generous one last time.
16:37No kneeling.
16:38Just tell me where you are right now.
16:39You'll bring me and Ben to Mount Kronos immediately.
16:43Oh, Sophia.
16:45I don't need your serpent anymore.
16:48That does it.
16:49Sophia completely loses it.
16:52She's screaming through the phone now.
16:54Pure hysteria.
16:55Stop bluffing, you pathetic liar!
16:57Your dump of a farm is on the other side of the world from Kronos!
17:01You won't even make it out of the country before the heat cooks you into jerky!
17:04Quit running your mouth and drag your ass over here to me and Ben!
17:07I shake my head.
17:08Then I flip the camera around.
17:11Let her see the peaks.
17:12The sky.
17:13The truth.
17:15Open your eyes real wide, Sophia.
17:17Tell me.
17:18Where am I standing right now?
17:21Please.
17:22That's some cheap backdrop.
17:24Like you could possibly.
17:26I'm on Mount Kronos.
17:28The breeze is lovely up here, by the way.
17:30Her face on that screen.
17:32It drains.
17:33No.
17:34That's impossible!
17:36It's not possible!
17:38Without Veen's frost shielding you, you'd be dead!
17:40Mummified before you got halfway there!
17:42I smile.
17:43Soft.
17:44Sweet.
17:45I glance over at Blaze, who's holding his chin high like the king he is.
17:49Oh, I forgot to mention.
17:51Blaze's speed?
17:52It's beyond anything your tiny mind can imagine.
17:55And honestly, I should thank you for your little theft.
17:57You handed me the most perfect Ember Phoenix and just walked away.
18:02I hang up.
18:03Done.
18:04Through the mirror, I watch the water.
18:06It's seeping in now.
18:08Past her ankles.
18:09All her designer bags floating like garbage in a gutter.
18:12And when she hears me say it, you handed him to me, something inside her snaps.
18:16She screams, grabs a vase, hurls it straight through her TV screen.
18:21Glass explodes everywhere.
18:23Everything on her table hits the floor in one violent speech.
18:27She's gone, completely unhinged.
18:30Her eyes land on Veen, and she does to him exactly what she used to do to Blaze.
18:35She lunges, kicks his armored scales, pounds him with her fists.
18:39Then she winds up and slaps him, hard, right across the face while he's not looking.
18:45You useless worm!
18:46This is all your fault!
18:48If you weren't such worthless garbage, I wouldn't be losing to that bitch Eve!
18:54Blaze goes rigid beside me.
18:56His hand tightens on my shoulder.
18:58He doesn't even realize he's doing it.
19:01She did that to you.
19:03Before.
19:05That's how she treated you.
19:07She did much worse.
19:09She hated my heat.
19:11She'd hurt me, bleed me, and lock me in a dark basement for days just to force me to cool
19:16down.
19:16Tears run down my face.
19:19Blaze, we don't have to see this.
19:21No.
19:22I'm watching.
19:23I have to see.
19:25Will he submit to her like I did?
19:27Or will he destroy her?
19:29I know Veen.
19:29That creature is venom to his core.
19:32Pure selfishness.
19:33In my last life, I poured everything into him.
19:36And he still wrapped his quails around me and squeezed the life out of my body the second it served
19:41him.
19:41Now Sophia smashes his pride into the dirt and no hands on him.
19:45She's begging for death.
19:46And right on cue, everything flips.
19:49Veen's frozen face flushes crimson where she's cracked.
19:52His massive serpent bobbing cuts.
19:54His tail, cold as iron, slams her against the back of the sofa and pins her there like a butterfly.
19:59On a board.
20:01Then he hits her.
20:02Sophia's face swells like a melon in seconds.
20:05Blood and tears smear into a mask of ruin.
20:10She heaves, gags, and spits.
20:12Two broken teeth land in the flow of pink saliva.
20:15Sophia, you worthless little toy.
20:19Have you grown tired of living?
20:21You dare raise your hand to me while you leech off my power?
20:27She's bloody, broken, but the fear in her eyes?
20:30It twists.
20:31You think you're so great, Veen?
20:33The only reason I let you drink my blood, the only reason I put up with your disgusting mouth on
20:38me, was your frost!
20:39But look around!
20:41The flood's about to swallow me whole!
20:43What good is a blood-sucking leech if I'm just gonna drown?
20:47I should've picked Eve's ugly phoenix when I had the chance!
20:50Oh?
20:51But you did choose that worthless phoenix, didn't you?
20:55In the last life.
20:57Did that save you?
20:59Sophia's mouth opens.
21:01Nothing comes out.
21:03Struck dumb.
21:04Gutted in four words.
21:05But you've reminded me of something useful, Sophia.
21:07Staying in this sinking coffin is rather pointless.
21:10Freezing the water beneath us into a path, that's well within my abilities.
21:14I could simply walk out.
21:15You-you can get us out of here?
21:17Then do it!
21:18We'll go to Mount Kronos!
21:19We'll find that bitch Eve and I'll slap those smart teeth right out of her mouth!
21:22Veen's tongue flicks the air.
21:24The cruelty in his eyes blooms into something magnificent.
21:27Something final.
21:28You really are forgetful, aren't you Sophia?
21:31And so terribly fickle.
21:33I said I have the means to leave.
21:35But-
21:36But what?
21:37Spit it out!
21:38But I don't recall ever saying I'd be taking you with me.
21:42His jaws unhinge.
21:43A cavern of fangs.
21:45And he lunges.
21:48The second Veen finishes speaking, eerie blue light erupts across his entire body.
21:53But this time, he doesn't bite Sophia's arm dot or her leg dot or anywhere meant to keep her alive.
21:57Instead, his massive serpent body coils around her like a crushing nightmare.
22:02And he sinks his fangs straight into her throat.
22:05Sophia's eyes fly wide in pure terror.
22:07She shoves desperately at his giant head.
22:10Veen! What are you doing?
22:12Think!
22:13If I die, there's no one left to feed you blood!
22:15You'll drown in the blood too!
22:17Veen lets out a low, cruel hiss.
22:19That's the old method, my foolish girl.
22:22I don't need your blood anymore.
22:24What I want now, is your soul.
22:27Once I devour that, I can use my abilities forever.
22:31So give me everything.
22:33No!
22:35Help me!
22:36Eve!
22:37Save me!
22:37Her body twists violently.
22:40Impossible angles.
22:41As if something invisible is tearing her apart from the inside.
22:44And in a way, it is.
22:46I know exactly what's happening.
22:48She's fully conscious while her soul gets ripped out and devoured alive.
22:51The screaming goes on.
22:53A long time.
22:54Then finally, after nearly half an hour, silence.
22:58Sophia's body floats motionless in the flood water.
23:01I already know she's dead, but before Veen can even taste his victory.
23:05Something goes wrong.
23:08The massive blue serpent formed from Veen's soul-development power suddenly begins to shake violently.
23:13Then the convulsions become uncontrollable.
23:16A horrific scream tears out of him.
23:18His enormous body thrashes through the flood water while his tail quails tightly around itself,
23:22like he's trying to stop himself from splitting apart.
23:25I stare at the mirror in confusion.
23:27I turn toward Blaze.
23:29What's happening to him?
23:31Didn't he successfully devour Sophia's soul?
23:33Blaze gently pats my head.
23:36Eve, remember the ancient covenant I told you about?
23:39I pause. The law about absolute loyalty?
23:42When you asked why I endured Sophia's abuse.
23:44No matter how cruel their savior becomes, betrayal is forbidden.
23:47And if a beeskin deliberately betrays, murders, or devours the soul of the person they're bonded to,
23:52the backlash from the ancient covenant is catastrophic.
23:55Blaze nods slowly.
23:56His voice grows colder.
23:59A bitter smile crosses his lips.
24:01His eyes shift back toward the mirror.
24:03Understanding hits me instantly.
24:06So that's what this is.
24:07Inside the mirror, Veen is now writhing exactly the way Sophia did before she died.
24:12Convulsing.
24:13Screaming.
24:14Twisting violently through the freezing floodwater.
24:17Cracks begin spreading across his scales.
24:19The eerie blue glow inside his body flickers weaker and weaker.
24:23Dimmer.
24:23Darker.
24:24Until almost nothing remains.
24:28At last, the thermal cataclysm finally begins to fade.
24:32The endless floodwaters slowly retreat, revealing the ruins of the old world beneath layers of mud and destruction.
24:38The skyscrapers are gone.
24:39Entire cities have collapsed into wastelands.
24:42Human civilization has almost vanished from the surface of the planet.
24:46Eventually, Blaze and I settle in a fertile highland untouched by the worst of the disaster.
24:51Together, we build a new farm from nothing, a new home.
24:54Life becomes simple, quiet, peaceful in a way I never thought possible after surviving two lifetimes of catastrophe.
25:01One evening, beneath a crimson sunset, Blaze suddenly kneels beside me in the grass.
25:06Eve.
25:08I don't want to be just a contract beast anymore.
25:10I want to be your husband.
25:12That night, we completely intertwine, body and soul.
25:16His burning skin, his rhythm, everything is a first for me.
25:19We hold on to each other until dawn breaks.
25:22But far beneath the flooded ruins of the old city, something suddenly moves underwater.
25:27Sophia's corpse lies motionless at the bottom of the freezing ruins.
25:31Then her body twitches violently.
25:33A second later, her eyes snap open.
25:36They are no longer human.
25:38Blood-red serpent pupils gleam through the darkness, burning with terrifying hatred.
25:45Rebuilding the world after the fall means starting from nothing.
25:48No factories.
25:49No supply chains.
25:51No civilization left to depend on.
25:54Everything has to be scavenged by hand.
25:56To make weapons, tools, and even basic supplies.
26:00Blaze and I regularly travel to the outer edges of the ruins searching for salvageable metal and materials.
26:05And one day, on our way home, we run into trouble.
26:09A wandering survivor gang suddenly surrounds us near a collapsed highway.
26:13The moment I see them, my stomach drops.
26:16These aren't ordinary survivors.
26:18They're the kind of people the apocalypse created.
26:21Violent.
26:22Desperate.
26:23Stripped of every last piece of humanity.
26:26Rusty spears and iron pipes point at us from every direction.
26:29Drop the supplies.
26:31Or we kill you both.
26:32Beside me, Blaze's expression darkens instantly.
26:36The air around him slowly begins heating up.
26:38I know that look.
26:40One snap of his fingers.
26:41And every person here would burn to ash.
26:44I immediately grab his arm.
26:46Don't use your powers.
26:49Blaze grits his teeth hard.
26:51Then he forces himself to fight without using his fire.
26:54The situation turns chaotic instantly.
26:57Punches.
26:57Steel pipes.
26:59Knives flashing through the darkness.
27:01Blaze holds most of them back for sure strength alone.
27:04But there are too many attackers.
27:05Suddenly.
27:07Several raiders slip around behind us and rush straight toward me.
27:10Everything happens too fast.
27:12Before I can react.
27:13Blaze throws himself in front of me.
27:16A knife drives deep into his back.
27:18He lets out a muffle groan as blood immediately soaks through his shirt.
27:22My entire body goes cold.
27:23And just as things begin turning hopeless.
27:26A sharp whistle suddenly cuts through the night from the nearby forest.
27:30Several arrows shoot from the darkness with deadly precision.
27:33Straight through the attacker's wrists.
27:35A rough voice roars through the trees.
27:37Back off.
27:39You're not causing trouble on our territory.
27:41A rough voice.
27:41I'm going to go, the four.
27:41I'm going to go, the four.
27:42I'm going to go, the four.
27:43Let's go, the map go.
27:43The four.
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