Beast-binding Ascendant: The Undercover Lord Apex - Episode 1

After a Calamity surge, Rylan Voss reveals his beasts helped kill Lord Calamity but returned badly injured. The border is pacified and the press proclaims a victor called "Lord Apex," who has retired due to wounds. Rylan decides to heal his beasts in secret for two and a half years and keep his identity concealed. Breeders nearby suffer repeated failures, then Jaxon captures a Tier 4 Rokkar, boosting Sylva's State Race hopes. Rylan's sarcastic detachment hides rising pressure: his planned low profile now faces disruption from the new Rokkar.