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Prologue

Long ago beast and man shared

one world. Then battles began

between them.

After many battles the world

was split in two. Beasts were given

Beastium. Man was given Earth.

A border-wall was made. It

closed the two worlds off. Border

Guards were trained to defend the

border-wall. The beasts tried to get

through the border-wall many times.

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Tempesta

IsolusAquatan

Tornados

Infernix

EARTH

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BEASTIUM

Sludgia

Volcan

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Terradon

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The Border Guards had to stop

the beasts. Battles won by beasts

made them stronger. Battles won by

guards earned them new battle gear.

And they got new upgrades. Then

their battle gear could do more.

Five boys now defend the border-

wall. They are in training to become

Border Masters. Just like their dads.

Their dads were also Border

Guards once. Then they became

Border Captains and then Border

Knights. They kept learning until

they became Border Masters.

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N ow they make up the Bordaria

Master Command. The BMC.

The BMC helped the Border Guards

during battle. They gave the Border

Guards new battle gear.

The boys had to earn new battle

gear. They needed to learn from their

battles. And from their mistakes.

Kai Masters is a Border Guard.

His work is top secret. The BMC

watch Kai closely. Kai must not fail.

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The Beastium

Border-Lands

The beasts of Beastium lived in

four lands. Over time, the edges of

the lands mixed. That was how the

border-lands were made.

The edges of fire and rock

mixed. That made a volcano land.

The edges of rock and water mixed.

There was a mud border-land. The

edges of water and wind mixed.

There was an ice border-land.

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The edges of wind and fire mixed.

That made a storm border-land.

It was not just the edges of the

worlds that mixed. The beasts from

each of the worlds mixed too. Then

a new kind of beast was made... The

border-land beast.

Kai Masters must think about his

old battles. He must learn from them.

If he does not, then he will fail.

Kai must not lose.

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CHAPTER 1

It was a dark and stormy night. Kai

Masters was in bed. He was reading

the latest Space Games book.

Outside, bolts of lightning lit the sky.

Thunder clapped and rumbled.

Kai turned the page of his book.

Suddenly all the lights went out.

Kai’s room was dark. He looked out

the window. It was dark there too.

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No lights on anywhere, thought

Kai. There must be a power

black-out.

Kai grabbed his torch. He went

up the ladder to the lighthouse deck.

Kai lived in an old lighthouse.

The outside looked very old.

But the inside of the lighthouse was

new. It had all the things a Border

Guard needed. There was even a

slide. It was a prize from the BMC.

It took Kai from his bedroom to

other rooms, like the lab, fast.

Kai liked being a Border Guard.

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He was 12 years old and he got to

battle beasts. Kai had to keep the

beasts in their own lands. Away from

the wall. And away from Earth.

Kai stood on the deck. He looked

up at the sky. It was filled with dark

clouds. There was a lot of thunder

and lightning. But there was

no rain.That’s strange,

thought Kai.

Kai went over to the room

where his dogbot slept. BC3 was a

gift from the BMC. BC helped Kai in

battles. And he was Kai’s buddy.

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Kai shone his torch into BC’s

room. BC had been asleep on his

charger-mat. The mat charged the

dogbot with power. When BC woke

up he was always fully charged. And

ready for action.

Kai looked at BC and laughed.

The power black-out had given

BC a super power charge.

BC had fake fur that he could

wear outside. Kai could turn the fur

on with a button. When he did, fur

popped out from under BC’s metal

body. But the power charge had made

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BC’s fur pop out by itself. And bits of

fur were sticking out everywhere!

BC pushed open his doggie door.

The dogbot ran out onto the deck.

‘Are you okay?’ asked Kai.

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BC’s tail wagged madly. ‘Okay,

but storm is beastly,’ said BC.

‘Yes,’ said Kai. ‘And your tail is

wagging. That means trouble.’

‘No rain. It’s not right,’ said BC.

‘Too much lightning.’

‘Yes, I know,’ said Kai. ‘This looks

like the work of beasts. Let’s get your

fur to the lab. It’s full of power charges.

We need to test it. But first we have to

turn the back-up power on.’

Kai and BC went back into Kai’s

bedroom. They took the secret slide

all the way to the lab.