They quietly went along the barren lands. Soon small hills made out of piles of rocks started to appear on their way. They went past them and soon the end of the giant wall at their left side could be seen. There was light coming from the end.    

“Everyone, how is your HP? I could heal you if you would like” said Natalia.

“Ahh, that’s a good idea” said Vlad hastily as if he almost forgot the seriousness that took place between their teammates beforehand. But before anyone could answer a giant thump echoed.

“W-what was that?” said Bold with a trembling voice.

Another giant thud was heard, this time louder and thunderous than the previous. And a beast came out from the place where the light source was coming. It was a monster with the head of a mouse. Its height was of that of a five-story building. its nails were like elephant fangs. But the mouser was quite thin and lacked muscles compared to its height. It's devilish red eyes fell upon the 9 members. And with a screech, it walked towards them  

“S-spread out” yelled Vlad.

They all sprinted towards different directions like mice running away from a cat despite the obvious irony of the statement. The tall mouser stretched its claws towards the group that was closest to it. Vlad, Amanda and Bold. When the hand of the mouser slowly descended above them Vlad turned around.

“Crazy current”

The electricity emitted from his hands burned the mouser’s palm. The giant was startled and raised its arm back. But rage took over and it slapped the ground with its hand. The beast’s attack barely missed them but the shock wave that was made, threw them into the air in different directions. The mouser moved its other arm quickly and grabbed one of the three who had fallen on the ground. Which was Amanda. When she realized she was in the hand of a vicious beast, she cried and struggled but as the mouser’s grip tightened she felt all the bones in her body cracking and shuddered.

The beast raised her to its own eye level and opened its ghastly mouth. But at that moment his hand stopped moving. All thanks to Mikhail, as his ‘paralyzing snake’ connected with the beast’s arm just in time. The mouser was confused as to why its arm had hand suddenly froze. But soon it loosened its arm and released Amanda. She fell down while crying but soon was grabbed by the beast’s other hand.

Dozens of attacks were launched at the beast’s feet by Diego, Natalia and Thompson. The beast however only gasped at the laser beams that hit his legs and slowly started to walk back. If the beast decided to run away, they weren’t sure if they would be able to catch up to it.

“I-I have to do it”

Vlad looked at Emma who had uttered those words.

“What do you mean?”

“I have to reach its head. Unlike that green-haired bastard this one seems dumb and slow” said Emma with fire in her eyes.

“And exactly how will you accomplish that?” screamed Thompson.

Emma scanned her surroundings and pointed towards the top of a rocky hill behind the mouser with her index finger. Bold quickly summoned his horse and riding behind on his back they quickly ran towards the hill behind the mouser.  

Mikhail attempted to subdue the beast’s arm again but this time the mouser reacted in time and blocked the cyan link with its left hand while raising its right hand in an attempt to devour Amanda. But Kenji’s triplet orbs connected with the beast’s face just in time before Amanda reached its mouth. The beast cried in agony and threw Amanda into the air. She rolled in the air and rocketed down like an asteroid.  Mikhail quickly ordered his four gentlemen with his mind and they arrived just in time to the designated place to became cushions for her fall with their bodies.

“Make the giant fall!” cried Vlad.

Ice shards appeared in front of Natalia and they plummeted towards the mouser's face. The mouser was startled and walked back when the ice shards hit his face and got into one of his eyes. Diego kicked his ‘soccer jet’ and it curled towards the mouser's face and exploded upon contact.  The beast gave a deafening cry and fell on its buttocks. The impact was like an earthquake.

It almost managed to throw Emma who was climbing the hill that was located right behind the mouser. She managed to hang onto the hill with her nails and teeth. But her strength was not enough to let her balance on the rocks and she tumbled down. But she stopped when hitting something with her back. It was Bold's head.    

"Emma, Come on" yelled Bold from behind her.  

Her eyes burst with flame. She pulled her two legs and pushed the ground with all her might. She scrambled and climbed towards the top of the mountain as fast as she could. Pusing a giant sturdy rock and crawled vigorously and soon she was at the top of the hill. She gave a loud whistle and the beast turned its head and looked at her. Almost as if to consider her a convenient snack, the mouser stretched its arm towards her. But this was what she had wanted. She had to gamble it all.

She jumped towards the hand, slid between its two fingers and landed on the beast’s wrist. But her landing was unbalanced and she slid down only to grab the beast’s skin with her hands in order to hang on. The mouser moved its right arm towards her but it was immobilized by Mikhail’s ‘paralyzing snake’.

“Come on, EMMA!” cried Bold who had arrived at the top of the hill as well.  

His voice, his faithful look was able to remind her why she took this dangerous move. It was to prove, to make a difference. Even if her sister wasn’t here she had to give it all. She had to prove that she had the strength, some value to her living. She grinned with pride, let go of her right hand and pressed the ‘ok’ button on her wristboard.

The codes were previously typed in. The heavenly sphere appeared below her and using it as a foothold she jumped and gained a footing on the mouser’s arm. She cried with fury and ran towards the beast which opened up its mouth lazily for its prey to slide into its mouth on their own.

A grave mistake, as Emma plunged the sphere into the beast’s mouth. The sphere knocked mouser’s throat from the inside. Unable to bear the pain the mouser threw its arm into the air and yelled. It was just what she was hoping for. Upon falling she grabbed hold of the beast’s eyebrow with her left hand and began to type with her right hand. When the beast brought his arm towards its face Emma pressed the ‘ok’ button and slammed her left hand unto the mouser’s nose.

Light glittered from the area and it widened, increased and completely wrapped the beast’s head. With all its strength sucked out, the beast fell to the ground on its back with a thunderous sound. The shockwave made everything and everyone to be thrown off of balance.

As soon as Vlad got a grip he roared:

“Now, attack!”

The team rushed towards the fallen beast from its right side. They arrived beside its head and threw all of their hard-hitting spells at it.

“Emma, you fine up there?” inquired Thompson but no response was heard.

“Emma!” cried Bold.

Still silent.

“Keep attacking” ordered Vlad.

Even if Bold was worried he could not waste the opportunity she had created for them and attacked. All of a sudden, the beast sprang up and sat on its butt. Blood was oozing out its head and his whole body rapidly shook. The beast threw out a long screeching cry that almost deafened all of the team in one go.

The screech slowly silenced and the beast looked at the ceiling with blank eyes and fell back to the floor, creating another earthquake on the ground. Before they could celebrate their victory or wonder where Emma had gone to, a screen appeared in the air and detailed the following.

“3:00 until the great mouser wave”

The countdown started to move from 3:00 to 2:59 and to 2:58.

“Give us a break” groaned Diego.

Bold quickly jumped onto the beast's hand and attempted to crawl towards the top of the monster's belly by grabbing its skin tight with his hands.  

“Bold, what are you doing?” cried Thompson.

“Saving Emma”

“What?”

It was only a possibility. But the more he thought about it, it was the ONLY possibility. He was climbing very slowly but soon he finally reached the top. Kenji however easily arrived after him by climbing on the beast with his daggers. 

“Emma, can you hear me?” yelled Bold towards the belly button of the fallen giant. Kenji placed his ears on it and immediately sprang back to his feet.

“She is alive. And I think she is screaming for help”