A giant monster was seen in the distance, rapidly approaching the village.
"What?!" said Kumatora. "OK, there's no way this is happening on its own."
"You're right," agreed Lucas. "But who?"
(There's no time for this! Whatever that thing is, it doesn't look friendly!) urged Boney.
"Right," Lucas gathered his thoughts. "We'll have to get rid of it. Just like old times."
"We'd better go now. It'll take weeks to rebuild the village if that thing destroys any part of it." said Kumatora.

They ran down the plateau as fast as they could. At the base, they got a good look at the creature. It had a humanoid form, its body was covered in thick brown bristly fur and it was twice as tall as Kumatora.
"Crap." That was Kumatora.
(No time to think! Let's go!)
They ran into battle.

"Refresh!" yelled Lucas. He paused briefly to comtemplate his next move. Did this thing use physical attacks or PSI attacks? He got his answer as the giant lifted an arm.
"Shield! Defense Up!" Kumatora cast Offense Down on the huge foe.
"PK Freeze!" she called. The searing cold bolt landed a direct hit on the face of the giant, but it didn't seem to cause much damage.

All of a sudden, Lucas remembered the strange man's words. Was he really trustworthy? He had to decide whether or not to follow his advice. As he was deliberating, Boney distracted the monster and Kumatora cast PK Fire at its backside. It left a black burn mark but there was no other visible damage.

"Maybe I can disable it," thought Kumatora. "Brainshock!" Two orange circles converged onto the giant, but to no avail.

The giant lashed out violently and unpredictably at Lucas with a fist. It tore holes in his Shield and it almost hit him. Boney bit its calf and barked loudly to distract it.
"Right." said Lucas. "Kumatora!"
"Yeah?!"
"Shock it!"
He was about to clarify his message, but then he heard the rumbling sounds of thunder. It struck the giant with full force.

No damage.
"Damnit!" muttered Lucas. So the man probably lied to him. "Time for me to do something. PK Love!"

Still no damage. Lucas cast PK Love again, then a third time. Nothing seemed to touch it.
The giant started scoring hits on Kumatora and Boney. Enraged, Lucas sprinted to the giant and thrust at its thigh with his branch.

"Why... won't... this... thing... DIE?!"

He swiped wildly at its leg, unleashing a furious combo attack that would have decimated any normal animal. The giant yelled, but it was more from anger than from pain. It drew back a huge palm, directed at Boney. It was preparing to strike.

"No!" yelled Lucas. "Counter!"

Orange parallel lines formed on Boney. They diverged to cover his entire body, and then they stopped, completing the Counter just before the giant thrust its hand into Boney. A fraction of the power rebounded back to the giant, pushing it back a little. Boney leapt at the giant and buried his canine teeth into its torso.

That was the last straw. The giant spun around rapidly, dislodging Boney from its chest, then it extended its foot in a sweeping kick that knocked over Lucas and Kumatora.

From his prone position, Lucas heard their cries of pain. He wished desperately to be able to help them. He was almost depleted. He struggled to a standing position. He tried to think of a way to penetrate whatever defences this thing had. Then he remembered a special offensive PSI.
"Here goes nothing," he said to himself. "PK Flash!" The swift green burst of light made the creature stumble. It was the first thing that seemed to hurt it.

"Wait," thought Lucas. He called out again to Kumatora. "Use PK Thunder again! I've got a good feeling about this!"
He heard the familiar cry of "PK Thunder!". This time, the humanoid stumbled more violently before rebalancing itself.
"Hey!" Kumatora called. "This thing's weakened!"

His hope restored, Lucas cast a high level Lifeup PSI to heal the whole party.
(Lucas! Use PK Flash again, and this time, we go all in!) barked Boney.
"Right!" Lucas gathered his reserves of power. "PK... PK... FLASH! Now, guys! Offense Up!"

Kumatora cried, "PK Ground!" The earth shook violently.
Lucas lunged for the giant's knee joint with his wooden branch. Boney slammed into the other one. The combined effort was barely enough to topple it.

(Kuma! All yours!)
"Take my power, Kuma!" said Lucas. He cast Lifeup on Kumatora.
"PSI Magnet!" Kumatora drained the last of Lucas' power. He collapsed to the ground, kneeling.
She paused for a moment, taking every last bit of psychic power she had.

"PK... Starstooooorm!"

The sky opened up. From the heavens, fiery meteorites fell upon the battlefield. Meteor after meteor after meteor smashed into the thick skin of the monster. Kumatora maintained her focus until she could hold it no longer, then released it as a final flaming red star flew down and tore a hole into the body, exploding violently upon impact and releasing its energy into the atmosphere.

Kumatora passed out before she even saw the last blow. Boney ran over and tried to wake her. Lucas had regained a little bit of strength and he limped over to Kumatora and cast a Healing spell just strong enough for Kumatora to be able to stand up. By this time, Duster arrived at the scene with a group of villagers.

"What happened?!" he asked. He was about to shoot off multiple questions, then stopped, realising how tired they were. "Never mind." He called to Abbott and Isaac. "Take them to the village. They need rest."

Abbott and Isaac helped Lucas and Kumatora to the village. Boney was slightly better off, and was able to slowly walk towards the village. When they finally arrived, Lucas fell down face first onto his wooden bed. He didn't quite remember if his eyes closed before he actually fell asleep.

In his dreams, he heard the voice of the strange man: "Well done." But Lucas strangely remembered every detail of the dream. It seemed almost real.