"Area heal." And as always, Mallow truly shines when she is needed. A truly maiden on the battlefield. This is why healers are really annoying but hey, she is in our team, so it's a win-win, admittedly one-sided. As Mallow healed everyone with her area heal, both of our members were back to their feet. But for how long? In a way, we are going down if this keeps up. We can't just keep on fighting like this. And there is a matter of this DTW too. Our backbone currently but unless we could do the deed, it's just useless.

Not to mention that the monster is extremely wary of this ball in my hand. It's funny that I am actually holding it. And I am trying to get into the monster's mouth, considering how fucking weak I am. I don't even have a proper SKIN to use. The SKIN I have in my hand is equivalent to having nothing at all. I clutched the ball in my hand. Good thing it won't blast from the pressure cause I am honestly squeezing it tightly. Though the outer surface was more akin to metal than a sponge.

I looked back at my friends who were back to fighting. They aren't powerful when looking at the monster but they are willing to pull their very last effort. That was their battle will and responsibility as ultra guardians. We can't forget that the time we are fighting here, the asses were rising from the town. The mutant horde was a full-on battle while we are comforting this monster.

I grabbed the shoulder of the purple-haired girl in front of me. "It's ok, Anabel. You don't have to protect me anymore." I told her. I told her how the plan goes from here on out. Unlike the members wearing the battle suits, I couldn't tell her beforehand so I folded everything to her. Of course, I told Anabel in total secrecy while watching the movements of the monster. I can't have the monster getting the gist of it.

"So that's how it was supposed to go." Anabel smiled at me, "I did wonder why you choose such a suicide method but that's how it was supposed to go. Hehe~ count me in. It looks fun."

I fell head-on. Honestly, this girl had managed to figure me out beforehand. Though I won't say completely, she managed to perceive how I was going on with the plan in hand. "Though you managed to plant the seed-" Anabel thought putting her hand on her chin, "It won't be easy considering the speed the monster has. After all, it is already wary of the ball. We need to do something to open the gap, no?"

"Yes, well I do suppose that's the only way we can go but a small mistake could be fatal."

"Fufu, well that's true." Anabel put her index finger on my forehead, "But I believe in you. If it's you, you can pull it through. After all, you are just that amazing."

"Anything but that!" I exclaimed. I mean it is true alright. Just consider the amount of bad luck I managed to accommodate in a matter of an hour. Do you truly believe things will go my way? Honestly, anything could happen. If my bad luck decides to kick in when the matters amount the most, hah! I halted a long sign. I don't want to think of such a possibility.

Bang* bang* and bang*. The sounds of bullet firing echoed throughout the forest. I hope I could still call my surrounding a forest. Anyway, this time the monster easily dodged the bullet. Of course, unlike before, the monster couldn't just simply allow bullets to hit its body, not when it doesn't know if the bullet may be disguised as a bomb. That said, though it may need to dodge the bullet, may the bullet be normal, it could easily escape the bullet. I will give it 10 out of 10 for its agile movement and fast maneuver. Damn it.

"Particle shield." With the cry, Kiawe used his ability to shield Lana as she pushed forward. It goes without saying that Kiawe came to his mind with a bit of scolding from Lana. Though I doubt I would actually call it a scolding when every word from Lana was lifeless. 'Stop acting stupid." That was all her scolding contained. As Lana pushed forward, she showered her body with a water veil, which allows her to further bluff her water-type attack. Following that was the clash between the kick of the monster and the water-filled whip, sharp as a blade.

Though the particle surrounding Lana absorbed all the attack, Lana was thrown all the way back. Mallow summoned leaves to support the small body of Lana. While the water blade of Lana cut through the monster's hand. It was because the monster tried to block the attack when kicking Lana. Good point was, her attack not only cut through but even disintegrated all that it touched. Bad news, the monster was back to regenerating its arm.

Hmm, is it just me or has its regenerating power got a bit slower? No, probably my imagination... Like hell, I am sure its power is slowing down. I thought we are getting nowhere because of how it kept regenerating from all the damage my friend gave it but... Fuhaha~ its power wasn't as omnipotent as I thought. Though I said that, we aren't going anywhere if we keep on the attack. Just how much can we rely on Mallow's healing? I wonder just how many times can she use her 'area heal' before SKIN starts to pressure her body? 2 or so, maybe?

"You fuckers..." Oh! the monster got pissed. Who the monster thought insects turned out to be lions. Even the monster may have realized that its regeneration was slowing down. And thus, it suddenly got even more serious. And its seriousness is going to harm us more than in one way. More than 10 big perfectly round fireballs appeared above its head. "Now, die." Thus, all those ten balls rain down on us as per the monster's order. "Lillie, here." Anabel grabbed my hand and pulled toward her before hugging me, hindering my sight to look outside her chest area. Soft, wow!

I can't even describe the feeling inside me right now. I feel frustrated over my own lack but at the same time, there was this gentle warm feeling. By the time, I got the proper view, the landscape has changed into even more revolting like a big meteoroid had hit the ground. Everyone was behind Kiawe who wielded his big shield which had electric currents passing through. Looks like he and Mamane somehow managed to counter the attack. But even then, Kiawe's shield was in pieces while Anabel protected me with several layers of a psychic barrier. Her hand was bleeding from the attack of the monster.

I looked back toward Z and the member of paradise. While Z managed to dodge by going outside the range of the attack, the members of the paradise weren't so lucky. Three of them literally melted in the attack of fireballs, leaving not even asses while all of them were seriously injured. "Are you okay?" I grabbed Anabel's hand to bring it closer to mine. I hope the self-healing effect of the suit affects her. Though Anabel reassured me saying it was fine, I was still troubled. Although my suit remain useless, a second later, Anabel's hand slowly healed by itself.

It was Mallow's doing. Because of her, everyone started to feel better. Although she couldn't bring the dead back, she could still heal the injuries. Thus, everyone was ready to fight once more. But the subject herself felt to her knees. As expected, she can't push herself any longer. Seeing the chances, the monster once again moved but to its surprise, Kiawe had gotten in front of it when it was focusing on killing Mallow. But unlike before, it wasn't a mindless attack, this time he had his shield particle surrounding him, just like with Lana previously.

Thus, he activated his crystallite in his shield. Here is a bit of info about 'particle shield', weak toward the physical attack and strong toward the special attack. This attack was his most powerful attack and his ace in a hole. The monster suddenly backed away but before he could even get out of the radar, he got caught in the powerful fire attack. The huge black smoke raised, blocking our sight. Following that Kiawe got flung out of the smoke as he crashed into the nearby tree. It took a few seconds to clear out the dust but as it thinned, we got a clear view of the monster update.

Honestly, what a surprise. Even with such a base attack, it was still standing. Though clearly injured, it doesn't look like it will fall down any time soon. Good thing, we got its regeneration power weakened. Seeing the chance myself, I nodded toward everyone and ran toward the monster at the full speed, it goes without saying that my speed was controlled by Anabel's psychic. The monster seeing me running toward itself tried to back away once more but got into his butt due to the trap laid by Mallow. Without wasting any chance, I throw the ball toward it while staying outside the range. But as I expected, though his foot tangled with the root, it simply threw the ball back to us.

"Fuck you! Did you seriously think it would work?" The monster smiled brilliantly as it watched the ball getting back to me. Not only that, he even evoked the fire on the ball. "Even if you plan to suicide, you can't kill me. Die by yourself." It won't be long before the ball gets bombed. And naturally, I was in the range. And thus shall I die here. Now that the ball was moving toward us, the monster wasn't in much trouble. No wonder it was feeling triumphant. And thus, shalt I die here, repeating myself with more emotion...

Or not. Just kidding. I was pulled further away from the monster like a fish caught in the fishing rod. It wasn't much of a 'like' but am indeed getting fished out by Lana. A second later, the ball hit the ground but, forget about getting blast, there wasn't even a sign of ignition. "Wha-" The monster called out in surprise, after all, it had its guard against it all the time but just when it thought of pulling a reverse card, it turned out to be nothing at all. It was all I wanted. A simple moment of the monster letting its guard down.

When the monster was surprised, the arrow carrying a ball on its tip got inside its mouth. The monster didn't even get the chance to take it out when we all heard the single low voice from Z.

IGNITE

And boom. With the DTW inside its mouth, it got blasted into a pieces. That was the real DTW. Take that. I told you will regret looking down on us. Whahaha! how do you feel now that you have been wrecked into thousand of pieces? Just as I planned. I told you, I will get what I want. Though I wished for no death outcome, it was genuinely bad that such an attack was out of my reason. But hey, we did manage to get the result and that was thanks to everyone.

And we won.