"Hold on a minute. One second." Flipping through the scrapbook of monsters, Moon makes his choices. Then, tearing the pages out, he hands them to the General.

"These two? Odd choices you have made, are they not?"

"They're perfect for stalling."

"Very well. No more questions. Rise forth! Cone Face! Blanken!"

Two monsters pop out from the pictures in the palm of the General's hand. A clown-like monster wielding a large ice cream scoop and a Blanket monster as soft as a pillow.

"Now go and assist the commander."

Both monsters are jumpy and agitated, like schoolchildren. They teleport immediately from the capital.

"I hope you know what you're doing."

Morning comes in…

The first instance of battle. Alistor and the party move in from the sides as Claws lead the front charge of assault. Overwhelming the Aggerona army by the sheer numbers, the battle was quickly one-sided. Whoopers are sent flying back.

"Where are the reinforcements?" Commander Rox demanded. "Ready the traps."

"But our men are down there?"

"Who cares? Do it now."

Taking their position at the top of the temple stairs, stones roll down the hills. Claws back away, running back from the group of rolling rocks.

"The commanding monster is at the top." Katty pointed to the group.

"Let's go then," Sairori spoke. "You guys cover us."

Leaping out of detection, the two hack at what comes their way. First, Auroa and Maigashi destroy the incoming stones from a distance. Then, as the Whoopers went to reload the traps, Claws was back in action.

"Gah! It's too late for that. They've reached the stairs. Wait, what?" The commander was unsuspectingly surprised by Tannen.

Tannen swooped in, destroying most of the traps and defenses, allowing the others to confront the commander at the gate. The resistance closes in from all sides surrounding Roxcrusher.

"Good for nothing. Hmm, something's coming?" Rox noticed.

Two monsters jumped to their surprise. First, the massive blanket creature expanded, covering a mass part of the army and sending them to another battle spot.

"What? They just vanished."

A radio transmission comes into Claws.

"What? Were they sent back to base? Well, this is annoying."

Cold waves of cream drop down on the other side, causing many to slip over and tumble like dominoes. Cone Face plows down, mocking them.

"Tannen. We might need you back over here." Maigashi said.

"This one's different. Watch yourself. Looks can be deceiving." Auroa glared.

Claws occupy the front line against the illusive Blanken as Tannen falls back to assist Maigashi and the others against Cone Face.

"Watch out!" Claws yelled out.

Pushing Ralph and Mira out of the way, Claws gets caught in the blanket's sheet. He teleported back with a mass group of his men to home base, dropping down.

"Ow, that hurts!" Mira moped. "Huh? So it really does send us back to base. What the hell?"

Claws get up with the others, returning to the battlefield. Tannen swoops down to strike at the dreaded Cone Face with his scythe, but his attack slips through.

"It's not taking any damage. Any ideas, Alistor?" Maigashi asked.

"Not really much at the moment. Maybe we can try melting it away?" He thought.

"Not a bad idea." Auroa considered.

"Incoming attack!" Alistor shouted.

Meteors of cold ice crash down, walling off the stairs to the temple. Katty and Sairori were now the only ones at the top. Claws' team returns to the scene, noticing a massive wall of ice stopping their advance.

"Huh? That's odd?" Claws questioned.

"Yoo-hoo! Wee hee hee!"

"Oh, Gawd!"

Blanken drops down on the crowd again, sending them back to home base. Cone Face was at a standoff against Tannen with the backing group.

"Hoo hoo hoo. Around and around, away you go. Next stop, nobody will know."

Cone Face hurls a massive ball of ice cream, leaving them speechless to defend.

"Where in the world is Steffbird? We could use his help just about now." Maigashi asked.

"He's out this morning at some nearby town by the harbor. He's checking some black market." Tannen noted.

"What!? Shopping?"

"That's what he told me." Tannen shrugged.

Cone Face dances around, childishly mocking the crowd. Auroa lands a few strikes with his whip, but his attacks slip through it.

"The monster's body is slippery," Auroa noted.

"Play! Play! Play!"

"Ok, what now?" Maigashi turns around.

Blanken made a ridiculous-sounding scream landing over them. Alistor and his whole team get caught within its sheet, traveling through a tunneling portal. They arrived back at base, landing on their bottom.

"Huh? Back already."

"Ow!" Maigashi got up from his behind.

"Hey there!" Claws lend a helping hand.

"They sent you back too?" Alistor asked.

"Yeah! It's my third time."

"How annoying…" Maigashi sighed.

"Hmm, attacking directly doesn't work. We'll need to try out something else." Auroa nodded.

An idea soon caught onto Tannen's mind.

"The enemies are akin to school children; we should play along and find an opportunity to trick them at their games."

Not too soon after…

Alistor and his whole team set out on the plan by dividing into small groups, going along with the monster's game. Both monsters take the bait trying to catch them.

"I wonder how they're doing against the commander." Claws thought aloud.

"I wouldn't be too worried about them," Auroa said. "Here they come!"

Katty and Sairori fight against the colossal commander from the top of the temple entrance. Parts of his limbs are chipped away until they break apart.

"Ha, haha. Nice try."

Roxcrusher regenerates his lost limbs from the stones.

"This isn't getting anywhere." Katty looked out. He finds Ralph and Mira approaching the battle scene. "How long have you guys been behind that corner?"

"Does that really matter? Let's do this." Ralph hesitantly acted.

"Wait!" Mira tried stopping him, but he was too hard-headed.

He lands a blow to the commander's heart. Roxcrusher pauses for a moment.

"Is that all? My turn then."

The stone commander punches Ralph down to the ground, pinning him. Completely unable to move. The sound of cracking bones is heard. Sairori rushes quickly, taking out the stone arm as soon as possible.

"Hang in there…." He slaps at Ralph, pulling him out of battle.

"This game tires me. Time to end this." Commander Rox begins charging a laser from the tip of his core eye.

"Celestial Fire!" Mira yelled.

She fires a bursting shot from her arrow. It hits the commander directly.

"What? I can't move. My eye!"

His laser flies off course, blowing off a part of his body. Stunned and immobilized, his body was no longer regenerating, to their surprise. As a result, both his legs fall off, so he loses his balance.

"Can't let them reach the temple."

Crawling for survival with only one arm, he manages to blockade the entrance with his body. Sairori finally places Ralph down as he notices an exposed core on Roxcrusher's chest.

"So that is all to your secret of regeneration. A core stone you try to hide, which is now deeply exposed." Sairori pointed.

"Gah! So what… I'll show you. I am one of Lord Vilevelious's bests."