She jumps on him, wrapping her legs around his waist. She grabbed him by the neck, pressuring him on as he tried resisting. Then, staring into his eyes for the first time, she started with some questions.

"Don't bother fighting back. I got you where I want. Now, who are you?"

Out-muscle by her lioness strength, he was choking up, trying hard to speak from her tight grasp. Then, releasing some pressure, she leaned down at him.

"Who are you?" She asked again.

Incredibly close, he couldn't resist staring at her cleavage. Being very distracting, he couldn't look away. Looking down to face him, she immediately blushed for a moment. Then, slightly annoyed, she pulled him up, pinning him to the wall instead.

"I said, who are you?"

"The name's Alistor...and who are you?"

Relieved, she finally lets him go.

"The name is Rena."

Alistor then quickly sums up his story to her, explaining the current situation in Anneria.

"You're the Silver Maiden, right? So will you help aid us?"

"Hmph! So what if I am?"

Hard-headed Rena was; something was amiss.

"Well, if you are? You don't really sound like the one from the story."

Facing away from him, a feeling of loneliness sulked in her. It was quiet for the moment.

"Are you okay?"

Rena begins telling her backstory.

"Like my story ended before. The Silver Maiden shall return to her deep sleep until evil is to return on Annerian grounds. A true love's first kiss will wake her to battle. Once victorious, she returns back again...forced to an eternal slumber. Like it was just yesterday, he was here. That good for nothing, man."

He starts to feel sorry for her.

"I last defeated the Hydra King and his forces. All my friends…Gone! I'm all alone, cursed by this silver mark." She showed him by her neck.

"I'm sorry. Any way to remove it?"

"Only if her one true love cares, they say. Somebody who doesn't notice all the others. But that's full of garbage." She nodded.

A tear streaked from her eye. Feeling bad, he tries to comfort her, but she only tugs him away.

"You think one accidental kiss changes a thing?" That won't be enough if you're trying to get lucky." She pestered back.

"You don't have to be so cold." He said back.

"Even if that's how the story from Anneria goes, I won't buy it. So you'll have to prove it to me, unlike my last."

"Your last?" He wondered.

"Yeah! My last, which was the jerk responsible for locking me up. So prove to me when we get to the battlefield." She said.

"Fine! Fair enough then."

Feeling up to her challenge, a feeling of excitement stirs within him.

"Knock yourself out." She smirked.

Rena immediately opens up a portal from her blade. Then, they both prepare to take their leave.

Back with the rest of the party…

"Nothing more we can do here," Zolhalla said.

"Yeah, this is pointless. Let's call it a day." Maigashi agreed.

Auroa suddenly detects the enemy's presence within the room.

"They're here!"

He lashes out his whip to draw them out of hiding. Blanken and Cone Face tumbled out from hiding, ready for another round.

"What? These guys again..." Maigashi said.

Blanken went in first, repeating the same move. However, Tannen intercepts the monster's jump, knocking it back down. Cone Face rammed at Tannen, but Steffbird responded with a swift strike from his skewering blade.

"En garde!"

Projected lasers fire away from Blanken, this time sending them all back. Blanken laughs, still firing.

"Waah ha ha ha ha."

"Goo hoo. Time for a Brain Freeze!"

Cone Face unleashes his technique.

A storm brews in; cold air plows on them, followed by chunks of heavy ice pushing them back.

The cold air sounds loud enough to hurt their ears and necessitates covering them.

"We'll lose if we remain in this narrow space," Auroa said. "Let's find another room."

With the imminent defeat, Auroa calls to push back to another room. Then, tossing a fog sphere down, they escape from battle. Both monsters were confused for a brief moment as the smoke cleared away.

"What? Where did they go?" Blanken asked.

"We got to find them."

Wandering around mindlessly, Auroa bides enough time for a plan with the team. The group all huddle up in an open-spaced room with pillars.

"Okay, we'll go with that, then." Katty agreed.