Rena overwhelms the monster with her sheer strength. Struggling to get a lock, the monster mindlessly swings around. It desperately shoots its hydro cannon blindly, but Rena deflects it back, unaffected by the temperatures.
"Is that the best you got?" She mocked back.
The monster loses visual for a brief moment. Then, Rena goes in for the final attack, but Alistor attempts to impress her.
"Star Breaker!"
Alistor pierces through the monster's engine with a streaking light. Crushing through its armor, the attack exposes a robust core in the open. The creature immediately collapses over, shutting down. The lifeless monster was now rendered disabled.
"You did it." Claws jumped.
The Glamours retreat as the crowd cheers away, but a shadow creeping from the side alerts Rena.
"Kiya!"
She lashes out a silver energy attack from her blade, forcing Moon into the open.
"What the heck? How did you know?"
"You again," Alistor uttered.
Still buying his false identity, Moon continues to play along.
"We meet again! Seneca, it is. And who may this damsel be?" They didn't say a word. "Oh, wait! Don't tell me. She's your girlfriend, right?"
Alistor and Rena stumble for a brief moment. Then, finally, she knocks Alistor to the floor.
"He is so not! Now, who the hell are you?"
Moon briefly drops his act.
"You may have slain the Hydra King, but Aggerona is far more than meets the eye, little girl."
Moon then pulls out a playing card leaving everyone speechless.
"Hoo, what's this? Oh, a second life?"
He tosses the card into Faucet-Face, immediately reviving the monster again. More prominent than before, the piles from its scrap took form with extra limbs.
"Destroy them! Take it for the team."
Moon steps away from the scene of battle. Fully powered up, the monster overwhelms Alistor without effort.
Slithering its limbs around like a snake, it entangles his body. Memories of Vilevelious begin playing back in Alistor's mind.
"No! Not like this again."
A flashback shows his first battle with Vilevelious by the star summit. A feeling of self-doubt plagued his mind as he felt hopeless. Alistor slowly closes his eyes.
"Pathetic! Don't tell me you're giving up already?"
Rena was there for him. She frees Alistor from the monster's grasp, slashing through its limbs. She then holds her hand out for him.
"Don’t think about quitting on me yet."
"But it's stronger than before. So what else can I do about it?"
She smacks him on the back of the head.
"Ow, what was that for?"
Sticking her knee out, she got him to sit down. Then, beaming off at the giant monster, she steps forth without showing any fear.
"What are you doing?" Alistor asked.
"Just sit back and watch."
Provoked enough, Faucet-Face charges at full speed while Rena makes a dash toward it. The monster desperately shoots its hot-water cannons, rapidly impacting her. Hot steam shrouded the view.
"Now we got her?" Moon snapped.
Rena clears the steam away with one swipe of her blade. A silvery aura emits from her body, nullifying the attack while she leaps high up in the sky to strike.
"Kiyaaaah!"
Crossing her dragon blades in an X shape style, she swiftly pierces through the monster by shattering its core. Silver light flashes out as the creature struggles to keep up. Then, with her oversized blades, Rena slams it up like a baseball. Crashing back hard on the ground, Faucet-Face self-destructs in one fiery explosion.
"Ooh noooo!" Moon didn't hesitate to be melodramatic.
He rushes to the scene, retrieving what was left of the monster. Moon summons a flood of water, extinguishing the flames.
"Now it's your turn!"
Rena didn't hesitate to strike, slicing a part of him in half. His body begins to liquefy within the darkness around him.
"Hoo, a feisty one, aren't ya?"
Moon's body simply regenerated, to her surprise.
"What sort of power is this?"
He retrieves the monster's remains, ignoring her. He begins to leave.
"Hey! Get back here, creep."
"Can't stay for a little idle chit-chat. But we shall meet again. Ta ta!"
The waters dried away, and the next second he was gone. They were victorious in their first battle. Alistor's party catches up to him as he introduces Rena. Elena and Mira come to the scene and greet her. Not caring about the crowd celebrating, she just turns away.
"What's wrong?" Elena asked.
"This battle doesn't change a thing. Hmph!"
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