"Sorry, this time was my mistake..."
Having revived, Katsuo looked at Vezavimon riding Kijin and lowered his head to apologize to Seiya and the others.
Before challenging Gravekeeper Vezavimon, Panshilgon had told them about some of Vezavimon's abilities.
They had all known that Tactical Machine Horse Kijin was the mount Vezavimon summoned upon entering his second phase.
According to the original plan, as soon as Kijin appeared, Katsuo—whose side effect was Puppet Master—would be responsible for keeping it occupied and preventing it from approaching Vezavimon.
Taking down Vezavimon and Kijin separately was the optimal strategy for defeating the Gravekeeper.
But Katsuo had never expected that although Vezavimon was roughly the same size as them, Tactical Machine Horse Kijin would be so enormous.
With its massive body standing several meters tall, he simply lacked the strength to hold it back.
He had barely managed to climb onto Kijin while wrestling with it, only for Vezavimon, having lost its aggro target, to instantly kill him with a single slash.
"No, being able to get onto Kijin under those circumstances was already impressive.
It was just that nobody expected Kijin to be summoned so close to Vezavimon. As a result, Seiya, who had been fighting Vezavimon, was caught within Kijin's area attack, causing the battle to collapse afterward."
Panshilgon's expression turned extremely grim as she watched Vezavimon ride Kijin.
Thanks to the addition of such a powerful ally as Seiya, they had used far fewer Revival Items than expected during Vezavimon's first phase.
But Vezavimon mounting Kijin in the second phase was completely outside their original battle plan.
According to Panshilgon's initial strategy, Seiya and Sun Yue were supposed to switch with each other while fighting the second-phase Vezavimon.
Meanwhile, she and Katsuo would handle Tactical Machine Horse Kijin.
By splitting them up,