"Urgh!"
Facing the enormous foot stomping down on her, Itsuki, who continued to hold up the shield, clearly felt the painful strain mounting.
"I-I'm fine. I can still hold on!"
It wasn't as though they had never fought enemies of this size before. Hadn't they defeated that equally enormous Desert Devil back then with the power of the "Heart-Shaking Phantom Mirror"? "But come to think of it... where's Erika?"
Once it was mentioned, everyone found it strange as well. So much time had passed; no matter how slow she was, she should have arrived by now, right?
Although they could now use the power of Super Silhouette on their own, they still needed everyone present to bring out the true power of the goddess-summoning "Heartbreak Symphony."
"About that..."
Exchanging a glance with Kain beside him, Ash, who could clearly see his own awkward expression reflected in the other's visor, looked away.
"Erika really can't come today, for various reasons."
Who would have thought another incident would break out so soon?
"T-Then what do we do? Does that mean Ash has to take Marine's place...?"
Thinking it over carefully, according to Ash, he possessed a power called "Omni-Adapter," like a master key with no lock it couldn't open... in that case, if Ash replaced her...
It seemed possible?
"Hm?"
Feeling everyone's gazes increasingly gathering on him, Ash was momentarily at a loss.
"Why are you all staring at me?"
"Haha!"
Feeling the resistance beneath his foot growing weaker and weaker, the gigantic Barossa Alien laughed.
"I didn't think it'd be this easy. Beating up people who can't fight back really is satisfying... huh?"
After lifting his foot from the ground he had completely flattened and taking a closer look, he found nothing below except a shattered sunflower and his tribesmen who