As Makoto hit the wall, the beast launched itself towards him as Akari launched a vine towards the beast trying to protect Makoto from the beast.
The beast used magic to move towards Akari's back as Kaikuh shouted, "Watch out, behind you!"
Akari became scared as she tried looking back to know the position of the beast, making her to escape death as a vine came out of the ground, blocking the beast as it jumped back and continued moving.
Makoto launched some attacks to the beast but it dodged them and went to a corner.
The beast looked at Kaikuh and growled as it thought, "It looks like another one has come, but this one could tell my moves, it's better I take her out"
This made Kaikuh unease as she also noticed the situation they were in.
Akari stood up with lots of injuries as Makoto tried to stabilize himself while blood flowed from his head and other part of his body, as the both of them kept their eyes on the beast while breathing heavily.
"What now, what are we going to do? Those two aren't in good shape, so how in the world are we going to defeat this beast?" Kaikuh thought as she also kept an eye on the beast.
The beast launched slash marks towards them as Akari and Makoto protected themselves with magic.
Akari noticed the beast heading towards Kaikuh and launched a vine, obstructing it from attacking her as it leaped back and used a sonic roar.
All of them screamed as they closed their ears.
Akari and Makoto tried keeping their eyes on the beast as it moved towards Kaikuh.
Akari summoned a vine to protect her as the beast noticed her efforts and dashed towards her, hitting her towards the wall.
Makoto launched sand arrows towards it but the beast was moving very fast as he tried soloing it.
Kaikuh ran towards Akari to check on her as Akari breathed heavily while bleeding all over.
"Hey, are you okay?" Kaikuh asked as Akari replied, "Yeah, just go and hide, we would take care of the beast, there's no need for you to worry about a thing"
Kaikuh fell into despair as she thought, "I have to do something, I'm also a contestant too, but what can I do? How can I help them defeat this beast?"
As thoughts went through her head the beast sent Makoto flying as Akari tries standing up to go fight it before it killed him.
Kaikuh saw this and immediately got an idea as Akari launched little vines from her hands, getting the beast attention as she began battling it.
Kaikuh stood up and began running to an open area as she thought, "These two are experts, so if I can be used as bait, I'm sure they can defeat this thing"
Kaikuh took a deep breath and began reading the beast mind as she immediately told Akari it's next move, making the beast become pissed off.
Makoto and Akari began finding it easy to battle the beast as she warned them of dangerous attacks which made the beast really mad since they began causing damage to it.
The beast then made a loud roar after a while of fight as everyone closed there ears in agony.
Makoto and Akari realized that the beast was going to head towards her to take her down since she was the one helping them to hold out.
But before they could do anything, Kaikuh screamed, "Watch out!!!" which made them defend themselves as the beast became more pissed off and headed towards her with it's claws ready to tear her apart.
Kaikuh didn't know what to do since she was too slow to dodge it, so she just watched it coming towards her as she had a little glimpse of her past, of when she was still a kid, as she remembered how people were scared of coming close to her since she could read their minds.
"Hey it's her"
"She's the girl who can read people's mind"
"Yeah, we better stay away from her before she goes on sprouting our secrets" they murmured as she walked through the crowd.
After a while, she arrived at a bar and mistakenly read someone's mind as the person thought, "Once this lady drinks that whine she'll be all mine" as the person smiled wickedly.
Kaikuh was a very nice girl who loved helping people, so immediately she heard it she became scared and ran to the woman and said, "Please don't drink that"
This made the woman confused as she dropped the cup back on the counter which made the man became angry as he said, "What do you think you're doing little girl, buzz off before I deal with you myself"
"Hey you don't have to be so rude, she's still a kid" the woman said as they began arguing.
"He put something in your drink" Kaikuh said as the woman stopped and looked at her making the man angry as he said, "What do you think you're doing, what kind of nonsense are you saying?"
"If you drink that, you would loose yourself which would make the man take advantage of you" she said as the woman looked at the man.
"Hey, she's lying, I don't know what she's saying. Hey kid, explain yourself! Who do you think you are? Get the hell out of her and stop destroying peoples relationship" the man said as he thought, "I need to get rid of this kid, she's spoiling my plan"
Kaikuh looked at the woman with consign and just said, "Be careful around him lady" and left.
"She's finally gone, guess things can finally commence as planned" the man thought as the lady who he took out stood up and said, "Well we had a great time, it's better I head home now"
"Wait, we aren't done yet..."
"I know but I'm feeling a little bit tired so I have to go home, I guess we would continue from where we stopped on our next meeting"
"That's cool but at least have your drink before you go"
"I really appreciate the offer but I'm not feeling tasty right now, maybe next time"
"Is it because of what the girl said?"
"No, but thanks for the offers anyways, I had a great time with you" the woman said as she began leaving the place.
The man then held her hand and said, "It's because of the kid right, that's why you don't want to take your drink"
"Hey, let me go!"
"So you don't trust me, you trust a complete stranger over someone who you've been with for a month now"
"It's not that..."
"Then why don't you want to take your drink"
"You know what, you're acting suspicious, why are you forcing me to drink that?"
The man became speechless not knowing what to say as the woman then said, "If you know what's good for you let go of me"
The man didn't know what to do so he let go of her and as she was going she stopped and said, "I'm breaking up with you, I don't want to ever hear from you again, got it" as she took her leave.
This made the man angry as he lost control of himself and began breaking things, as the people in the bar tried stopping him.
The woman heard the noise and screams which made her quicken her steps.
"I'll find that kid and get her, I'll make sure she pays for what she has done" the man thought as Kaikuh became scared and ran away from where she was hiding.
The man saw a little Kaikuh of about six years, wearing rag, as she ran away.
"Hey you, get back here!" The man screamed as he chased her.
As she was running, the man caught up to her and picked her up as she began shouting for help while trying to protect herself.
"I'll make sure you pay for what you did" the man said as the woman who just broke up with him came and told him to put her down.
The man looked at her and asked, "Or what? What are you going to do, do you think you can defeat me?"
The woman had doubt since she wasn't too strong, plus he was from a noble family which made the woman grinned her teeth as she looked at the man.
Flame appeared on his hands as he said, "If you want to fight me be my guest but don't blame me for what happens next" as an evil smile appeared on his face.
While he was smiling, an old muscular man tapped him from the back and as he turned to see who it was, he received a powerful punch that sent him to the ground, as the old man stepped on his hands and said, "Let the poor girl go" and freed her.
He took Kaikuh and asked if she was okay as he then told her to leave.
"You insolent fool, why you!!!" The young man said angrily and was about to attack but as the old man turned back, the man was engulfed in fear and fell down as he ran away.
The old man took his leave but his face wasn't visible as he then disappeared.
This made Kaikuh to be filled with excitement as she wanted to become like him.
The woman from before came to check on her and after some few questions and answers, she told Kaikuh she was going to take her in as they both began moving.
After a while, Kaikuh looked at the woman and asked, "Who was that?"
"I'm not sure but I guess that was a hunter or an adventurer" she said as Kaikuh replied with a very big smile, "When I grow up, I want to become like that man"
"Of course you can, you already saved me, so I'm sure you can become like them" the woman said as Kaikuh became filled with excitement.
Presently, the beast was heading towards her as Akari stretch her hands, sending vines towards her, as Makoto tried raising a sand wall in front of her.
"It turns out I couldn't be like that man, guess this is the end for me" Kaikuh thought as she smiled, while tears came out from one of her eyes.
"No, no one is going to die!!!" Akari screamed as her vines glowed and moved really quickly, wrapping the beast before it could claw her, as a sand wall protected her.
Kaikuh was shocked as she saw what happened and then remembered what Akari shouted as took a deep breath and thought, "That's right, I can't be a liability to them, if only I could do more"
As Kaikuh was in agony thinking, her system popped up a message and said, "You have gathered enough point and increased your mind reading capabilities to level five, do you want to use those points to awaken a new mind power, or increase your mind reading capabilities to level six"
This message shocked Kaikuh as she thought, "Mind Powers, so does it mean that my ability isn't only to read minds?"