Reunite.

"Hey, I don't wanna cut myself climbing in," Eva says next.

"I gotcha," Niki responds. She slides her mace left and right, breaking all the rest of the glass that might be protruding up. While the other two climb their way in, she turns around to inspect the room, with her attention mostly locking onto the mud pit containing a half-naked Lynx with three small but sexy little bugs. "Woah. I missed something fun."

"Niki, the golem's cannon!" you shout.

She turns just as the monster is about to fire directly in your direction. After lunging over, she comes to a stop and holds up her magic shield. The cyan beam of pure magical energy collides with metal, and just as before, the room fills with light. However, unlike with Lynx, Niki doesn't budge an inch. She tanks the entire blow with ease, to the point where she even smiles afterwards as she slowly brings her shield back down. "Disappointing," she says with a cocky attitude.

"Do you need me to heal you?" Amara shouts out as she hurries over.

"No, no. I'm good."

Eva points her wand in every direction, unsure of who to shoot. She locks onto the ALICE who is still stuck in place by a not-so-mysterious arm through the wall. "What's going on, Kyle?"

"Slay the two remaining slimes, restrain everyone else. I've got the golem," you command.

Amara smiles and nods as she taps the bottom of her staff on the ground. "Bless," she says as she lays a hand upon you. Blush flickers in her cheeks as the sensation of the spell fall over her, but you feel amazing! Her buff spell has more than prepared you for the fight ahead.

"And I've got these ones," Eva boasts. "You shouldn't stand so close together! Chain Lightning!" Swirling energy dances around the tip of her staff as energy crackles around her. Aimed at both the black and remaining green slime, she lets out a powerful strike--lighting that arcs out to singe both of the monsters to nothing but puddles of slime. However, it also scorches the wall beside the previously made crater, and the wooden table nearby ignites into flames. "Oops."

"Two redheads?" Niki asks. "Ah. Who cares. I'll take them both on!"

As you run towards the golem, you turn to try and explain, but it's too late.

Niki shines the glowing red spotlight from her shield right over both Rose and the cleric in the corner. The effect is immediate, though it's much more obvious on the cleric. Rose hides her feelings better than most, but she's only human. Her face glows pink as her legs wobble, and she tils her head back with a flutter of her eyes. Such a hot, thrilling sensation rushing through the body out of nowhere is a lot for anyone to handle, though it's the cleric who shows a much more embarrassing reaction. She whimpers much higher pitched than her voice was previously, as if all layers of her metaphorical armour have been stripped in an instant. Her face lights up almost as red as her hair, and she drops her mace to the ground. Next, goes her body. She falls to her knees, whimpering and moaning as the pleasure fills her up.

"Mmm, aah... Aah, s-stop~! Noo!" she pleads as she stares up towards the ceiling with closed eyes. Her lips quiver, but as the light continues to shine, it only gets worse. Her breathing increases--heavy, fast. It's too much for her to handle.

You have more important things to take care of than stopping Niki right now anyway. Already, you've leapt into the air right over the mud pit, and as you go, you slide your hand across the flat of your sword while speaking aloud, "Flare Blade," yet again. Then, as you come down onto the beast, you thrust your flaming hot weapon forwards. Power from those nearby flow into it, causing the weapon to glow a vibrant shade of pink. You can feel the difference in power the moment it makes contact. It jabs right through, causing surges of magical power to immediately start firing out in every direction. You grab hold with both hands and yank it out the bottom, tearing the golem nearly in two. Then with another horizontal swing, it crumbles to the ground--shaking and popping as various parts inside short circuit and explode. It falls apart back into a series of spheres. While you don't care much right now to break every single one, you thrust your foot into those nearby, and you're confident there's no way they could reform.

You turn. Eva, Amara, and Niki have bound the hands of Rose and the cleric. Meanwhile, Vivi, Lynx, Mina, and now Alice herself have bound the three ants as well as the opposing ALICE construct. The slimes are defeated, though Meti is nowhere to be seen. Mela floats down, still nervous, but seems relieved about how things have ended.