Scene: Inside a cave, Lal and TANK stand on a battle ground. Ruyo, Hima, and Mera watch the fight from near the palace. Hima's guards stand behind her.
Ruyo: "Fight… start!"
Scene: The fight begins.
Lal (thinking): "Hmm… I have Lord of Bheem and Lord of Shastr for attack, Halahal for protection, and a healing skill… summoning right now isn't needed. I'll also need a name if I summon… okay, these three skills and the healing skill should be enough."
TANK (thinking, sharp smile): "This human is powerful… I shouldn't take him lightly. If the princess chose him as my opponent, there must be a reason."
Scene: TANK moves and suddenly gets behind Lal, punching him—but it has no effect.
TANK: "What!?" (shocked, whispering)
Lal: "Hnn!" (slight smile) "Now it's my turn!"
Scene: Lal punches TANK, but the effect is minimal.
Lal: "Nice protection."
TANK: "You two!"
Scene: TANK draws the sword on his back.
TANK (thinking): "If punches don't work… then the sword!"
Scene: Mera watches.
Mera (thinking): "This boy made TANK draw his sword so quickly… and TANK's punch had no effect. I see… a barrier, hmm." (light tone)
Lal: "Space Sword."
Scene: A sword appears in Lal's hand—black blade, white handle.
Scene: The sword fight begins. Both attack each other with incredible speed. Ruyo and Hima can barely keep up; their afterimages blur as their sword sounds echo through the cave.
Hima (thinking, shocked): "I didn't know Lal was this powerful!"
Scene: Lal and TANK pause.
Scene: TANK attacks from behind with his sword, but it causes no damage.
Scene: Lal grabs the sword and cracks it.
TANK (shocked): "What!?"
Scene: Lal vanishes his sword.
TANK: "I see… so no physical attack works on you."
Ruyo (thinking, shocked): "Are you serious!?"
Lal: "Hehe, absolutely."
TANK: "Then…"
Scene: TANK forms a hand gesture.
TANK: "BUTURUKA SONA!"
Scene: Black fog-like energy shoots from TANK's hand toward Lal at incredible speed.
Lal (thinking): "Hmm… another attack. This won't affect me… it reduces the power of every attack by 10% per pixel… and as long as it hits me—"
Scene: The attack hits Lal and deals massive damage.
Lal: "Aaaah!! Annn!"
Scene: Lal falls to the ground.
Lal (confused, panicked): "B… but how?"
TANK: "That wasn't a physical attack. It was a spiritual attack hitting your spirit body."
Lal: "Ahnn! But my skill reduces all attack power to 0… as long as the attack hits me, the damage should be 0 or minimal! But this attack… its damage is huge! How!?" (confused)
TANK: "Maybe there's a defect in your skill. Otherwise, this attack wouldn't have hurt you at all."
Lal (thinking): "I see… I must have made a mistake while creating it. It works on physical attacks, not spiritual ones. I'll fix this later."
Scene: Lal gets back up.
Lal: "Let's go again."
TANK: "Absolutely."
Scene: Ruyo intervenes.
Ruyo: "Stop…! This isn't a death battle! That's enough!" (tension, shock)
Lal: "Ahn! The fun was just starting!" (sad tone, expression)
Ruyo: "!"
Lal (thinking): "Well… at least now I know the defect in my skill. If I realized it during a real battle… who knows what would've happened."
TANK: "It was fun fighting you."
Lal: "Me too. Thank you."
Scene: Mera stands and says:
Mera: "Okay, that's enough for today. As I said earlier, no matter who wins, the alliance will happen."
Hima: "Thank you, Princess Mera."