As Finn was about to speak out his plans, Antares roared out once more with an imbued tone. This time the nearby village could hear it… Those in the false dungeon's corridors bled from their ears but they could still fight. Those in the boss room with Antares, the source, paused in total terror…
However, showing growth from the first time this happened, Hedin had prepared a quick failsafe… A selfless, and terribly risky action.
Shortly after Antares' roar cursed the word, Finn, currently in a state of total fear, was hit square in the face with a weak magical lighting bolt. In a quick reaction, Finn ended up being the first to recover from his fear.
"Huh? Shit!" He realized, and with a quick twirl of his spears to build up an initial momentum, he slammed the butt end of both spears into the ground, in an effort to psych himself up, while drawing Antares attention on himself.
Allen, having been moving around through the air with his superior acrobatics, managed to come to his senses upon reflex, courtesy of the instincts a falling cat has within their very nature. He immediately noticed the rare opportunity had opened up. He quickly cast his magic, surrounding himself with a brilliant light, and charged straight for Antares' mid section.
Upon impact, Antares stumbled to the side ever so slightly, and the resulting pressurized sound wave woke up everyone else within the room. And a torrent began once more. However, something still felt off, Finn's thumbs weren't shaking, but he could feel something was wrong.
"I can't worry about that for now…" Finn muttered to himself for a moment to recover his breath. Then with a heave of his spears above his head. "Ottar, pull back, begin your preparations, we're taking this monster down."
"Got it." Ottar leapt back from the front.
"Aye, I'll hold him back. EARTH RAID!" Gareth laughed through bloodied vision, destabilizing the immediate area around Antares.
"Oh, we're going all out now? I've been waiting for a no holds barred moment!" Bara grinned with a crazed expression. The fight she had with Bache in Telskyura had rubbed off a little bit more people originally thought. "TAKE THIS!" She began holding nothing back, her bones cracking under the pressure of her own strength. Blood spread down her face covering her eyes, yet still she fought despite the clear pain.
"Finally, with a plan we shall defeat the mighty foe! HAVE AT THEE!" Hogni chanted in a rhythmic form as he danced along with his blade… his actions now unilaterally removing tentacles as opposed to deflecting them.
"Riveria prepare to clean up Antares after Ottar's attack."
Hedin continued with harassment attacks, alongside the Fairy Force's bombardment, until he decided it was time… It was now…
Allen had transitioned into running, as hard, and as fast as he could, making circles on the walls as he went, building up his attack power.
"Allen!" Finn called out.
Allen focused and pushed even harder, reaching the highest speed he could handle without passing out. Finn noticed the change, and began timing… He jumped, landing right on Allen's back, looking like a very dangerous backpack. Raising his spears, and charging his own Tir Na Nog, a piercing attack with extreme power, a power now effectively amped by Allen's status and magic as well.
"NOW!"
Allen quickly changed course, launching right for Antares once more, this time aiming at something he felt might be the monster core. He, Finn, and their three spears made a clean hole right through Antares' body, but Allen broke one knee, both ankles and his wrists upon landing. Finn's arms were nearly completely shattered, but he could walk, and even run. Using that ability, Finn ran the heel out of the way, with Allen holding on for dear life, literally by his teeth since nothing else was working at the moment.
Bara, and Gareth seeing the hole suddenly appear, jumped up off the way. And a few lightning bolts pushed a frenzied Hogni out of Ottar's path, landing on a surprised Gareth.
Ottar, with his blade raised in the perfect position, and a perfect charge, brought down the mightiest attack the Tsugunai had in its arsenal. With a wide, blinding light crashing into Antares with a furious, and unrelenting force. It pressed right into the wall, and continued for several seconds, all as if to really stick it to Antares.
As the light began to fade away, Riveria, unleashed her torrent of magical prowess, having been made keenly aware of what she had once lacked, she poured every last bit of her mind into this combo spell. Turning the room into a burning, and frozen hellscape simultaneously, leaving obvious scars of both spells everywhere.
Everywhere except for the fairy force, where everyone had managed to reach in time, thankfully safe under their magical shield. Some began healing the members, making sure to avoid touching non-elves as much as possible.
After the spells had run their course, the familias having gathered in one place once more took a look at their handiwork, with expectant expressions, totally gassed out of all their strength. The smoldering remains of Antares slowly began to crumble away.
"Haha, we did it." Bara let out an exhausted, and exasperated laugh, instantly relaxing, and then immediately wincing from the pain, a fate many others fell into as well.
Just as they'd started to relax, Ottar lifted his blade once more, catching everyone's eye.
"What is it, Ottar?"
"I don't know. Something's wrong."
Rethusa and her familia members had managed to make it to the Loki and Freya familias, she looked exhausted, and weak… Way too weak, like something terrible happened.
"Rethusa? What happened to you?" Finn asked.
"It came out of nowhere! And… and… it took…" She responded with what she could, clenching to try staying conscious, but having grown so weak so suddenly, after already being exhausted, she was passing out. "Her… go… ess…" She along with the rest of her familia fell unconscious.
Finn hadn't heard everything, his ears were still ringing, but Riveria heard it.
"Finn, this fight isn't over yet." Ottar spoke.
That's when a low rumble could be felt by everyone, and when everyone finally noticed, the dungeon had vanished… there was no longer any power creating the monster spawners, and more than that… They all saw a terrible, sinful sight. A being they couldn't hope to match.