Once Gruffydd's Garu spell connected with the gargantuan shadow, it suddenly slumped over as if it had taken an especially powerful blow. Then, Minto - with his Persona active - called out to everyone that the shadow is weak against wind attacks. Kazuo looked to Minto and thanked him for the invaluable information. He did the same for Gruffydd but with a quiet nod rather than a verbal acknowledgement. Shiro looked at Minto with amazement - not that anyone can tell from behind his mask. [color=000000]"That's it! You've done it!"[/color] Shiro exclaimed to Minto in excitement. Weakened greatly, the shadow looked like it was open to be attacked by all of them at once. That's when Shinku suggested vocally that they go "All out" on the giant shadow. Kazuo gripped his baton tightly and, along with everyone else aside from Minto, Saito, and Shiro, rushed at the boss. Their frenzied attacks kicked up a heavy cloud of dust that looked very cartoonish from afar and it only settled once everyone distanced themselves from the shadow again.

That felt good and the shadow seems to have taken quite the heavy damage from their unrelenting all-out attack. But now the shadow once again perked up and let out another deafening roar. However, it didn't seem interested in counterattacking just yet. Perhaps it's recovering from its injuries. In any case, now's not the time to let up their assault: it's Kazuo's turn. "Persona!" As the rabbit mask formed over Kazuo's face, Sigurd appeared and flew towards the shadow. Kazuo could feel a bit of his life energy being drained for this next attack.

> [color=DC143C]Kazuo's HP: 84 HP --> 80 HP[/color]
> [color=DC143C]Rolled 18[/color]

Sigurd held his sword high in the air and brought it down directly onto the shadow, dealing out a Cleave attack.

> [color=DC143C]50 Slash damage to Colossal Maya[/color]

Once Sigurd disappeared, the massive shadow lifted three of its six arms up into the air and began flailing them wildly at the group. [color=000000]"It's the Axel Claw attack!"[/color] Shiro warned.

> Target: Kazuo; Rolled 1
> Target: Johnathan; Rolled 12
> Target: Gruffydd; Rolled 15

Kazuo managed to cleanly dodge one of the flailing arms coming directly at him but the same can't be said for Johnathan and Gruffydd who took direct hits from the two other arms. Fortunately for Johnathan, it seems the attack didn't do as much to him as it did to Gruffydd.

> 20 Strike damage to Johnathan
> 40 Strike damage to Gruffydd

The shadow didn't stop there however. It then cast its eyes on Gruffydd (Pulinpa).

> Target: Gruffydd; Rolled 15

Once Gruffydd stared into the shadow's swirl-like eyes, his own eyes turned the same way. Now looking around, all Gruffydd could see are blotchy shadows everywhere. He can't distinguish between friend for foe and he's sweating profusely.

> Gruffydd became Confused

This doesn't look good but Kazuo can't seem to calm Gruffydd down with his words alone. Perhaps someone else on the team can. Right now, Kazuo turned back to the shadow and summoned his Persona again. This time, Sigurd summoned an orb of light that seems to weaken the shadow (Tarunda). Kazuo can feel a bit of his spirit draining as a result of using that skill.

> [color=DC143C]Kazuo's SP: 36 SP --> 24 SP[/color]
> [color=DC143C]Colossal Maya's Attack decreases for 3 turns.[/color]
[hr]
[b][u]Kazuo[/u][/b]
HP: 80 / 84 HP
SP: 24 / 36 SP