Alex wanted to use RELEASE but for some reason, his body's anatomy seems to have changed and the technique could no longer be used the same way. Alex first needed to figure out what was different, to be able to make adjustments and use RELEASE. For now, there was no possible way to check as they were in the middle of a life and death situation.
This made things a bit more difficult since the plant monster was hard to deal with. It had an ability that was similar to Richter's nanomachines as all the wounds inflicted upon it will quickly close as it simply grows it back. Also unlike Richter, this monster has no known vitals making attacking using a gun pretty pointless. Cutting it down using swords seems to work better, but after you cut one part another one sprouts.
"This is so awesome! It's like a monster from an RPG!" Emily who was slashing away using a combat knife while dodging was in a super-excited state. It wasn't only her who was excited.
