At the same time that the pale humanoid monster emerged from the shadows of the numerous trees in the forest, Jay's mind was working at its best.
Immediately, Jay opened his energy expenditure window at the same time as he did a quick count of all the parasites in his body.
He then focused his vitality radar on all the people present, starting with Vilda and Faith, but not forgetting Nico, Kai or Tom, fortunately, all of them were alive.
With that out of the way, his train of thought in this situation was simple... all ending in running away.
Maybe if he had been a rank (C) monster, he could have at least tried to make time for the others to wake up and deal with it together, or just defeat it himself using his trusty Overload.
However, in this situation, neither of those options were viable.
*Swoosh!*