"What are your names?" Jim asked the moment they returned back to their place outside the arena.
"I'm Kro."
"I'm Roo."
The two youths said while their faces showed how much they were unaware yet of what just happened to them. "Have we really lost?" Roo asked in a shocked tone. "Are we going to be slaves?" he added.
"Don't worry," Jim laughed before adding, "to me you are all brothers and sisters," he said while glancing shortly at the distant masters' zone.
He noticed Pol. Of course the distance didn't make him be sure if it was him, but he knew his rough location and with his great physique he couldn't be wrong. "Just wait," he muttered while turning to glance at the two newcomers.
"You'll act as our decoy," he said.
"Meaning?" Kro asked.
"Will we fight?" Roo added, "we need to rest a little, after all that water prison is just overwhelming to our powers."
"Well, you can rest as long as you need," Jim said before turning to glance at Pol's direction. "You won't fight soon."
His words were vague yet he didn't waste any moment while turning towards Lan. "Grab the best lightning ore or item you can find, or grab two," he said.
"Can I have two?" Lan was speechless there for a moment.
"Sure, one in your right pocket and the second in your left pocket," Jim laughed before adding, "we have the right to select more tools to aid us, go, don't waste more time."
Lan was hesitant before finally residing to Jim's wishes. "What's the plan, boss?" Deno asked, as he felt really excited while watching the outstanding performance of Jim and others.
"Can you tell me more about those giants?" he asked, as he met Pol, but didn't see him move a finger at all!
"They are one of the oldest clans out there," Pat said while adding, "like the Bulltors, yet those had the shortest end of the stick after the fall of the fairies in the ancient times."
Jim glanced at Deno, yet he wasn't that devastated like before. He smiled, as his plan in saving him for later was the perfect choice. "What's their best traits? Their basic skills? Their advanced skills? Rare abilities? Tell me everything," Jim demanded.
"They are like Deno here, giant and strong, plus their stronger physique than him, they are more agile and hard to catch," Gorden said while taking Deno as an example. "They can vanish instantly from place and appear at another, a shifting ability as I recall," he added.
"It's the flash ability, not common one but we have to assume everyone of them will have it," Deno said before adding, "see your Pal out there? He vanished and appeared without making a single sound, that's one of their greatest weapons," he said while motioning towards the masters' area.
"Hmm… that's quite disturbing," Jim said, before adding, "what else do they have?"
"They have a strong relationship with rocks and earth, so they can fix themselves tightly like a glue and can't be easily removed," Rick said while facing some weakness after using his skill.
"They also can create giant balls of rocks and dirt, a rare ability but we have to assume they will have people who can use it," Pat said.
"Did you forget their dirt tsunami unique ability?" Lan said from the rear as he came and joined them, "it's an extremely rare fusion ability that resembles the water prison one, but this one requires at least three to perform."
"And?" Jim patiently asked, not much fazed with all these abilities.
"They will form a giant wave of dirt that will assault literally the entire arena," Gorden said before Pat added, "and this dirt is quite special. It had a freezing effect that would prison anyone inside, but…" he paused as he glanced over the two newly joined Kroaks.
"But what?" Jenny asked.
"This dirt is very weak to water," Roo said before adding, "they will try to eliminate us two first, or else their ace attack will be smashed under our water breaths at least."
Jim nodded in understanding before summing everything up:
"So they have strong bodies with stronger defenses than Deno, Rick, and Gordan. They have this strange agility movement, faster than me and even Pat, and they have earth affinity. They can use it to glue themselves to the ground, form rocks, or create a landslide that would imprison us. Except if we managed to perfectly defend the two Kroaks and let them use their water abilities in time, right?"
He glanced at everyone, and the silent stern looks over their faces told him a lot about how they were feeling right now.
"What will we do then, boss?" Deno asked again and this time the look over Jim's face told him as it told others how brilliant his plan was.
"We'll do this…" and Jim started narrating his strategy while detailing everything in it.
"Wow!" Deno muttered before glancing over the two Kroaks. "Is that even allowed?"
"We'll test it," Jim said before adding, "but I think we might get support from the capped master."
"The elf master?" Kro said, "he is a nice master, but don't rely too much on his liking for you. He is well known for loving to watch fights and test his disciples under harsh conditions!"
"I'm not his disciple!" Jim retorted.
"Well, I think mate you have no way around," Roo laughed before he noticed the weird glances coming from others, so he hurried to add, "sorry, boss."
"Oh, they came already!" Lan shouted while everyone turned to glance at the direction he pointed towards. "Wow, they are really tough!" Pat muttered while noticing the bulging muscles covering their topless chests.
"They love to walk like that?" Ashley asked in disgust.
"It's the way to tell other giants that they are the true giants!" Deno sighed while stealing a rapid glance at the hole in his chest.
"Don't worry," Jim smiled while adding in a challenging tone, "we'll crush them all… I promise you that."