Briny then said, "He has already been defeated?! What are you talking about?"
And the Mind demon smiled and said, "Hahaha, I'll explain. I don't know if you remember, but there were five people in our group. However, you don't seem to realize that one of our members is not here. Can you guess where he is?"
"... Are you saying he went after Gen?"
"Exactly. He left here at the same moment as your friend and started following him."
"That's it?"
"What do you mean 'that's it'? Didn't you understand anything I said?"
"I did, but I don't know why I should care about the fact that one of you went after Gen."
"You don't know why? Then let me tell you. We are the Five Great Demons. All of us are masters of some martial art, and we have essences at the Natural level. If you shouldn't worry about that, I don't know what you should worry about."
"Hm, you have a point, but you have to understand that even if all this is true, there's no way I could be worried after all that happened earlier."
"Earlier? What do you mean?"
"Have you forgotten? Gen wiped the floor with two of you great demons earlier. Why should I care if another one of you went after him? As far as I know, that just means that another one of you will lose."
The Mind demon was then quiet for a while and thought, 'That's right. Before he left, he defeated Fist and Leg, and even though he used Fist's carelessness and surprised Leg with his essence, that still counts. It makes sense that she wouldn't be apprehensive to hear that another one of us went after him.'
Briny then said, "Well, if you don't have anything else to say, we'll be going.", and then they turned and walked back in the direction Gen had gone, but before they could walk very far, they again heard the Mind's demon say, "Wait!"
Briny then turned and said, "What now? Didn't you already say what you wanted?"
"Why don't you guys stay here and wait for your friend to come back?"
"No thanks. We will head in his direction."
"I'm sorry, but I can't let this happen. I don't know if my friend is still fighting with your friend, so I can't let you go towards them since you might end up interfering with their fight."
"Didn't you say the fight was over for sure and that Gen had already lost? If that's the case, it's okay for us to go in their direction."
"Well, I did say that, but you never know. In case they're still fighting, you'd better wait around here."
"And how are you sure they're fighting?"
"Well, I don't, but I'd say the probability is high, so you'd better stick around."
"No. We're going in their direction."
"I already told you I can't let you do that."
"Well, I don't remember asking your permission. Now stop bothering us!"
"If you insist on going there, I'll be forced to use force to stop you."
Briny then turned to him, looked up into his eyes, and said, "You're free to try.", and right away, bubbles of water began to appear around Briny.
Seeing this, the Mind's demon said, "It doesn't have to be like that. We won't bother you anymore, so stay here."
And Briny said, "That's a very nice offer on your part, but no thanks. As I said, we're going to move on to our friend.", and then they started walking away.
The Mind demon then said, "It looks like we've passed the point where talking could resolve our situation."
And Briny said, "We haven't passed that point yet, but from the looks of it, it looks like you're not going to give up on keeping us here until I teach you a lesson."
"Hahaha. You teach me a lesson? Don't dream about the impossible."
"You think you're stronger than me?!"
"No, but we have four people ready to fight, and in your group, the only one able to fight is you. I want to see how you will protect them while fighting one of us, hahaha."
Briny then thought, 'That's right, I had forgotten that nothing prevents them from attacking me together. What do I do now? As a last resort, I'll have to submerge the room. That way, they won't stand a chance against me.'
And then the Mind's demon said, "What do you think? Waiting here doesn't seem like a bad idea right now, does it?"
And Briny said, "True, but that doesn't change what I'm going to do. We're going in the direction of our friend."
"Oh yeah? Then get ready to fight."
"Are you sure about that? If you force my hand, you will regret it."
"Well, let regret come then! Come on, Fist, Leg!", and then they started toward Briny.
Seeing this, Briny said, "Then don't say I didn't warn you. Raja, use your essence and try to create some kind of area around you so the water can't get in."
And Raja said, "I can't do it, Briny."
"What? Why can't you?"
"I just used my essence like it was a cloning essence. So, for those great demons guys, that's my essence. If I start doing something that doesn't match it, they will definitely get suspicious, and then they might find out what my essence really is, and that will make, not only this dome not hold any water out, but it will also make me useless in a fight against them."
"Damn, now what? I can't submerge the room if you guys aren't going to be protected."
The Mind demon and the other two were approaching them, and then Raja said, "You have to submerge the room."
And Briny said, "I can't do that. Lina and the other man are passed out. If I submerge the room, they might drown."
"Don't worry, you don't have to submerge the room at all."
"What do you mean?"
"You just have to fill the room with some water because that way, Gen will see it, and he'll come towards us."
Briny then said, "That's true. You're right. I'll get started then. Take care of the fainted ones."
And Raja said, "I will."
And Fir said, "Okay."
Briny then began to generate a lot of water around her body and spread it around as fast as she could.
Seeing what she was doing, the Mind demon said, "Got it, so that's your trump card, submerging the room."
And Briny said, "Exactly."
"There's just one problem. If you submerge the room, I want to see what happens to the fainted people in your group."
"You don't have to worry about them. I'm doing what's best for the group. I'm sure they wouldn't mind getting wet in exchange for that."
"Hm, maybe you're right, but we'll never find out because we won't let you submerge the room."
"Good luck with that."
Right after saying this, more water started pouring out of her surroundings, making the water near them cover their feet.
The Mind demon then said, "Fist, Leg, we can't let her keep doing this. If it continues like this, in a few minutes, the room will be underwater. Strike towards her together."
And they both said, "Okay."
They then hit the air and said, "Air Destroyer.", and then two bursts of air went towards Briny, but she raised a very thick wall of water, which caused the two bursts of air to lose strength, and then after a while, they dissipated, and the water wall began regenerating itself.
The Mind demon then said, "Damn, the air destroyer won't be enough to get through that wall. Let me break through this wall. After I destroy it, you guys attack again."
And both of them said, "Okay."
The Mind demon then came in front of the water wall, put his hand on his forehead on top of the black bandage there, and said, "If you're going to defend with water, I'm going to attack with fire!"