The Bilby jumps and tunnels straight through the glass without damaging the ceiling in any way. It lands in the middle of the platform, separating the three of us, but it doesn't attack and instead lies down on its stomach closing its eyes. Then, a timer appears above the Bilby, and it starts counting down from five minutes. There was no time to waste, and I yell,

"Hide!"

and the three of us run in different directions into the mall, with myself going North, Kom going East, and Ranko going West.

As I was running, small rats appeared and tried to block my way, but they were easy enough to kill and pose no harm towards me. I run upwards toward the second floor and find an indoor marketplace, of course with everything broken, trying to find a solid place to hide. Running around in a small hallway, I saw a ramen store hidden in the corner, with doors leading to its back kitchen.

I look back at the timer and see two minutes left, so I call Ranko to see how she's doing.

"Did you find a good place?"

"Y-yes, I should be fine..."

Those words relieved my slight anxiety, and the timer has just came to an end.

A low grumbling was heard but silence followed in suite. I sit there waiting for a while starting to believe that the Bilby went for one of the other two. I get up and prepare my gun, slowly walking forwards out of the store.

But then I hear a scratching sound. I stop in my tracks and hold my breath, and the sound seemed to stop. I take another step forward and nothing happens. The Bilby seemed to leave, so I inch my way towards to door, trying to get out as quietly as I could.

Of course getting out of the store wasn't that simple, and I heard a smashing sound behind me. I turn around slowly and see the Bilby's head in the broken wall, with its red eyes staring right at me. I scramble to the door and the Bilby starts eating through the wall-literally eating through the wall. I exit the ramen shop and look around me, finally deciding to run to my right, where Kom would probably be. I run down the hallway and can feel the Bilby's eyes still gaze upon me.

I reach the end of the hallway and turn around, shooting up a web in the alleyway.

"[FMC] Now!"

The web gets filled and the Bilby gets stuck in the web, but only momentarily, as it quickly rips it to shreds and continues chasing me. I run towards the marketplace and jump off the railing, landing back on the first floor, then run back up the escalators onto the big platform. I run down the East escalators and decide to find Kom, but the Bilby has already ran in front of me blocking the way.

We were in a large corridor, with stores lined up along the sides, at a standstill waiting for the first move. I already had a plan on how to get past the Bilby, but I needed it to come a bit closer.

"[FMC], create two actual anchors each embedded into a store on the left and right and attach strong wires to them."

"Got it."

The trap was already being set up but the Bilby still has not moved from its spot.

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There's no way a boss from this world is that dumb, right?

I decide to aggravate it a bit and throw another rock at it.

"Yo, come here!"

It still doesn't move, but it didn't matter since Kom came flying from behind the Bilby slamming his axe into the Bilby's head. The Bilby staggered forward from the brute strength of Kom's attack bringing it into the range of the trap, and I pull the wires connected to the anchors causing the two stores on both sides of the hallway to fall down, crushing the Bilby, with Kom flipping off its back dodging the falling debris.

We high-five each other at the sight of its defeat, and a notification appeared.

Conveniently at this time, Ranko came running from the West and we all reunited in the Eastern corridor, looking at the body of the Bilby.

Seeing this message, I tell the other two to quickly run up the escalators back towards the big platform as the whole Eastern section of the mall collapses into dust and rocks.

The collapsing of the ceiling probably solidified the Bilby's death, and the fight was over...

...

Uuuuuuuuntil it wasn't, as more notifications popped up.

The rubble covering the Bilby was soon surrounded by a greenish light, and particles began flowing towards the Bilby. It seemed that the energy it stored from sucking the land dry is being absorbed by the Bilby right now, and the Bilby rises from the rubble and shakes its head.

It jumps through the ceiling, disappearing from my sight, until it lands right back in the middle platform, lying down once again with its eyes closed.

This time, a three minute timer was set, and the game begins again.

With only three corridors left to hide in, I took North again while Kom took South, leaving Ranko with West.

The next rounds went fairly smoothly, with the Bilby targeting Kom in the second round, but dying after being lit aflame by some left over oil in stores. The Southern corridor collapsed and the Bilby respawned again, this time with a two minute timer. I was still running as the timer went off, and the Bilby soon caught up to me in the Western corridor. I was by myself while I told Kom to go with Ranko, so I used platforms beneath my feet to jump mid-air. [FMC] did a very good job with her placement of platforms and I was soon jumping over the head of the Bilby. As I go past it, the Bilby also starts jumping, but it instead latches onto the surrounding walls and jumps in a zig-zag pattern to catch up to me.

I was able to escape towards the big platform in time, with Kom and Ranko already waiting there for me, and the Bilby soon succumbed to another trap we set before hand, namely chlorine gas. Using the bleach in some laundry stores and vinegar from restaurants, they react to form chlorine gas, which is very poisonous when inhaled. Of course, I created a safe place to protect ourselves but the Bilby soon died to the gas.

Now, there was only one corridor left, and the timer was at...

30 seconds.

Only 30 seconds.

Well, it is what it is, but something else was off about the Bilby; it seemed to emit a red aura while sleeping during this round, giving off a presence that spread fear and intimidation to the surroundings.

I myself was sweating a tiny bit, but its presence was a lot lighter than the presence I experienced earlier in my adventure allowing me to operate regularly near the Bilby.

As there was only one corridor left, all three of us went together, but it was very hard to find a good place to hide. The 30 seconds were soon up, and the Bilby started seeking. I look behind me around the corner where I was hiding but don't see the Bilby, until suddenly, my back erupted in pain and red dots around my body. I collapsed on the spot with the Bilby looming above me, grinning at me with that creepy smile, about to strike me, but right as it is about to kill me, Kom jumps in and blocks the attack,

"Retreat! I will hold it off for now!"

Ranko quickly flies down picking me up as we take off to a safe place far away from the Bilby, but I did not like this at all, as I had to warn Kom about the Bilby's power.

"T-tell him t-t-ttthat it c-"

I cough out blood as I was unable finish the sentence and fainted on Ranko's lap.