Protectors of Life

Hunter fights Buguese's Battle Beetle, but cannot defeat it until Grasshop helps by removing its regeneration component. However, Buguese reveals that he was merely distracting the Spider Riders while Aqune removes the Oracle Key from its chamber.

Full Recap
Hunter and Shadow face off against Buguese's newest version of the Battle Beetle. When they destroy a piece of its armor, the Beetle regenerates, making itself virtually indestructible. It attacks Hunter and Shadow, lashing them to columns and blasting them repeatedly. The Spider Riders join forces to come to their friends' rescue but find themselves beaten down and at the mercy of the beast. Hunter quietly taunts Buguese, giving him and Shadow an opportunity to escape.

With a little help from Grasshop, Hunter and Shadow destroy the Beetle only to discover Buguese's true plan; to provide Aqune with enough time to remove the Oracle Key from it's resting place orb. After she removes the key the Castle and all its inhabitants begin to fall from the sky. Hunter tries to stop the fall by placing one of his own key's in the orb. Unfortunately he can't get past the resting orb's defensive barrier. Corona offers her help and the pair apparently manage to pass the barrier and place their key inside. This act slows the castle, which then lands gently back in the city of Nuuma.

Featured Characters

 * Hunter Steele
 * Corona
 * Igneous
 * Magma
 * Prince Lumen of Arachna
 * Princess Sparkle of Arachna
 * Grasshop
 * Queen llluma
 * Solan
 * Battle Spider Shadow
 * Battle Spider Venus
 * Battle Spider Flame
 * Battle Spider Brutus
 * Battle Spider Ebony
 * Battle Spider Hotarla
 * Buguese
 * Aqune

Quotes
"Someone must have removed the regeneration device ...Grasshop!" "How dare you Grasshop!"
 * "The beetle, it didn't regenerate!"
 * — Buguese discovers Grasshop is more dangerous than he first believed.


 * "Oh no don't worry yourself about me. I'm just peachy!"- Grasshop, while trapped under some debris.


 * "Maybe will land somewhere soft, or the ground is going to be very hard! It's not going to be fluffy like a pillow! We're going to fall down and go boom! Is this it Oracle? Is this how you reward heroes?! Ah! Augh!"- Grasshop again laments his lot in life, while the powers that be appear not to care.

"Well, that rules you out."
 * "The Oracle's Handmaid..."
 * — Hunter learns that the only person who can put his Oracle Key into the crystal pedestal is a handmaid, and Shadow points out the obvious, again.