a great battle ensues, but despite the initial surprise, the enemies regroup and start defeating the glatorian. after fighting mata nui briefly, fero, the bone hunter leader, leaves the battle, expecting the skrall to lose. mata nui manages to open a gap in their lines and spots metus fleeing. he pursues, defeating the agori's guards, and reaches metus's thornatus which is then flipped over by some vorox. mata nui transforms the traitor into a snake through usage of the ignika and returns to his friends. meanwhile, ackar, gresh and kiina, cornered by the skrall, attempt to combine their powers but are unable to repel the assault. mata nui adds life energy to their attack, increasing the intensity sufficiently to drive the skrall, and the bone hunters back, leaving the glatorian victorious, even as their enemies scattered and retreated into the wilderness.