Cast Blast

Jon is sent to the New Killer Beaver Village on a reconnaissance mission to investigate what Chief Manhunter is up to. He finds shocking proof that Chief Manhunter isn’t trying to eat them for their Battler Crystals. He is after their Battler Emeralds.

Jon and the other Battlers know full well that they can only obtain their Battler Emeralds through fierce combat, so Jon, Shauna, and Diahandra, opt to lay off the fighting until they can think of a better plan. Unfortunately for Jon, Chief Manhunter’s strongest warrior, Cast, is constantly attacking him to make sure he does fight. And he’ll make sure he does at any cost. . . .

NOTES:

• This book is narrated by Jon, the Red Battler.
• This is the first book Cast features prominently in since his introduction in Book 41.
• Oriana makes a surprise visit to the present due to a Chronos transfero spell!
• The Battlers finally realize what Chief Manhunter’s true plan is — to coax them into going through the Crystal Advance so he can eat them and their Battler Emeralds!
• Jon meets his love interest — Monique Eazel!
• Jon finally gets his own Villager Power — the spectral power, which enables him to go through walls and ceilings like a ghost. He can trigger that power by clapping his hands twice. This power was inspired by two things: Josh Baldwin, the temporary White Blaster Beetleborg on Big, Bad Beetleborgs, who, while he was a Beetleborg, could turn invisible by dusting his hands off, and Kitty Pride, known to X-Men: Evolution fans as Shadowcat, whose mutant power enabled her to phase through walls and ceilings.
• Jon undergoes his Crystal Advance!
• Jon learns two new spells — Inferno (which he uses on-page) and Lava Beam (which he does not use on-page).
• The dialogue between Maurice and Jon over Monique’s float was adopted from a scene between the characters Linda and Lauren in an episode of the now-canceled CBS sitcom Still Standing, as is Maurice’s “video camera” parting shot, which is based on Linda’s parting shot to the character Judy.
• This book marks the first appearance of Jeremy Frost, who would later appear again, this time as a villain, in Book 46.
• Oriana’s Time Twister spell is mentioned for the first time in quite a long time.
• The characters of Brooke and Stephanie are indeed characters who appear on The Bold and the Beautiful, the soap opera Oriana takes to in this book.
• Three Battlers lose the Tournament of Wonder in this book — Jon (to Deyon), Shauna (to Jeremy), and Richard (to Diahandra)!

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