The moment Shizuka spoke that legendary dragon's name, she became covered in crimson flames. However, the flames weren't hurting her, but rather looked like they were protecting her as they covered the surface of her body. After a few seconds and the flames had disappeared, Shizuka's appearance had greatly changed. She had transfigured into something halfway between dragon and human.
She had horns on her head, and her eyes and hair had turned red. Sharp fangs fitting for beasts peeked out from under her lips. Her arms and legs were covered in crimson scales, as if they were armor. On her back she had dragon-like wings and a long tail stretched out from the back of her waist. She looked like a child born between a dragon and human
“Blue Knight, leave this to me! While my power is limited in this form, I won't lose to normal people!”
“I'll leave it to you!”
“Here I was wondering it would be, and it's just a mutant? How desperate can you be, Koutarou-kun! Just taking in some characteristic of other livings won't make humans that much stronger!”
Elexis had been surprised at first, but his composure had returned by now.
He didn't think Shizuka's transformation was much of a threat. Though she might have gotten biologically strengthened, she was still a living creature. She wouldn't be a match for Forthorthe's weapons and protection. While they might struggle a little since the originally strong Shizuka had gotten stronger, she was someone the soldiers should be able to defeat.
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“I think so too. In this small form, I can only use a fraction of my power”
In that moment, Shizuka opened her mouth and spewed fire. However, this was too hot to call fire and it also shot out fast. That's why, rather than saying that she had spewed fire, it was more apt to call it firing a plasma beam cannon. The beam Shizuka fired cut through the air with ease.
“Impossible?!”
Small unmanned fighters were smashed into pieces and fell in front of the shocked Elexis's eyes. These small fighters were automated, unmanned weapons designed to support the soldiers. The comparison to Earth technology would be a light assault vehicle. Though they were called small, they were not something so weak. Yet they had been destroyed in a single attack. And it wasn't just one. The majority of the fighters had been shot down by this attack.
“So I really couldn't shoot them all down...”
Shizuka wasn't pleased with this result and regrettably dropped her shoulders. However, the side that had suffered the attack were speechless. With this one attack, all of the soldiers had understood that the girl in front of them wasn't something constrained by their common sense.
“Uwaa, Aaaahhhhh!”
“Don't come over hereee!”
The soldiers who had seen Shizuka's power up close all descended into a chaotic state. They reacted in all kinds of ways, some ran away, others blankly stopped in place and some fired their guns at random. But they all had one thing in common: their teamwork had completely collapsed.
“Hmph. The quality of the soldiers sure has dropped in these 2,000 years. Alaia-dono's soldiers would have come at me... They're so reliant on their technology that they've lost their willpower...”
Shizuka moved forward, feeling somewhat dumbfounded by the soldiers’ behavior. She had a regal presence as she walked and the ground cracked for each time she took a step. Despite her form, that overwhelming power was still present.
“...Lidith, Fauna and Caris who had parted with them is here... and I suppose the one I am dwelling in would be Mary... I also feel another nostalgic presence... I see, then I guess it was only inevitable for me to appear here as well!”
Shizuka moved forward to protect the other girls. If she didn't step forward, there was a chance that the still collapsed girls might get caught up in the soldiers' attacks.
“I'll make you pay for harming my friends!”
“You monster!”
Realizing how strong Shizuka was and what state his subordinates were in, Elexis hurriedly closed up Warlord's hatch. If Shizuka was left be, the soldiers would be annihilated. So Warlord and the Motor Knights would need to defeat her right away.