While Koutarou and Elexis were clashing swords, battles were about to start in other places as well. The most hasty of the dark magical girls was of course Crimson. Once she found enemies, she attacked without hesitation.
“I've been waiting for this moment!!”
”You again!?”
Crimson's target was Shizuka. However, unlike before, Shizuka easily warded off the attack. She was currently in her half-dragon form, so she wouldn't be done in that easily. However, despite her attack failing, Crimson was in a good mood.
“That's more like it! There's nothing fun with fighting weak opponents!”
Crimson didn't actually like Elexis' jamming device all that much. She didn't like the idea of winning after weakening her opponent. To her it was like trying to climb to the top of a mountain but blowing up the top to lower its peak.
When Shizuka turned into a dragon she exceeded the strength of what a human could achieve, which Crimson didn't like, but she at least wanted to fight her half-dragon form. To Crimson who saw fighting as her everything, this was the moment she had long awaited.
“If you're a martial artist, you should understand this feeling too!”
”I like fighting against strong opponents, but I can't enjoy a life or death battle!”
Shizuka unleashed a roundhouse kick while rejecting Crimson's words. Shizuka was doing karate herself, so she liked fighting strong people. However, that was just so that they could test themselves on one another, not for cutting her opponent down. To sum it up, Shizuka liked karate but not using it to kill others.
“I see, that's too bad!! But I won't hold back!!”
Crimson caught Shizuka's kick on the handle of her axe, in other words, her cane, and chanted a spell.
“Quick Cast – Heat Metal!”
“Uwah hot!?”
Only the metallically reinforced parts of the cane, which happened to be where Shizuka's kick had landed, heated up quickly. Crimson's spell allowed her to freely heat up metal, though using it on her own cane lowered its durability, so she couldn't use it too many times. However, when suddenly used in the middle of a close range fight, it was a troublesome attack.
“Geez... magicians really are crazy”
Shizuka hurriedly jumped away and patted the part of her leg that had been burnt a couple of times. It had only felt really hot, but she hadn't taken any serious damage. Shizuka had the powers of the Fire Dragon Emperor so apart from the sensation, she barely ever took any damage from heat.
“Who's the crazy one... But that's more like it”
Crimson showed a fearless smile. The stronger her foe was, the more joy she felt when winning. She couldn't help but look forward to what would happen in this fight.