Ch. 24

In the middle of the training field, Sheila stares at her new appearance, still amazed at how much her body has changed. She is taller and bigger than all the other Einjards around her and now her Einjard is covered in a black, jet-like armor that's covered in scales. The armor has made her even more intimidating than the rest of the Einjards, who now seem to be looking at her.

"A Claw? " Sheila said while staring at her hands, which have turned into what looks like a massive set of claws.

She has never seen anything like this before and is shocked and confused. She raises her hands up, trying to get a better look at the claws, and is blown away by how sharp and powerful looking they are. She can't believe that something like this was her Einjard unique weapon.

"SHEILA LISTEN!! LOOK AT YOUR MONITOR IN THE RIGHT CORNER" Lady Saturn shout telling Sheila what to do.

Lady Saturn's shout echoes in the cockpit, snapping Sheila out of her mind when she gaze at her clawed hands. She looks over to the monitor and sees a few message display.

[CONNECTING TO THE EMO (EINJARD MILITARY OPERATION) SERVER]

Status : Connected

"CONGRATULATIONS SHELIA, YOUR TRANSFORMATION WAS SUCCESSFUL."

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Einjard : Alpha-Type (D)evourer

Weapon Status : Good

Body Status : Undamaged

Torso Status : Undamaged

Energy : 100% "!"

Synch : 82%

[ A NEW MESSAGE HAS APPEARED! ]

"Sheila!! This is Aiko! WOW YOUR Einjard was so cool!!! "

"Congratulations Sheila!! As expected of alpha candidate, this is great... " Yuki said while nodding her head.

"Aaaa... your frames are so good, it's literally my type" Flo said while looking overly jealous of Sheila Einjard.

"Yes.. I'm agree, not only it looks menacing, but it's also much more bigger than the rest of us, can I had that frame for my birthday? " Angela said stating the fact she want Sheila Frame so bad.

Sheila's appearance causes things to heat up in the training field. Everyone's eyes are glued to her in awe and amazement. They wonder to themselves "can we defeated her? "

"(D)evourer !! YOU MUST SPARRING WITH YOUR CLASSMATES FIRST! " Lady Saturn said while pointing at Aiko Einjard.

Hearing this, Aiko Einjards started to take a stance " I wanna defeated her, can I take the control...? Please..? " She said to her partner who usually becomes the one in control.

"To be honest, (D)evourer definitely strong and threatening, and all that's left is for them to master the controls and figure out how to pilot the Einjard, so be careful while I'm analyzing their pattern."

"Yatta..!!!! Of course!! Don't worry we can switch when your done! "

After hearing Lady Saturn words, everyone around the training field stop their activities. They are all eager to see what (D)evourer is capable of by this mock training.

Aiko Einjard were definitely one of the strong pilots among the student, so it will not be an easy fight, and probably (D)evourer could lose this fight if they were being reckless.

"Sheila.. It might be our first time as a pilots together, but let me handle the control first..okay?" Zel said while preparing things necessary for warming up.

"Y-yes... "

"Let's start from heating up the core and double check what it's capable of. " Zel said while looking very dependable.

(D)evourer Core begins to warm up, the system checks and controls are all double checked before the start of the training. It seems that not only is her Einjard capable of using claws in combat but they can also be retracted to use a normal hand for different kinds of weapons.

(D)evourer started to be covered in a warm red mist, signalling that they were ready to start the training.

The mist seems to be flowing from within her powerful body, exuding a sense of heat and energy " Let's start the training" Zel said while taking a stance.

Suddenly, Aiko Einjard who has (C)eres frames start swinging her weapon from the distance, it's looks like this move are catching off guard Zel who definitely inexperienced at fighting Einjard.

Aiko, who realizing this moments keeps pressuring (D)evourer with her scythe without giving them any chance to recover.

*Claank

*Claank

*Claank

Zel is doing everything he can to dodge the scythe and avoid the sharp cutting edge, while blocking everything he deemed dangerous.

*Claank

*Whoosh

"Sheila! Analyzing her pattern attack, keep a look out at her extended weapon" Zel commanded Sheila who in charge of supporting him.

(D)evourer is starting to feel overwhelmed by Aiko's relentless assault and is struggling to keep up. The scythe is starting to get dangerously close to them and he knows he has to find a way to counter attack or they may end up losing this fight.

Aiko suddenly takes a step back and makes a stance indicating that she is going to do something big.

"It's here!! " Sheila said warning zel the things he should look out.

*SLAAAASSHH

Like a sharp crescent she slices the air within the distance, leaving a powerful wind that strong enough to cut through the surrounding trees as it reaches (D)evourer. The air is filled with a sense of dread as the wind carries the scent of destruction.

Zel manages to block the attack by using the claws leaving a powerful echo making everything who heard it become deafened for a moment.

Its looks like, he can't fully deflected the damages with the claws and suffered some damages because of it.

Despite (D)evourer superior agility and abilities, they're inexperience in battle leaves them with a serious disadvantage.

Aiko who aware of this use every gaps to take advantage in their defense, Aiko also use her her weapon effectively and manages to pressure them further while doing feints to make them more confused.

"Aiko.. I'm supporting with the extra guns, you keep pressure them, my analysis was already 70% complete"

"Copy!!!" Aiko said cheerfully towards her partner.

Suddenly, Aiko jumps forward performing a powerful front flip towards (D)evourer. In the air she launches a flurry of attacks, leaving behind a trail of razor sharp blade winds that can easily cut through trees with ease.

Zel is taken off guard by the ferocity of this assault and tries to dodges to the side. Unfortunately, Aiko partner who was experienced with battles like this was able to predict Zel wasted movement with ease.

*BAAM BAAAM BAAM

Aiko partner takes the chance to use the reserve gun to attack them again, inflicting more damage. Making them realize they were in a desperate situation.

Everyone who witnessing this fight from the outside can't believe how skillfully Aiko is. Her skills is more than apparent than her overall abilities, as she seems to be dominating the fight with her crazy movements and razor sharp strikes.

She's also managed to cause significant damage to (D)evourer despite being someone who inferior in thirth-Generation Einjard.

Even tough It's clear that this battle is not over yet, everyone know that (D)evourer has some serious catching up to do if they want to turn the tide.

With a sharp and loud noise, the scythe was able to strike deep into (D)evourer abdomen, causing immense damage.

*BAAM

*BAAAM

Not only that, Aiko partner was also using the reserve gun to shoot (D)evourer and trying to finish them off without giving them any chance to fight back.

Aiko keep unleashing a flurry of relentless attacks without any gaps to strike back for Zel to counter attacks.

Things looking bad, but suddenly in (D)evourer last attempt to defend themselves, a powerful red mist covers their entire whole body. The core also start to emits a loud sound from within the body, signaling that this fight was far from over.

Suddenly, (D)evourer damages are remarkably healed in a rapid pace, causing everyone watching the fight to be amazed. It seems that the red mist (D)evourer emanates has some kind of healing property, allowing them to recover their damages body in a rapid pace.

This is a remarkable turn in the fight and it looks like (D)evourer might actually have a chance to make a comeback.

"The winner would be Sheila.. " Yuki said trying to roughly guessing the outcome of the battles.

"Why? I didn't think Aiko was taking any damage though" Flo said with her habits of using indifferent expressions.

"It might be like that, but the issue with Aiko is their Endurance.. With how intense their fight is, I think she already burning out their core energy.. And it matters of time before their energy deplete out because those reckless spam of their abilities. " Yuki said while pointing their cores.

"Look... Their Einjard cores already overheated.. "

"I see, but (D)evourer was definitely bad at fighting back, it's looks like you bully some fat kid and you exhausted yourself" Said Angela who joins their V-Con.

"Angela that's a worst way of saying it" Yuki said while looking a little bad hearing her remark.

Aiko movement started to slowing down, and just like Yuki predicted their core was overheated. Seeing this chance, (D)evourer start to unleash a flurry of attacks toward Aiko.

*CLAANK

*CLAANK!!!

Those attacks were able to defended swiftly, but the problem is their overal performance was starting to breaking down making Aiko in a tough position.

And in matter of minutes, Aiko Einjard was completely stop operating!

"STOOOPP!!! " Said Lady Saturn shouting the mock battles.

"The winner is (D)evourer!! "

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