A war machine makes it way through.
Soldiers were all over the place just to avoid these things as it blows up everything in its way. With its 4 long legs and oval-phere like head that has 4 cannons all around on each of its 3 layers, it makes explosive attacks here and there.
Claire dodged its every strike and managed to get close to that war machine. "You troublesome thing!" She then tries to chop off its legs, though it was a bit difficult to slice through.
"What the—oh shit!" She leaps away as the war machine tried to shoot her down.
"How the hell are we going to take down something so sturdy!?" She complained.
Then after one problem comes another.
"Perhaps it was meant to be that way so that it can kill you."
Claire was startled by the voice that spoke to her, she turns her head and sees an I.E.A. soldier that was rather calm and relaxed on a battlefield.
"...too bad it won't." She grins, feeling wary of this sudden opponent. "I'm not capable of dying so easily."
"I see... how about I become the judge of that." And in a flick of an eye, the man began to make his way to Claire with his shifter forming into a mallet.
Claire takes him on with her shifter katana and had their weapons clashing. "Ooh, a shifter weapon on the leg! It's impressive how you're still alive 'til now." The enemy was quite stunned by the fact.
She chuckled and leaped away to safety once again. "Believe me, legs can do just as much as the arms can."
"...you mean to say you're an expert in wielding your legs?" The enemy's lips curved up in a mocking way. "Of course you would, all women does."
Claire's grin fades. "Haa, another trash to dispose." She sighs.
And the two makes a swift move to strike each other once again.
"Ahh!!!" Claire quickly swings her right leg with the shifter katana just as when the enemy was about to hit her with his shifter mallet again.
They can feel the tremor everytime their weapons clash and jounces off again and again. And Claire's enemy is thrilled to find someone that seems to stand a chance against him.
"Let's see how long it'll take until you give up and die!"
Then through their next moves, her enemy decides to exert more force into his attacks to dominate the fight. It lasted for a while until he starts to exhaust himself. "...what? Your moves are getting sloppy." Claire taunted.
"Impossible!... it's been several hours by now!!"
"You assume you can bring me down in such short time?—" Claire smirks and kicked him down. "—that goes to show that you shouldn't underestimate anyone." Was her last words to him before she cut his head clean.
Claire then tries to catch her breath, exhausted from that fight but it was far from over yet. A few more enemies have decided to target her as she appears to be a weak and fragile woman, though they were all dead wrong by picking someone resilient and dangerous.
"Kill her!!" And they all started to chase after her.
"Oh come on!! Let me catch my breath!!" Claire groaned, though she welcomed her enemies and chopped them all to bits. There were also those war machines that kept sending attacks on Claire, so she had to dodge those while also dealing with the I.E.A. soldiers.
And that chaotic battlefield they were all fighting on have lasted for more than several days. The District of Serendipity was already in ruins when it kept getting caught in I.E.A.'s destructive attacks.
The platoon leaders received message through their communication devices, telling them that it's time for the deployed E.D.L. soldiers to retreat and recover, and Bernadette was still dealing with Heinz at the time.
"Aaarghh!!" She was already frustrated with Heinz's persistent attacks, and haven't even gotten any rest since their arrival on the battlefield.
"WHAT'S WRONG RITTER!? ARE YOU GIVING UP ALREADY!?" Heinz still seems to be full of stamina despite their very long battle.
She makes a full force swing with her shifter axe, trying to behead Bernadette. And with what's left of her strength, Bernadette evades her attacks.
"You!!... you're a fucking monster!! N-No human can possibly—" losing her luck in battle, Bernadette got caught on the left leg while dodging Heinz's advances. She was pulled closer and hit her back on the ground. "Ugh!!"
Bernadette could no longer stand up for herself. She is now completely held captive by her opponent. "...y-you!!..."
"Finally!! You've been a pain in the ass for quite a while, but my patience is finally getting paid off." Heinz steps on Bernadette's stomach with a wicked grin on her face, her shifter transforms into a sword and aimed at Bernadette's neck. "Now it's time that I take your pretty little head with me—oof!!"
Suddenly, she was pushed off of Bernadette by something that was on full speed. Bernadette then saw Devian holding Heinz down, he turns his head to her and spoke. "PLATOON I AND III MAY NOW RETREAT, WE'LL BE TAKING OVER FROM HERE!! HURRY AND GO!!"
She quickly ran off and calls out to her whole platoon to inform them all. "3RD PLATOON OF THE SPECIAL INFANTRY TROOP!! TIME TO STAND BACK, THE PLATOON'S II AND IV ARE HERE NOW!!"
The 3rd platoon immediately flee as the 2nd platoon takes over their ground. Devian is now left to deal with Heinz. He transforms his shifter into a mace that should have crushed Heinz's head, but he leaps back when a war machine sent an attack at his direction.
"Shit!!" He lost his chance as Heinz got away.
He sees her, a few yards away, with an infuriated expression. "Rivlin..." she hisses his name. "...if it weren't for you, I would already have Ritter's head on my hands!!"
"Exactly, As long as I'm here, I won't allow anything to happen to my comrades!!" He stands firm on his ground.
Heinz suddenly takes out an injection filled with unknown substance, she injects it onto herself and Devian was stunned to see the scene.
"Aaahhh!!" For a few seconds, it seemed as if Heinz was in pain. But later on, she was back to her usual self—or rather, looking way more dangerous than she used to be. Her glare gave Devian cold feet. "Fine, then I'll take your head instead!!"