On the other side, he could see a line of tanks pointing their muzzles at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(More than enough to play with, huh? This is where we come in!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(That\u2019s right. I\u2019m sure Sir Rimuru will love watching this.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gobta and Ranga gave each other contented nods. So they began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without further hesitation, Gobta dived through the burned-out wall of tanks, wholly unafraid of the vast forces awaiting him. Then he ran across the battlefield with all his might. He exceeded the speed of sound, making it impossible for the imperials to follow with the naked eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust you see what Ranga and I have been working on in training! How long can you keep up with us, huh? Dance\u2026with Wolves!!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A dark gale rushed across the battlefield. With it, a destructive sonic boom slammed itself against the tank troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The shock wave included the magical effect of the Storm of Destruction skill. Gradually, the storm grew to a tornado, a Dragonstorm of Destruction whose well-calculated movements were honed for maximum enemy casualties. That was Dance with Wolves, Gobta\u2019s fearsome anti-army annihilator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And with that, one corner of the battlefield had effectively collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n As Gobta was beginning his rampage on the ground, changes were also occurring in the sky. It was the Third Corps, led by Gabil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following Benimaru\u2019s order, Gabil and his team had been providing cover for the Goblin Riders. Once that became too difficult, they moved on to the next mission, never panicking. In other words, they were part of the same \u201cpretend to lose\u201d strategy Gobta was in on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The strategy was to make the enemy play their trump cards by <\/a>maintaining a stalemate while making it look like they were about to lose. It was a pretty wild idea\u2014but Benimaru ordered it nonetheless, not looking concerned at all, and Gobta and Gabil accepted it without a second thought. If things got really dangerous for Gabil, they had permission to evacuate\u2014only after they helped Gobta\u2019s force retreat, of course. Gabil didn\u2019t think that would be necessary, though. After all, despite all his protests, Gobta was still smirking at the idea of executing this op.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabil thought he could learn a lot from Gobta\u2019s brashness, but as it turned out, they were quite similar in many ways. Even in this state of affairs, he was still looking to shoot down an airship if he could. As long as he could maintain the stalemate without too much effort, he didn\u2019t see a problem with inflicting some damage on his opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That was the idea behind their aerial approach, but the enemy turned out to be stronger than he thought. Their corps\u2019 magic didn\u2019t work, and the Wyvern Riders\u2019 fireball attacks were similarly blocked. With their air dominance now gone, Gabil\u2019s team was at a distinct disadvantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our role is to attract the airships\u2019 attention. If we fought with all our might without minding the consequences, it\u2019s not impossible to bring them down, but\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, Gabil and the rest of Team Hiryu might have been able to break through the airships\u2019 defenses. But doing that would make it impossible to continue the mission\u2026and so Gabil decided now was the time for patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus he followed Benimaru\u2019s orders, gladly accepting the role of a sitting duck in the air. The problem with this was the Wyvern Riders and their lack of durability. They might\u2019ve been the elites from the Blue Numbers, but they hadn\u2019t evolved into dragonewts the way Gabil and his corps had. Their magic resistance was low, and if they were caught up in a large-scale magical attack, they\u2019d be brutally shot down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So Gabil decided to ask the Wyvern Riders to withdraw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLady Ultima, I have a favor to ask.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>\u201cI wish to have us continue our \u2018pretend-to-lose\u2019 strategy\u2026but I am thinking about upping the performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUpping the performance?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes. If we keep flitting around like this, I\u2019m not sure the enemy will ever let their guards down. Therefore, I\u2019d like to have Team Hiryu leave itself more open to magic attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHmm\u2026 A very interesting idea. So what do you really<\/em> want?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, as I see it, now is the perfect opportunity to build our resistances a little. Not even a direct hit will kill us, likely. We have plenty of recovery potions, so I thought I could put on a nice show of being battered and bruised, while we tested out our endurance against them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultima laughed out loud at this wild idea. The rest of Team Hiryu looked less than enthusiastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAre you serious, General?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSir Gabil can be rather\u2026simple sometimes, can\u2019t he?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDo we have to try that right now<\/em>? That\u2019s what I<\/em> want to say\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabil pretended not to hear the rising complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, all right! I\u2019ll allow it! Sounds like fun, besides,\u201d said Ultima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy thanks to you. Now, if you could, I\u2019d like your group to take their leave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He wanted Ultima, the observer, to lead the Wyvern Riders away to safety. Gabil and Team Hiryu alone would then launch a de facto suicide strike on the airships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf this kills me, I\u2019m gonna haunt you in the afterlife!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWish you hadn\u2019t thought of this experiment\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is definitely something he\u2019ll be pissed about later\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Groans and scowls were prevalent across the faces of the force, but Gabil still paid them no mind. Although they liked to gripe, their enthusiasm and excitement were still bubbling up to the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So Team Hiryu decided to engage in some impromptu magical endurance training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All this happened, by the way, as Rimuru was looking on, fretting to himself. When he found out the truth later, he almost had a conniption on the spot, shouting to high heaven at Gabil and his <\/a>aides. More than a few Team Hiryu members predicted this well in advance, but the fact that they went with it anyway indicated that Gabil, their superior officer, was maybe becoming a bad influence on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, this was much of the reason why Gabil and his force took so much damage from the magic the airships spat out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now Gabil heard Rimuru\u2019s order in his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cListen to me!\u201d he shouted, oblivious to how worried Rimuru was about this experiment. \u201cThe training time is over! Now it is time to turn these skies into a graveyard!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His troops were beyond excited. Gabil himself was brimming with joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFortunately, the inexperienced among us have evacuated with Lady Ultima. It\u2019s only us here now, and it\u2019s no problem if we get a little reckless!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This goading didn\u2019t quite get the reaction he intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cReckless? I\u2019d rather fight like hell than go through that \u2018endurance training\u2019 again!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah, yeah! And it\u2019s not the first time Sir Gabil\u2019s been reckless with our lives!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabil\u2019s face turned red. \u201cSilence!\u201d he shouted. \u201cJust get on with it, all of you! Follow me and give me your full strength!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeing Gabil embarrass himself like that made all the troops who saw it grin a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, so be it. You guys stop fooling around, too. Let\u2019s just step up and get on with what we\u2019re told.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah, yeah. We\u2019re not about to say no to the general, no\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo way! Sir Gabil, give us your orders!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hearing that, Gabil nodded, satisfied. Then he sized up the Flying Combat Corps fighting against them and asked a shouted question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWho<\/em> are the champions of the skies?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u201c\u201cIt is us, Team Hiryu!!\u201d\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>The mood had changed with Gabil. His team answered up to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s right. We have to get rid of those who pollute our sky. That is the will of Sir Rimuru! He has given his royal decree, and so you must do everything in your power! All of it. Don\u2019t think about anything else!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u201c\u201cYeah!!\u201d\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabil\u2019s order held special meaning for Team Hiryu. It meant far more than simply trying harder\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDon\u2019t let your consciousness slip away from you, all right? All troops, enter Dragon Body!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The members of Team Hiryu sprang up at once. This was Dragon Body, their secret weapon and ultimate finisher. Not only did it increase their fighting power to an overwhelming degree, but it also increased their ferocity, making it more difficult to control themselves. If it consumed their sense of self, they would become rampaging monsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They had stashed away that ability up until now, precisely because it became difficult to control all their destructive impulses. Gabil had thus invited Middray to lecture them on control training, but their success rate hadn\u2019t been too stellar with it so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still, use it they must. Rimuru had ordered them to give it their all, and so they had no reason to hesitate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Dragon Mode!!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n All at once, Team Hiryu unleashed their true force. Their muscles swelled up, and the purple scales that covered them turned jet-black. They became thicker, more flexible, and several times tougher-skinned\u2014and along with that, their heights also went up around 20 percent, taking in the surrounding magicules to construct new bodies for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With this mega-boost in mass and volume, their offensive and defensive forces had also leaped forward. They were, needless to say, incomparable to how they were pre-transformation. And as for the most important part, their consciousnesses\u2026 If they were to lose that, they\u2019d be nothing more than pure manifestations of <\/a>power, but no one on Team Hiryu lost it. Every single one did a magnificent job keeping ahold of themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the other side, he could see a line of tanks pointing their muzzles at him. (More than enough to play with, huh? This is where we come in!) (That\u2019s right. I\u2019m sure Sir Rimuru will love watching this.) Gobta and Ranga gave each other contented nods. 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