Side Chapter 7: The Tournament Part 2: Druid Girl Vs Machine Girl
They had all seen what happened to the Hero Swordsman who had challenged the champion of the principal, he was lifted out of the stage after being thoroughly humiliated by his strength which both scared and wowed everyone. Their reputation as heroes had plummeted just a bit after seeing the failure they bullied beat the living shit out of their strongest.
“Hmph, he was just an impure loser in the end. He didn’t embody the ideals that he holds so dear”
The next hero in line, Yamada Hatsuko smiled and opened up the fan she had in her hand before laughing at Tadashi who was being taken away in a stretcher.
“I am utterly pure and I will show you all what the power of nature has to show you!”
She jumped out of the seat she was in with vines creating a staircase that lead her down to the stage which was fixed just for her. She folded her arms and smiled whilst waiting for her opponent. Hatsuko had been transformed by this world into a high elf and thus looked down on everyone who wasn’t either a high elf or an elf at that matter. She had taken note that maybe the next champion might be someone she knows however she discarded the idea because she was much stronger than Tadashi. Despite being beaten by him because of the cheap-shot attack he used on her she would have easily won, she had extreme confidence in herself.
“Now take your time I am sure that you are basking in my glory”
She laughed behind her fan whilst watching the entrance as a figure was walking towards it. It gave off a victory sign with its gloved hand, before coming out. Hatsuko stepped backwards whilst seeing this girl, it was Ren. She was somehow different from the last time she saw her. Dressed in the same gothic lolita fashion wear but with a keen focus on metallic parts, it seemed to breathe along with her entire body, her eyes were a vivid shade of red with a faint glow to it. She smiled more than her constant frown and seriousness, she was desperately trying to become one with the background after Ryou was exiled by the class. Ren slowly walked towards her with every inch of her being telling her that something was very wrong with the current Ren, it was more than just rejection it was pure repulsion. She didn’t want to be near her and yet there she was standing at the opposite end of the stage, her body’s movement was unnaturally natural to the point she began to doubt whether she was human or not. She carried an umbrella with her, had she become a vampire?If so then she would find a way to defend against her blood attacks, and she could very well seal her underneath the earth. She was certain that this would be the case for a vampire and it would be rather simple for her to bury her deep enough that escape would be impossible.
“Good day to you Hatsu-chan, how are you this wonderful afternoon?I am doing just fine right now, I hope you are too.”
Ren was usually depressed and didn’t talk much but here she was chatting her mouth off. What had happened in her life that she began to casually talk to her?She smiled delightfully at her and promptly closed her umbrella before bowing like a noble lady would. She had the manners of a noble too, but this was too much for Hatsuko who closed her fan and pointed it at her.
“I am not going to play by your game, you lower life form. I am a high elf, I shall not allow you to even lay a single finger on me. I take pride in the beauty of nature and will not allow you to sully this beautiful body of mine”
“Still the same huh?Oh well I wanted to treat you with respect before I had put you in a stretcher like Tada-boy earlier but things don’t go the way you want them to, it seems.”
Hatsuko summoned the forest spirits to help her, the dryads and treants would help her to defeat Ren. They were numbering in their thirties or forties which made them look like a formidable foe to fight against but in front of such an enemy Ren was still smiling.
“You may start now”
“I shall put you in the ground where you belong foul creature of the night!!”
“Creature of the night?I am no vampire rather I am more of a mechanical nature. Let us begin this simulation of death”
Ren’s eyes glowed even more as if to announce this, they had a mechanical glow to them with the metallic parts of her dress floating into the air. Ren’s skin began to have a metallic shine to it, her appearance was akin to that of a character one would see in a very futuristic manga or sci fi film. Ren’s face was still very much visible and it appeared like she could very much talk despite her lips not being visible anymore, everything had been mechanized and it made Hatsuko shudder at what she had turned into. She was more than just dangerous she was a threat to nature itself, her body was everything wrong with their previous world. It was a sin to nature itself and she had to be put down immediately.
“ATTACK!!!”
The dryads began to run towards her as she lightly taps her black umbrella, she forms lips to make a smirk that stretches from ear to ear as a loud click is heard. The umbrella lets loose a barrage of bullets that immediately set them on fire causing them to scream in terror that Hatsuko closes her ears for a brief moment. The treants start shooting numerous seeds with bullet like speeds at Ren who dodges them easily locking onto each and everyone of them, with her arm transforming into a canon that shoots energy bullets at the treants which disintegrate upon being hit. The miniature jet engine propelled wings on her back open up and speed towards Hatsuko who creates a large wall that would obstruct her from reaching her but this is futile as it is broken by Ren’s punch who arrives within a distance could be said to be dangerous for a druid. As if by reflex she summons a vine to swat her away like a fly, with advanced machine movement Ren easily recovers from this as her eyes become dark.
“Now you’ve done it”
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She punches the ground with her fists and and grabs very deep into it, rocks and broken tiles start to float into the air as electrical energy is seen surrounding Ren who stares at Hatsuko for a brief moment before smirking once again. Maybe it was nature telling but she sent an uncountable number of roots flying towards Ren. They crash into nothing as Ren is seen cruising towards her with a blade for a arm cutting through the roots at speeds that are hard to follow, burning the roots with a flamethrower that is equipped on her left shoulder. The roots increase in number to protect Hatsuko but that is useless as Ren points her arm canon at it which explodes a stream of energy that rips into Hatsuko who is caught in the aftermath of that blast. Ren starts alone coming face to face with a flower, her arm becomes normal as she stares at it.
“Obviously you are not a high elf for no reason. I will completely mechanize you into a robot that will serve Yukiyo-sensei little lady”
What blooms from the flower is Hatsuko covered in a dress of roses, seeds are shot at her but she dodges them with ease producing rifles on her shoulders that shoot down the seeds and at the petals that seem to absorb the bullets.
“I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO DESTROY NATURE!!”
“TOO LATE PRETTY FLOWER!!”
She points before her arms at Hatsuko who is then shocked to see them stack up into numerous types of guns that she shoots at her. The petals could only protect her thus so far and had failed their function with the roots of the flower now protecting her instead.
“Activate 20% speed increase, power limit 10%, weapons unlocked 3%”
Upon saying this Ren approaches Hatsuko in a close distance almost touching noses before she grabs her and throwing her into the air along with the flower that is her base. The winds scream a boom as Ren starts to shoot at Hatsuko who is still able to protect herself a myriad of petals, she constructs a long sword that begins to cut down the petals into small pieces as she uses her jet powered wings to reach her and stab her with. She turns her body around and is now laying on her stomach, the roots were first to burn as the entire thing was now appearing like a pink colored meteor. Crashing into the stage with a pink explosion Ren walks out of that completely unscathed looking back at Hatsuko who is slowly mechanizing with an angel seen behind her trying to reverse the process.
“So you’re the cause of her fanatical belief of being nature and all that. Well then time to make your last prayers and die”
The angel sends feathers at her but Ren is already making her move as she makes lasers that connect into each other and cut the feathers before they could reach her. She leaps into the air with her long sword pointing it at the angel which transforms into an even bigger covering her right arm, spirits are absorbed into the canon as the angel stares in disbelief with her smirking at it.
“Fire”
The recoil sends her flying even higher into the air as the angel tries to stop the beam with its hands but eventually succumbs to its power and gets destroyed. It stops right before Hatsuko who finally finishes mechanizing but her body is the same as before. She is still looking like a high elf albeit mechanized with metallic long ears and crimson eyes dwelling within a darkness before returning to a normal blue color.
“……I……lost?”
“Of course you did, you’re fighting an ultra high spec machine here.”
“………….I’m-“
“Save it for later, you gotta say sorry to Kuroko over there first then you’ll apologize to me next.”
“……okay”
The match was even more intense than the last with everyone merely staring at the pair leaving the stage which had seen better days. Curiosity was being sparked as they knew that there was more after this.