Change of heart

Elise and Eliana were excellent mecha pilots to begin with. As soon as their mechas started displaying a surge of incredible power and responsiveness to their tiniest will, the battle was as good as over.

CLANG!

Elise raised her shield at an angle and perfectly caused Jackie's greatsword to be violently deflected, causing her to lose her balance slightly.

That was all the opening Elise Wang needed.

STAB!!

Elise Wang's right hand snaked past Jackie's shield and pierced her belly, causing the mecha to instantly blacken.

Next to her, Eliana took the simpler but more violent approach of brute forcing her greatsword down upon Isabel's practice mecha and causing her legs to splinter due to the sheer power Eliana's hammer blows.

Crash!!

Isabel's mecha collapsed to the ground in a blackened heap.

As soon as they were done, the two Wang twins whirled around to surround Margaret.