Perhaps because Swiftwind Judge's attitude was so matter-of-fact, everyone present—belonging to... uh, they didn't even know how many different factions—fell into a brief state of confusion.
But just then, beyond the spreading fog, a gigantic arm came crashing down. Its palm alone was as large as a ping-pong table. It looked like the arm of a huge gorilla stripped of its fur and covered in scales, but it was even thicker and sturdier than an African elephant's leg. Its five fingers were massive yet powerful, each tipped with a sickle-like claw.
The enormous hand slammed down as if crushing a cockroach, pinning several Imperial soldiers who hadn't managed to get out of the way beneath its palm. The giant hand showed not a trace of mercy. It even ground them into the ground a few times, and blood immediately seeped out between its fingers.
The eyes of several Starrealm Knights turned red. Of course, they didn't care about the deaths of a few ordinary soldiers. But for those soldiers to die in such a gruesome way right in front of them was nothing short of the ultimate insult.
However, before the Starrealm Knights could react, they heard a furious shout: "You vile beast! Don't you dare hurt anyone!"
Swiftwind Judge leaped up from the ground, his roar carrying the force of wind and thunder. The two impact batons in his hands were like siege hammers, but the striking heads at their front ends had two gun ports jutting out of them. Accompanied by a "whirring" mechanical sound, hundreds, even thousands, of special bullets—clearly fitted with high-explosive and armor-piercing warheads—rained down on the monster, engulfing it in a blaze of explosions.
Well, impact batons were standard-issue weapons provided by the Empire to its judges, but judges were allowed to modify them