The instant the flames erupted, Nini's body spun sharply. The six fire serpents turned with her, like massive whips, flattening everything around her in an instant.
The sound lagged slightly behind the firelight before bursting from the cannon muzzles. The violent barrage warped the air itself, compressed currents mixed with the searing heat of the jets and blasted outward.
Trees were shaken into the air, only to be caught by crimson streaks and vanish within the jets. Soldiers, together with their armor, were melted into slag, their final desperate screams drowned out.
Lina appeared in front of Bazel in an instant and raised her right hand against the streaks of light. But the moment she made contact, her expression changed drastically. She turned, grabbed Bazel, and the air twisted before immediately being swallowed by the flames.
The firelight gradually faded.
Nini shook the Dragon Breath Cannons in her hands, then unhurriedly hung them back onto her armor.
The ring of ground beneath her snake tail was the only intact patch of land. Beyond it, the entire area had been transformed.
The air was thick with rising heat. The ground throughout the woodland had sunk several feet, filled with slowly flowing orange lava that gradually formed a black crust in the air.
The surrounding soldiers, along with their armor, mounts, muskets, and Tower Shields, had all become ash and slag at the bottom of the trench.
The camp had not been large to begin with, and they had all gathered together to surround Nini. That put every one of them within the Dragon Breath Cannons' range, allowing Nini to wipe them all out in one go.
Even if they had not surrounded her, it would not have taken Nini long to pick them off with the Gatling Gun. The thick trunks