Editing Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica:Volume 5 Chapter 2 (section)

===Part 12===
 
The area around the intense explosions was scorched black, the force of impact caused the nearby walls to cave in. Immense boulders crashed to the ground stirring up a sand cloud that wrapped around the whole area, masking the entire length of the north channel.
 
-- And when the sand cloud dispersed the tragic reality of war appeared.
 
It was quiet, as if formerly fierce battle never occurred. All that was left was a mass of rubble. Nobody was able to respond in time to the sudden explosion or to the collapse. The girl was focused on the tens of thousands of troops, while Disdiya's soldiers were desperately fighting with the girl. No matter which side, they both were caught surprised and crushed under the rock slide.
 
Even though the north route was buried in rubble the war was still not over.
 
"Hey -- Do we start looking?"
 
When the sand cloud settled Disidiy\'s soldiers on the back line begun to search the scene.
 
Their priority certainly wasn't searching for their own survivors, but to confirm the death of the enemy. They used their earth magic to rapidly clear away the rubble. And after a little while they found her.
 
"Found her -- She's here!"
 
Under the piles of rubble they were amazed to find the girl lying there unmoving. The girl's body was covered in mud, however there was no blood on her clothes. It seemed she escaped the worst death scenario and wasn't crushed to death by the falling rocks, but still she wasn't lucky enough to survive the bombardment. However for the sake of caution, one of the soldiers reach out to check her pulse and confirm her fate. When he touched the nape of her neck, the girl's body instantly disintegrated, and turned it into a pile of dirt.
 
"Eh........!
 
The soldiers were stunned and didn't understand what just had happened, however they did not have time to think about it.
 
Suddenly a column of water gushed out from beneath ground and transmogrified into a huge dragon swallowing all the soldiers in the immediate area.
 
"Th-that is impossible......"
 
The soldiers fortunate enough to escape the attack clearly saw that same girl riding on the water dragon's back.
 
"Sorry -- I wont be brought down that easily by you."
 
"How, how is......"
 
The soldiers who witnessed the girl's wry smile could hardly believe their eyes. They were incapable of defeating the enemy. That inescapable fact stupefied each and every one of the soldiers. A deep sense of despair also set in. The reason was simple, the enemy was not alone anymore. On the water dragon's back sat at least twenty girls. If those twenty girls were just comrades who rushed over to help, Disdiya's soldiers wouldn't have been as surprised. But the problem was -- not only did the girls on the water dragon's back all dress the same, they all looked exactly alike.
 
-- What did all that mean?
 
The first girl who turned into a pile of dirt said it all.
 
"All that effort to take down just one, but it was just......"
 
But, there was no answer, more they didn't want to give an answer. Because they did not want to admit it.
 
After spending several long hours, and at the expense of countless fellow soldiers being struck down by the enemy. It was just an imitation made from the ground.