That time I got reincarnated as a slime,no, a DRAGON?

CH-79

In the front of the army..

Gastar looked around in confusion. His pride, the tanks were being played around as toys by a giant wolf like monster. There were more destroyed tanks than intact ones. The chances of winning this war were now nil. The entire command system had broken down. Soldiers were now running wildly to save themselves.

"General, we should retreat."
"That's right. Or else we will all be wiped out."

His aides gave him the most appropriate choice to take. He himself knew that this is what they should do. Yet, he couldn't bring himself to do it. If he retreated now, the main force would be stranded, and if pincered between the forces of Tempest and Dwargon, they would have very little chance of winning.

But that was not the true reason he refused to retreat. When a human is pushed to his limit, that is the time when his true face comes in the spotlight. That is what happened here. Gastar knew that if he retreated now, he will never get another chance to gain fame. Demotion won't even begin to describe the punishment he would have to face.

It was at this moment that Ultima had launched her nuclear magic and the main airship blew into thousands of pieces.

"Is that-"
"Nuclear Magic?"
"No way. That was only in myths right?"

"Don't bicker around. Contact the airship."
"S-Sir, we have lost contact with all the airships."

It was at this moment that Gastar decided to retreat. But, his decision came a bit late.

"I can't allow that, you know. I already gave you a chance to surrender."

A voice spoke as if to mock him. Gastar looked around to see a beautiful snow white face looking straight at him. Gastar tried to give orders to his subordinates, but none of them moved.

"If you are trying to give them orders, the bad luck. They are resting." He heard Testarossa from behind her.

He quickly turned around, but Testarossa just stood there without doing anything. It was at this moment that Gastar understood the situation he was in. Gastar had not let down his guard at all. He kept an eye on her at all times, yet he didn't realize when she came behind him. The fact that his unique skill didn't pick up any sound was concerning as well. Not only did she move instantaneously, she also didn't make any sound. It was complete silence.

Only now did he realize that the complete silence meant that he couldn't even hear his own subordinates. Not even their heartbeat. He took a quick glance and realized that they were dead.

"You. You killed them?"
"Hmm? Well, I was a bit hungry."
"Hungry?"
"Yes. So I ate their souls."

Only now did he realize that the woman standing in front of him wasn't human, but a demon. No. Seeing her perfect beauty and the charm she had, somewhere deep down he knew that she couldn't be human, yet nothing else came to his mind. Only now did he realize just how powerful the person standing in front of him was, and only now did he realize how bad the situation was for the Empire.

"W-wait. Spare me. I am a high up in the Empire. So I know a lot of classified information. So spare me. I am sure it will be useful to you." Gastar begged throwing all shame aside. But he had a reason to do so. His ears had heard some soldiers heading towards him. These were much different from his soldiers. This led him to believe that they belonged to IIB and would help him.

Testarossa had sensed them coming as well and was waiting for them. Soon enough three people jumped out of the nearby bushes and surrounded Testarossa and chained her with a special chain made of monster hair and holy silver. The formation that they were using and the expensive weapons proved that they were no ordinary soldiers.