Warfare Augmented Intelligent Frame Unit-Chapter 136 – Cyber Dragon

Chapter 136 - Cyber Dragon

It had been strangely quiet—at least between the two girls—since they both got a taste of my fists. Not that the battlefield itself was silent; far from it. The air vibrated with the thunderous blasts of railguns and the searing shrieks of beam rifles, while distant explosions lit up the skies like angry stars. The battle above, far beyond the stratosphere, raged on with unrelenting fury.

But Myrrh and Michelle… they hadn’t said a word. Not to each other, not to me. After activating their Frame Units for the second time, both of them had become completely locked in, their eyes laser-focused on the swarms of Cosmic Beasts swarming in the upper atmosphere.

Each time a Rail Cannon fired, it tore through the sky with a roar, kicking out shockwaves that rumbled through the clouds. After her fifth shot, Myrrh disengaged her weapon, letting the heavy cannon fall with a metallic clang. She turned to me, eyes urgent.

“Zaft, reload!” she barked—but then winced, realizing her tone had snapped. Her stern expression softened, and she gave a small bow. “...Please, oh kind Sir.”

I gave her a reassuring nod and tapped the holographic interface of my WEEB System. Blue circuits surged along my arm, pulsing like veins of living energy.

“Rail Cannon, Equip!”

A fresh cannon materialized beside her with a shimmer of hard light. Myrrh grabbed it without hesitation, pivoting back to her stance and continuing to snipe distant targets with inhuman precision—each shot cracking through the upper atmosphere, even from nearly a hundred kilometers away.

Michelle, on the other hand, fired her final shot and let her own cannon crash to the ground beside her. She hadn’t said a single word since I socked her earlier and left that unsightly lump on her forehead. The silence from her stung more than I expected. A knot of guilt twisted in my gut.

So, swallowing my pride, I took a step closer and decided to be the gentleman—for once—and offered her a hand.

“Reload?” I asked, my finger hovering over the WEEB System’s holographic interface.

“Yes, daddy,” Michelle replied—flat, expressionless, like she was reading off a script.

“W-what?!” I sputtered, my voice cracking from a mix of surprise and secondhand embarrassment. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Before I could even process what just happened, a deafening boom split the sky like thunder cracking across steel. The ground trembled beneath our feet. All of us froze, eyes scanning the sky. Confused murmurs rippled through our ranks—until one WAIFU shouted, panic lining her voice:

“Look! The skies!”

All heads turned upward.

A jagged rift had torn itself across the heavens—a colossal crack stretching across the atmosphere like shattered glass. And at the heart of it… was a swirling black hole, a gateway. From within, a dark tide surged forth.

Swarms of Cosmic Beasts poured out like a living flood, a nightmarish migration. There were millions—too many. Even the Vanguard stationed in orbit wouldn’t be enough to plug that breach.

“Cosmic Beasts are breaching the troposphere!” another WAIFU called out through the comms, her voice tight with urgency.

Then one of them descended—a chimera of nightmares. It had the muscular body and snarling face of a lion, the broad wingspan of a raptor, and a tail that slithered like a serpent. When it opened its gaping maw, dozens of slimy, writhing tentacles erupted from within, squirming and reaching for something unseen.

“&8t81&Y*&%$!” the creature roared in an unholy, glitched tongue—language warped by cosmic interference.

In that instant, seven more portals ignited across the sky like dark stars being born.

And through each one, a new monster stepped into our world.

Everything had taken a turn for the grim.

The barrier had been breached. The Cosmic Beasts weren’t just falling through the sky now—they were summoning more. That Chimera-type abomination had brought seven others with it, tearing open reality like it was paper. And with the Vanguard forces locked in brutal dogfights beyond the stratosphere, there was no one left to defend the surface but us—first-year students with barely enough combat experience to call ourselves soldiers.

“All units, be advised,” Michelle spoke through her comm, her tone clipped and professional. “Switch to mid-range and close-quarters loadouts. We’ll handle the Cosmic Beasts that made it to ground level.”

“Roger!” the WAIFUs and their Support Units replied in unison, their voices echoing through the comms.

Then Michelle turned her gaze to me, her silver hair catching the light as she spoke.

“Zaft,” she said firmly. “Use my Beast Transformation and activate my Ultimate. I’ll handle the Chimera-type.”

I glanced down at my WEEB System's holographic interface, and her Ultimate ability flickered into view:

[Level 5 – Chaos Drones]

My eyes widened. Chaos Drones. I'd only ever seen Aurelio use them in the Licensure Examinations—and he had a supercomputer for a brain. These weren’t just machines; they were a micro-army. Complex, unpredictable, borderline alive.

“You serious?” I asked, scratching my head. “I’ve never even tried controlling drones before.”

“There’s no need,” Michelle replied flatly. “I can handle two of them manually. You just focus on supporting Myrrh. She’ll need backup.”

I followed her gaze to Myrrh, who glanced over her shoulder at us—and then rolled her eyes with a soft huff, as if to say finally.

I gave Michelle a nod, my hand already hovering over the activation sequence. “Got it.”

My hologram display flickered to life again, glowing with a fresh set of options—up to Level 10 weapons now. It was overwhelming. I knew I was still a long way from being Michelle’s ideal support unit; I could barely handle the basics while she operated like a war goddess. But if Michelle trusted me with this, then I had no choice but to trust her judgment too.

Michelle wasn't just strong—she was on par with Myrrh, if not sharper, colder, and maybe even stronger.

I took a breath and tapped the glowing [Level 10 – Beast Transformation] icon. My left arm surged with golden circuitry, radiant with power as I raised it toward her.

“Beast Transformation, Activate!”

Michelle’s Frame Unit began to shift with a low mechanical whirr, the segmented metal armor folding and transforming with eerie precision. Plates expanded and retracted, reshaping her silhouette. Metallic wings burst from her back with a clank, followed by a long, bladed tail that snapped to attention like a whip. Her limbs extended slightly as claws emerged from her hands and feet, gleaming with brutal elegance. Even her helmet morphed—now draconic, with horned plating and a mouthpiece that curled like a snout, glowing faintly with internal flames.

My jaw dropped.

“This… This is awesome…” I breathed, unable to hide my amazement. “You’re a dragon.”

“Now activate my Ultimate,” Michelle said coolly—completely unfazed by her monstrous new form.

Without hesitation, I tapped [Level 5 – Chaos Drones], my arm flaring with another surge of energy. I extended it once more, pointing at her.

“Chaos Drones, Equip!”

A cybernetic ring materialized at the back of the mechanical dragon, spinning like a halo forged from code and steel. In a burst of motion, her wings were augmented—equipped with several smaller, sleek mech-dragons, each no bigger than a motorcycle. Two of them immediately launched into the air, hovering around her like intelligent satellites, tracking her flight path as she roared upward.

Michelle took off like a missile, her jet-engine wings roaring, cutting a blazing line through the sky as she locked on to the Chimera Cosmic Beast with terrifying precision.

As Michelle—now a fully transformed cyber-dragon—soared through the sky like a living missile, one of the Cosmic Beasts broke formation and moved to intercept her. It was mantis-shaped, but grotesquely mutated—its blade-like forearms twitching, massive bat wings flapping in jerks, and its "head" nothing more than a giant, unblinking eye.

That eye began to glow, pulsing crimson with malevolent energy. A charge was building—some kind of beam attack.

But the Chaos Drones were faster.

Before the mantis-type could fire, Michelle’s twin drones unleashed a barrage of concentrated green lasers. The beams punched through the air like lances—and struck true.

The glowing eye-head detonated in a flash of light and ash, vaporizing instantly. The creature’s body spasmed in mid-air, then crumpled, lifeless, and plummeted toward the earth like a broken puppet.

Michelle didn’t even flinch.

She kept charging forward, her mechanical wings tearing through the atmosphere, targeting the Chimera-type Cosmic Beast at full speed.

Noticing her approach, the Chimera shifted its monstrous gaze toward her. It let out a distorted screech and opened its grotesque maw. Dozens—no, hundreds—of writhing tentacles erupted outward, lashing like serpents set on fire. They surged toward Michelle in a tangled swarm.

She tilted upward instantly, boosting altitude with a roar of her jet engines. The tentacles followed in a nightmarish spiral, flailing, twisting, gaining on her. Her drones repositioned and fired again, carving through the organic mass. Tentacles fried and fell, severed mid-air, but more kept coming.

Michelle spun and zigzagged in the sky, trailing green plasma and dragon fire behind her. Then, with perfect timing, she folded her wings inward like a hawk diving from the heavens—using gravity as a weapon.

She nose-dived.

The Chimera roared—deep, guttural, and raw—as even more tentacles burst from its back and snake-like tail, whipping toward her like spears, aiming to strike before she could collide.

“*@#89%#@)@&!”

The Chimera Cosmic Beast screeched in corrupted static, its roar distorted and incomprehensible, like a cursed transmission from a dying star.

Michelle plummeted through the chaos in a perfect acrobatic dive, weaving through the tangle of writhing tentacles with surgical precision. Her sleek, cyber-dragon form twisted mid-air, wings tucking and flaring to maneuver around the flailing limbs until—

She broke through.

Now only ten meters above the Chimera, she was right above its gaping maw, which pulsed with unnatural energy. Its mouth was wide open, ready to consume her.

But Michelle moved first.

“Eliminating the Portal-type Cosmic Beast,” she declared in her signature deadpan tone.

Then her dragon mouth opened wide—mechanical jaws parting to reveal a pulsing orb of searing white light.

With a deep mechanical growl, Michelle exhaled.

The orb—a miniature sun forged of pure energy—descended like divine judgment. It was blinding, silent for a moment as if the universe held its breath.

Then—

BOOM.

A titanic flash consumed the Chimera Cosmic Beast, vaporizing its tentacles, wings, and core in an instant. The explosion didn’t just destroy—it disintegrated—atom by atom, every piece of the creature erased from existence by radiant nuclear fire. A shockwave rippled outward, parting clouds and slicing across the sky like a scythe.

And when the blinding light faded…

Only Michelle remained—her wings fully extended, suspended mid-air like an angel of war. She hovered above the battlefield, perfectly still.

And then…

She T-posed.

A flawless, unflinching T-pose—arms and wings extended outward like the messiah of mechanical dominance.

The battlefield fell into an awestruck silence. Even the other Cosmic Beasts seemed to hesitate, as if processing what they just witnessed.

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