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Perhaps Rudolf and some of the other Kirins might have extra words for Éliane’s style of diplomacy –authority imagined or not—but given the situation, the threat had been the best chance they had for talking themselves out of a situation that they did not have the answer for. 

It hardly worked on a barbarian zealot that couldn’t grasp the concept of basic logic, though. Even with the full remaining salvo from her rotary cannon, the entire remainder of her ammunition, with the cascade of bullets slamming into the Grove Paladins, combined even with her team’s quick response and assault… it wasn’t working. 

Isolde’s layered spells were too damn hard to break through. Éliane snarled as she saw man after man being dealt a killing by herself or her teammates, only to immediately heal and fight again due to the treacherous grovemaster’s magic. 

Her gun powered down, out of ammunition; with a curse, the pink-haired woman immediately switched to her gunblade as she slammed explosive rounds into the weapon. Through the sounds of combat, she quickly caught onto the plan being formed by Izayoi and Galahad. 
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“Concentrate on one spot!”[/b] she yelled in agreement, rushing in. She even began charging the shells with her fire materia, bringing them dangerously close to instability as their explosive power was enhanced. It wasn’t exactly the simple stun that Esben might have wanted, but big explosions was what doctor Éliane was prescribing. With six consecutive cracks, she rushed in, firing from just above the minimum safe firing distance as each shell crashed against and exploded against the Grovemaster’s position, sending fire, flame, and shrapnel onto her position before Éliane herself rushed in to capitalize, slashing and hacking at the demented woman.