It did much more than loosen its grip. The creature's body had become so frail and brittle for some reason that it literally disintegrated from the blast. The momentum they had built up would keep Nanoha going, but if she was lucky, she could still manage to pull out in time to lessen the impact.

The other Shrikes, however, seemed to move with a new vigor as they harried the other warriors, right at the moment the glowing Shrike was vaporized.