John used his arms to block a swipe from the Dragon. Despite his increase in size, it did not increase the size of his weapons. Currently his proficiency with the ability wasn't great enough to do so. So he was forced to use his arms to block.
Contesting directly with a dragon in strength wasn't a smart choice. Givale's talons easily tore a created a large gash that spanned across both his arms. The force from the blow sent him crashing back down. Opening her jaws Givale followed with a burst of her magic, a dragon's breath attack!
The triple scales manifested and blocked the breath attack, although they were unsuccessful! Her space magic erased the scales this time, and John was forced to receive the attack. His giant form provided him with a sizeable increase to stats and an increase in damage reduction, but he was a fool to directly try to stop a dragon's breath attack.
