Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 733 Qin Nan's Confession

Beneath the walls of Black City, the area has become a veritable border between a meat grinder and a mad hell.

No experienced veteran, not even a soldier who had just crawled out of the most brutal meat grinder on the front lines of the river, had ever experienced such a bizarre and desperate battle.

The enemy is no longer a single form or creature, nor is it those cultists; they are creations that blaspheme logic itself, the very beings that those cultists believe in.

Suddenly, a mouth full of sharp teeth split open on the writhing chunk of flesh. The seemingly hard carapace turned into flowing mucus in the next second. The monster that was roaring just a second ago may decompose into countless screaming fragments in the next second, and then reassemble not far away.

Even more deadly is the pervasive whisper that lingers on the edge of every soldier's mind, filled with the allure of chaos, hatred, and nihilism, like a cold worm constantly gnawing at the dam of reason.

Everyone must exert all their strength and firmly maintain their will in order to ensure that their weapon does not accidentally smash into the head of their comrade while they are swinging their sword at the monster.

In this suffocating chaos, tacit understanding becomes the most precious weapon.

Tangcao and Xiaobai, this pair of partners, have long since reached the point of "unity of belief" through countless battles fought side by side.

Tangcao's swift sword, like a viper's tongue, precisely pierced the nodes of the monster's energy flow. Xiaobai's agile attacks, however, erupted in the gaps between her attacks, shattering the twisted limbs and briefly purifying the filthy energy. The two worked together seamlessly, like a dance, stubbornly carving out a small, relatively safe territory amidst the surging tide of monsters.

However, the gap in strength is ultimately difficult to bridge.

Tangcao felt an unprecedented sense of oppression when faced with those elite monsters generated from more powerful fragments of ancient information and exuding a chilling, polluted aura.

Her swift sword flashed, and the ice magic clearly hit its target, but it was as if it had vanished into thin air, leaving only a faint white mark on the opponent's armor covered in greasy black sheen.

The monster, a mass of pitch-black tentacles covered in constantly expanding and contracting tentacles with suckers and bone spurs at the ends, emitted a piercing sonic boom. Several tentacles, like venomous pythons poised to strike, suddenly lunged at her from different angles.

The speed was so fast and the angle so tricky that it completely blocked all her evasive routes. Xiaobai had just repelled the enemy on the other side, and it was too late to come to her rescue.

The shadow of death loomed over her instantly; Tang Cao's pupils contracted sharply, her body unable to keep up with the speed of her thoughts.

Boom—!!

The ground beneath her feet suddenly cracked open! Not from destruction, but from its own convexity.

Countless thick, resilient vines, shimmering with a vibrant green aura of life, burst forth from the earth. More resilient than steel and more agile than a venomous snake, they instantly intertwined to form a thriving barrier, precisely blocking the deadly tentacles and arabesques.

puff!puff!puff!

The tentacles slammed into the vine barrier with a dull thud. The foul energy and life force clashed fiercely, producing a sizzling corrosion sound. The vines were torn and corroded, but more vines grew wildly and filled the gap, managing to block this fatal blow!

at the same time!

Waaah—!

A fierce gust of wind, so sharp it seemed to slice through space, whistled and swept across the core of the tentacle monster with a speed beyond visual perception, like an invisible giant scythe.

There were no earth-shattering explosions.

There was only a brief, almost abrupt, piercing screech.

The menacing tentacle monster's massive body suddenly stiffened. Then, like a poorly made projection that had been paused, its entire body silently transformed into billions of tiny, black ash-like particles, completely annihilated by the fierce wind and vanished without a trace, leaving not even a speck of filthy slime behind.

Tang Cao, who had survived the ordeal, turned around abruptly and saw two figures sweep across the chaotic battlefield like a gust of wind, landing steadily beside her and Xiao Bai.

On the left is Tan Zhixin, surrounded by a life aura of interwoven emerald green and withered yellow. She tightly grips a thorny whip in her hand, her eyes sharp as an eagle's. The life-saving vine barrier that had just saved her is slowly retracting into the ground with the slightest movement of her will.

Her aura was calm and powerful, carrying the weight of the forest and the solemnity of nature.

On the right is Qin Nan, her short cyan hair flying in the chaotic air currents, the tip of her staff surrounded by rapidly spinning cyan energy, her eyes cold and focused, like a queen who controls the storm.

The terrifying gale that instantly annihilated the monster was her doing. Her magical girl dress fluttered in the wind, and her body emanated a sharp aura capable of cutting through everything.

"Are you alright?" Tan Zhixin's voice carried a hint of concern as she quickly glanced at Tang Cao and Xiao Bai.

Tang Cao took a deep breath, calmed her wildly beating heart, and nodded vigorously. "I'm fine! Thank you, Sister Tan, and Sister Nan."

Qin Nan's gaze quickly swept over the monsters surging up around him again. He twirled his amethyst dagger, and several sharp wind blades whistled out, accurately severing several twisted limbs that were trying to sneak up on him.

"Conserve your stamina and mana, Little Grass. At your current level, even with the mana sharing from Little White's body, your consumption can't keep up with this kind of crazy battle. If your mana runs out, even for just a moment, you will meet an utterly annihilated end."

"Yes, these elite monsters' corrupted armor is very troublesome, and their attacks contain a strong corrosive will." Tan Zhixin quickly reminded her, while flicking her wrist, her thorny whip shot out like a living thing, snapping a corrupted eyeball tree that was trying to pounce on her in half. The emerald green life energy burned at the break, preventing its regeneration.

Qin Nan nodded slightly, chanting a short incantation.

In an instant, a small storm field covering a radius of tens of meters around her was formed. The violent but precisely controlled airflow was like countless spinning razors, frantically cutting through the low-level monsters that stepped into the field, which greatly reduced the pressure on Tangcao and Xiaobai.

"Hold on, Tang Zijun, he..." Tan Zhixin tried to speak while fighting, hoping to convey a glimmer of hope.

But as she looked at the endless, terrifying waves before her and sensed the flickering shadowy aura of Lady Scáthach in the distance, her heart sank. Could Tang Zijun really return in time?

Just then, a shadow silently gathered around them, and a swaying figure appeared.

She didn't look well; her shadow suit was torn in several places, and her breathing was somewhat disordered. Clearly, she had paid a heavy price for moving through the shadows and sniping those monsters who were good at ambushes.

She glanced at the battlefield, said nothing, and silently filled the weak points of the defense with shadows.

Qin Nan seemed to sense Tan Zhixin's momentary wavering.

While maintaining her storm domain, she tossed a small seed, shimmering with a warm, bluish light, towards Tan Zhixin without turning her head.

Tan Zhixin caught it instinctively. It was a seed containing extremely pure wind element energy, a crystallization of Qin Nan's highly concentrated magic power.

Qin Nan didn't even turn her head. "The wind can help the tree grow stronger; that's what you taught me, isn't it?"

Tan Zhixin gripped the warm, smooth wind spirit seed tightly. A surge of pure wind elemental power instantly merged into her life force, making her vines more resilient and her whip shadows more swift. Looking at Qin Nan's stubborn profile, a warm current and a deeper determination welled up in her heart.

yes...

For those who are behind us.

Also for... that idiot who always takes on all the trouble!

She carefully pressed the seed onto the handle of her thorny whip, and the emerald green and azure light instantly intertwined and flowed, causing the whip to hum and unleash even greater power.

"Xiaoqing, help me!" Tan Zhixin's voice was filled with strength again.

"Everything was ready long ago!"

Xiaoqing wrapped herself around Tan Zhixin's waist with lightning speed. The next moment, an eerie green light burst out from her body, and Tan Zhixin's waist muscles began to stretch. Her legs also transformed into a winding snake tail at that moment.

The four magical girls once again formed a tight formation. Tan Zhixin's Wall of Life and Qin Nan's Storm Blade formed the core of their offense and defense. Tang Cao and Xiao Bai moved around like agile poison stingers to finish off enemies, while Shi Yao lurked on the flanks like a deadly shadow.

In the center of the chaotic storm, Qin Nan's short, silver-white hair was whipped about by the raging air currents.

With each flap of her enormous wings, composed of pure wind elements, sharp wind blades capable of cutting through steel were unleashed, tearing any approaching monsters to shreds.

Her movements were precise and efficient, like a cold fighting machine, but deep within her icy blue eyes churned a storm completely different from that on the battlefield.

Her gaze involuntarily drifted to Tan Zhixin, who was standing to her side.

At this moment, Tan Zhixin had fully unleashed the deeper power of the wood elemental magic girl. Her lower body was no longer legs, but had transformed into a thick, powerful snake tail covered with interwoven emerald green and withered brown scales. Every swing and lash of the snake tail carried the earth-shaking force, sweeping away and crushing any monsters that approached. Her upper body was covered with tough armor like the bark of an ancient tree. The thorn whip in her hands was like a living forest python, each swing bringing with it large swaths of emerald green light blades and deadly vines that grew in a tangled manner.

The half-human, half-snake form is full of ancient natural majesty and power, yet it also carries a hint of inhuman wildness.

As Qin Nan watched Tan Zhixin's back as she fought bravely among the monsters, and saw her disregard for everything to protect the defense line behind her, a thought that had been suppressed for too long and was about to burst out of her chest could no longer be contained.

"Zhixin...Sister!"

Qin Nan's voice pierced through the shrill whistles of the wind blades and the monsters' howls, carrying an unprecedented, almost trembling urgency and a do-or-die courage. She even temporarily reduced the intensity of her control over the storm field, just to ensure that Tan Zhixin could hear her.

Tan Zhixin's enormous snake tail violently whipped a lunging, stitched-together corpse monster to pieces, and she turned around in astonishment at the sound. Her emerald green eyes, filled with a wild fighting spirit and a hint of doubt, looked at Qin Nan.

This was the first time Qin Nan had so clearly called her "sister" during a battle.

"I..." Qin Nan took a deep breath. The cold air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and blood, but all she could see was Tan Zhixin.

She knew that perhaps in the next second, they would be swallowed up by endless monsters or by that terrifying vortex in the distance.

Some things, if you don't say them now, you'll never have the chance again.

She didn't care whether it was appropriate, the location, or even the almost romantic understanding between Tan Zhixin and Tang Zijun.

"I like him!"

"I like Tang Zijun!"

Qin Nan practically shouted it out, her voice carrying a desperate resolve and a deep-seated bitterness.

His azure eyes stared directly at Tan Zhixin, no longer avoiding her gaze or concealing the burning passion that threatened to scald him.

"I know... I know about you two..." Qin Nan's voice lowered, tinged with a barely perceptible sob and guilt. Her fingers gripped the dagger tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force. "I know you're my mentor, my most respected older sister... but... I'm sorry..."

Her words were like a bomb, creating a brief emotional vacuum on the brutal battlefield. Even Tang Cao and Xiao Bai, who were coordinating the defense not far away, paused in surprise.

Tan Zhixin's enormous snake tail suddenly froze, her emerald pupils contracted sharply, and the vines wrapped around her arms and tail stopped waving instantly, with some even bursting out of control. For the first time, a clear look of bewilderment appeared on her face, which combined natural majesty and wildness.

She really didn't expect that Qin Nan would so suddenly and so intensely confess his love for Tang Zijun in this crazy battlefield environment.

The impact was even more shocking than the monster's sneak attack earlier, sending countless thoughts racing through her mind: When did Qin Nan start this? Did Tang Zijun know? What happened between them?...Qin Nan's struggles and pain...and the desperate look in her eyes right now....

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

The roars of monsters on the battlefield, the whistling of wind blades, and the booming of explosions all seemed to be pulled away.

Looking into Qin Nan's eyes, which were filled with complex emotions—love, guilt, and a hint of resolute expectation—Tan Zhixin's violently heaving chest gradually calmed down.

"Qin Nan..." Tan Zhixin's voice was somewhat hoarse, no longer the deep and authoritative tone of her inhuman form, but reverting to her original voice, carrying an unprecedented complexity and heaviness. "You...you wait until you finish this..."

She didn't finish her sentence.

Whoosh—!

A roar more terrifying than any of the previous monsters suddenly erupted, and a gigantic, deformed monster, far larger than the previous ones, covered in thick black crystal armor and with countless tentacles covered in eerie eyes, broke through the outer defenses at some point. With devastating force, it crashed into Tan Zhixin and Qin Nan like an out-of-control battering ram, just as a brief gap had appeared in their defenses.

The speed was too fast, the power too fierce, and the heavy sense of oppression even caused ripples in the space.

"Watch out—!!!" Tangcao screamed.

The shaky shadows tried to entangle, but were repelled by the mental beams shot from countless eyeballs.

As the terrifying impact was about to occur, all the shock and complex emotions in Tan Zhixin's eyes were instantly replaced by a cold killing intent.

Without the slightest hesitation, she lashed out with her massive snake tail, not to attack the monster, but to use her own body as a shield, slamming Qin Nan to the side and rear, where there was a relative safety.

At the same time, Tan Zhixin leaned her upper body forward suddenly, and countless thick vines, gleaming with thorns, rushed towards the terrifying monster that was charging towards her like a flood. She was going to take it head-on!

Just then, a massive wind blade, far more condensed and violent than before, arrived with a piercing shriek that tore everything apart, striking the monster's trajectory with deadly force!

boom-!!!

A terrifying explosion mingled with the cutting sound of wind blades and the shattering of the monster's crystal armor!

It's Qin Nan!

In the instant she was knocked away by Tan Zhixin, all the emotions in her eyes were replaced by a cold, soul-freezing rage.

She saw Tan Zhixin's unwavering act of standing in front of her, that protective posture, like the sharpest needle, pierced through her courage to confess, and ignited the most intense flame in her heart.

"Get out of my way!!" Qin Nan's roar echoed through the sky, and the amethyst dagger in his hand burst forth with an unprecedented blue light.

Although the massive wind blade failed to completely stop the monster's charge, it greatly weakened its power and deflected its trajectory slightly.

Bang-!!!

The weakened and deflected monster crashed heavily into the thorny vine barrier that Tan Zhixin had painstakingly constructed. The emerald green vines snapped inch by inch, making a teeth-grinding sound. Tan Zhixin's huge snake tail plowed deep furrows in the ground, but she managed to withstand it.

Qin Nan landed on the ground, her wind wings vibrating violently. Her icy gaze was fixed on the monster that had been knocked staggering. Her killing intent was like a tangible ice storm. She no longer looked at Tan Zhixin, but her desperate protection just now was more powerful than a thousand words.

Tan Zhixin steadied herself and looked at Qin Nan's cold and furious profile, her eyes softening slightly.

She didn't mention her earlier confession again. Instead, she took a deep breath, and the flames of battle reignited in her emerald pupils. With a sudden flick of her snake tail, she stood shoulder to shoulder with Qin Nan once more.

"Take care of it first." Tan Zhixin's voice regained its composure, carrying an undeniable determination.

"I will not back down." Qin Nan's words had a double meaning, and her dagger was pointed directly at the huge monster that roared and regained its footing. Wind elements surged wildly around her.

That complex and indescribable emotional storm was forcibly suppressed by a more direct life-or-death crisis.

But the shock and ripples caused by that confession, like a pebble thrown into a deep pool, left an imprint on each other's hearts.

The battle broke out again.

This time, however, the two seemed to have an inexplicable tacit understanding in their cooperation.