Go to work, and then educate magical girls.

Chapter 8 Calamity Beast

After Tang Feng and Sheng Xue got off the tram, they only needed to walk a short distance to reach Sheng Xue's house.

He suggested the home visit not on a whim, but because Shengxue's behavior today was indeed strange.

Taking off her clothes in his office seems like something this naive girl would never do.

He glanced at Shengxue, who was standing next to him. After the psychological counseling incident, she never mentioned it again, as if it had never happened.

Since the other party was unwilling to bring it up, it was inconvenient for him to take the initiative to ask.

Girls at this age are sensitive, especially when it comes to such private issues. If not handled properly, it could affect their physical and mental health.

Tang Feng didn't care about that; what worried him was whether the resulting psychological problems would affect his ability to become a magical girl.

He planned to start by examining the environment surrounding Saint Snow to investigate the truth of the matter.

This is also why he proposed the home visit.

The air in the suburbs was quite fresh, without the noise of the city center, and there weren't many people on the road. The cement road under their feet gradually turned into a stone road mixed with green grass.

Before I knew it, even the sounds of birds had disappeared.

Tang Feng suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Saint Snow, which regions did the Magical Girl Association issue a warning for today?"

Shengxue was puzzled by Tang Feng's sudden stop, but she still thought for a moment and answered.

"The Flower Street in Area A and the Bird Street in Area C are both at Level C warning level."

Having fought against calamity beasts for many years, the Magical Girl Association has long established a complete early warning system. Before a calamity beast appears, the magic concentration in the area will rise abnormally, which can be used to determine the location of the calamity beast.

This allows residents to be notified in advance to evacuate and to be assigned magical girls to deal with the situation, minimizing the damage caused by the monsters.

However, the early warning system is not 100% accurate. Some areas with abnormal magic concentrations may remain unaffected, while unexpected disasters may occur in areas that are not warned.

This is where the magical girls and the association's adaptability will be put to the test.

Tang Feng had already sensed a calamity beast that had awakened not far underground.

Beyond the warning.

"Saint Snow, take my hand," Tang Feng said.

Shengxue was stunned for a moment, and after a brief moment of confusion, she still obediently took Tang Feng's hand.

Large, warm hands give people a sense of security.

Shengxue's face flushed slightly as she felt the warmth from the other person's palm, and her heart beat faster involuntarily.

The two, one tall and one short, one big and one small, walked hand in hand along the stone path. From behind, they looked neither like father and daughter nor lovers, but there was a faint sense of warmth between them.

"Crack." After Tang Feng stepped on and crushed a flat pebble, the ground began to tremble slightly.

Saint Snow immediately became alert, "Watch out!"

Before she could react, the ground beneath their feet shattered, and a monster's enormous maw rose from the earth.

Darkness enveloped the two of them. From their perspective, half of the sky was blocked by the monster's mouth, and the fleshy walls of the mouth were rapidly closing.

The air was filled with a nauseating, fishy stench.

Tang Feng seemed to be terrified. He held onto Sheng Xue's hand tightly, like a drowning person unconsciously clutching a lifeline.

Saint Snow's expression was solemn. She quickly drew a magic circle in the air with one hand, and a powerful magical energy emerged from the circle, transforming into a long laser beam that shot towards the monster's bottomless mouth.

At the same time, using the reaction force, she carried Tang Feng, this burden, and quickly flew towards the remaining sky.

The attack had no effect on the monster; it closed its mouth faster, and Shengxue could see jagged edges appearing at the edge of the sky.

Those are the monster's teeth; its mouth is gradually closing.

With a light tap of her toes, Saint Snow conjured one magic circle after another beneath her feet, increasing her speed once again.

A magic circle that would take an ordinary mage a long time to construct formed at her toes as easily as drinking water; she didn't even need a wand.

Even so, her speed still seemed unable to keep up with the speed at which the monster's teeth closed, and what was originally half of the sky was now reduced to a mere slit.

"Saint Snow, leave me behind. You're fast enough to get out of here on your own!"

Tang Feng seemed to come to his senses, and he called out anxiously.

Shengxue didn't have time to say much, or even to look at him, but she gripped Tang Feng's hand even tighter to show her determination.

"Holy Snow..."

"Don't talk too much."

Saint Snow spoke quickly, and ten magic circles appeared layer upon layer beneath her feet. The overlapping magic circles burst forth with dazzling light. Using her last bit of strength, she carried Tang Feng and shot swiftly toward the crevice.

Beads of sweat appeared on Shengxue's forehead; she had reached the pinnacle of her magical power.

As she drew nearer, she saw the jagged gap slowly closing.

If this continues, it will be too late!

In a flash, she turned to look at Tang Feng and made a bold decision.

She pushed Tang Feng in front of her and quickly drew a magic circle on his back.

Teacher, you must keep living!

The magic array was activated, and Tang Feng shot out like a cannonball.

Conversely, the sacred snow fell into the depths of darkness.

But what happened before her eyes was not as she had imagined. After the magic circle was activated, she was surprised to find that she did not fall due to the reaction force, but instead flew out with Tang Feng.

The monster's teeth snapped shut behind them.

At the last second, the two escaped the giant maw.

They fell to the ground, and due to inertia, they rolled around together a few times.

Before she could even think about how she managed to escape, Shengxue turned around to face the suddenly appearing monster.

The monster in front of them was nearly ten meters long, half of which was the bloated oval organ at the top that was hard to call a head or a mouth.

The monster had no facial features. Thick, foul-smelling liquid flowed out from the huge, mouth-shaped crack, landing on the ground and corroding it into large pits, while black smoke billowed up from it.

Inside the monster's mouth, even though Shengxue was very careful, the two of them still accidentally got some on their clothes, which were corroded and torn, revealing large areas of their private parts.

Neither of them had time to pay attention to this; they stared at the monstrous beast with grave expressions.

"Saint... Snow," Tang Feng's teeth were chattering with nervousness, "Let's run away quickly and let the Magical Girl Association handle this."

"The calamity beast has appeared. They should have detected it by now. The magical girl is probably on her way." Saint Snow stared at the huge calamity beast in front of her and assumed a defensive stance.

She knew that without prior warning, it would take at least ten minutes for the magical girl to arrive after receiving the news.

The calamity beast had already set its sights on them. If they tried to escape, firstly, they didn't know if they could outrun it, and secondly…

She glanced at the suburban residential area behind her and the village not far ahead. If she escaped, these two places would be the first to suffer annihilation.

Strictly speaking, that village was within her family's territory. She knew many of the people there, including kind-hearted aunties, elderly people skilled in handicrafts, and carefree children.

All of this will be completely destroyed when the calamity beast enters that village.

She won't allow that to happen.

Tang Feng was shocked by Sheng Xue's posture. "Are you crazy?! You actually want to fight against the disaster beast? That's something only magical girls can do!"

In this world, even the most powerful magic users are far inferior to a newly awakened magical girl. This is why major cities regard magical girls as extremely important and provide them with almost unlimited services.

Because they are irreplaceable.

Shengxue turned and glanced at Tang Feng, her eyes revealing a resolute determination. "Teacher, you should leave quickly. I'll buy you some time."

"You don't need to do that at all. Even among magical girls, there are rules that if you encounter an enemy that is too powerful, you should run away as much as possible to preserve your strength."

Saint Snow shook her head. "But I'm not a magical girl yet, so I don't need to follow their rules."

"I didn't realize you were so stubborn."

"This isn't stubbornness," Shengxue said softly.

She knew she was no match for this monstrous beast, and she was afraid.

But beside her were Teacher Tang Feng, who was powerless to even kill a chicken; the residential area that was about to be destroyed; and countless families that should have been happy and fulfilled.

She was the only tall one, and she couldn't show fear in front of them; she needed to stand up.

The petite girl turned around and took out her magic wand, which she usually used for practice, from her schoolbag. The moment she gripped the wand, her hand stopped trembling.

"You damned monstrous beasts, may you all disappear from this world!"

She charged headlong towards the enormous, ten-meter-long monster.

Tang Feng stared at Sheng Xue's retreating figure.

The girl's petite figure was tiny in front of the monstrous beast, but at this moment it appeared incredibly tall.

He could tell that the two sides were worlds apart in strength.

Saint Snow could not possibly survive ten breaths in the hands of the calamity beast.

This calamity beast has B-level strength.

She's at the level of a normal magical girl who's been in the industry for a few years.

This is something that a newly minted magical girl cannot handle alone, much less something that a mage who is not even a magical girl can handle.

He glanced at his phone; the Magical Girl Association was urgently broadcasting a report on the disaster, urging nearby residents to evacuate immediately.

The broadcast also revealed that a powerful magical girl was on her way to calm the panicked local residents.

That's a pretty quick reaction...

Tang Feng put down his phone.

He saw that Holy Snow was being pushed back by the attack of the calamity beasts.

So what if the magical girl arrives? She might be able to save the other residents, but Seishu will only become a corpse.

She can't hold on that long.

Tang Feng walked forward slowly.

Saint Snow was fully focused on fighting the calamity beast. She knew she was no match for it and kept hovering at the edge of the beast's attack range.

She is drawing the monsters' attention to attacking her, so they won't run around and destroy residential areas.

The calamity beast possesses no intelligence, and that is its advantage.

She only needs to stall until the magical girl arrives; she doesn't need to fight her head-on.

Having dodged another attack from the calamity beast, Saint Snow felt even more confident.

As she dodged, she waved her wand, her lips moving in a murmur of obscure words. At the same time, several intricate magic circles began to appear around her body, rotating and overlapping, eventually forming a pentagram.

A dazzling light enveloped Saint Snow's entire body, causing her clothes to flutter. She lightly tapped her wand at the center of the pentagram. At the same time, it seemed as if a hole had been torn open in the sky, and a huge beam of light descended from the heavens, striking the monster's bloated maw directly.

The monster let out its first sharp roar.

This was Saint Snow's strongest attack, and she even used a chant.

This attack was the pinnacle of what she had learned in the past, and its power was approaching the level of a magical girl.

After delivering this blow, Shengxue's face turned somewhat pale.

It seems that the monster must have been injured, otherwise it wouldn't have made such a roar.

Now, the monster should have its hatred completely focused on her and won't run around harming innocent people.

Next, all she needs to do is focus on dodging the attacks of the calamity beast.

Shengxue breathed a sigh of relief.

The next moment, her pupils suddenly dilated.

The monster's massive, several-meter-long maw opened at some point, revealing endless, eerie darkness within.

Saint Snow felt a chill run down her spine. Just as she was about to retreat, a torrent of black liquid gushed from the monster's mouth, shooting straight at her like cannonballs.

With that range, that quantity, and that speed, she had no way to dodge it, given her strength.

Is it ending soon? ...

As she watched the overwhelming attack, a flood of memories rushed through her mind, images flashing by like a revolving lantern, from childhood to adulthood, finally settling on the burning gaze of Teacher Tang Feng in the office today, staring at her with only her underwear left.

It's so strange... that was my last thought.

Saint Snow smiled slightly and closed her eyes.

The sound of cannonballs whistling past her ears was followed by muffled bombardments. Unexpectedly, the attack from the calamity beast did not hit her. Saint Snow opened her eyes in confusion.

She saw a tall figure blocking her way, using his back to absorb all the attacks that landed in that direction.

She was in his large, warm embrace, completely unharmed.

"teacher?……"

Her voice trembled, filled with astonishment, fear, and disbelief.

Tang Feng's head drooped limply, and he swayed precariously before finally collapsing onto the girl with a thud.

Tang Feng's head was pressed against Sheng Xue's forehead, and his faint voice reached the girl's ears.

"Seishu...you have to keep living! I believe you can definitely become a magical girl..."

"I can't imagine... how beautiful that scene would be..."

"It's a pity... the teacher can't see it..."

After Tang Feng finished speaking, he tilted his head to the side.

"teacher--!!!"

The girl's sharp scream pierced the sky.

The attacks of the calamity beast were deadly; she couldn't even withstand them, let alone Tang Feng, an ordinary person.

Even ignoring the impact of magic, the corrosiveness of a monster's saliva can melt a stone slab.

Tang Feng has almost no chance of surviving.

Saint Snow couldn't bear to look at his horrific back, so she gently pulled him into her arms.

The petite girl hugged the tall Tang Feng, and the posture looked extremely comical.

"Teacher, open your eyes, you will see it."

"Saint Snow said softly."

no respond.

Sheng Xue remained silent, quietly holding Tang Feng's body. No one noticed that a faint, shimmering white light began to flow around the girl's body.

(End of this chapter)