Poor magical girls, work for me!

"Prepare for battle."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked up at the front!

boom!!!

From the distant ruins and piles of metal, the metal "shrine" suddenly exploded with a loud bang.

Countless pieces of waste flew in all directions, crashing onto the ground with deafening bangs!

Everyone tensed up instantly!

He constantly draws upon the magic power within his body, ready for battle!

but! !

No shadowy figures flew out of the ruins.

There was nothing there.

Only the still-rolling scrap metal and the suddenly silent night wind.

Himawari paused for a second.

"Huh? Where's that guy?"

Suddenly, a red light appeared before Ryosuke Miyagi's eyes!

[Spiritual Warning!]

This is an extremely dangerous warning!

"above!"

He suddenly looked up!

Under the moonlight, a huge dark shadow was hovering above their heads!

A four-meter-tall steel body covered with obsidian-like metal armor.

On its back, red magma patterns flickered like a breathing light. Its six legs were like hydraulic clamps, each as thick as an adult's waist.

It has evolved into this state!

And the most deadly!

It's the single horn on its head.

A huge drill bit.

Right now, it's aimed directly at them and spinning at high speed!

hum! ! !

The roar of the drilling rig!

"spread!!"

The moment Ryosuke Miyagi uttered his words, the rhinoceros beetle swooped down from the sky!

Target!

It's Hikawa standing at the very front!

"Hikawa!!"

Matsushima Yukio cast a spell! An ice wall rose from the ground in front of her!

Click!

The ice wall was shredded like paper the moment it came into contact with the black gold drill bit!

Ice shards flew everywhere!

Hisahawa's pupils suddenly contracted.

There was no time to dodge.

She lifted the chainsaw with both hands! The chainsaw was held horizontally in front of her!

Let's do it!!

She's never been afraid of head-on combat!

Infuse your entire body with magic!

Holding the chainsaw in his right hand, he pulled it with his left! Flames burst from the saw teeth, and his clothes simultaneously began to burn.

The chainsaw's motor made a buzzing sound.

挥！

扛！

boom!!!

A deafening crash of metal colliding exploded!

Sparks fly!

The force of the impact sent Himawari sliding backward for more than ten meters, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground!

The chainsaw's teeth trembled violently, and the flames on them began to flicker.

"cough!"

Hikawa coughed up a mouthful of blood after regaining his balance!

We held on.

She was still standing.

"Hikawa!"

Momose Sena plunged her hands and the staff in her hand into the ground, her whole body engulfed in flames, and she shot out like a meteor of blazing fire, her fiery fist slamming into the rhinoceros beetle's joint from the side!

But the rhinoceros beetle reacted incredibly quickly!

It suddenly turned around, and its black, gold, drill-like horn swept across!

Momose Sena had no choice but to withdraw her fist and retreat!

Step back! Slide your body again!

The rhinoceros beetle slowly landed on the ground, its six legs firmly planted.

Those dark red compound eyes swept over the five enemies in front of him.

It opened its mouth.

It wasn't a hissing sound.

Yes--

Human language.

"Humans..."

The voice was deep and hoarse, like rusty gears grinding together.

"Kill me..."

Hikawa wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and stared wide-eyed.

"It...it can talk?!"

"A wild god with deep enough resentment will retain a part of his original intelligence."

Ryosuke Miyagi's voice was calm, but his eyes were sharp as knives.

[Spiritual Vigilance] is still issuing frantic warnings.

This rhinoceros beetle.

It is stronger than described in the intelligence.

"You...are just like...those garbage collectors..."

The rhinoceros beetle's compound eyes turned, looking at the land in the distance that was polluted by waste.

"My forest...my home..."

"They've all been... destroyed..."

Its voice contained anger, sadness, and...

Puzzled.

Why?

Why was the forest it had protected for so many years destroyed?

It sheltered the children for so many years, why doesn't it come back anymore?

It simply wants to protect this land.

What did it do wrong?

"No one is wrong, but... the weakest will die."

Ryosuke Miyagi's voice rang out. He had no time to spout grand theories or talk about what would happen if he killed innocent people.

The humans it killed had nothing to do with Ryosuke Miyagi.

The law of the jungle is the basic rule of survival.

The rhinoceros beetle's compound eyes locked onto him.

"weak?"

"You're right... Kabuto... thinks the same way! Who's weak? Who deserves to die..."

Its voice grew louder and louder, finally turning into a deafening screech!

The shell on its back suddenly opened!

hum…

The mechanical insect wings began to vibrate at a high frequency!

The enormous body rose into the air.

Ryosuke Miyagi stood at the bottom, looking up slightly at the mechanical rhinoceros beetle soaring into the air.

It took off again!

"Kirigane!"

Ryosuke Miyagi's voice exploded in the night sky.

At that shout, everyone instantly sprang into action.

Nanatsuji Kirion was already prepared.

She grabbed a handful of refreshing salt with one hand, and waved a royal coin in the other, her words of blessing flowing like pearls:

"祓い清め, 祌れを狠つ——Boundary, Zhang!"

Salt grains spilled from her fingers, drawing two silver lines in the moonlight before landing in circles!

The gohei he held was plunged into the ground!

hum!

The ground tremors slightly.

The rudimentary form of the barrier rapidly unfolded.

Centered on Nanatsuji Kirion, countless runes shimmering with a pale golden light appeared out of thin air from the ground, instantly connecting to form a huge light array with a diameter of about twenty meters.

Runes flowed, and the mark of rice ears began to appear!

That is a symbol of the divine power of "Inari no Kitsune-no-Kami Inaba" enshrined at Nanatsuji Shrine.

A translucent, pale golden light curtain rose from the light array, like an inverted bowl, enveloping the entire battlefield.

The moment the light screen came into contact with the gray-black resentment permeating the air, it emitted a dense "sizzling" burning sound, and the black mist was forced back and purified like a receding tide.

"Barrier deployed!"

Nanatsuji Kirion's voice trembled slightly!

"Ten seconds! I can hold it in place for ten seconds!"

"That's enough!"

Himawari Homura was the first to rush out.

The chainsaw in her hand was already running at full speed, with crimson flames dancing on its teeth—a manifestation of her full-powered magic and destructive force.

"Big beetle! Come on!"

She moved with the speed of a red lightning bolt, instantly appearing beside the rhinoceros beetle, her chainsaw raised high—

Then he chopped down hard!

Clang—!

The sharp sound of metal clashing echoed through the night sky!

The chainsaw's teeth rubbed violently against the rhinoceros beetle's shell, sending up dazzling sparks!

The rhinoceros beetle's carapace burst into intense sparks, and a screeching sound rang out as flames and serrated edges frantically crushed the carapace for three seconds!

A crack has already appeared on the carapace!

"Hikawa, get out of the way!"

Matsushima Yukio's ice spear has completed its charge!

Seven ice spears descended from the sky, striking the rhinoceros beetle's leg with pinpoint accuracy!

Click click click!

The ice spread rapidly, freezing its two front legs in place!

Using the momentum, Hikawa retreated, flipped in the air, and landed steadily.

She looked down at the chainsaw in her hand, then at the crack on the rhinoceros beetle's shell, and frowned.

"This thing... is harder than I thought."