Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

There was a crackling sound of something breaking inside the stone coffin.

And this time...

All the clones fell down while still running, and never got up again.

Vega asked in a deep voice, "Wow, you destroyed Betelgeuse's core... How did you find out?"

"Sirius said that guy came in person, but I don't believe it. With her lewd personality, what was sent over must be something else... like a control center that can spread clones around... You carry this thing with you, but there's nowhere to hide it in your shameless bikini armor right now. Before that, you only have two chances to move it somewhere else..."

Milno held up two fingers.

"When you first discarded the shield... and when you took the black crystal out of the sarcophagus, you deliberately knocked over the sarcophagus to keep our attention from it. Unfortunately, your battle with Sirius was too slow, and I was so bored that I almost fell asleep, so I couldn't help but think about some things."

Milno spoke coldly and sarcastically.

They even mocked Miss Sirius.

"So what? Her true self is still waiting for me on the other side."

"What a joke! With me around, you're not leaving."

Milno raised her combined swords and pointed them at Vega.

The latter had no choice but to hand his mother over to Ange, who then summoned her enormous lance.

Swords and spears faced each other.

hum-

Just now.

A white wormhole unfolded in the air.

The location where the white hole appeared happened to block the blue hole on the "other side".

This was undoubtedly calculated.

"Tsk, is this the work of Spica?"

Vega...

Her father had no way out.

Chapter Fifty-Six: Slowing Down and Restructuring

(Albinocotyledon)

Although I put on a show of arrogance, finding the core of Betelgeuse was not my achievement.

To be honest, my brain isn't that good yet.

Just now, the side of the airtight stone coffin facing me suddenly became transparent, allowing me to glimpse the secrets hidden within.

That's right, Aunt Yuehan secretly helped again this time.

She was currently leaning against An Jie with her eyes closed; she was indeed faking unconsciousness...

"Surrender, you have nowhere to run."

With the wormhole blocked, Seruno's father has no way out. Unless he wants to go through the white hole to the branch, Spica will definitely prepare a big surprise for him. Given her previous cautiousness, she would never take that risk.

But what could she do when she had nowhere else to turn?

The "Gun Witch" pointed her gun at me.

"Tsk, so we still have to fight?"

I rubbed my boots on the ground; the core residue was probably stuck in the grooves of the sole, making it uncomfortable to walk on and hurting my feet.

"Let me make this clear from the start, I am extremely strong."

The Gun Witch did not respond, and the tip of the gun aimed at me remained unmoved, as steady as a sexy Nioh statue.

witch.

I already have experience from several encounters.

Because they possess magical power far exceeding that of magical girls, their magic is often exaggerated in scale.

The six floating lances look intimidating, but they don't reach the exaggerated levels of other witches: the Mermaid Witch who drains an entire lake; Betelgeuse who manifests a magnificent warship; Fomalhaut who alters the weather on a large scale, causing snow in August and tsunamis with every strike...

Each of these witches possesses an extraordinary and oppressive power.

But Serono's father didn't have that kind of presence.

In comparison, these lances seem too conservative and monotonous.

Is it because you haven't adapted to the witch's power yet?

Or is she still hiding her true strength?

People who act cautiously like to keep their cards close to their chest. Although she has pinned Sirius to the ground, she has not yet revealed her full strength.

Sirius, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, was the same in this respect.

Although she looks miserable, as a Star Crystal, the hole in her fake body probably doesn't even qualify as an injury.

Both of them held back, but I had to go all out.

Strike first!

The rubble I casually threw at her face was stopped by her lance.

The moment she blocked his view, he bent down and circled around her.

I can move faster than her neck can turn, and by watching the direction her neck turns, I can keep myself in her blind spot.

Throughout the entire ordeal, the lances behind her never attacked me.

It is certain that they do not have independent consciousness or senses, and are only manipulated by Father Seruno, so they cannot attack me without my sight.

But I was able to launch a sneak attack on her unsuspecting back.

The area outside the breastplate was covered with scales, but they couldn't possibly be as hard as the breastplate. With that thought in mind, I slashed at her bare side waist.

clang--

The force of the impact on my hand made my thumb and forefinger go numb, and I almost lost my grip on the short sword.

so hard!

What kind of scales are these?

Even though I've removed my heavy armor, am I still unable to cut through it?

The other witches' physical abilities weren't this excessive; even the Sword Witch could be injured by my blade.

This time, the parry also helped her pinpoint my location. Her nearly two-meter-long lance swept across me in a crescent shape, which, even at my accelerated pace, didn't seem slow at all.

It wasn't just the lance in her hand.

As the floating lances swept across the battlefield simultaneously, I couldn't find a suitable way to retreat. Even if I jumped away at top speed, those cobra-like lance tips would catch up and try to tear a few cuts into my body.

Phew, I barely avoided it.

Thanks to the performance of the combat gear itself, I did not suffer any real damage.

She didn't fight back recklessly. As a legend who came from the war years, she could make up for the speed gap with experience and skills. Fighting with an underestimating mentality would only lead to her own demise.

"..."

She scratched the spot on her waist where I had slashed her, as if it were just a mosquito bite.

It doesn't break through the defenses, but it's a little itchy.

Although it was just a normal slash, it was at thirty times the speed, a sword strike capable of cutting through steel plates, yet I really didn't feel anything... This sword is no longer viable.

Serino turned back into Ayao, and without her bubble wrap support, I couldn't use acceleration beyond my tolerance limit.

"Morning Star, you can't keep me."

Seemingly having figured out my strength, she finally spoke.

But I don't like being looked down upon.

He discarded his two short swords and assumed a fighting stance with his bare hands.

"Don't misunderstand, this doesn't mean surrender. I may not be able to defeat you, but there are many ways to keep you occupied."

The simplest way is to make her slow down.

Besides slowing down myself, I can also slow down any object I come into contact with. Since the effect diminishes when the object leaves my hand, and maintaining it for a long time also consumes a lot of magic, the general application is to accelerate the object just before it leaves my hand.

But against such a formidable opponent, physical attacks alone are unlikely to be effective; at this point, one must remember one's identity.

The key element of magical girls is "magic".

A sweeping lance is very dangerous, but if I can touch it at a relative speed before it hits me, I can slow it down.

For the Gun Witch, it meant that her lance had become very heavy, and she had to use much more force to maintain her previous speed.

Swinging such a large lance requires considerable strength, and she clearly wouldn't hold back that much power, resulting in...

Her attacks became slow and heavy.

But this is only the first step.

I quickly released the gun, since she still had the hover lance that allowed her to move freely.

So I started circling her at thirty times the speed, while constantly slapping her body and every lance that came near.

This kind of light, fleeting attack doesn't require me to use much force.

Just keep moving and focus on increasing speed.

With each contact, a part of her body would become heavy. The weight of the weapon would at most cause muscle strain, but the sudden slowing of time in local areas such as the arms, thighs, or even the waist and neck could lead to muscle strain.

It's not hard to understand, is it?

If a twisting arm suddenly slows down significantly, the part that could have been twisting will be stretched, potentially leading to muscle rupture.

Since we can't cut off those scales, let her destroy herself from the inside.

Her attacks became riddled with holes, and I was able to dodge them with greater ease. The bigger her movements, the more damage she inflicted on herself.

I would slap or punch her face whenever I felt like it.