After get off work, I become a magical girl

After disappearing and reappearing, the masterpiece blade made of silk threads changed the direction of its attack and slashed Delphinium heavily at a speed that no one could see clearly.

The masterpiece of the Delphinium was originally woven with the lethality of killing beasts above the pupa stage as the standard. Whether it was the sharpness of the blade or the structure of the technique mixed in it, the most basic standard was to easily cut through the pupa shell.

In terms of physical defense capabilities alone, a crippled beast is much better than a magical girl. This also means that an attack that can injure a pupa-level crippled beast can definitely injure a leaf-level, or even some bud-level magical girls whose physical strength is insufficient.

At this moment, in order to cause damage to the crippled beast in front of it that had obviously reached the metamorphosis stage, and to rescue Lin Xiaolu in time, Cuiqiao had no room to hold back at all.

—“Delphinium!”

Amid Lin Xiaolu's exclamation, the blade of the masterpiece easily pierced through the petite body in the air.

Chapter 143 Prey

2023-05-08

As a kind of monster that existed long before human civilization in the material world, no one can say exactly when they were born.

The most widely known theory is that the life and power of all the remaining beasts actually come from the same source, a powerful being that has no name or image left. However, in the existing research on the magic side, there is no evidence to support this theory.

But belief does not need evidence, and there are always people who believe in this. The "Lord" mentioned by Black Dawn actually refers to this unknown existence.

They called it "the beast master".

"The great beast disaster nineteen years ago certainly brought disaster to the material world, but it also left valuable treasures for the study of the power of the remaining beasts."

The voice of the remnant beast with a smile was clearly transmitted to the consciousness of every magical girl present: "A large number of remnant beast remains that have not been stripped of their echoes, a large number of lives damaged by the beast's magic power, and a large amount of data from the battle. These are things that the Black Cinder Dawn cannot obtain in peacetime, but in the Great Beast Disaster, they are readily available."

"After that, we extracted a rare crystal from some extremely special remnant beasts. Surprisingly, all the remnant beasts with this crystal embedded in their bodies showed a more or less enriched phenomenon of magic power."

"Their body structures are stronger; their special organs are more developed; even their intelligence is unusually evolved."

"We conducted a detailed study on this crystal stone and finally found that it has the ability to absorb and purify a large amount of magic power, and then feed back a certain special energy. This special energy can greatly promote the evolution of the residual beast and raise the upper limit of the residual beast's evolution."

"However, the stock of this crystal is too scarce. We dissected all the remains of the beasts found in the beast disaster, and we could only get a few. And the amount of magic power it requires is too huge. Only a small amount of magic power is completely unable to supply its consumption. Our experiment is progressing very slowly."

"In the first experiment, it took us more than ten years to create a fully evolved remnant beast. However, the good times didn't last long. At the end of the evolution, the remnant beast's body collapsed and turned into a pool of meat paste full of magic."

"The second experiment started two years later than the first and took longer, but the outcome was no different. It collapsed."

"After failing twice more, I ruled out all possible causes and found that it wasn't our thinking that was wrong, but the 'food' that was wrong."

"We produce a large number of meat pigs to feed the leftover animals, but meat pigs alone are not enough. Just like humans will have various problems if they are picky eaters, leftover animals also need a 'balanced diet'."

"The magic of fairies, the magic of magical girls, and the magic of beasts are all indispensable."

"In order to verify this conclusion, two years ago, I made a decision during the latest round of cultivation. I intercepted a portion of the magic power of the Flower Card Magical Girl and fed it to our remaining beast. Then, variables appeared: its growth rate far exceeded the previous experiments, and it also showed a considerable degree of intelligence."

"I know my experiment was successful."

The giant moth flapped its wings slowly, staring at the blue-haired girl lying on the ground. "So I need to thank your teammate, Cornflower. It was Sakura's death that allowed me to obtain enough flower card magic power after a long time. It made me see the possibility of success."

Delphinium said nothing.

Because she was really hurt.

The beast took away his magic armor and then chopped him hard in the body.

It is true that the body of a magical girl is made up of magic power and does not have body organs in the biological sense, but the magic costume does not harm the body of the magical girl, but the deeper soul.

The soul was almost cut in half, and the pain of being cut in half was enough to make an average magical girl lose control of her body.

At this moment, the Delphinium was lying on its back on the ground, staring expressionlessly at the huge moth in the sky, quietly listening to the other party's proud and complacent speech.

"…You seem to lack an audience."

However, even with such an injury, there was no trace of pain in her voice, and she spoke calmly as usual: "I am not interested in your story of sleeping on straw and eating bitter food, and working hard for so many years."

"Is that right?"

There was a hint of surprise in Moss's voice: "I thought you would be somewhat moved by the death of your old teammate."

"If you just wanted to irritate me, then you have already achieved your goal."

Delphinium's voice remained calm: "But if you want to tell me 'you killed Sakura' to shake my heart, then I can only answer you, it's impossible."

"Oh? I deliberately kept the altar until now. You should have captured Sakura's magic from the ceremony just now. But you still can't believe me?"

"So what?"

Delphinium looked straight ahead, but no one knew what she was thinking under her calm appearance: "Sakura is dead, and her heart gem is gone. I have known this for a long time. Your actions have only made me realize that her death is indeed inseparable from you."

"You don't understand what 'The Strongest Hanaru' means, nor do you understand what she is capable of. Sakura, you have defeated all kinds of invincible enemies time and time again to reach that position."

She supported herself on the ground with both hands, straightened up slightly, and her tone gradually became serious: "You scum like you want to defeat her, or even kill her?"

"Don't make me laugh. You are not worthy to mention her name to me."

Moss was silent for a moment, then she laughed again:

"Hahaha, very good. I really like your character of not admitting defeat."

"That's why I chose to set the stage today, in this extremely grand occasion, and invited these lovely little audience members."

She waved her wings and pointed her limbs at the newcomers not far away: "Whether I can kill Ying or not, I can't prove it to you now. But what if it's these little guys? What do you think?"

"For example, the girl over there, Ying's daughter, her father seems to be having an affair with you. If I kill her here, can you still keep that icy face? I'm looking forward to it."

"...Don't even think about it." Delphinium used the silk thread to support her body and stood up again.

"Then it depends on your performance."

Moss said this, raising her limbs, and countless densely packed purple-black spheres appeared in the air: "How long can you protect her, Cornflower?"

As she finished her words, several purple-black magic balls fell towards Lin Xiaolu's location like meteorites.

Lin Xiaolu and her companions were still fighting with the beasts while approaching the direction of the delphinium. When they saw the light ball falling from the sky, they immediately turned around and tried to avoid it. However, the purple-black magic ball seemed to have consciousness. As Lin Xiaolu moved her position, their landing point also shifted.

Delphinium turned into a stream of light and flew to the side of several newcomers in a blink of an eye. The magic suit formed a huge network in front of it, blocking the magic ball that was falling from the air, trying to stop it.

However, before the magic ball came into contact with the magic suit, the magic thread she had woven disappeared into thin air.

Without hesitation, she cast the Favor Rune again, and several magic barriers quickly enveloped the people, isolating the magic sphere. However, these magic barriers also turned into nothingness in an instant.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin Xiaolu below also raised her hand and swung out a silver-white magic flame, slashing at the magic ball, but like the delphinium, she disappeared halfway.

“It’s not just one-time storage, it can be stored in multiple sections.”

Delphinium muttered to herself in the air. Seeing that the magic ball was about to hit Lin Xiaolu, her eyes focused slightly, and then she accelerated again. She rushed in front of Lin Xiaolu and used her body to firmly resist the magic ball.

Seeing this, Xia Liang quickly released her magic suit, and several mirrors wrapped around the sphere, trying to divert the magic power of the sphere to other places. However, her magic suit could not withstand such a large amount of magic power, and before Moss could even make them disappear, all the mirrors exploded.

click.

“Hey… Ugh!”

Cracks suddenly appeared on Xia Liang's face, and he was blown away.

Not to mention Delphinium, who was at the center of the magic explosion. The heavy blow to her soul caused her to fall like a kite with a broken string, and she was quickly caught by Lin Xiaolu below.

"Xia Liang! Damn it! Delphinium! What happened to you!?"

She frantically felt for Delphinium's breath, looked at her torn dress that even had some burn marks on it, and called out in a panic, "Are you okay? Delphinium?"

Cuiqiao's tightly closed eyes opened again when Lin Xiaolu called her, then she stood up slightly and grabbed Lin Xiaolu's hand.

"fine."

After taking two short breaths, Cuiqiao looked at Lin Xiaolu calmly: "I'm here, don't worry, everything will be fine."

"What are you talking about? 'It'll be alright'! It's happened twice already! You're already so badly injured!"

Lin Xiaolu's voice was filled with tears: "Don't treat yourself like this. If she wants to kill me, it will hinder you from fighting, so it's better to..."

Delphinium said nothing more.

She just squeezed Lin Xiaolu's hand, signaling her not to say anything more, then struggled to stand up again and looked at Moss in the air.

"I thought your melodrama would last a little longer."

Moss taunted, "Why don't you show her more of your spirit of sacrifice so that I can see more tear-jerking scenes?"

"I don't want to waste my breath in front of scum."

Delphinium's voice remained calm and firm: "If you want to see a tragedy, go to hell and slowly watch your own ending."

"Hahaha, interesting, since you are so motivated, let's continue."

The purple-black magic ball of light once again appeared above everyone. Moss said in a high-pitched voice: "Let me see, when you can't use magic, how long can you protect them with your already scarred body?"

Looking at the dense magic balls in the sky, Delphinium remained calm, Moko was terrified, and Xia Liang lowered his eyes helplessly. Lin Xiaolu was also pale. She looked at Delphinium and subconsciously spoke again, but she had no idea what to say.

Moss's attack was not shaken by the will of the magical girls.

The purple-black magic ball fell again, and this time, Delphinium again blocked it with its body.

"Hahaha, this is really rare. A magical girl who once held the Jeweled Scepter and became a flower card master is now in such a mess!"

Moss laughed, "Where's your magic suit? Where's your wonderland? Where's your flourishing? It's ridiculous to fight like a species, or even worse than a species!"

"You've been standing there talking nonsense like a brat. Do you think I don't know? You've overdrawn yourself twice in the Garden Defense War and the Great Beast Disaster. Your strength has long been reduced to only one tenth of what it was!"

"Look at what you look like now, how pathetic!"

"This is the magical kingdom! This is their hero! The hero who saved the day in the war and saved the city in the material world, only to be humiliated like this in the end!"

"That's why you are my best prey and the best ingredient for me to step onto a higher level!"

As she finished her words, more magic balls appeared around her.

“…I see.”

Delphinium looked at the sky that had been dyed purple and black, and her gem-like eyes reflected the figure under the light: "Your target has been me from the beginning."

"You realize it now? It's too late!"

Moss laughed carelessly and said, "What city, what human beings, what country, and what investigation institute? These things have nothing to do with my plan from the beginning. All I need is you."

"Use a large amount of pigs to feed a crippled beast on the verge of collapse over two years, and then obtain a large amount of high-quality magical girl magic in one go, enough to restore the magic power in its body to balance. This will achieve the result I want quickly!"

"What better prey is there than a former Gem Scepter who is seriously injured, retired for many years, and unaware of the outside world?"

"As long as I can obtain your source of magic power and complete the final completion of my beast organs, I can break through the limitations of the metamorphosis and ascend to a higher level, becoming an existence close to the peak - the King of Metamorphosis!"

"I asked Touch's useless men to attack your old friend's daughter, and you showed up as expected; I asked them to attack the man you were related to, and you accepted the challenge; I asked Spider to attract the attention of the Investigation Institute, and you went there immediately; I asked Hong Si to deceive you, and you were also unaware!"