After get off work, I become a magical girl

Chapter 17 Magical Girl Xiaojin

2023-04-30

When Delphinium arrived at the scene, the area where the crippled beast was located had been blocked off, and the citizens who had originally planned to pass through there were evacuated, while ordinary people in the area also evacuated under the guidance of official personnel.

Because it was noon and the beast appeared at a crossroads, very few people were killed at the first moment and most people were able to escape in time, so the emotions of the crowd at the scene were relatively stable and no riots were caused.

Delphinium did not stay at the blockade for too long. After confirming that the Strategy Bureau was taking action, it kicked off its heels and rushed out from the gap between the buildings nearby, flying to the location where the remaining beasts were, which was also the center of this area.

When she arrived at the scene, she found that she was the only one there.

But it makes sense. Her speed of flying at full speed must be faster than the other two people, and the distance from the scene of the incident is not far. It is normal for her to arrive first if they set out at the same time.

"It hasn't taken shape yet. It's just an egg-sized little creature."

Landing on the side of the road, Delphinium looked at the beast that looked like a huge egg-shaped piece of meat. It was furious because it couldn't find its prey and was wreaking havoc on the surrounding buildings. She raised her hand, and the wand in her hand floated up:

"Magic power is extracted."

As soon as she finished speaking, the magic wand turned into scattered particles of residual light, and a small and ornate pair of tailor's scissors appeared in Delphinium's hand. The azure magic particles gathered around her, and silk threads with cold light surrounded her body, revealing a slightly dangerous aura.

In Delphinium's vision, the surrounding space had already been filled with blue magic lines. The remaining beast in the center of the area was like a prey caught in a spider web, unable to escape.

She stretched out her hand, placed her thumb and ring finger on the two silk threads respectively, and slowly hooked her fingers in the same direction.

She hooked the lines, and the magic net around the crippled beast tightened. Almost in a breath, its space for movement was completely restricted, and soon, it was completely tied up in place by the silk threads.

The crippled beast, feeling restricted in its movements, had no awareness that it was caught. Even though its body could no longer move, it continued to make futile attempts and let out earth-shaking roars, trying to intimidate the Delphinium not far away.

The airflow caused by the roar of the crippled beast stirred up a gust of wind, which lifted the sleeves of Delphinium from more than ten meters away. Even at this distance, a strong fishy odor could be smelled.

Delphinium deadpanned.

According to her usual practice, after restraining the remaining beast, she would kill it directly.

But this time it was different. She merely tied up the crippled beast, as if she had finished her job. She stood by the roadside with one hand on her waist, waiting quietly.

She was waiting for Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang.

Both of them were new magical girls, and they needed enough actual combat to accumulate experience. Such egg-level remnants were undoubtedly very high-quality sandbags: first, they moved slowly, and second, their attacks were not so fatal to magical girls. Even if something unexpected happened, with Delphinium protecting them, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Therefore, she did not plan to kill the crippled beast herself, but just wanted to stop it from destroying public buildings first, and planned to let the two newcomers practice with the crippled beast.

Not long after, accompanied by light purple rainbow light, a figure flew over quickly from the horizon.

The purple rainbow light fell straight towards the location where the remnant beast and the delphinium were. After landing at an extremely high speed, it splashed circles of violet magic ripples as if it fell into the water.

The man straightened up from the waves, shook his head, smoothed the hair that was sticking to his face, and then looked at Delphinium with a smile on his face:

"Ah, here we are! You are really fast at using magic power, young senior!"

"The word 'small' is superfluous." Delphinium drooped her eyelids.

The person who came was Xia Liang.

She wore a purple waisted dress skirt with wavy lace, a light yellow shawl collar top, and a half-open waistcoat with the same light purple as the main color. With the huge bow on the chest, the transformed clothes gave people a mysterious but bright impression.

The hair, which had also turned purple, was slightly curled at the ends, forming inward curls that were slightly out of gravity. On her head was a hibiscus purple soft hat tied with a yellow ribbon, and on her earlobes hung a pair of crescent-shaped earrings, making her look quite gorgeous and fashionable.

This is what Xia Liang looks like after she transforms into a magical girl. It can be said that it fits her magical girl code name - Xiao Jin.

The clothes of a magical girl will reflect the personality of the transformer, so Xia Liang's clothes are the most mature in style among the three, although in terms of age alone, she is actually the youngest.

Looking at the girl falling to the ground, Cuiqiao's face remained calm, but she was actually feeling amazed.

When she first found Xia Liang, she had a hunch that this child might be extremely talented, but the level he has demonstrated now still exceeds her expectations.

What she called "using magic to receive the body" was a technique that Delphinium had just proposed during yesterday's class. It allows the magical girl to land at the fastest speed without slowing down after flying.

As a girl who was afraid of flying a few days ago, she quickly adapted to flying with magic power and even mastered advanced techniques. In just a few days, she surpassed Lin Xiaolu. Xia Liang can be said to be a natural born magical girl.

"You mastered the art of receiving the opponent so quickly. You did a great job." So Kuizi was not stingy in giving praise.

"Humph."

Xia Liang narrowed his eyes happily after receiving the praise, and ran to the side of the Jade Bird in small steps. He looked at the crippled beast that was tied up not far away, and asked with a little surprise in his tone: "Is that the crippled beast?"

"Hey - so this is what it looks like up close, so big and disgusting!"

She said "disgusting" but her face showed full of curiosity: "But why won't it move? Did you kill it, young senior?"

"I told you not to use the word 'small' anymore."

Delphinium corrected helplessly, but did not force it. She flicked her finger in the air, causing several blue magic lines to appear one after another: "Be careful, the beast is still alive. It's not moving because I have tied it up."

Xia Liang's attention was immediately drawn to these magic threads. He opened his eyes wide and moved closer: "How beautiful! Is this the magic structure you mentioned, young senior? Is this a harp string?"

"My magical constructs are silk thread and scissors."

Delphinium didn't hide this: "Don't get too close. These threads can bind enemies, but they can also become very sharp. I don't want to hurt you accidentally."

"Is this caring about me?"

There was a hint of teasing in the smile on his face, but he still took two steps back obediently. Xia Liang seemed to be in a good mood: "Although you look very cold, the young senior is actually very delicate at heart."

"Don't say such cheesy things." Delphinium still had a blank expression on her face.

——"Hey, you over there, we've only known each other for a few days, don't act so intimate behind other people's backs!"

Just as the two were talking, a shout suddenly came from the air. Cuiqiao and Xia Liang looked up following the sound and saw a light blue rainbow light falling from the sky.

Almost ten minutes had passed since Cuiqiao subdued the crippled beast, and Lin Xiaolu finally arrived.

Chapter 18 First Cooperation

2023-04-30

"You have subdued the beast in such a short time. You are worthy of being the inspector!"

Lin Xiaolu had just landed when Mo Ke, who had been flapping his little wings, appeared from behind her and started to flatter her in a rather flattering tone.

It has been doing this for a long time, to the point that Delphinium suspected that it had committed some kind of corruption in the magical kingdom and fled to the material world. Otherwise, there would be no reason for it to care so much about the identity of "Inspector".

Even though Delphinium ignored or rejected its awkward attempts to please him every time, it still couldn't stop it.

If a child really saw this kind of fairy who fawns on others every day, he would probably be disillusioned with the concept of "fairy" from then on.

Sighing secretly in his heart, Cuiqiao ignored Mo Ke and turned his attention to the other side, that is, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang.

Obviously, the atmosphere between the two people was not harmonious from the moment Lin Xiaolu arrived. Lin Xiaolu, who landed from the air, had an indignant look on her face, which formed a sharp contrast with Xia Liang, who was smiling on the other side.

Lin Xiaolu noticed Xia Liang's inexplicable rejection of Cuiqiao, but Xia Liang's behavior of enjoying it and constantly provoking Lin Xiaolu's mischief was also problematic.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Cuique resisted the urge to sigh again, and clapped her hands together and said, "Okay, stop arguing for now."

She pointed at the crippled beast not far away, trying to divert the two people's attention to it: "The crippled beast that appeared today is not very strong. I think it is about the egg stage. In other words, as long as you can work together and perform normally, you can easily deal with it."

As the bird spoke, it looked at the crippled beast not far away. The crippled beast bound by the silk thread was still lying there, trying to break free from the silk thread. This struggle had no effect, but the crippled beast, which had almost no intelligence, would not realize this.

She moved the magic thread in the void again, loosening the silk net bound to the crippled beast a little, and turned back to the two newcomers and said, "I have already told you about the type and weakness of this crippled beast last night. Now I will release the restraints on it and let you fight. Unless the situation is extremely critical, I will not take action."

As the silk threads spread out, the crippled beast that was originally crawling on the ground stood up, shook its huge and fat body, and used its limited intelligence to discover the three magical girls standing at the intersection and found its real enemy.

It shook its head, revealing a mouthful of perverse fangs, and roared at the three people again:

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Don't worry, Delphinium-senpai."

Facing the angry beast, Lin Xiaolu was not afraid at all. She picked up her magic wand and said confidently: "I have studied hard these past few days. I am now a completely different person than before!"

"Fighting this big guy...it's going to be fun!"

Xia Liang's focus is entirely in other directions.

Both of them were very motivated, which was the only thing that made Delphinium feel at ease, so she said no more and just nodded quietly.

Then, light blue and hibiscus purple magic flows burst out in an interlaced manner, and the two magical girls flew into the air one after another, bringing out a gust of air from Delphinium's side and flying straight towards the huge crippled beast.

Egg-stage remnant beasts are the most numerous, most frequently appearing, and also the weakest remnant beasts in the world.

The weak here refers to the level of being weak to the magical girl. Although there are strong and weak egg-level remnants, the strongest egg-level beasts are often unable to withstand the siege of two or three seed-level magical girls. As for the weak ones, they will be killed by a novice who has just become a magical girl.

For this reason, whether in the material world or the magical kingdom, the research and experience summary of both sides on residual beasts, the information on egg-level residual beasts is the most detailed.

Unlike high-level remnant beasts, most of the remnant beasts at this stage still rely on physical attacks.

The biggest feature is that they will generate different special organs to utilize magic power.

Based on their special organs, body characteristics, behavioral logic, habitats and other dimensions, people have divided the egg-level beasts into dozens of species, making it easier for magical girls to identify them and eliminate them efficiently.

Exploding membrane type, eroding claw type, rotten scale type, cracked skin type, covered with internal organs type... Different types of residual beasts have different special abilities brought by their special organs. For example, the sharp claws of the "eroding claw type" can corrode objects, and the magic flow between the skin of the "cracked skin type" gives it an extremely high body temperature.

As for the mutilated beast encountered this time, based on Delphinium's experience, it was undoubtedly of the "cavity-dissolving type".

Its characteristics are its relatively large body size, with a basic height of more than ten meters; a lot of mucus on the body surface to reduce damage and assist in movement; and a special organ called the "solution cavity", which can mix the undigested parts of the prey it eats with body fluids, and then fire them out like a high-pressure water cannon, with a power that can directly penetrate ordinary concrete.

This kind of beast is actually not very common, because it often lives in places with abundant water. The environment in the city is not suitable for its physiological habits. Instead, it often gathers in the wild. However, this is not something that a magical girl stationed in the city like her has to worry about.

It's rare to come across one now, so it would be great to let Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang use it to practice.

However, unlike what Cuiqiao expected, the cooperation between the two newcomers under her guidance could not be said to be seamless, but rather a mess.

Not long after the battle began, Lin Xiaolu was almost knocked down by the magic beam shot out by Xia Liang.

"You—are you trying to kill me?"

Seeing the purple magic power passing by not far in front of her, she quickly stopped flying and yelled at Xia Liang angrily.

"Sorry, sorry." Xia Liang also realized that it was his mistake, so he smiled and admitted his mistake repeatedly.

When the crippled beast used the dissolving cavity to attack for the first time, Xia Liang had already extended her magic wand, gathered the magic cannon, and aimed at the vulnerable part of the crippled beast. However, because Lin Xiaolu suddenly inserted herself into her planned release trajectory, the attack failed.

"Ah, it really is!"

An attack that could have been successful was aborted. Faced with this situation, even Xia Liang felt a little angry, but in the end he had to put the overall situation first and continue to fly around the remaining beast, looking for other angles to attack.

The two men fought with the crippled beast for dozens of rounds with such a poor combination. After fighting for a long time, they did not cause much effective damage to the crippled beast, but instead exhausted themselves.

The delphinium standing nearby could see it clearly.