After get off work, I become a magical girl

The two men in black robes who heard the sound came up the stairs and saw her lying on the steps.

She even saw a man in black robes take out something like a communication device and start reporting his findings to someone.

She wanted to stand up and continue running, but the effects of the illness were clearly not over yet and it would take at least several minutes for her legs to regain control.

She tried to crawl using her hands to support her body, but she couldn't be faster than two healthy humans.

I am probably hopeless. Being found by these people will not be a good thing. It's a pity that I haven't become a magical girl yet.

Bai Jingxuan thought.

She stopped struggling and closed her eyes, accepting her fate.

Then, a pair of hands passed through her armpits and lifted her up high.

Then, she felt her body being pulled sideways, as if someone was carrying her on the shoulders.

"It's not time to give up yet!"

A trembling call came to my ears.

When she opened her eyes, what she saw was a rapidly receding corridor and two men in black robes running and chasing in the distance.

Weren't we caught by them?

Bai Jingxuan was a little dazed for a moment, and still couldn't figure out the situation she was in, so she had to try to turn her head and look at the person who was carrying her. Even though she could only see the back of the head, the vaguely recognizable figure still allowed her to recognize who the other person was.

"Uncle Tian?"

He was a male caregiver named Tian Sheng. Although he was not responsible for taking care of himself on weekdays, the two of them had some dealings with each other on weekdays and were considered to be relatively familiar with each other.

But where did he come from and why was he taking me away?

She didn't ask this question, so Tian Sheng wouldn't know what she was thinking. But I don't know if it was a coincidence, but Tian Sheng was also thinking about this:

Why was he running away with this child? Why did he come out of that storage room?

Wouldn't it be better to just hide inside and wait for rescue? Why do you have to come out and seek death?

He knew Bai Jingxuan and what happened to this child, and he did have some sympathy for her. However, this level of sympathy was far from enough to make him risk his life.

But when he was hiding in the utility room and saw the child lying on the stairs, motionless as if he wanted to commit suicide, his feet moved first.

He pushed open the door that was only half-open and rushed forward with big strides.

He lifted the girl onto his shoulders before the terrorists could catch her, and then began to run along the corridor on the second floor.

Faced with the sudden appearance of Tian Sheng, the people in black robes were stunned for just a moment, then they all took steps and followed without hesitation. The two groups started a chase in the corridor.

Tian Sheng is not an athlete and his running speed is not much faster than that of an average adult male. He is in a weak and passive position in the chase.

However, the people in black robes who followed closely behind were different. They were obviously well-trained and could run faster than Tian Sheng, so even though they started later, the distance between them was constantly shortening.

What's even more dangerous is that when Tian Sheng turned his head slightly to look behind him, he found a faint purple-black light flashing in the hands of a man in black robe.

——That was a sign of using the technique.

It seems that this can’t be delayed any longer, he thought to himself.

"Hold on tight, if you fall again I won't have time to come back and save you!"

He ignored the girl's confused cry and gave a loud order. Then he loosened his grip on Bai Jingxuan's shirt, clamped her calves in his arms, and took out two dice-like square objects from his chest pocket.

This is the medium for the ritual he prepared.

For an ordinary magician to study, master and use magic, several basic elements are needed, namely magic power, soul and medium.

Magic power is the energy source of the ritual. Only by stimulating and supplying magic power to activate the ritual engraving can the ritual produce its effect.

The soul is the means of controlling the ritual. Only by relying on the guidance of the soul to ensure the stability and direction of the ritual can the final effect of the ritual meet one's own needs.

The medium is the core of the ritual. The magician relies on the materials collected in advance, and spends a lot of magic power, material resources and time to carve out the ritual and burn it, and then integrates the final result into a small device.

If we use modern firearms as an analogy, the magic is the bullet, the soul is the hand, and the medium is the gun. Only by pulling the trigger of the gun with your hand can the bullet be fired and cause damage.

However, for magicians, their media are all painstakingly engraved with their own magic power, so they are highly consistent with their own magic fluctuations and cannot be handed over to outsiders for use.

The medium also has its durability. As the number of uses increases, the efficiency of its release will become lower and lower, and eventually it will be scrapped and unusable.

When that day comes, the magician will have no choice but to create a medium corresponding to this ritual again.

This also leads to the fact that in modern society, the overall number of magicians is not large. After all, if one wants to engage in the research of magic, one must first have a relatively extraordinary magical talent, and the magic power in most ordinary people is too weak; second, one must have a high level of education and be able to learn the complex theories of magic rituals; third, one must have corresponding channels to access the knowledge of magic rituals; and on this basis, it is too difficult to have enough financial resources to purchase the magic materials for making the medium.

Eventually, many magi who were struggling to make ends meet turned to crime.

Tian Sheng considered himself to be a good citizen who abided by the law. The money he used to buy materials was earned through his hard work. As a result, his progress was relatively slow, and he had only just barely stepped into the threshold of being a peeper.

Among the three levels of a magician's power: spying, contacting, and controlling, he is the weakest rookie among them.

It was unrealistic to fight the terrorists behind him head-on. All he could do was delay a little longer.

Now, he took out his own ritual medium, and was going to use a ritual that even a novice could master - the magic barrier.

Chapter 72 In Danger

2023-04-30

As one of the basic techniques, magic barrier is a compulsory course for most magicians, even magical girls.

Barriers have many functions. First, they can be used for defense to resist other people's magical attacks; second, they can create an enclosed space, which is very practical whether it is for besieging enemies, protecting yourself, soundproofing, or serving as an experimental site.

The huge magical barrier now covering the welfare home is also an application of this technique.

However, Tian Sheng couldn't do it to that extent. To let the magic barrier cover such a huge building complex, it would be impossible even if he had the strength to control it. It must be the work of an entire group.

I guess they are the group of people chasing after him.

He picked out a dice that looked the freshest from the dice in his hand, held it in his hand, and as the magic power surged, fine, shining lines appeared on the dice.

The black-robed man behind him also had a bright light in his hands, and then several red, burning magic bullets shot out from his hands and went straight to Tian Sheng's head.

At the same moment, when the magic bullet was about to hit, Tian Sheng handed the dice behind him, and in a flash, a regular hexagonal magic barrier suddenly unfolded behind him.

Several magic bullets hit the magic barrier behind Tian Sheng, causing cracks in the barrier almost instantly, and making a sharp sound as if metal was being torn apart.

The technique used by the man in black robe is called Fire Bomb, which is a common attack technique of energy shaping. It is considered to be highly destructive among techniques of the same level, and its power far exceeds that of ordinary small-caliber thermal weapons.

During the confrontation, both of them could clearly see that, in addition to the fire bombs that hit the barrier, those that missed hit the barrier and easily created several deep holes on the wall of the corridor.

The two spells remained in a stalemate behind Tian Sheng for less than two seconds. Finally, the fire bomb went out, but his magic barrier also exploded directly.

boom!

The structure of the technique was shattered at the distance closest to the body. The strong impact produced by the explosion of the fire bomb pushed Tian Sheng, exceeding his original running speed, causing him to fly into the air immediately, and then he rolled uncontrollably.

Looks like that's it.

As he was flying in the air, he suddenly understood this.

After I landed on the ground, the two people behind me would definitely have prepared the next spell, and by that time, neither I nor the little girl on my shoulder would be able to escape.

He didn't know that those people's target was Bai Jingxuan, but that didn't stop him from hoping that this child, who had lived a short ten-year life full of misfortunes, could survive.

When it comes to studying magic, he is a rookie who cannot be called a magician; but in real life, he is a caregiver in this welfare home.

His duty as a caregiver tells him that these children who have ended up here because of misfortunes in life deserve a happy future.

So he used up his last bit of strength, released his hands in the air, chose a relatively low angle, and threw Bai Jingxuan off his shoulder.

After a while, he fell to the ground first, grimacing in pain.

Bai Jingxuan, who was not far away, was slightly better off. She fell to the ground sideways and rolled several times along the corridor before stopping.

She raised her head, blinked through her dusty face, and looked at Tian Sheng in some surprise.

"Your illness won't last that long, will it?"

Tian Shengze lay on the ground and forced an ugly smile at Bai Jingxuan: "Don't let my efforts be in vain, run quickly."

Only then did Bai Jingxuan realize that her legs had regained some sensation.

However, compared to her legs regaining consciousness and becoming light again, she felt her heart suddenly become extremely heavy.

She is a sensible child and she knows what to do and when.

Even though she was unwilling in her heart, she understood the current situation and heard what Tian Sheng meant. She knew that turning around and leaving would be the best thing to do for him.

"Thank you."

Without hesitation, she spoke softly, then supported herself with her hands, rolled and crawled to her feet again, and stumbled away.

Behind her, Tian Sheng watched her leave with a grin on his face, then clenched the dice in his hand, with a ruthless look on his face, and resolutely performed the next spell behind him.

The futile battle began again.

Hearing the fierce sound of the collision of techniques behind her, Bai Jingxuan almost turned back, but she suppressed the impulse and continued running with gritted teeth.

Soon, she finally ran to the stairs on the other side of the corridor.

It was here that she encountered another unexpected existence.

"...Moko?"

She saw a pink cat-shaped fairy knocking on the window outside the corridor glass, opening its mouth wide at her, as if shouting something.

Without time to hesitate, she opened the window and let Mo Ke in.

"Xiao Xuan! Huh, huh... I finally found you, run!"

Mo Ke rushed in from the window, first shouting excitedly, then stopped to catch his breath for a moment, and then continued shouting: "I heard their conversation, their target is you!"

It brings an outdated message with an excited tone.

"Yes, I understand."

Bai Jingxuan, who was also out of breath but calm inside, nodded.

"Eh? Did you know that already?"

Mo Ke was stunned at first, looking a little embarrassed, then he straightened his face and said seriously: "Anyway, the entire welfare home is now blocked by a magic barrier. It is unrealistic to escape, but we can find a place to hide first!"

"Where to hide?" Bai Jingxuan asked in confusion.

"Eh? Don't you know where to hide?"