Sakura Emma, ​​I'm going to control you fiercely!

"At least... it's blue-level magic concentration. And it wasn't a casual strike; it involved accumulating magic power."

Noah's lips trembled slightly. "Could it be that Emma...?"

Then, a window on the second floor began to vibrate continuously.

In a single instant—the window shattered with a loud "crack".

Along with the shards of glass, a pink figure in a school uniform fell to the ground.

The pink-clad girl twirled a few times in mid-air, landed steadily, and looked up at the windowsill above the mansion.

Several students immediately recognized who it was:

"Sakura Emma? Why is she inside this protective barrier?"

"She jumped from such a height and she's unharmed!"

At the same time, a purplish-black figure flew out from the broken window.

It was none other than the "Phantom Witch"—Baosheng Mag.

Under everyone's gaze, Margot gracefully landed not far from Emma.

But what puzzled everyone was: why did the witch have such a black line expression?

The magical girls breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Emma was alright.

When they realized:

Emma just dodged that purplish-black magic beam in the second-floor corridor.

Emma ignored the noise behind her and pointed to the ground.

"This is proper, this is where a boss fight should be. Who fights a boss in a corridor? Do you think you're a mob?"

Marg's lips twitched horribly.

"I... thank you for your guidance."

"You should."

After speaking, Emma reached out her hand, indicating a reward.

Marg was also very generous, throwing several gems at Sakura Emma.

The crowd saw the two exchange a few words in front of the mansion, after which the witch's entire face contorted with rage as she unleashed shimmering gems that shot towards Emma.

"How can you treat ordinary people like this..."

Are all witches this ruthless?

The magical girls were well aware of the dangers involved:

Even when a magical girl isn't transformed, her physical body is enhanced to some extent, but not significantly. She has absolutely no chance of stopping an enemy's sneak attack.

However, to everyone's surprise, especially the students, Emma Sakura used her physical body to perform a few agile movements and easily dodged the volley of more than a dozen gems.

He even picked up a twig from the ground and easily deflected a gem that was about to hit him!

This action left the students from the same school dumbfounded.

"Why is this so outrageous?"

"...Don't you know?"

Noah stared speechlessly at the shocked expressions on the students' faces.

Then, under their gaze, Emma Sakura, inside the barrier, took out a pendant from her chest.

A dazzling gemstone hangs from the pendant!

Hannah, seeing the group of students in a daze, finished Noah's sentence:

"Emma is a magical girl."

Whoosh—!

A burst of intense pink light instantly bloomed, softly enveloping the purplish-black within the witch's barrier!

A few seconds later, the pink light gradually faded.

The young men and women were astonished to see—

The aloof girl who used to be their classmate has transformed her school uniform into a cute and light pink tutu.

The lace-trimmed shawl moved without wind, gently landing on her shoulders and bringing forth tiny pink particles of light.

Warm particles of light flew out of the barrier and drifted before everyone's eyes.

The particles drifted past the magical girls' calm yet stunning eyes, and also past the students' utterly shocked pupils.

"what???"

The magical girls didn't actually react much to Emma's transformation. At most, they remarked that their junior's transformation was more glamorous and beautiful than that of ordinary magical girls.

But for Emma's classmates, the meaning was entirely different.

"Sakura Emma is a magical girl?!"

The students outside the barrier were all dumbfounded.

In their minds, Emma Sakura was a withdrawn "invisible person" who always shamelessly pestered Hiro.

But now?

The girl they had treated like trash was now bathed in a warm and dazzling pink glow, transforming into the magical girl who single-handedly slashed through wreckage and saved the city in countless news broadcasts!

Like an inconspicuous marginal girl in real life, she suddenly became the well-known "Cinderella"!

“Emma…”

Looking around at the students who had just been subtly mocking Emma, ​​now completely speechless, Hannah felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

"Please, please... this must be a joke, right?!"

At the very beginning of the concert, a girl who had annoyed Emma asked the question everyone wanted to ask incredulously:

"Why can someone like Emma Sakuraba become a magical girl?!"

And the blue magical girl also arrived here.

"Well... although I don't approve of infighting, I still have to say something."

She held up her fingertip.

"All the magical girls who come here have received help from Emma-chan. Not just in terms of work, she also saved our lives."

The other magical girls nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Noah nodded heavily, as if he wished he could shake his head off.

Upon hearing the blue magical girl's words, Hannah looked in surprise at Emma, ​​who was confronting Marg within the barrier.

This was the first time she had realized that Emma had built such a strong bond among the magical girls...

and so……

"Emma, ​​you have to win!"

"Win? What's the point of winning? How can I win if you guys just stand there?"

Emma's voice came from inside the barrier.

All the magical girls outside the arena stared in disbelief.

Emma said coldly,

"Hurry up and buff me! Don't you know we're about to fight a boss?"

"Oh, oh! Here it comes!"

The blue magical girl was the first to react, quickly reaching the edge of the barrier and skillfully releasing magical light for Emma inside.

The other magical girls quickly dropped what they were doing and followed suit, bestowing various blessings upon Emma.

Hannah watched as her magical girl senior, who was spouting passionate lines just a moment ago, became Emma's hired hand the next...

She didn't know how to evaluate it.

Yet, a sense of intimacy quietly arose within it:

"As expected, whether it's Emma the ordinary person or Emma the magical girl, they're all the same."

"Hannah, do you want Emma to die?"

"Huh?! How could this be!"

"Then... hurry up and apply the buff to me."

"Okay, okay!"

Hannah was a little unhappy that she hadn't heard the "senpai" address. Still, she ran over, indignant. Under the tutelage of the other magical girls, Emma's vibrant colors were given a new dimension.

The other students' mouths twitched as they watched.

Even more surprisingly, several international students playing the game said something in a foreign language:

"It looks just like a pre-war monkey show..."

Meanwhile, inside the barrier, Marg, with one hand behind his back, smiled as he gazed at the colorful light emanating from Emma Sakura, and said sarcastically.

"You're really popular, aren't you? Even white-level ants are swarming around you?"

Emma: 'I'm...popular!'

Emma automatically ignored the second half of Marg's sentence.

She was very puzzled as to why Marg, who was her enemy, would praise her.

'With His help, I really became popular!'

Emma's eyes were a little wet...

These are all bonds that the gods helped her build, and Emma will cherish them dearly!

Marg: "Strange... Can't this guy tell it's sarcastic? Why does he look so happy?"

Seeing that Marg seemed to be preparing some kind of pre-battle speech, and a cutscene was about to play, Yang Wen didn't let Emma speak. He first opened her status bar, and then paused the game.

Marg's expression remained a somewhat stunned, sarcastic smile.

【Phantom Witch's True Form Lv34 (Blue Rank)】

[Full Bloom: Magic power increases significantly, and skill effects and mechanics are upgraded.]

[Divine Tree Roots (Witch Factor Contaminated): Allows witches to fully bloom and extends the blooming period beyond the battle.]

[Magic is building up. Once fully charged, unleash a wide-area screen-clearing skill: Gem Wave.]

Yang Wen originally thought that the AI ​​was too rigid: even after suffering a loss once, it still dared to perform CG scenes in front of him.

But Yang Wen discovered that this guy not only had the full duration of the [Divine Tree Roots] buff, but the BOSS himself was also secretly accumulating power.

Yang Wen was still itching to get his hands on the [Divine Tree Root]. After all, it sounded like an item from the true ending route.

He wondered if he could get his hands on it and play with it himself.

After all, Emma's current skill set doesn't include the "Full Bloom" skill. Instead, it has the "Power of Hope" skill.

At this moment, Yang Wen saw an unusual status in Mag's panel:

[Curse of the Divine Tree: After using the tree root, the user's HP is locked by 1 upon battle or death, and the tree accumulates magic power for 3 minutes before self-destructing, causing massive damage over a wide area.]

Yang Wen: "..."

So Baosheng Mag is a dung monster.

Forced invincibility after death, plus a full-screen self-destruction? Isn't this classic terrible game design? You win and then get disgusted by it.

Moreover, this tree root seems to be only useful as a quest item even if you get it.

However, Yang Wen quickly calmed down.

Even if the enemy self-destructs, Emma has [invincibility frames].

The invincibility frames for dodging are 0.25 seconds, but the invincibility frames for the Magical Girl's [Spatial Teleport] are a full 0.5 seconds, and can be used continuously!

Spatial teleportation consumes 10% of maximum magic power, so Yang Wen can use it a maximum of ten times in a row—gaining up to 5 seconds of invincibility frames!