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

Emma, ​​however, awkwardly relied on the memories in her mind to use attack skills to retaliate.

"Tracking Arrow - Swarm of Bees!"

"Gravity Arrow - Pierce!"

"Rapid Fire - Explosive!"

Accompanied by various cool pink light and shadow effects, the wreckage fell in swathes like wheat being harvested.

Emma's cheeks flushed with excitement.

Amazing! Is this the power of a god?!

Meanwhile, Yang Wen, sitting in front of the screen, awkwardly dug his toes into the ground.

I hate it when you have to pronounce the name of a skill before casting it...

Amidst the charred remains and smoke of the explosion, Emma moved swiftly forward with light steps.

Along the way, they encountered unexpected enemies, which made things a bit chaotic, but Emma's skill level also increased during the surprise attacks.

"Why didn't they change the nature of magic to increase monster-killing efficiency?"

Yang Wen slightly complained that the AI's monster-killing pace was too slow.

Emma, ​​however, believes that this was "guidance" from Him, which made her more aware of how to use her own power!

The three main characteristics of [combustion], [corrosion], and [hardness] have taken me from initial unfamiliarity to now being able to handle them with ease!

Combining the three skills she had previously used, Emma advanced triumphantly all the way—

Finally, after defeating the last wave of debris, Emma saw the light of the exit!

[Gained 220 units of Black Filth]

[Current Black Filth: 265]

blah blah blah...

Emma ran through the black ash turned into rubble, and even the seemingly endless corridor came to an end.

My body... feels so light. It's like magic is singing through my veins!

The remains that once instilled fear have become as fragile as paper toys under the divine power and guidance!

She had a feeling:

As long as the divine beings are by her side, as long as the [Law of Cycles] continues to favor her...

No matter what kind of enemy she is, she can defeat them!

She can lend a helping hand to anyone she wants to protect!

I am invincible right now!!!

Gazing at the light from the exit, Emma smiled and walked through the light—

Off-screen.

Yang Wen had just taken a sip of instant coffee when he suddenly froze.

Make up the difference!

He noticed that the originally stirring battle music suddenly stopped.

Instead, a deeply melancholic and ethereal female solo was performed...

Book 1: Chapter 41 Scattered Flowers

"Full bloom—!!!"

As Emma walked through the light at the end of the corridor and entered a place resembling a concert hall, she heard a woman's voice calling out from mid-air.

"Waaah..."

The intense light instantly blinded Emma.

After the light, Emma discovered:

My body is unable to move.

'What happened?!'

Yang Wen glanced at the character status bar:

[Time stopped state]

[The Protection of Reason: You can remain conscious during a time standstill]

Time stops? Is this a magical girl's ability?

He used his fixed perspective to observe the current situation:

It wasn't just her who couldn't move.

The giant wreckage boss in the music hall has also entered a state of time stop.

Incidentally, there were also a bunch of servants' remains near the wreckage, which made Yang Wen very sad.

In the stillness of time, only one figure could move freely:

He saw a young girl floating in mid-air.

Yang Wen immediately understood:

This is a forced animation when unleashing a powerful attack!

He simply leaned back in his chair and slowly admired the view.

Emma stared blankly at the magical girl.

Her jet-black hair was adorned with a red flower, and her voluminous black and red skirt fluttered even without wind…

His indifferent face stared directly at the motionless wreckage.

That girl looks so familiar...

Although her face had become somewhat youthful and her figure had flattened, she still recognized the girl:

'Hiro... sauce?'

In her magical girl form, Hiro unleashed all the echoes within her onto the giant wreckage.

The dazzling explosion of colors instantly obscured the entire concert hall!

Water cutter, explosive burst, storm, radiance, dark chain, noose... one after another!

It even caused the roof of the music hall to collapse!

Not to mention the debris at the epicenter of the explosion.

The wreckage absorbed all the damage, even breaking the violin beside it in two, truly becoming "wreckage" in the literal sense, collapsing down along with the building debris!

Rumble...

Buried under the gravel...

click -

Time has stopped and it's over.

Emma has also resumed her movements.

Recalling the intensity of the magic she had just sensed, she roughly deduced that Hiro's strength should be above the Blue level.

'I must say... as expected of Hero. Even in becoming a magical girl, she's ahead of me...'

Emma felt a bitter taste in her mouth.

Somewhat embarrassingly, she didn't feel the joy of victory; instead, she felt a sense of emptiness.

Yang Wen, however, stared blankly at the pop-up window on the screen:

Mission failed.

[Magical girl Chensha dies. 】

Yang Wen clicked his tongue, sounding rather impatient.

Once dead, unless there is a resurrection skill, health potions cannot revive you.

Moreover, he didn't even have any blood-replenishing medicine.

Is there no hope?

Yang Wen's voice suddenly reached Emma's ears, causing her to pause slightly in surprise.

What do you mean... Didn't we win?

Then she saw the cinnabar in mid-air seem to lose its strength and fall to the ground.

puff!

On the rubble-strewn ground, a thin layer of dust was lifted.

A flash of light, and Hiro deactivated her magical girl transformation.

"Let's go take a look."

The voice of the deity reached my ears.

Emma hadn't even realized what was happening, and could only follow his orders, trembling as she approached Hiro, who lay among the ruins.

"This...this is...?"

Emma's pupils dilated violently.

Hero's body was covered with small flowers.

The alluring red flowers took root in her left eye, right ear, nose, and even pierced through the joints of her limbs.

Emma remembered the materials in the library, and an indescribable chill shot from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

This is a side effect of full bloom—scattering of petals.

A tremor came from the collapsed pile of rubble behind me.

Click, click...

Emma looked back and saw several pebbles falling.

The remains that should have been killed by Hero emerged from under the rubble and began to heal at a visible speed.

"They're still alive?!"

But at this moment, Emma had no time to care about the wreckage and looked back at Hero's body.

Yang Wen didn't care about the AI's self-destructive behavior.

[Wreckage - Bewitching First Violinist Lv32 (Blue Rank)]

The Witch's Kiss: Violet

The level difference between this enemy and Emma's current level is ridiculously large.

Moreover, Emma's character is currently in extremely poor condition:

[Extreme Sadness: All attributes slightly decreased]

Furthermore, now that the magical girl Cinnabar is dead, the mission has failed.

The file is dead.

Let's roll back.

Emma thought that the deity's silence was a sign of His disappointment in her.

Furthermore, Hiro's tragic condition made Emma truly realize how desperate it would be to experience the truth that was so lightly described in the book in the library.

Hope and despair are forever intertwined.

The preface to a book is not just something written.

The girls were given hope called "magical girls," but were about to fall into the despair of dying in battle.

Just like Hero before us.

"hehe……"