Chapter 449
The next moment, the black flames slashed through everyone's vision, falling from the sky. Then, a thunderous roar followed as the black flame wings slashed down, creating a loud explosion.
"--- Black Wing Assault."
Then, the Snowy Owl Black Death Cult only saw the Curse Poison Black Death Cult being slashed and falling from the sky, while a figure lightly leaped down from high above, getting closer and closer to them.
It wasn't until the Magic girl landed in the air, spread her Feather Wing, and floated away.
The Black Death Cult also looked at her.
Several Black Death Cult and the Magic girl were locked in a standoff.
The girl raised her arm, her slender fingers pointing in turn to the three Black Death Cult who were warily surrounding her, as if she were counting heads—
"Four people? Not bad, that's just right."
"You all better stay here and keep me company, okay?"
Without a doubt, what appeared before them was a Magic girl dressed in jet-black Magic Gear, adorned with feathers and scales that danced with the black veil, making her figure appear exceptionally agile.
[Magical Girl Dark Kite... is a troublesome fellow, but do you think you can stop the four of us all by yourself?]
Snowy Owl Black Death Cult looked at the Magic girl— Dark Kite.
On Dark Kite's body, the color of the Crystal was also rapidly fading and ticking, counting down just like Thousand Sins.
But she seemed completely at ease.
"You'll know once you try it, I'm very confident."
Inside the demonic tree, the tremors were continuous and undulating, as if the whole world was shaking and about to collapse at any moment.
Whether they are Magic girls or Monster, they are all counting down, vying for the most crucial minutes and seconds.
After that, Star Flower accelerated again, leaving everyone else in the dust, and ascended hundreds of meters in just a few breaths.
In fact, not much time has passed since we entered the tree.
Inside the demon tree, stems and tendrils flowing with blood-red light constantly attacked the Star Flower like breathing monsters; each stem was four or five meters in diameter.
Star Flower its floating buds to sever one attacking demonic vine after another, but soon even more blocked their path.
Finally, several times, Star Flower's magical weapon was hit, and the entire aerial stage shook violently, forcing the girls to hold on even tighter to avoid falling.
"Everyone, look around, those things that look like fruits..."
Cangyue Yuri craned her neck and noticed something unsettling growing on the distant tree wall.
Those were countless fruits hanging down, intertwined, fresh and translucent, their skins already withered, clearly a sign of ripeness.
There were so many fruits, it was ridiculously many.
Moreover, inside those transparent fruit segments, they... could see the figure of Monster.
The moment they noticed it, a Monster opened its eyes from within the transparent fruit.
They wriggled and hissed rapidly, emerging from the fruit, spraying out a spurt of juice, and then revealing pale, eerie, anthropomorphic heads.
Many of them, with their immature, thin wings fluttering from behind, flew over Star Flower.
"So many..." Star Flower also turned serious, and she was about to call up the floating cannons again.
At this moment, Cangyue Yuri stopped them:
"Let me do it, Miss Star Flower, you can save your Magic Power."
The newly born Monster quickly gathered, like a locust plague flooding farmland, densely packed and dark, instantly obscuring the view below.
Star Flower Kazama are key players in the final battle against the Demon King and Lily, so they can't afford to waste too much energy here.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Miss Cangyue."
"Um."
Cangyue Yuri naturally inserted the Crystal into the lock in front of her neck.
With the voice of Fairies, her transformation was completed in the blink of an eye.
The hair and eye colors changed accordingly, and the moonlight transformed into smoke and a shawl, fluttering with the upward airflow.
After transforming amidst the rapid ascent of the Star Flower, Cangyue Yuri has become the Magic girl Shadow Moon, and her Magic Armament has transformed into a bladed bow.
She placed one foot on the platform and used the other hand to pull the string of the bladed bow that the Magic Armament had conjured to its fullest extent.
Moonlight condensed into arrows, radiating dazzling twilight glow.
The next instant, the Moon Arrow was shot out, stirring up a spiral of air. The moonlight split into countless arrows as it flew, scattering like fireworks in all directions into the darkness.
Countless Monster were killed inside the fruit, but many others escaped the rain of arrows and continued to approach Star Flower and the others.
Shadow Moon estimated the approximate number of Monster here and concluded that--
"It won't take long to deal with them. You go first, I'll catch up with you soon after I've taken care of them."
Although they only met briefly a few times, Shadow Moon remained a trustworthy companion to them.
After telling Shadow Moon to be careful, Star Flower continued to rise.
After that, Magic Girl Shadow Moon stayed behind alone to intercept the obstacles posed by the Monster, while as Star Flower and the others continued to rise, another round of arrows rained down from below.
As a result, only half of their people remained.
The surroundings grew quieter and quieter.
But the structures within those tree walls continued to writhe, trying to block their path.
Finally, when they looked up again, they saw the ceiling; the tree walls were closing in, the vines intertwined, trying to close the ceiling and prevent them from rising any further.
What's going on?
The space in the air is shrinking rapidly and becoming narrow.
Just then, they all heard a familiar, sweet female voice---
[Ah, is that Little Chika? You arrived faster than I expected. Looks like those kids couldn't stop you.]
The sound seemed to be the breath of the entire demon tree, echoing from this dark world, ethereal and eerie.
Without a doubt, it is the Flower Demon King.
Kirishima Ai frowned, then quickly called out---
"Flower Demon King, where have you been hiding? And I heard you kidnapped Teacher Haihara! Hurry up and bring her and everyone back!"
"Otherwise, we'll tear you and your bunch of Monster to pieces in a bit!"
Kirishima Ai's shouts undoubtedly echoed back.
They then sensed that the other person hesitated for a moment, seemingly not expecting Kirishima Ai so irritable.
The other party quickly regained their composure:
I'll be waiting for you up there.
[However, to prevent you from arriving too quickly, I've made the route a little more complicated, so please be careful not to get lost.]
They noticed that the structure inside the magic tree above them was rapidly changing. Intricate branches and tubes obscured the sky, and the path was no longer simply upward, but branched into a network of interconnected paths.
Moreover, the passage was already so narrow that Star Flower's massive Magic Gear could no longer pass through at top speed.
"... This is really uncomfortable."
Kirishima Ai disliked how this guy always acted like he was easily coaxing a child.
[As for Lily and the others, well... they're all living the beautiful dreams I've woven for them, they're all fine, no need to worry.]
[And soon, your dream will become a reality, so look forward to it.]
Then, the voice of the Flower Demon King was drowned out by the breathing-like undulating sounds of the Demon Tree.
The three of them felt a sudden tightening in their chests.
They could see that the tree-like walls above were closing and shrinking, and according to their senses, they were getting closer and closer to the source of the magic tree's Magic Power.
When she finally reached the upper level before the tree wall closed, Star Flower noticed something.
"Flying... is becoming increasingly difficult; the nearby flow of Magic Power is hindering it."
Star Flower clearly felt her Magic Gear becoming heavier.
Next, continuing to fly using this giant weapon will consume many times more Magic Power.
Moreover, she looked up, and then the paths leading to higher levels became interconnected, clearly indicating that they were nearing the top of the tree, and these were all different branches.
This will waste a lot of time...
Kazama Kiriori had been silent all along, stood up.
She said the road was complicated, and it seems that's true.
"Let's split up from here. If anyone encounters a situation they can't handle, or finds the Demon King, they should contact the others immediately."
Kazama Kiriori said.
During their time in the lab, with the help of the AI assistant Haro, they roughly restored the communication system that the Doctor had previously used, allowing them to contact each other without the Doctor's permission.
Kirishima Ai and Star Flower exchanged a glance.
Although this is very risky, it is indeed more efficient, and even if they face the Demon King alone, they can hold out until the others arrive.
Moreover, their speeds vary, so forcing them to keep pace isn't necessarily a good thing.
However, the president is still very anxious...
"Alright, Chika, could you please help me and the president throw it higher up? That way we can save some Magic Power."
Kirishima Ai's Magic Power isn't really suitable for traveling before encountering enemies.
Star Flower nodded, then released a Magic membrane that enveloped Kirishima Ai Kazama Kiriori, preventing them from being impacted during the throw.
"Please be careful, both of you, and stay in touch. Now, get ready."
In the end, she manipulated the giant vines made of flowers connected to her Magic Gear, wrapping them up separately to grab Kirishima Ai Kazama Kiriori, and throwing them out just before the magical armor could no longer withstand the flow of Magic Power around it.
Subsequently, Star Flower herself also disconnected from the Magic Gear.
She transformed into another form—
"Magic Girl Star Flower - Self-Playing Heavenly Melody".
The Roses Witch flew out from the stage, and the most important weapon in the Magic Stage also broke free from its connection and flew out, transforming into weapons that surrounded the Star Flower.
Next, it's time to find the culprit behind all this and fight her to the death.
Finally, Kazama Kiriori landed in a huge room inside the Demon Tree.
It was dark and empty, but there were some structures inside that seemed more meaningful than the previously disordered vines.
She stood up, dusted herself off, and remained indifferent.
Next, she was very close to the enemy's location, and she was all alone.
Besides being a key player, Kazama Kiriori actually has another important responsibility.
She took out her Gale Crystal.
This is not to restore her transformation.
The original Magic Spell oblivion had vanished, replaced by a new incantation inscribed by Takanashi.
--- Magic Spell used to evoke memories.
"... What an ironic coincidence."
Her eyes dimmed.
She then put the Crystal away, raised her head again, and looked into the distance.
In the darkness, a twisted and grotesque figure slowly emerged. It was a monster composed of countless deformed and underdeveloped lambs, crowded together, with countless shrunken limbs and tentacles floating and writhing in the air.
It was the Black Goat Black Death Cult, but unlike the previous offspring, it exuded a more threatening and terrifying aura.
[Magic Girl Phantom Wind... you're here all alone, is that bad luck?]
On the body of the Black Goat Black Death Cult, hundreds and thousands of mouths opened, connecting to form a complete sentence with different distorted tones.