Chapter 457

This is it.

Phantom Wind raised the lightning and Fang Spear with all his might, ready to unleash their power.

The Flower Demon King was too late to stop it.

Only the Magic Power of the Lunar and the Magic Power of the magic tree could be used to create layer upon layer of Barrier before the Lost Paradise Twilight.

But that didn't work.

The Fang transformed into spinning rollers, tearing through layer after layer of thorns as they spun with lightning, shattering the Barrier created by Magic Power layer by layer.

And the Lost Paradise Twilight was certainly not unprepared beforehand.

Barrier formed by the Magic Power of flowers, birds, wind, and moon...

However, under the annihilation of the Snake-Type Magic, this Magic Power was instantly burned to ashes.

Tachibana, caught off guard, only saw Phantom Wind rush into the flames, braving the bombardment and destruction she had caused.

When the firelight shone again, Phantom Wind had exhausted its Magic Power and reverted from Black Death Cult form:

"Cough... cough cough..."

The girl, covered in wounds, clutched her tattered, blood-stained clothes to her arm with one hand, and limped forward two more steps. She had somehow arrived before the Lost Paradise Twilight.

Flames rose, obscuring the view like a curtain fluttering in the wind.

Tachibana wanted to immediately apply gravity to that spot and crush Kazama Kiriori completely.

But it was too late.

---That girl reached out her hand towards the Lost Paradise Twilight.

The next moment, endless light overflowed from the golden tree, dispelling the surrounding darkness and completely engulfing Kazama Kiriori and Tachibana...

Chapter 206 Two Flowers Bloom

The Star Flower was rushing towards the top of the tree at top speed.

Not long after they began their battle with the Flower Demon King, she and Fate Kite realized something was wrong.

That Flower Demon King wasn't as strong as they had imagined, and he looked very strange, as if he had no self-awareness at all.

According to their calculations, the Flower Demon King at this point should be fully capable of absorbing enough Magic Power to restore her to her full power as Demon King.

In that situation, logically speaking, only if Star Flower and the president joined forces could they have a chance to compete with and contend with the other side.

At this moment, they all thought of the tricks the Chameleon had used before—perhaps it wasn't the Flower Demon King's true form.

With this in mind, finding its true nature and thwarting its conspiracy became an urgent matter.

However, the Flower Demon King, who lacks self-awareness and stands in their way, possesses formidable power... and is hindering their journey to the top floor. What should they do?

--- Fate Kite stayed behind alone.

To be more precise, it wasn't until Shadow Moon arrived to provide support.

In this way, Star Flower was able to extricate herself and go to a higher place to find the Demon King's true form.

Even so, Fate Kite and Shadow Moon had no hope of winning; they were merely buying time for Star Flower.

"Hehe... You've finally arrived, Star Flower. Don't think you can get to Mother's side so easily."

A laughter somewhat similar to his own appeared.

When Star Flower looked up, she saw the Prison Flower emerging from the darkness in the sky.

The quantity is much smaller than the previous time.

"That's true, but what are we supposed to do? Can we stop her?" One of the Prison Flower started to back down.

"You're so stupid, of course you can't stop them, but even so you have to... ah---"

The Prison Flower had barely finished speaking when her words turned into wailing.

Prison Flower stared blankly at her companions who were being submerged beside her, only then noticing that just a moment ago, Star Flower had already launched a slam without mercy.

Next came streaks of light, like flying blossoms, that swept in from below, clearing away the Prison Flower that tried to block their path in the air.

Amidst the dust and smoke of the explosion, Star Flower pierced through the fog and continued upwards.

"I don't have time to play around with you right now, so please get out of my sight."

She ruthlessly swept away these obstacles in her path.

The Demon King probably wouldn't expect to use these enemies to stop Star Flower's advance.

These Prison Flower are indeed no obstacle now; rather, the Flower Demon King's creations are naturally restrained by the Star Flower.

After that, Star Flower followed Phantom Wind to the top of the Demon Tree and saw what the battlefield looked like now.

Not long before this.

The battle between the Phantom Wind and the Flower Demon King took an unexpected turn for Tachibana.

Undoubtedly, Tachibana misjudged Phantom Wind's current impulsiveness and aggression, and did not expect that the other party would bypass her and use Snake-Type Magic to attack the key, Lost Paradise Twilight.

At that moment, the reaction of Lost Paradise Twilight after coming into contact with Snake-Type Magic was far more intense than Tachibana had imagined.

The first thing Tachibana felt was that her connection with the Moon Devil King's Crystal was severed, and the Crystal, which she had been forcibly using by relying on the Lost Paradise Twilight, was expelled from her body.

The Moon Devil King form was forcibly dispelled, and its Magic Power transformed into moonlight, falling like shards of glass.

When the light faded, Tachibana's slightly bewildered and surprised expression was revealed.

--- Kazama Kiriori's figure vanished before her eyes.

There was no one in front of her, only traces of the battle remained, but the aura of Magic Power had vanished.

What's going on?

Tachibana turned her head and looked towards the center of the treetop, where the Lost Paradise Twilight was located.

Then she noticed that something had changed in the bubble she had created for herself and Haihara.

If we were to pinpoint the source of that change, it would undoubtedly be—just now, Kazama Kiriori was also swept up in that bubble.

The reason is simple... The Lost Paradise Twilight responded to Kazama Kiriori's wish.

She blinked and murmured to herself:

"Did she do it on purpose? Or... was it just an accident?"

Kazama Kiriori, who just now was probably already almost out of her mind due to her Monster transformation. Just maintaining her thoughts was already difficult enough, so it couldn't have been intentional.

Despite the current situation, she did not lose her composure.

After all, it was Lilith's Magic Armament.

Not because she had once been closely connected with this Magic Armament, she couldn't actually influence its thoughts.

As Tachibana pondered this, she walked forward until she reached the dark gold tree inlaid with the image of the Lost Paradise Twilight. She raised her hand and channeled her Magic Power into the Lost Paradise Twilight.

"However, no matter what, it's all for naught."

She controls people's dreams.

Those who are lost in their beautiful dreams will never wake up.

"You too should have a sweet dream, so that after you find happiness, you'll never wake up again..."

As she spoke, she revised the contents of the bubble.

In this way, Kazama Kiriori was no longer able to do anything extra.

She let the Lost Paradise Twilight weave a beautiful dream for that child.

It's much better than the happiness we have now.

That way, I won't have to compete with her for it.

She smiled.

Then she looked at the tree again.

The fruit on that tree will still be some time before it ripens.

Before that, she couldn't feel at ease.

Tachibana raised her hand, and now, before she could even warm up the power of the Moon Devil King, it had vanished from her grasp. This was truly a headache.

She genuinely didn't want to use her power and transform into her ugly form as the Demon King.

However, the unexpected incident just now also reminded her that those Magic girls always do unexpected things at times like this, and in any case, she shouldn't continue to be willful at times like this.

On the other side, she was connected to the magic tree, observing the situation in every part of the tree.

She also noticed that the Star Flower were rapidly approaching the top of the tree.

I never expected that this child would come to face her alone.

At this altitude, the dark, snowy clouds were no longer visible, but beneath the dark, desolate sky stood a twisted giant tree that seemed to have come from a fairy tale. Tachibana stood at the top of this tree, so small that her figure was almost invisible.

Her expression at this moment was befitting of Demon King; the previous playfulness was gone, replaced by a cold and indifferent demeanor.

"In that case, let's end all of this quickly, starting now."

At that very moment, a strange movement appeared in the sky above Tachibana.

From the gloomy sky, a dazzling array of starlight suddenly appeared, twinkling and spreading rapidly.

This happened so quickly that it caught everyone off guard, Tachibana didn't even look up to see what was happening.

The next moment, the light bloomed like a flower, tracing a magnificent arc and trajectory in the sky.

The light blurred the outline of the treetops, and Tachibana's figure was almost invisible in the aurora.

Starlight traces the path of flowers, and patterns of blossoms overlap in the sky.

Then— the Flower of Stars fell from the sky.

Dazzling starlight fell, petals blooming atop the magic tree, scattering like brilliant fireworks, engulfing everything above.

A figure arrived at the battlefield simultaneously, braving the air currents and turbulent waves created by the Magic.

In an instant, crimson petals fell and swept across the sky.

That figure was adorned with flowers, bright as stars in the sky, much like the Flower Demon King, yet completely different.

---It is indeed Star Flower.

With that last attack, she aimed at Tachibana, whom she sensed. Although the range was large, it was actually all concentrated on the target.

Taking advantage of the chaos that had just occurred, she glanced at the battlefield, quickly assessing the situation.

"The president and the teacher aren't here... No, that's not right, a battle has already taken place here."

"... Is that the Magic Wand that Shiori was talking about?"

There are still many situations that we haven't been able to understand.

But Star Flower realized that the president had already fought the Flower Demon King before she arrived.

Since she had been unable to contact the president, she was also unable to explain what was going on.

Then, she gazed down at the top of the magic tree with her rose-red eyes.

The brilliant light from the exploding Flower of Stars had cooled and dissipated, and from within it emerged Monster Star Flower that appeared once before but with a completely different feel.

The Monster gently raised his hand.

"----Thump--Thump..."

Around the demon tree, enormous vines rose up and crashed down on the top layer with a heavy rumble, raising clouds of dust.

Under the Demon King's manipulation, the tendrils of the demonic tree, which had previously been acting solely out of instinct and Magic Power, now began to pulsate with dark red veins, giving them a completely different feel from before.

A sweet, ominous female voice echoed back—

"Hmm? Are you the only one?"

The Demon King spoke in a calm tone.

The words spoken at that moment made it seem as if Star Flower posed no threat to her on her own.