The Ultramarines stared blankly as she went into outer space without any protection, scarcely believing their eyes.
Her slender figure overlapped with the burning river of stars beyond the window.
The shadow cast by the Battle Moon shrouded her, yet made her outline all the more dazzling, as if countless supernovas were collapsing within her petite body.
"I'm going to—" She raised her magic wand, and the ball of light gathering at its tip dyed the entire bridge blood-red. "Destroy the moon—"
"—with one blast!!"
The magical girl's hostility alone made every Ork feel fear rising from the depths of its heart!
It seemed they had provoked a monster!
The magical girl raised her staff high and began to chant.
"Miracles and magic! They exist!!!"
She cried out, and the light of her wand shone ever brighter, instantly becoming the focus of the entire battle.
Queen of Hatred's magic circle suddenly blossomed in the void, piercing through the gloom of the battlefield like a supernova eruption.
Countless rainbow streams burst from her petite body, interweaving in the vacuum into a massive magic circle several kilometers in diameter. Every line coursed with a torrent of magic powerful enough to tear apart the laws of physics.
The Battle Moon's orbital defense systems flashed frantically. Thousands of gravity weapons turned their barrels toward her, only to melt into molten iron the instant they locked on.
The point of light gathering at the center of the magic circle had become so blazing that even the stars seemed dim beside it.
"Believe in miracles! You sorrowful people! I will save you!"
With her childish yet star-shaking cry, the rainbow torrent erupted with a thunderous roar.
Rumble!
Under the dazzling seven-colored radiance, the Ultramarines, the Blood Ravens, and even Xiao Huasheng could not help narrowing their eyes as they watched the brilliant scene.
Wherever that beam of magical power, over three hundred meters in diameter, passed, space itself twisted into rainbow cracks.
The Battle Moon's heavy armor layers vaporized like butter. Fortress installations on its surface were instantly pierced through, while the sea of lava was thrown into golden-red waves thousands of meters high by the magical aftershock.
The entire Battle Moon shook violently, and the hemisphere that had been struck lit up with a glare bright enough to burn retinas.
When the light gradually faded, a colossal hole with molten metal flowing along its edges had pierced straight through the moon's core, wide enough to swallow an entire hive city.
Through that hideous wound, its internal structures could be seen, shredded apart by the magical aftershock.
The wreckage of Ork warships tumbled through the vacuum, along with countless falling greenskins.
And metal waterfalls gushed from the breach, solidifying in space into bizarre crystalline formations.
The magical girl's skirt still drifted softly in the weightless environment. Residual magic in her hair dyed all the scattered warship fragments within several kilometers pink.
She slowly lowered her wand and looked at the wound she had created in the celestial body, which was gradually collapsing, then suddenly let out a cute sneeze.
"Achoo!" Rubbing her nose, she turned around. The tips of her magic boots lightly tapped the void, leaving behind a trail of starlight footprints. "Um, do you have any hot cocoa? I used too much magic, so I'm a little cold. I think I need to warm up. Hehe, just kidding~"
She stuck out her little tongue at Xiao Huasheng behind her and gave her a V-sign.
Even in battle, a magical girl must not forget to act cute.
That was very important!
But even so, no one could ignore the destruction she had caused.
Before her lay the Battle Moon, melted through and hollowed out like some vision of hell, creating a bizarre sight amid the galaxy.
Xiao Huasheng stood by the window and gave her a V-sign as well.
Responding to her.
The interaction between the two girls made the Ultramarines feel as though they had been transported to another age.
Were these two really human?
Everyone, Lend Me Your Strength!? [7th Update]
Whether they were Orks or members of the Human Imperium,
everyone who saw this scene turned to look in this direction.
The reason was simple.
That magical girl, shining so brilliantly as if she wanted the whole world to see her pose, was simply impossible to ignore.
Holding her magic wand, she flashed around the battlefield to rescue the human fleet.
"I'll blast you all to pieces!" she laughed as she fired.
Only when fighting against "evil" did she truly feel what it meant to be alive.
Sure enough, she had been born to save the world.
Queen of Hatred thought so with absolute conviction.
The fleets all witnessed this scene.
When they saw the magical girl truly bringing them hope, they began shouting madly.
"Emperor above!"
"The Emperor's Living Saint!"
"Ahhhhhh!"
Whether they were the rough men aboard the fleet or the servitors struggling for survival,
when they saw such a radiant being appear in their world like an Angel,
in that instant,
their dreary, dark hearts, long shaped by this dark universe, suddenly brightened.
All that remained in their eyes was the image of that adorable magical girl beating up Orks.
At the same time, when she fought the Orks, her voice seemed to carry an extraordinary penetrating power.
It passed straight through the force fields and entered the minds of everyone watching her.
"I can hear everyone's voices!!"
Shining brightly, she blasted an Ork warship apart, then raised her hand to greet the crew of a ship watching her. "Your support has given me strength! I'll work hard to eliminate evil!"
But the good times did not last. Just after she said those words, a destructive beam erupted from the Battle Moon!
That crimson beam of destruction, like the fang of an ancient beast, instantly pierced the magical girl's slender body.
The Orks' most powerful gravity weapon erupted at that moment, and the torrent of space-warping energy completely swallowed her petite figure.
"Uwah—!"
The magical girl's scream became an invisible tremor in the vacuum.
Her pink dress instantly carbonized, exposing the snow-white skin beneath, scorched by the blast.
Glistening beads of blood seeped from her wounds, turning into a beautiful yet tragic necklace of rubies in zero gravity.
She had taken an attack head-on, one powerful enough to annihilate a human warship.
Yet she still floated there stubbornly.
"I was careless... so careless!"
The crew aboard the other Human Imperium ships had time to watch because the magical girl had already wiped out the nearby Orks.
Seeing her take that hit made everyone's hearts clench.
"Be careful!!"
"May the Emperor protect her!"
"No, no, no, no!!"
She heard the crowd's cheers, and her gaze gradually hardened.
"I... I still can't fall..." Her trembling fingers gripped the broken wand tightly. Beneath lashes clotted with blood, her starry eyes remained bright. "Everyone... is watching me!"
She shouted and pulled herself together.
Forcing her badly wounded body to endure.
Countless magic circles unfolded before her, layer upon layer, all aimed directly at the Battle Moon!
Dozens of targeting rings lit up again across the Battle Moon's surface.
The Orks' WAAAGH energy gathered within the gun barrels, dyeing the pitch-black void an ominous green.
The Orks' second volley was charging, and the energy readings made the bridge alarms shriek piercingly.
But the magical girl smiled.
She tore off part of her skirt and used the ruined ribbon to bind the wand to her mangled right hand.
Her blue hair had long since come loose, streaming through the dark universe like a battle flag.
"I am—" She aimed at the Battle Moon bristling with gun barrels as her magic burned wildly. "A magical girl who's going to become a great Hero-class!"
At the very moment the gravity weapons' volley was about to drown her, a light brighter than the sun burst forth from the center of the magic circles.
Boom boom boom!!
Through the porthole, Xiao Huasheng felt as though she was really watching a magical girl anime set against the backdrop of a space opera.
It was a beam clash!!
On the left, the Battle Moon let out a deafening roar.
Every Ork gun barrel lit up with blinding green light at once, WAAAGH energy forming visible shockwaves in the vacuum.
Those filthy greenskins pounded their control panels madly, foul saliva spraying from between their fangs as they roared in the most primitive way possible.
"WAAAAAAGH!!!"
On the right, the magical girl's magic circles bloomed with seven-colored radiance more brilliant than a nebula.
Her torn skirt fluttered fiercely as she stared resolutely at the incoming beam.
A tsunami of voices erupted from the human fleet. From officers on the bridges to servitors on the decks, everyone shouted with all their strength.
"Come on! Don't lose!"
Those voices pierced through the vacuum, becoming a tangible torrent of conviction that surged toward the girl.
The two waves of sound collided in space.
The Orks' WAAAGH energy formed a green tide, warping even starlight wherever it passed.
Human conviction, meanwhile, turned into golden points of light that revolved around the magical girl like a galaxy.
Xiao Huasheng watched those lights sink into the girl's wounds, each one making her magic circles shine a little brighter.
She was stunned.
"These cheers can really give her strength!"
That was a trait that had not been written into the files. So the power of belief could truly enhance Queen of Hatred's strength.
Just like in the stories written in manga,
"Boom—"
The instant the Battle Moon's volley collided with the magic circles' beam, the starlight throughout the entire sector dimmed.
The shockwave from the explosion vaporized all nearby warship wreckage, and even the Battle Moon itself was pushed out of orbit.
But the beam on the right was gradually being forced backward.
It had even begun to sink into the beam fired by the Orks.
The magical girl's figure flickered in and out amid the energy turbulence. Her magic wand had already snapped in half, but the remaining portion still shone stubbornly.
The Orks' roars grew ever more frenzied. They beat their chests and smashed their heads against the consoles, not caring as green blood sprayed from their nostrils and ears.
Meanwhile, the human cries gradually became unified, the same rhythm echoing through the communication channels of every ship.
It burned an unforgettable image into the minds of everyone still alive on that battlefield.
On the left was a boiling green hell; on the right, burning rainbow hope.
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