Aurora's Combined Form

Without opening the office's metal door, Bauer immediately shut down the external recording and opened the surveillance footage on his computer.

Then Bauer realized where the screams outside the door were coming from.

"The experimental subject... has been released?!"

Looking at the dense array of surveillance cameras, Bauer opened the surveillance footage from the laboratory. The first thing he saw was a creature with human hands and feet but the body of a Big Catfish, indiscriminately capturing and devouring humans in the laboratory.

That giant catfish creature was one of the creations of the Bauer Laboratory, an experimental monster born from the combination of humans, aquatic creatures, and Mutant Magic.

Its actual strength should be comparable to that of Lesser Demons, and in an aquatic environment, it would be much stronger than the Rhino Demon in the Sky Screen.

However, the problem is that precisely because he is so powerful, the laboratory has not yet been able to fully hypnotize and control him!

The remaining resources weren't enough to further modify his body, such as implanting self-destruct bombs.

Originally, Bauer planned to wait until all the resources were in place before modifying this weirdo, but he never expected that this guy would actually escape!

"No! If it was just one that ran out, why can I hear screams outside?"

But Bauer immediately realized something was wrong. He remembered the screams he had just heard very close to him and immediately opened another surveillance video.

Bauer's pupils then contracted.

A large group of monstrous, garbage-like creatures created from aquatic species are running rampant throughout the experimental base. They kill almost anyone they see, and firearms and grenades have extremely limited effect on them!

Although most of these aquatic monsters don't even possess Lower Rank magic, their tough skin alone is enough to withstand bullets from ordinary people!

These were originally items the lab intended to use to swindle funds from the Federation military, but due to the leaked information about the Sky Screen Curtain, the cooperation between the Aurora Society and the Federation could not continue, and these monsters were left here.

Unexpectedly, he was released at this time!

"How could this happen... how could it turn out like this?! Why didn't anyone notify me?!"

Seeing the chaos outside the office, and realizing he'd only just heard it, Bauer couldn't help but curse. He picked up the walkie-talkie to ask what was going on.

But just as he picked up the walkie-talkie, a cute antlered girl suddenly appeared on the computer screen in front of him:

"I advise you not to do that. This base is already under my control."

Kelly!

Dr. Bauer immediately recognized the antlerd girl.

The contracted creatures of Aurora that often appeared in the Sky Screen were now here. What did this mean? Even a Bauer could guess.

"The magical... girl... has she already come in?"

After putting down the walkie-talkie, Bauer calmly asked Kelly a question.

Kelly looked at Bauer with slight surprise. "Very calm, no wonder you're in charge of this base."

"..."

Bauer did not answer.

According to regulations, Bauer should have activated the base's self-destruct program the moment he discovered the Magical Girls had infiltrated it.

However, since Kelly has come all this way, it proves that Kelly has already taken control of several key circuits of the self-destruct program.

The self-destruct mechanism definitely cannot be activated, neither at the network level nor at the real-world level.

Bauer has lost the option of a desperate, all-or-nothing gamble; even if he goes berserk, it won't make a difference.

But Bauer did not give up.

His gaze passed over Kelly and fell on the surveillance camera behind him.

The Magical Girls finally appeared on the surveillance footage.

Most of the Magical Girls are out fighting monsters, and occasionally they even rescue staff members who are being attacked by monsters.

Only one person remained oblivious to all of this, calmly and steadily approaching the interior.

It's that silver-haired Magical Girls.

Xiao Bai.

"Heh... you guys definitely won't let me go, will you...?"

Bauer slumped back into his chair and whispered to Kelly.

Kelly looked at the gray-haired, somewhat elderly white doctor in front of her and replied:

"I've already shown your experimental data to the Magical Girls... We have no right to forgive you on behalf of the victims. All we can do is send you to meet the victims. Yes, those are Xiao Bai's exact words."

"Ha, I knew it..."

Bauer chuckled self-deprecatingly.

None of the people who were able to enter this base were innocent.

Judging from the silver-haired girl's bloodthirstiness, she certainly won't let the people here go.

But it would be naive to expect Bauer to simply surrender!

Looking at the Magical Girls in front of him, Bauer raised his hand and took out a silver box from under the table.

Kelly, watching from the monitor, narrowed her eyes slightly. She didn't know what Bauer was up to, but her intuition told her it couldn't be anything good.

So Kelly did two things.

First, notify Xiao Bai to come here immediately and take control of the sole person in charge of this base.

Second, persuade Bauer to calm down.

"Dr. Bauer, I advise you not to act rashly. After all, we've only asked you some questions... um?!"

Kelly didn't finish her sentence.

Because Bauer had no intention of speaking to her at all.

Then, Bauer took out the silver box, opened it with lightning speed, took out the silver injection gun inside, and plunged it into his own arm without hesitation!

This entire process took less than three seconds!

And right after Bauer injected the drug, the metal door was blown open!

"I'm here! Little K! Oh my god—what is this!?"

The person who arrived wasn't Xiao Bai; it was Aurora.

She smashed the metal door open with a single punch and immediately spotted Dr. Bauer in his chair.

No, it's no longer Dr. Bauer.

Two seconds after the injection, Dr. Bauer's body completely mutated, turning him into a fish-man covered in scales!

It has become the new weirdo!

Chapter 248 Aurora's Composite Form

"What kind of monster is that?! It's disgusting!!"

Following Xiao Bai's instructions, Aurora ran straight to the office and, upon arrival, bluntly and accurately assessed the monster before her.

The monster in front of me looked like a fish, but it had hands and feet similar to a human's, covered in scales that were still growing outwards, some of which were still covered with tiny water droplets!

Although Aurora had already seen these disgusting monsters when she entered the base to secretly release the experimental subjects in the laboratory, the monster in front of her still made her feel nauseous.

She thinks she won't be eating fish for a while!

What disgusted Aurora even more was that the other party actually spoke!

"... monster?"

Bauer, now transformed into a fish-man, blinked gently, his eyelids, which had been modified to resemble those of a fish.

He looked down at his current appearance and, far from feeling that there was anything wrong with his form, felt that his body was absolutely perfect!

"How could it be a monster!" he roared. "This is human 'evolution'! This is humanity's future!! What could a mere witch possibly know!!!"

Swish--

As soon as Bauer finished speaking, he had already flashed in front of Aurora.

His speed was extremely fast; despite having just transformed from a human into a superhuman, he seemed to possess a speed surpassing Aurora's!

Even if Aurora hasn't experienced everything that happened on the Sky Screen, she shouldn't be so inferior.

But Aurora no longer had time to think about this problem.

Fishman Bauer runs incredibly fast, and his attack speed is also unbelievably fast!

With a single flash, Bauer's smooth, enormous fish tail lashed out at Aurora!

In the blink of an eye, Aurora had no time to dodge; she could only raise her fists to protect herself!

Bang!!!

With a dull thud, Aurora's body flew out of the office at an even faster speed than when she burst in!

Her body slammed into the metal corridor outside the door, leaving a twisted dent in the metal wall.

That's incredibly powerful!

Aurora was shocked as she felt the power emanating from the fishman Bauer.

"Watch out, his magic power is rising Speed Demon! This magic power... is transforming into Demons magic power!!" Kelly warned in time.

"Huh?! What did he just do?!"

"I don't know, it seems like he was injected with some kind of drug, maybe it's his trump card?"

Kelly didn't know what Bauer had injected her with, but when the potion was taken out, Kelly felt a deep sense of Mutant Magic emanating from it.

In her view, the concentration of that Mutant Magic was so high that it could potentially turn into Nightmare Seed in the next second!

But it's a liquid!

So this is something the Aurora Society researched— Liquid Nightmare Seed? What kind of sinister technology is this from the Aurora Society?!

Kelly mentally cursed the Aurora Society, but Aurora switched to Lightning Form the moment her fists touched and looked at the fishman in front of her:

"Forget it, whatever it is, as long as I kill it! Hey! Monster! I was careless earlier, let's have another speed contest this time!!"

Whoosh--!

This time, it was Aurora, adorned with golden accents, who began her counterattack.

A flash of golden-red light, and Aurora had already collided with the dark, slithering fish-man monster!

Bang bang bang bang!

The moment the human and the monster collided, a series of sounds of fists and feet clashing echoed down the corridor.

There was no unnecessary magic used between Aurora and the Fish Monster; it was pure violence between the two of them!

First, during the fight, Aurora kicked the Fish Monster into a metal wall, creating a huge crater. Then, the Fish Monster, taking advantage of its slippery body, broke free from Aurora's grasp and punched her back to her original position!

Overall, however, the Fish Monster was at a disadvantage because Aurora had mastered some fighting techniques. Even though the Fish Monster's strength was gradually increasing, its body was basically difficult to catch. Aurora, who had learned a lot of fighting techniques from Fang Ming, was also able to find ways to deal with it.

The only problem is that Aurora seems to be a bit outmatched by her opponent.

"What's wrong with this guy?! How come he seems stronger than me?!"

Aurora's 'Passion Magic' is actually quite idealistic. Normally, her strength will only increase during battle unless she reaches the limit of her current rank. In terms of 'strength' alone, Aurora is second to none!

However, the fish-man monster that Dr. Bauer has transformed into seems to be growing stronger at an extremely unscientific pace!

At least Aurora's current growth rate is inferior to her opponent's!

This is completely unscientific!!

"Is that all you've got, Magical Girls?!"

Bauer, now transformed into a monster, seems to be shifting in a more violent direction, completely unrecognizable from his former scientist self.

He tore off his clothes, transforming himself into a merman monster, crawling on the ground and turning his head to look at Aurora like a wild beast.

The fish-man monster's mouth opened, its sharp teeth coated with a sticky substance that stretched into threads as it opened and closed.

He appeared to be smiling at Aurora.

"You've only gotten a little stronger, don't get too cocky!!!"

The Fish Monster Bauer's words angered Aurora.

She knew that her current strength was no match for any Magical Girls in the Central Continent District, but a monster that had only recently become a supernatural being was not enough to leave Aurora helpless.