Chapter 345
"My older sister said that the Magical Girls' strength is gradually declining. Commander Rank and Pillar-Tier Demon have not appeared for many years, causing the Magical Girls to become complacent. Even the potential of the new Magical Girls... is not as good as before."
"So even if my elder sister had saved them back then, they might not have actually survived the subsequent pursuit by the Demons. The most crucial thing is..."
Stella paused here, and hesitated before saying:
"... Most importantly, none of them have awakened their Shining Form. Without even being able to awaken their Shining Form, they are destined to be no match for the Demons."
Lesos judges Magical Girls's potential by whether she can unlock her Shining Form.
If they could activate their Shining Form, then the Magical Girls might not necessarily be without a chance.
But if you can't even activate the Shining Form, you might as well just give up and go to sleep.
As is well known, apart from the first, third, and fourth generations, none of the Magical Girls before Aki and the Xiao Qiu had ever awakened their Shining Form.
That's why Lesos didn't help the previous Magical Girls, because they no longer had the potential to go any further. Even if they managed to escape, they wouldn't have any way to seek revenge on the Demons.
Furthermore, if the Magical Girls wanted to escape, they probably wouldn't need Lesos's help. The Demon King is indeed powerful, but if the top Magical Girls wanted to run, even the Demon King might not be able to catch up.
They didn't run, simply because they didn't want to.
"... Even simply activating Shining Form isn't enough."
Stella then continued.
Xiao Bai looked at her in surprise. "You can't even activate Shining Form?"
"The Sky Screen has already been shown, hasn't it? Big Sister knew that Xiao Qiu and the others had activated their Shining Form, but she still attacked them. Only after seeing Xiao Qiu's further advanced form did Big Sister change her mind..."
"So, you mean that in Lesos's eyes, only Xiao Qiu, who has activated Shining Form 2, has a chance to defeat the Demon King?"
"Shining Form 2... that's a fitting name." Stella praised the 'nickname' Xiao Bai gave to Dawn Mode, then nodded and said:
"That's right, that's what my older sister said. Because Dawn Mode... is a prerequisite for the advanced form of Magical Girls. Only when Magical Girls awaken Dawn Mode can they truly have hope."
"... Wait a minute..." Hearing this, Xiao Bai quickly stopped Stella, asking in surprise, "After Dawn Mode, there's a new mode???"
Xiao Bai previously mentioned that there might be a Shining Form 3 or Shining Form 4 later, but that was just a joke!
So it actually exists after all??
Stella ignored Xiao Bai's experience; she nodded and said seriously:
"The Magical Girls form is just the foundation; they can only be considered apprentices. Only when they awaken their Shining Form can they be considered true Magical Girls."
"And at the end of this road is the Final Form of the Magical Girls that my older sister mentioned. Only by mastering this form can one truly defeat the Demon King!"
"..."
Stella has given us a lot of information this time; Xiao Bai needs to digest it all.
Besides Lesos, the Final Form of Magical Girls also intrigued Xiao Bai.
Xiao Bai doesn't believe that what Lesos said is false.
Even if the so-called Final Form isn't that important, the boost this new form provides to one's strength is real.
When the Shining Form is activated, the Magical Girls's overall magical power will increase by two to four times, while the Dawn Form will increase the magical power by more than two times on top of that, and will also have the effect of 'special attack against negative energy'.
Even without any special effects, the Final Form above that, as long as it can amplify the demonic power by more than double, would make the Demon King truly formidable!
No wonder Lesos changed her mind immediately after seeing Xiao Qiu's advanced form and went back to play the imprisonment game with the Demon King.
If Xiao Bai is Lesos, she also thinks that Xiao Qiu is very likely the hope of the Magical Girls, and it's worth going all in!
Volume 4 <Magic Autumn> Movie and Season 3: Chapter 374 Special Training Begins!!
Although Xiaobai knew Lesos's thoughts, Xiao Bai had no intention of having Stella call Lesos over now.
Sky Screen Lesos is not the same person as the real-life Lesos.
Although we used to joke about a 'sacred separation' between the Sky Screen and the ground below, in general, what someone does on the Sky Screen still affects reality.
Therefore, people will unconsciously associate the characters in the Sky Screen with real people.
The same applies to Lesos.
Although she is positioned as an enemy of the Magical Girls in the theatrical version, and is the final boss of the theatrical version.
However, what Lesos did in the end was enough to make the audience overlook everything she had done before.
Even the Magical Girls probably unconsciously consider Lesos their comrade now.
After all, Lesos had used up her accumulated power of a thousand years for them!
Lesos temporarily sealed away the Demon Lord and the Four Heavenly Kings to buy them time to develop!
How could someone capable of such a thing not be a comrade?
But what Xiao Bai wants to say is that while the Lesos on the Sky Screen may indeed be considered Magical Girls, the real Lesos is not.
It's clear from Stella's description that even knowing Magical Girls exist in this world and that they can already activate their Shining Form, Lesos's interactions with Magical Girls are primarily 'tested' through battles.
Even after realizing that Xiao Qiu and the others were no longer strong enough after activating their Shining Form, Lesos would not hesitate to turn them into Witch.
It was only when Xiao Qiu used her advanced form that Lesos truly decided to fight the Demons to the bitter end.
Therefore, Lesos's attitude is actually unrelated to Lesos herself.
She is neutral in the chaos; whether she can truly become a companion to the Magical Girls depends on Xiao Qiu and the others' own growth.
If Xiao Qiu and the others can successfully unlock their advanced forms, Xiao Bai wouldn't mind having Lesos come and fight them, thus gaining the help of this powerful figure who was able to seal away the Demon King and the Four Commanders.
But if Xiao Qiu and the others are unable to unlock their advanced forms for the time being...
Let's leave Lesos behind for now.
We'll call her over when Xiao Qiu and the others are strong enough to resist Lesos.
So before that...
"Let's start with special training."
Xiao Bai said this to Stella at the end.
The special training for the Magical Girls that we promised to do is finally about to begin!
"... Special training?"
Aurora, dressed in a children's swimsuit, stood on the beach, looking at the other Magical Girls were already having a blast playing on the sand, then turned to look at Xiao Bai, who was also wearing a children's swimsuit.
"... You call this special training??"
It's been three days now.
After Xiao Bai and Stella finished their conversation that day, they waited a whole day to make sure that the third season wouldn't be shown on the Sky Screen immediately before they all agreed to meet at the beach near the equator.
They enjoyed a long-awaited beach vacation while simultaneously preparing for special training.
After all, the magic circle nodes now completely cover this world, so no matter where the Magical Girls are, they can use the Hope Magic Array to help them train.
The idea of going to the beach was jointly suggested by Xiao Qiu, Xiaoxia, and Xiao Chun.
Xiao Bai thought that she did need to relax during training, so she agreed to their proposal and came here.
As a result... before training even started, they had already run off to the beach and were having a blast.
That's why Aurora used a question, because she really didn't think this was 'training'.
"... Well, after all, they've been busy for a long time covering the entire world with nodes... so let them have some fun for a day."
Xiao Bai hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided not to call the Magical Girls down.
The girls had been busy with the magic node for a long time. Although Xiao Bai gave them a break in the middle, it wasn't enough for the girls who were still at an age where they loved to play.
Xiao Bai has arranged a long period of special training, so once the training actually begins, they will probably rarely have such carefree time to play.
Since that's the case, let them have another day of fun. Compared to the time in the Sky Screen, the Magical Girls still have plenty of time.
Deciding to let the Magical Girls play for a while, Xiao Bai turned to Aurora and asked:
"Aren't you going with them?"
"..."
Aurora glanced at Xiao Bai, crossed her arms, and snorted, "I'm not that bored."
"You probably haven't been to the beach much before, have you? You really don't want to play with them?"
Xiao Bai winked at Aurora.
Although N City is located by the sea, the area where Aurora once lived was closer to the inland.
She hasn't been to the beach much.
After becoming Magical Girls, she came to the beach a few times, but those times she was either dealing with the Aurora Society or doing other missions.
Xiao Bai, on the other hand, hoped that Aurora could be as tall as she appeared... and as old as she seemed, so that she could play carefree for a while.
But Aurora didn't seem to appreciate it. She kicked Xiao Bai's leg with her little foot, looking at Xiao Bai who seemed even shorter than herself, and said:
"Stop nagging! I don't want to play! Didn't you say we were going to have special training? I want to start special training now!"
"... All right."
Aurora insisted, and Xiao Bai couldn't persuade her any further.
After all, Xiao Bai could understand Aurora's feelings. Aurora's strength was in the second tier among all Magical Girls, only slightly stronger than Dongdong and Luna.
Furthermore, with her phone still on her person, and her ever-changing form preventing her from specializing in a single path like her counterpart in the Sky Screen, her overall strength has been significantly weakened.
Although Composite Form has been developed, it still can't compare to her on the Sky Screen.
Therefore, the highly competitive Aurora will certainly not be satisfied with the status quo; she will definitely want to continue to improve herself.
Hmm, what is Xiao Bai thinking?
But actually...
Aurora just wanted to spend more time with Xiao Bai during this period.
After all, that 'cow-and-green-haired woman' whom Aurora finds quite distasteful doesn't seem to be paying attention here...
Aurora glanced at the green-haired girl playing in the water with Song Niandong, and like a thief, followed Xiao Bai to connect to the magic circle.
The two lay down under the sun loungers on the shore and simultaneously drifted into a dream.
Hope Magic Array, covering the entire globe, has been able to construct a complete space within dreams after continuously collecting various positive emotions from people's dreams over the past few days.
The flow of time in this space differs from that in the outside world, roughly in a ratio of one to five.
That is, one hour in the outside world corresponds to five hours in the dream world.
At the same time, the training gained in the dream will also be fed back to the physical body, whether it is training in magic or other aspects.
Otherwise, Xiao Bai wouldn't have chosen to have Xiao Qiu and the others undergo special training at this time.
The dream manipulation is currently handled by Kelly, Youyou, Lien, and Nino is just there to make up the numbers.
The four Magical Creatures have experience in controlling the Hope Magic Array, making them the most suitable candidates to manage it.
"Speaking of which, since you're so familiar with this magic circle, it proves that Magical Girls have used it, right? Then why are there so few top-tier Magical Girls?"
Xiao Bai, who was moving around in the dream, turned to Kelly beside him and asked a question.
Kelly replied, "The power of Magical Girls is subjective, so regular magical training isn't important. No matter how long you train in the Dream World, it won't equal the burst of magical power from a single mental shift. Besides... Magical Girls's magical power has an upper limit."
"I do know that..."
The fact that Magical Girls have a limit to their magical power is something that Xiao Bai has known for a long time.
Nino and Youyou mentioned this before.
At a certain stage, the Magical Girls's power will completely stagnate.
Unless there is a new change in mindset, or the Shining Form is directly activated, the Magical Girls's strength will be completely fixed.
It may even decline further in the future.
Magical Girls whose potential is already fixed cannot improve no matter how long she trains in her dreams.
They were already unable to progress any further, and even when pushed to their limits, they couldn't increase their magic power.
Unless you're Xiao Bai who has a near-infinite ability to improve themselves (like a bug), entering a dream world for cultivation will at best only allow you to reach your limit faster.
"I said, isn't training starting yet?"