Aberrant Beasts, monsters that had existed long before human civilization in the Material Realm, had no definite origin that anyone could name.
The most widely known theory was that the lives and power of all Aberrant Beasts came from the same source: a mighty existence that had left behind neither name nor image. Yet among the Magic Side's existing research, there was no evidence to support such a claim.
But faith did not actually require evidence. There had never been any shortage of people in this world who believed in that theory. The "Lord" spoken of by Black Ash Dawn referred to that unknown existence.
They called it the "Beast Lord."
"The Great Beast Calamity nineteen years ago undoubtedly brought catastrophe to the Material Realm, but it also left behind immensely valuable resources for the study of Aberrant Beast power."
The Aberrant Beast's smiling voice rang clearly in the minds of every magical girl present. "A great number of Aberrant Beast corpses whose Echoes had not been stripped away, a great number of lives injured by beast mana, and a great amount of battle data. These were things Black Ash Dawn could never obtain in peacetime, yet during the Great Beast Calamity, they were within easy reach."
"After that, we extracted a rare crystal from some exceptionally unusual Aberrant Beasts. To our surprise, as long as an Aberrant Beast had this crystal embedded in its body, its body displayed varying degrees of mana accumulation."
"Their physical structures became stronger; their special organs became more developed; even their intellectual evolution became extraordinary."
"We conducted detailed research on this crystal and ultimately discovered that it could devour and purify vast amounts of mana, then feed back a certain special energy. That energy could greatly promote an Aberrant Beast's evolution and raise the