Fenghua, Disarmament

(Sun Yao)

With Hualun as a little heater, even if it's freezing outside, the elevator won't feel cold. Besides dealing with Monster, some magic is practical in itself.

Explosions echoed continuously from the ceiling. The Fire Phosphor covering the entire area Amaterasu Heat Haze was impossible to defend against. Even a witch needs to breathe, and the burning pain within her body must be unbearable, right?

But...

The Sword Witch doesn't seem to feel any pain.

Such a violent explosion only caused obstruction, not effective damage.

But why is that?

Even ice-made Western-style armor has gaps; there's no way she wouldn't get hurt. Even if she could cool down to offset the heat of the explosion, she couldn't withstand the shockwave...

Heat Haze spread his wings and took off on the blast wave. Although the Sword Witch had real wings, she did not choose to follow. In order to protect her father behind her, she did not move an inch. She just stood there and swung her ice sword, manipulating invisible blades to attack Heat Haze. However, the essence of these attacks was water vapor, which would be evaporated by the fire scales along the way before hitting Heat Haze.

The two were locked in a stalemate, but the one who was clearly anxious was the Sword Witch. After all, she herself had said that the wormhole on "the Other Side" was about to close, and then they would have to stay in this world for a while before they could leave.

"Hooray! Got it!"

Sky Lock cried out in surprise.

The magical chain she had extended quickly retracted, its end still holding a bent, broken piece several centimeters long.

That was the horn that Miluno had kicked off her father's forehead when he was in his witch form.

Sky Lock fiddled with the purple highlights on his forehead and laughed, "Because the whole place was filled with smoke and dust from the explosion, that ice witch didn't notice and got it very easily!"

She threw the broken corner at me.

"Hey kid, take this. First, turn your dad back to normal, then send him to jail!"

"Ah! Thank you!"

The corners are heavier than they appear.

If Dad loses the Star Crystal, he won't be able to withstand the all-around pressure inside the wormhole, and the Sword Witch won't be able to take Dad away...

"Put that in."

The mother opened the box.

That was created by Betelgeuse's magic, the box that was used to extract my Star Crystal, but at some point it was hidden by my mother's magic and kept by her side.

"Is it really possible to use only horns?"

"This angle isn't just good-looking."

Sirius, gradually recovering from its semi-transparent state, is now leaning on its mother's shoulder.

"Just like your wand, this horn contains most of A-Ji's magic power. It's Crystal within her body. If one of the horns is broken, her power will be greatly reduced. So, since this device can steal the Star Crystal through the wand, it's not impossible to retrieve the Star Crystal using the broken horn."

Miss Sirius can see the Star Crystal inside magical girls.

Since she said that, she must be right...

Snap--

"Aww!"

Miluno didn't say anything, but slapped me on the back again.

Aunt Lin Xi in the earpiece urged, "A-Yao, stop worrying about it. Heat Haze is fighting the witch all by herself. You don't think she's handling it with ease, do you?"

That's true...

Such frequent explosions also result in a severe depletion of magical energy; even the current Heat Haze cannot continue indefinitely.

Retrieving the Star Crystal might be of some help to me.

Put the broken corner into the box and close the lid.

Without any further action, the texture of the box itself emitted a blue light, the color resembling the halo that forms a wormhole...

The blizzard outside stopped.

However, the Sword Witch broke through Heat Haze's lightning zone and rushed into the elevator, her white hair and red eyes glaring angrily like a demon.

"You despicable thieves who steal chickens and dogs all day long! So ungrateful, you may all die here!"

Angry insults.

Sword energy mixed with icy wind.

A box that opens automatically.

And the Star Crystal within it...

"Huh? It's not cold?"

"It's Ceruno- chan's protective shield, the time to counterattack has come!"

The cold, which tried to freeze everything, failed to penetrate my protective shield.

The valiant Miss Sirius charged ahead, gathering her remaining strength into a drill of light in her fist and swinging it at the Sword Witch.

The latter retreated back to the zenith, where the blizzard had ceased, but the fiery scales of Heat Haze still lingered...

BOOM! BOOM! BOBOM!!

I detonated a series of fire scales at close range with the Sword Witch, and this close proximity made me understand why she was unharmed.

"Frost... can it really be this hard?"

The Sword Witch's entire body was covered in a honeycomb-structured, hexagonal white frost coating, incredibly sturdy, so much so that even the explosion of Heat Haze couldn't break through her defenses...

This bulletproof vest was evolved to counter Miluno's sniper shots, but unexpectedly it ended up being used as a bomb disposal suit.

However, this kind of thing cannot withstand sharp attacks, which is why it chose to retreat when faced with Sirius's drill.

Having concluded this, I shouted, "Explosions and blunt weapons are no match for her, Miss Miluno, use your sword!"

Despite being exhausted, Miluno still accelerated and rushed Past. The Sword Witch was unable to escape Miluno's pursuit range and could only raise her sword to block.

Heat Haze also changed his strategy, and began to detonate fire scales on her face, not to kill, but only to use the smoke to interfere with her vision.

Faced with this interference and the combined attack of Miluno and Sirius, even the Sword Witch found it difficult to cope, especially since she was also worried about her father behind her and couldn't unleash her full power...

Perhaps it was somewhat despicable.

But we've never had a fair fight.

"Miss Ceruno, please move aside."

Miss Fenghua's voice was calm; she seemed to be in relatively good condition.

"I'm going to unleash my ultimate attack with all my might!"

Her hands rested on the scabbards at her waist, gathering some kind of power, while the Twins magical girls stood on either side of her, raising their hands to unleash their magic.

Heating and cooling.

A front will form in the area where cold and warm air masses collide.

The ultimate form of development is—a tornado.

And this new wind will become the power of the Fenghua...

What is drawn is not a sword, but a compressed storm.

A tornado, far exceeding the upper limit of wind force, crashed down on the Sword Witch. Even a witch like her couldn't withstand it; she was instantly swept into the sky, her ice armor torn to shreds by the storm... Eh?

Seeing my surprise, Fenghua explained, "This move can disarm the enemy; it's a deadly technique involving cause and effect."

Simply put, it's about clothes ripping off, right?

"Although it can disarm, it doesn't cause any harm?"

"... The damage isn't high."

But it is extremely insulting.

It can cause the enemy to lose their will to fight when they are in a state of extreme anger.

The Sword Witch landed with one hand covering her chest and the other hand covering her lower body, kneeling on one knee.

Although she is a witch from "the Other Side," she also has a sense of shame.

"..."

The atmosphere was extremely awkward.

Just seconds before, it was a life-or-death battle, but because of the Climate Control Squad's ultimate move, both sides stopped.

"How dare they subject me to such humiliation..."

The seemingly flimsy ice dress that appeared on the Sword Witch was clearly a temporary creation. Her dignity as a warrior was humiliated and trampled upon, and her proud and arrogant face was so distorted that she could star in a live-action Yu-Gi-Oh! movie.

"... Ahem, we'll apologize later. Fomalhaut, we're going to defeat you right here."

Sirius said, then assumed an offensive stance again.

But the wormhole in the sky began to flicker, as if it were about to disappear.

"Defeat me?"

The Sword Witch gritted her teeth and her body swelled up. She Second Release stage, transforming into a gigantic half-deer, half-human form. Then, with a spinning back kick, her brutal hind hoof sent Sirius and Fenghua flying back into the elevator.

"You think you can suppress me just because you have a numerical advantage?!"

She turned around and carried her father onto her deer's back.

He glanced at me, then leaped off the roof of the treatment facility building...

Then it suddenly tilted its head back and pulled upwards, galloping through the air on all fours towards the disappearing wormhole.

She wanted to run away!

Her father was still on her back, and Heat Haze didn't dare to detonate the Fire Phosphor recklessly. But even if they entered the wormhole like this, her father would still be in danger!

I raised my wand and cast a protective shield over them before they rushed into the wormhole.

Perhaps this was her escape plan, but I really couldn't just stand by and watch my father die in the wormhole.

"Finally... it's over?"

The mutated sky has not yet recovered, but the wormhole has disappeared.

"Call--"

Although the witch managed to escape with her father, Miluno breathed a sigh of relief.

Then...

He fell backward.

"Miluno!"

The sole of her right boot had come unglued.

The horseshoes were nowhere to be found, revealing toes that were worn raw and bleeding.