Calamity Witch

(Bai Ziye)

In order to make external calls, I had to unspeed up the device.

"SpiCa! The Magic Titan is overloading its reactor; the pipes inside are glowing red-hot—it's about to explode!"

As a result, the temperature of the reactor increased rapidly within a short period of time.

"Don't rush, use your magic to slow it down. Cooling down can also slow down the overload."

"This thing is probably Baidu hot, do you expect me to touch it with my bare hands?!"

"You can use your feet, but the lives of the fifty thousand people trapped inside the barrier are all in your hands!"

That's really an excessive request.

I reached halfway into the shell I had pried open, gritted my teeth, and stepped on the red-hot reactor. Scalding hot air rushed out, almost burning my respiratory tract.

I tried to slow down the explosion of the Magic Titan with magic, but even through my thick-soled boots, the intense heat from my feet was still unbearable.

This is like putting me on a fire to roast!

After this incident is over, I'll probably be back to being a fellow sufferer of Heat Haze).

"If Miss Fahrenheit were here, she could shut down this reactor immediately."

Ceruno said that in the channel.

I personally eliminated Fahrenheit.

Just then, a powerful torrent of water burst through the stadium floor and gushed out from the underground pipes, forming a thick column of water.

"Achernar?!"

The Shark Princess Witch did not reply; she was manipulating the water in a small room in the center of the stage.

The water jet transformed into a winding water dragon, rushing straight towards my location. No matter how well waterproof it was made, machinery is still afraid of water. The flowing water carried away a lot of heat, but... I couldn't feel anything in my right foot anymore.

Of course, she also gave me some breathing room.

Moreover, the water flow also soaked the ammunition depot, causing some weapons to catch fire and explode, rendering the dense weapon platforms on the Magic Titan almost useless.

"Now! The Golden!"

Sirius's Roar.

A runway forged of light swept overhead, and after a while, the Golden rushed up along the runway, leaped down, and landed beside me. Then it reached out towards the reactor beneath my feet...

A puff of white smoke.

The reactor beneath my feet turned into a solid gold Iron Ball, and the Magic Titan, instantly losing its power, collapsed in the center of the stadium.

The magical creations of Betelgeuse will disappear after a period of time, so there's no need to worry about dealing with them afterwards.

"Hiss, is this... the end of it?"

With the help of the Golden, I climbed out of the pit, supporting myself on the outer shell. My right foot, which had been directly on the reactor, was completely numb. My hand, which reached for my waist, trembled uncontrollably, but I still gritted my teeth and turned the hourglass.

The time diversion for the right leg has begun...

Perhaps due to insufficient remaining magic, the hourglass's rewind time was slightly shorter, and I was not fully restored to my original state. When the Golden removed my boots, my skin and the soles of the boots were even stuck together.

"Hmm--"

Pain is not even an adequate description of this kind of suffering.

The Doggy even sniffed.

"Miluno, it's cooked!"

"Hey! Stop drooling at a time like this, do you want to eat me?"

However, this is quite serious!

This is just the initial stage. If there hadn't been time to rewind, my leg would probably be carbonized by the reactor by now.

I'm not worried about being disabled, but I don't know how long I'll need to recover from this injury.

Unlike ordinary people, magical girls can recover from any injury, even severed limbs; regaining their health is only a matter of time.

Even aging is a reversible form of damage, which is why magical girls will always remain "girls".

But this means I won't be able to turn back into Bai Ziye for a while.

"Flow! Protect Halley! Something's heading your way!"

Sirius's warning came through my in-ear monitor.

A mechanical head with tentacles is rapidly crossing the stage, heading towards Halley.

That was the head of Betelgeuse. I split her open by cutting into her neck, so the head remained intact...

"Mechanical prosthetics have no concept of life, yet they carelessly thought they could eliminate me—"

This detached head can even speak.

Even though I knew it was a machine, the biomimetic coating made it look disgusting, which worsened my impression of Betelgeuse...

Of course, she was still not as annoying as that Aldebaran.

Just as the thing was about to reach Halley, Liu conjured a thin wooden sword in his right hand and precisely pierced Betelgeuse's mechanical head.

Although Luo Tai is not very strong, her accuracy is quite good.

"Shouldn't this be settled by now?"

I sat down on the back of the Magic Titan, Sirius replied, "We can't let our guard down yet. The wormhole hasn't closed, and the barrier hasn't been broken... Wait!"

As Liu was picking up the robot's head, a meteor-shaped crystal fell from the robot's mouth. As if receiving some kind of signal, Halley, who should have been unconscious, suddenly sprang up, his giant claw made of Dark Energy swatting away Liu's thin body and catching the falling Crystal in his hand.

It was a Star Crystal.

Betelgeuse is able to disguise herself as "Magical Girl Dusk Raven" without being seen through by Sirius because it has that feature hidden inside her body.

As to where she got the Crystal, that's no longer important.

Realizing what was about to happen, Sirius's light blade severed Halley's wrist in an instant, but the latter seemed oblivious to the pain and reached out with her other hand to grab it. Sirius had no choice but to turn the light blade in mid-air and cut off her other hand.

Even shrouded in Dark Energy, blood flowed freely on the stage...

"Miss Hallley..."

Ceruno couldn't bear to watch such a cruel scene, but it was all to prevent her from becoming a witch.

But Halley underwent an obvious change.

"Too late."

Sirius said, "She absorbed the Crystal— "

Ahhh!!!

A sharp female scream pierced my eardrum, making me dizzy for a moment, and even the Golden in front of me appeared as a double image.

The Doggy herself was wobbling; if I hadn't held her, she probably would have fallen off the roof.

Even we magical girls were affected, and some in the audience even fainted to varying degrees... The sonic attack was extremely penetrating; covering your ears didn't help.

Then look at Halley.

The surging darkness burned like flames on her body, and through her silhouette, one could see that her severed wrists had been reattached, and the wings on her back had become even larger... Demonic horns had also grown on her head.

"It's Witchification..."

Sirius forced the command out of his throat.

"... Prepare for battle!"

The purple dancer's costume is gone, replaced by a tight-fitting leather outfit that is quite revealing, making her look just like a succubus in the traditional sense.

However, Halley's abilities have nothing to do with succubi.

She is a messenger who spreads misfortune and creates calamities.

"The Calamity Witch..."

As I muttered this to myself, Sirius asked, "Miluno, have you figured out her abilities during this time?"

"I know, her ability as Monster is to inject 'misfortune.' Anyone who gets pricked by her tail needle will become extremely unlucky, and depending on the dosage of 'misfortune,' it could even be fatal."

"Got it! As long as I don't get pricked by that tail, I'll be fine!"

After evolving into a witch, Halley's stinger changed shape. The heart-shaped tip had become Trident- like shape, making her more like a demon in the traditional sense.

Although I lost my mobility, Sirius and SpiCa can still fight. The two legendary magical girls become half-baked witches when facing a half-baked Monster.

We can't afford to lose this, can we?