Black Heart Mi

(Miluno)

The Black Light emitted from this small tube of reagent was similar to the light that shone from the top of the Shuttle Tower earlier...

"Theoretically, this potion can awaken the power of the 'Great Will' within you."

"Theoretically?"

Professor Stratos nodded.

"I haven't done any experiments yet, so this is just theoretical."

"After all this effort, it's still just theory. Aldebaran has even developed a searchlight that can remotely control the 'Great Will'?"

My words angered Stratos.

"Hey! My experimental equipment is so rudimentary, how can you compare?!"

"... I have no choice but to be your guinea pig."

I took the test tube from her hand.

Although Azura contains more darkness than I do, I can't very well use her as a guinea pig, can I?

Stratos cautioned, "Who knows what will happen if you drink this? Before, Aldebaran only referred to you as a child of the 'Great Will,' but after drinking this, you might truly become a part of the 'Great Will'!"

The wormhole had collapsed right up to his face, yet Mono hesitated.

"Professor, how confident are you that you can grant me the power of 'Great Will'?"

"Fifty percent."

I don't like gambling, but there are always situations where I have no other choice.

Barbara reached out her hand to me, asking me to hand her the test tube.

"Improvement."

Since she said that, I handed her the test tube.

She extended her fingertips and dripped a few drops of green, herbaceous juice into the test tube, then shook it well.

"Stablize."

Thank you.

The wormhole had pressed down onto Ceruno's giant bubble, trapping the "magnets" that were stuck there, unable to move. To maintain the bubble, Ceruno held her Trident high, resisting the pressure from the wormhole's inner walls. Cracks kept appearing on the surface, and she continuously channeled magic to repair them...

"I can't hold on any longer, Miluno!"

"Knew."

Urged on by her, I tilted my head back and drank the Black Light potion infused with fruit flavor.

"Hmm..."

I could feel the darkness stirring. The uncontrollable darkness flowed out completely from the Morning Star Crystal, converging towards the Black Crystal formed by the Witchification. This darkness then surged further into my heart, as if my heart were immersed in a cold icy spring. The palpitations and chest tightness made it hard to breathe.

"Mono!"

"I... I'm here... I... ah!"

She was somewhat incoherent; what exactly was the mechanism of this medicine?

Even if I asked the professor, I would most likely only get answers I couldn't understand. For now, I could only grit my teeth and endure it. This ominous power was about to surge out, and both Mono and I felt from the bottom of our hearts that we could hardly control that darkness.

All the magical girls were gathered around the Control Tower, making the area quite crowded, but at that moment, a vacuum formed around me.

But just then, Azura seemed to sense something and started running towards me, turning back into Black Mud as she ran, making it impossible for Xiaoling to stop her...

"Mommy! Please eat me!"

"Don't come any closer, Azura!"

After drinking the potion, all darkness within a certain range of me is absorbed, and the Black Mud dissolved from Azura's body is naturally also attracted.

Green and pinkish-purple tentacles wrapped around Azura's Crystal and some Black Mud from both sides.

The remaining Black Mud completely merged with my heart, eventually even Vega Crystal, forming a hard Crystal Heart.

Is this what they call having a heart of stone?

After Witchification, my magical power and Dark Energy surged exponentially, almost overflowing my body. The unreleased power was giving me a stroke. I might be able to fight against Fomalhaut now... no, even against that "Great Hand" controlled by Aldebaran.

Bang--

"Miluno, I can't take it anymore!"

The struggling bubble was eventually crushed.

Even if Ceruno tried to create new bubbles, they were instantly crushed. She couldn't even lift the Trident, and the inner wall of the wormhole didn't even leave a mark. However, the City School was subjected to all-around wormhole pressure at this moment.

"Mono, open the wormhole!"

"..."

There has been no response for some reason.

Tsk, so I have to do it all by myself?

Having mastered the use of teleportation magic, they naturally knew how to maintain the existing passage. Climbing up the wall to the top of the Control Tower, the closest point to the inner wall of the wormhole, they combined magic power with Dark Energy and then transmitted it to the wormhole.

It's stretched out.

With the continuous injection of energy, the wormhole, which had been gripping like the jaws of a wild beast, finally loosened its grip slightly...

However, the Ring Corridor was completely damaged, and Professor Stratos's laboratory had disappeared without a trace.

"Metal, keep moving! Everyone, prepare for battle!"

Under the influence of the "magnet" and the Power Crystal, the City School made its way forward, albeit with some bumps and stumbles.

"This power... it's simply..."

It's so vast that it's difficult to trust it in words.

It felt like a raging tsunami was surging within me, a force I could barely withstand. My heart throbbed with an explosive pain, each beat propelling the flow of blood throughout my body. The pounding of my eardrums made it impossible to hear anything else but the thumping, thumping, thumping of this Black Crystal Heart...

This is only a part of the "Great Will," yet even so, the power within me is so abundant it's about to burst.

No, if it weren't for the continuous pouring of magic and Dark Energy into the wormhole, it might have really exploded and died.

The darkness absorbed from Azura was roughly the same as the original Dark Energy Mono possessed; simply doubling the original energy resulted in such a massive increase in power... Perhaps the professor's vial of reagent was the key?

Mono has been silent since earlier, and I'm not used to not hearing her chattering complaints anymore, so I can't help but worry about her.

"We have to break out!"

Metal's instructions came through the walkie-talkie.

"Three, two, one!!"

The Garden District at the very front had already rushed out of the wormhole. The City School was flying very fast at this time, and the darkness of the wormhole was in front of them in the blink of an eye.

"Prepare for engagement!!"

The moment I rushed out, the first thing I felt was true weightlessness; I was in the center of Ring World...

So that's how it is; the enormous wormhole unfolds right in the center of the barrel.

"Miluno, watch out!"

Ceruno's warning was followed by a carpet bombing of the City School's surface, including the command tower. This was not surprising; I would have thought it was a trap if there hadn't been an ambush.

The dense artillery fire came from several anti-aircraft positions overhead. I'll go take care of some troublesome guys first.

"The City School is in your hands now!"

In this world, you feel gravity as soon as you get close to the edge. Before Ceruno could respond, I was slammed into the ground from the air.

"Hmm..."

A feeling of dizziness washed over him, and the hero almost fell over upon landing.

My headache is still bad, like the aftereffects of drinking alcohol. It hasn't gotten better over time; in fact, it's gotten worse.

What exactly happened to Mono?

I can't get out of this situation on my own.

Even if I'm going to faint, it's not now. At least I should release all this pent-up magic and Dark Energy...