Great Blood: Saiba

(Babaluno)

"Great Blood."

Another part of the Great Will. Would this thing become a new system once it grew?

The competition between successors was fierce.

The professor went on:

"That thing contains more darkness than any known individual. The Great Will left it in the Breeding Facility to produce offspring. Your intrusion disrupted its system and caused it to break out."

The dense black fog above the Black Pool and its agonized wails when it ran wild were unlike anything seen in other aggregates. Even Aldebaran's technology probably couldn't control it...

But it had been stable before.

Dad had even pulled a humanoid Base Body from the Black Pool through sheer force of will...

Had it lost control because Dad fell in? Or because Mono ate the Guardian?

"How many people can still fight?" I asked.

Xiao Yi checked the report.

"Not many. Around five or six hundred, and they're in bad shape. Xiao Wei is still gathering a third group of magical girls on Earth, but because of the time difference... we may have to wait a while."

Though the time difference was small, time still passed more slowly here than on Earth.

"Clearing the underground passages and securing the Power Crystal will both take a lot of people..."

"The surface is covered in Magic Suppressant. We need to turn more people into witches to replenish our forces, but it's dangerous for magical girls in the underground passages too. If the Magic Suppressant gets in, it'll be hard to clear out."

Mono was dragging the rampaging Great Blood around the Central District, effectively creating a moat. The Monsters and witches could do nothing against the aggregate rolling past at high speed, so the pressure on the surface had eased considerably.

Could my bubbles withstand the enemy's remaining firepower?

"I'll