You Seem to Be a Little Late

Who was Garuda most likely to grab tonight?

Hyacinth, probably. She was the classic heroic lead, after all. Dragging her in would move the mission along nicely.

Hellcat would be good too. With this fox and Cat-Cat fighting side by side, surely they could break through Garuda's blockade in one go.

Alice would be a fine choice as well.

Surely it wouldn't be Iris or Fenrir.

...Messiah and Moira? What?

"Seriously?!" "Those two?" "Why them?"

As soon as word spread that the two heroes were tonight's victims of Garuda's Phantasm Dream Mindscape, the Divine Codex Stone meeting erupted. Nearly everyone was stunned.

Su Tianqing was no exception. If anything, she was the most surprised of all. She had thought Garuda only chose Magical Girls as victims, but apparently heroes could be dragged in too. That made things far more dangerous.

Heroes couldn't use magic. In a Phantasm Dream Mindscape full of hazards, they might run into opponents who could. The danger to them was more than ten times greater than it was for Magical Girls.

"We have to get in there and rescue them!"

With that, Scarlet Snow grabbed Su Tianqing without hesitation, opened a Mindscape, and swiftly entered the Phantasm Dream Mindscape they had located beforehand.

Meteor stared blankly as Scarlet Snow and Heartmoon Fox sank into the dream. The words she had been about to say stuck in her throat.

"...Scarlet Snow is always rushing off like that. Don't take it personally," Red Rose said to Meteor with a smile.

"Were you about to tell them something? You looked like..."

"I was, but they went to save them before I could finish."

Meteor finally gave a helpless smile. She exchanged a glance with Qi Yun beside her and shook her head.

"They hardly need rescuing. Those two are