Sealing away an unbeatable monster and hoping that those who came after would one day wield enough power to defeat it had always been an act of desperation.
That was what Red Rose had done back then.
She sealed the Star Realm rift and kept watch for decades, until the chance finally came to heal it—the new generation of magical girls gathered in Spike City, several Shadows of the Stars joined the fight against the powerful monsters emerging from the rift, and even the first confirmed Star Realm Behemoth, [Leviathan], appeared.
It could be said that Albatross made a choice similar to Red Rose's: she used a Time Loop to imprison the unsolvable Astral Jellyfish, then planned to find another way to deal with it.
But she also faced a highly unusual problem: the jellyfish's "immortality."
Even if only a tiny fragment remained, or merely a few specks of dust, it could silently grow into a new Hydra. It could then strengthen itself by stealing magic or merging with others, eventually returning to its former state as the deeply rooted Giant Hydra.
The cycle repeated endlessly, and there seemed to be no way to destroy it once and for all.
It was as though "death" simply did not exist for it. Death was merely another form of life for it. How could one kill something for which the very concept of "death" did not exist?
It was an unsolvable proposition, but Albatross handed in an answer sheet filled with "I Think It Works Power":
As long as the jellyfish itself was treated as material for a massive spell, made into part of the [Death Cycle], wouldn't that create a marvelous combo?
Bang! Bang bang bang!
A dense volley of gunfire echoed through the skies above Millennium Rongcheng.
The crimson magical