Magic Cannons were a fashionable way to deliver firepower.
They were powerful and devastating, capable of pouring suppressive fire onto an opponent with remarkable efficiency. In that respect, they had advantages spells like magic rays and Magic Missiles could not match.
But their drawbacks were obvious too. If Magical Girls simply blasted away without paying attention to what their missed shots did to the surroundings, they could cause untold collateral damage... and even harm their own reputations.
Besides precision sniping and Magic Cannon bombardment, there was another, older form of firepower in the Magical Girl world...
Using long-staffed wands and classical spells, its practitioners unleashed dazzling displays of magic. They looked more like "mages" than Magical Girls.
"I honestly don't think you need to attend this training camp, Miss Bai Lili."
Red Rose stood behind the firing positions with a thermos in hand. After watching for a while, she could not help speaking up.
The girl in white holding a long-staffed wand had just finished a round of practice. While she waited for the target-reporting Familiar to record the results and restore the targets, she turned to Red Rose, waved, and grinned.
"Maybe I don't need to, but chances to blast away to my heart's content don't come often. I have to get some practice in."
Bai Lili picked up the sports drink beside her and took a sip. She had changed her ceremonial outfit into a fitted, shorter style better suited to exercise, and the tall girl in white cut a dashing figure in the sunlight.
Red Rose said nothing more. Her gaze passed Bai Lili and settled on her target area.
The targets were mostly restored, and the target-reporting Familiar displayed numbers worthy of praise: 100% overall hit rate, 95% bullseye rate. It was a perfect-score performance.
"Very