My Girlfriend Is a Magical Girl! Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Lu Ming Lives Off President Tang!

Lu Ming saw Tang Zhiqing's magic arrow strike Code-named Evil Beast "Rust," only piercing the muscles in one of its legs. It let out a muffled groan and simply squeezed the magic arrow apart with its muscles.

Impressive. Extremely impressive!

Lu Ming had looked into Magical Girl "Crystal," Lu Annuan, a senior who had appeared two years ago. Her exceptionally wide attack range and incredibly powerful magic arrows could directly eliminate fodder Evil Beasts, yet against Rust, they were barely more than a scratch.

Tang Zhiqing, meanwhile, saw that Rust's jaw was still swollen from Lu Ming's punch and had yet to recover. She could not help looking at him. Were you the monster here?

Rust roared and pounced at them at high speed. It was not as fast as "Wendigo," but it was immensely powerful and heavy, making it feel as though the ground had sunk two centimeters.

The three scattered. Lu Annuan fired a magic cannon from her wand, and Rust raised an arm to block it, roaring in pain as its arm was pierced through.

So you were the mobile artillery platform?

Tang Zhiqing was a rifle, and you were an Italian cannon?

Rust watched Lu Annuan warily. It had not expected her magic power to be so vast. Though it was inferior to "Empress," it was already oceanic compared to other Magical Girls, and its purity was exceptionally high.

Then it would switch targets first and take out the weak one!

In short, it would order first.

Rust's eyes shifted toward Lu Ming, its jaw still throbbing faintly.

Lu Ming's strength had shocked even an Evil Beast like it for a moment.

But it did not matter. He was only an ordinary human. He could punch it a hundred times, while it only needed one punch to turn him into a meat patty!

Ignoring Lu Annuan's threat, Rust rushed toward Lu Ming, a flash of cruelty passing through its eyes.

It hated men with better-looking muscles than its own!

"Lu Ming!"

Deer, don't shout so loudly!

Facing the incoming threat, Lu Ming stepped forward, twisted at the waist, turned, and launched an upward kick. The top of his foot carried the sound of wind and thunder as it struck Rust squarely in the face. He flung his whole body's force into the airborne kick!

Like kicking a soccer ball, he sent the rapidly pouncing Rust flying to the side at a ninety-degree angle, smashing through the landscaping and slamming into the teaching building's wall. Even the windows shattered from the impact!

Rust itself was dazed.

Huh?

I-I got kicked away by a human?

Was he human, or was I human?

Why was I so fragile?

That human was actually... so powerful!

Lu Ming had used a move he learned at the dojo in Tang Zhiqing's home. It was a supreme technique once used by Wu Song: the Mandarin Duck Kick!

There was no need to explain the origin. Tang Zhiqing's ancestors had drunk with Wu Song.

Lu Annuan stared at Lu Ming in surprise. How had he become even stronger than before?

With strength like that, would he accidentally squeeze me too hard someday?

Like when we held hands on a date or something.

No, no, this was not the time to think about that!

Smoke enveloped Rust, but when it cleared, Rust was nowhere to be seen. Lu Ming's gaze shifted toward Tang Zhiqing.

"Behind you!"

Damn it, their ranged unit had been approached!

Rust opened its bloody maw and bit down toward Tang Zhiqing's shoulder.

Lu Ming was about to use Time Stop when he suddenly witnessed an unbelievable sight.

Tang Zhiqing frowned. The bow and arrow in her hand dissolved into magic power, and her palm shot upward like lightning, striking Rust beneath the jaw and making it cry out in pain. Her graceful figure spun, and her fair, slender hand seized the beast leg of the three-to-four-meter-tall Rust before slamming it down cleanly. With a BOOM, she smashed Rust into the ground, leaving a huge crater!

Both Lu Ming and Lu Annuan were stunned.

Was this the strength of a senior Magical Girl?

She was a superhuman-strength girl!

Wasn't it only natural for an archer to know melee combat?!

No wonder she practiced martial arts so diligently. She used it directly on Evil Beasts. That was terrifyingly brutal!

If some delinquent students refused to listen to the Student Council president's guidance, she also knew a little martial arts.

Rust flipped over and bared its teeth at the three before it. These three... were all kind of freakish, weren't they?

Vast magic power, a human who fought Evil Beasts hand-to-hand, and an archer who fought in close combat.

Why was Haiyang such a strange place?

It was even more bizarre than the capital on the main battlefield!

Rust narrowed its eyes, its body slowly turning to smoke as it prepared to flee. It could not beat the three of them.

Lu Annuan and Tang Zhiqing realized what it was doing and hurried after it.

Lu Ming judged that neither of them would catch up. In a flash of inspiration, he remembered Rust's obsession with muscles and shouted, "Are your muscles natural? You didn't use technology, did you?"

Technology?

I'm fucking natural, of course!

Rust's eyes turned red as it glared furiously at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming had become the number one human on its kill list.

That momentary pause gave Lu Annuan enough time to finish charging. One blast pierced straight through Rust's body. Rust wailed, only to see Tang Zhiqing in the air, drawing her bow from mere millimeters away and firing an arrow straight into its eye.

Rust screamed in agony, sweeping the two Magical Girls aside before throwing back its head and roaring loudly.

"ROAR—AAH!"

Lu Ming suddenly appeared before it, smiled, and punched it again, leaving it dizzy and disoriented.

Rust's eyes were bloodshot. It stared at the three with furious cruelty, then suddenly turned and ran toward the sports field with all its strength. There were still students there waiting for PE class!

There were over a hundred students on the sports field!

It might have been a feint, but Lu Ming did not dare gamble. All three of them chose to run toward the students first.

Rust watched them with a mocking sneer, then turned into black mist and vanished from where it stood. With its final glance, it looked hatefully at Lu Ming.

It could ignore the two Magical Girls, but that human had to die!

His mouth was too foul. He had actually accused its muscles of being steroid-built!

Dongming International School had immediately gathered the students into the teaching buildings as soon as the Evil Beast's roar was heard. The teachers were tense but orderly, just like during an earthquake drill. Students in this world had always received drills for Evil Beast disasters.

Lu Ming was somewhat regretful. "It got away."

Tang Zhiqing could not help looking at him. "Aren't you taking that a little too much for granted?"

Lu Ming made the sound of a confused cat meme. "Huh?"

Tang Zhiqing sighed. "Every Code-named Evil Beast is something the local Magical Girls cannot deal with, a name that has become synonymous with a widespread disaster. Each one may not necessarily be powerful, but every one is difficult to handle. It is already good enough not to lose against them. We rushed over without any preparation and beat it until it fled with its tail between its legs. It only got away because there were too many students nearby. This record alone would amaze other Magical Girls."

So three ranked solo players had forced a professional player to nearly GG, right?

Lu Ming raised his hand. "But the first time I met 'Wendigo,' I killed it."

Lu Annuan thought about it as well. "The first time I encountered a Code-named Evil Beast after becoming a Magical Girl, Lu Ming and I killed it together."

"..."

Tang Zhiqing looked at the two bewildered faces before her and could not help covering her face with a sigh.

Were you two really that lacking in common sense?

"Students over there, huh? Why are there students from Haiyang No. 2 Middle School too... Forget it, hurry inside and take shelter! Students from Haiyang No. 2 Middle School can come in too!"

Seeing people still outside, an International Middle School teacher hurriedly waved and shouted.

"Students from Haiyang No. 2 Middle School can come in too."

No, what did Haiyang No. 2 Middle School ever do to you?

That was an absolutely exquisite sense of humiliation.

Students from Haiyang No. 2 Middle School who loved Love, Death & Admiration definitely needed to come experience it.

At a café after school, Lu Ming and the other two sat together talking.

Tang Zhiqing sat properly with her hands on the table. "I'll treat you. Order something to drink."

Lu Ming was already studying what was most expensive on the menu, while Lu Annuan repeatedly waved her hands. "That wouldn't be appropriate, would it?"

Tang Zhiqing shook her head. "Among the three of us, I hold the highest position. I am the Student Council president, Lu Ming is my secretary, and you are a representative from another school. I organized this meeting, so naturally I should pay. Just order whatever you want. Get two snacks as well."

Such an official response!

Was this what a Haiyang No. 2 Middle School Student Council president was like?

Lu Annuan became nervous.

This humble servant is Lu Annuan, representative for the International Middle School sports meet. I bow before you.

No, how had Lu Ming led me astray?

"Then I'll have a latte."

Looking over the menu, Lu Annuan chose a coffee in the safe middle price range.

She had always been steady around outsiders.

Only Lu Ming could always make her sulk.

Lu Ming picked one too. "I'll have a cappuccino."

He liked the milk foam on top.

Tang Zhiqing nodded and said to the server, "Then I'll have a macchiato. For snacks, popcorn chicken and cheese chicken cutlet. Oh... and a serving of braised jelly too."

Braised jelly was a Ludong snack made from sweet potato starch. It was golden and glossy, fragrant and spicy, and absolutely delicious!

But hardly anyone in Haiyang ordered it, right?

Seeing Lu Annuan's confusion, Lu Ming explained, "Zhi Qing is from Ludong."

"Ah, no wonder she's so tall. She's five centimeters taller than me, isn't she?"

Lu Annuan suddenly understood, then turned to Lu Ming. "Do you usually call her Zhi Qing?"

Why had the topic changed so quickly?

Lu Ming looked at Tang Zhiqing. She wore an expression of seriously waiting for her coffee, clearly intending to ignore him, yet she was watching him from the corner of her eye.

What were you sneaking looks for?!

Lu Ming said, "Calling someone by name feels more intimate. Sometimes I call Li Deng Deng Deng too."

Lu Annuan froze for a moment. "Then what if you urgently needed to call him for something?"

Lu Ming froze too.

What would he do?

Wouldn't it be Deng Deng Deng Deng Deng Deng Deng Deng!!

Why did a rhythmic melody suddenly start playing in his head?

Maybe he should stop playing Fight the Landlord.

Annuan was right. He should stop making himself sick in the future.

After the coffee and snacks arrived, the three began chatting slowly while drinking coffee and eating.

Lu Annuan thanked Tang Zhiqing. "If not for that arrow earlier, Lu Ming and I would already be dead. Thank you, and you even treated us."