Arc 8Chapters 176–181

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Ch. 176Helpless

Love fought the giant Fallen Beast and transported herself and every Fallen Beast in the Northern Capital into a duel space. At the main force’s battlefield, Thousand Blades helped restore the soldiers’ defense while Mu Zhi treated the wounded, but she could not save a soldier with a catastrophic chest wound.

  • Love attacked the giant Fallen Beast, realized her Delete ability could not erase its body, and moved the fight into a duel space.
  • Fallen Beasts overwhelmed the main force and converged on General Luo, while the soldiers struggled to hold their line.
  • Thousand Blades arrived, attacked the Fallen Beasts with Silver Blades, and helped the soldiers establish a safer area for treating the wounded.
  • Mu Zhi used gunpowder to stop a wounded soldier’s bleeding and insisted he withdraw from the fighting.
  • Mu Zhi treated wounded soldiers until her medical supplies ran out, then watched a soldier with a severe chest wound die.

Ch. 177Awakening!

Mu Zhi awakened as a Magical Girl after asking Love to help her save the soldiers, and her power revived the dead and strengthened the defenders. The soldiers began pushing back the Fallen Beasts while Thousand Blades prepared to finish the fight and rush to Love's aid in the Northern Capital.

  • Mu Zhi remembered how the old army doctor had saved her and how helpless she had felt watching people die, then resolved to become a Magical Girl and save whoever she could.
  • Love held Mu Zhi as she awakened, and a green flower blossomed on a soldier's chest, reviving him and the other fallen soldiers.
  • Mu Zhi's power spread green shoots across the battlefield, strengthened the defenders, and helped them launch a counterattack against the Fallen Beasts.
  • Thousand Blades used Mu Zhi's support to control the Silver Blades more easily and slaughter the Fallen Beasts around the defensive line.
  • Thousand Blades set aside her questions about Mu Zhi's awakening and intensified her assault so she could hurry to help Love in the Northern Capital.

Ch. 178Fierce battle

Love fought a giant Fallen Beast that drew strength from Northern Capital’s negative energy, then moved the battle to a remote snowfield and weakened it with specialized restraints and attacks. As she approached to find its core, a naked figure emerged from inside the Fallen Beast and caught her bolt of light.

  • Love struggled to damage the Fallen Beast as it absorbed energy from the lesser Fallen Beasts and countered her abilities.
  • The Fallen Beast devastated Love’s duel space with a barrage of beams, forcing her to transfer the fight to a snowfield.
  • Love restrained the Fallen Beast with enchanted chains and spears, then sealed it inside a barrier and attacked it with ricocheting beams.
  • Love weakened the Fallen Beast and moved closer to search for its core.
  • A slender arm tore through the Fallen Beast’s flesh, and the emerging naked figure caught Love’s bolt of light.

Ch. 179A title of unclear meaning

Love fought a Fallen Beast that transformed into her exact counterpart, then sealed it inside a stone sphere and launched it into space. On the ground, Mu Zhi mourned the soldiers who died despite her awakening, while Thousand Blades comforted her.

  • The Fallen Beast emerged as a woman who looked like Love, created matching Regalia, and revealed that she could sense Bubbles in Snow Pass City.
  • The enemy summoned black-smoke blades, and Love recognized her as a powerful counterpart fueled by negative emotions.
  • Love raised and sealed the enemy inside a huge pink-marked stone sphere, then carried it into space and sent it flying away.
  • The main force gathered the fallen soldiers after the battle, which Mu Zhi's awakening had helped many survive.
  • Mu Zhi wondered whether awakening sooner could have saved everyone, and Thousand Blades comforted her as a wounded soldier approached with the old army doctor's identification tag.

Ch. 180A Chapter Comes to a Close

Love and Thousand Blades cleared the remaining Fallen Beasts from the Northern Capital, and Love used her magic to restore the city’s damaged buildings and roads. After order returned, Love teased Mu Zhi and played around with Thousand Blades as Mu Zhi began to feel better.

  • Love buried the fallen soldiers in a marked grave, and she and Thousand Blades returned to the Northern Capital.
  • Love and Thousand Blades searched the city and destroyed the remaining Fallen Beasts while General Luo’s officers reported that key facilities were intact.
  • Love used pink magic to repair the Northern Capital’s buildings and roads, and the soldiers spent the day restoring order.
  • Love visited Mu Zhi, teased her about her newly awakened fox ears, and tried to ease her grief over the fallen soldiers.
  • Thousand Blades chased Love around the rooftop while Mu Zhi sipped juice and laughed at their antics.

Ch. 181A breather

After a quiet month in the liberated Northern Capital, Love enjoyed a lazy morning with Thousand Blades, Truth, and Mu Zhi before they were summoned to discuss the next campaign. The Magical Girls prepared to return to work as plans to reclaim territory began to take shape.

  • Love made breakfast in the apartment while Thousand Blades teased her for waking up early.
  • Love reflected on how the Northern Capital had stabilized and how she had spent much of the past month resting.
  • Truth and Mu Zhi returned early from patrol, and Truth asked Love why she never undid her transformation.
  • Truth speculated that the counteroffensive would reclaim the eastern coast and bring new Magical Girls, while Thousand Blades cautioned that awakenings were unpredictable.
  • Love comforted Truth and Mu Zhi about their hopes for future juniors, and Truth felt embarrassed watching Love and Thousand Blades be affectionate.
  • The Magical Girls received a message summoning them to the operations command room to discuss their next steps.
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