Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 287 Breaking Out of the Cage
Five minutes is enough for two magical girls whose abilities have reached the Leaf level or above to fly dozens of miles.

Although limited by the total amount of magic power, few magical girls would actually do this, but when the attack by the beasts was imminent, Cornflower and Mo He still rushed to the scene at the fastest speed they could.

What appeared before them was a relatively well-preserved neighborhood, and in the middle of the neighborhood, a huge beast trapped in a magical "cage".

This magic cage is Runnore's city blockade spell, which is suitable for many emergency situations. One of its main uses is to limit the range of movement of the remnant beasts when they appear, preventing further damage to the city. But at the same time, such a large-scale, high-intensity spell cannot be maintained for too long, so when Cornflower arrived, the surface of this magic cage was already covered with cracks and could collapse at any time.

However, Cornflower, who had seen this technique too many times, did not focus on the technique itself.

She looked at the crippled beast that didn't move at all, standing still like a sculpture, her pupils shrank slightly.

"What a big pupa."

Nina, who had fallen behind Cornflower and was panting slightly due to the heavy consumption of magic power, looked at the crippled beast and subconsciously shrunk her shoulders: "Look, it looks a bit scary, and it's even more disgusting than ordinary crippled beasts."

The fact that a magical girl could use the adjective "terrible" was enough to prove how uncomfortable the appearance of a crippled beast was.

The crippled beast curled up in the cage was gray-black all over, with very obvious and hard lines and grooves on its body. It had a body and limbs similar to those of humans, but the proportions were slightly distorted. The limbs were a little too slender compared to the torso, and the head was too small.

Its body was covered with mucus of unknown composition, which was still flowing down its skin even at this moment. The yellow-brown liquid even soaked the ground around it, turning the originally stone-paved road into a charred black color.

The magical girls are looking at the broken beasts, and the broken beasts are also looking at the magical girls.

Its head, which looked like a rotten watermelon, turned slightly, and its only eye released a rather aggressive gaze, which kept moving back and forth between the two magical girls in front of it. It slightly opened its mouthparts on its chest, and Cornflower could see saliva flowing out of the huge mouthparts.

It is very hungry.

The behavior of this crippled beast revealed this message.

Then the crippled beast stretched out its slender arms, and its human-like hands covered the inner wall of the magic cage. Its fingers kept groping and exploring, and found the cracks that had already appeared.

Click, click.

Just like scratching a blood scab on a wound, it used the knuckles of its claws to constantly pick at the cracks. A harsh sound continued to come from them, making Nina, who was slightly weaker, turn pale.

It was a sound as if someone had thrown a pool of broken glass on the ground and then used some heavy object to repeatedly crush the glass shards. The teeth-grinding friction sound, shattering sound, and collision sound were mixed together. The sound became louder and louder, until finally, it turned into a short shattering sound.

The claws of the crippled beast stretched out from the cage.

Cornflower protected Nina behind her.

"That's not a chrysalis," she said.

Although the sizes of the same-class beasts may vary, generally speaking, each class of beasts has a corresponding upper limit. For the pupa-class beasts, this upper limit is usually around 20 meters in length.

The crippled beast in front of him had obviously already exceeded this category. Its body length might even have reached 30 meters.

"No, not a chrysalis?"

Nina's heart skipped a beat. The truth behind Cornflower's words almost appeared in her mind, but she still asked unwillingly, "Yes, that means it could also be a caterpillar..."

"This is a half-molt."

Cornflower's voice shattered the only remaining fantasy in Nina's heart.

At the same time, it was not only Nina's fantasy that was shattered, but also the blocking spell that had already been at the end of its strength.

Crack. The entire magic barrier was torn apart along the cracks created by its claws. The remaining beast stood up unsteadily from where it was, and the slime on its body splashed everywhere. It shook its limbs slightly, as if it was moving its body. Its movements were as funny as they could be.

However, this kind of ridiculousness did not make Cornflower and Nina relax at all, because from beginning to end, the beast's one eye was always staring at them, like a magnet, and never left.

It waved its arms, destroying the magic cage around it. It moved its legs, using its hands and feet, like an amphibian to crawl out of the broken magic cage. It squatted on the ground, with its four paws together, like a frog, and quietly looked at the two magical girls for a while.

Then, he jumped up suddenly.

"Weaving fate!"

"Hold, hold today!"

Almost at the same time, the two magical girls took out their magic costumes.

There was no time to think about why Ban Tui appeared here, because the answer was not important to the two of them now. Staying alive and killing this crippled beast was the top priority.

Generally speaking, according to the recommended standards for defeating remnant beasts issued by the research institute, a half-molt requires three bud-level magical girls and five or more leaf-level magical girls to cooperate in defeating it. At this moment, there was only one bud-level and one leaf-level standing here.

Therefore, there is no need, and even less possibility, to hold back. For these two magical girls, this is a powerful enemy that they must deal with with all their strength.

"Can you control the movements of that crippled beast?"

While backing away, Cornflower looked at Nina beside him and shouted, "There's no need to stop it completely. Can we just restrain its movements?"

"Do it, I can't do it!"

Nina was so scared that she almost cried: "I'm sorry, it's too big and has more magic power than me. Even if I can control the air around it, my strength is not enough!"

"What about body parts?"

Delphinium continued to shout loudly: "Is it not possible to fix its hand and restrain it with one part of its body?"

"I, I, I, I'll try it!"

Nina stretched out her hand in great panic and tried to grab the crippled beast's arm. This action seemed to really make the crippled beast pause, but soon, Nina's hand, along with the magic suit on her hand, bounced back as if it had been electrocuted.

"No, no, no, no, it's much stronger than me!" Nina cried.

"Can't you?"

Cornflower didn't blame her.

The beast's attack arrived almost instantly. She used the silk thread to drag Nina away from the beast, and muttered to herself thoughtfully: "In that case, I will have to do it."

The floating silk threads turned into a vortex along with the words, and Cornflower reached his hand into the vortex as if to take something out. While retreating, he took out a small ruler.

"Mo He."

As the street scene continued to speed forward, Cornflower's slightly quiet voice reached Nina's ears:

"I'll count to three, and then remember to lower your head."

(End of this chapter)