Even if you're a corrupted magical girl, you still have to try to redeem yourself.

Surrounded by vibrant colors, Nishio Reki waved her wand, but that was all she did.

Nishio Reki's defense could only be described as impenetrable. No matter how mischievously Genki Mashiro splashed her colors, Nishio Reki was able to block them with the halberd in her hand.

It was as if Nishio Reki was holding not a long weapon, but a giant shield, protecting her from all attacks.

Faced with Nishio Reki's integrated offensive and defensive system, Genken Mashiro felt a sense of powerlessness, unable to exert his strength.

It wasn't able to block all attacks; a few splashes of color still managed to break through her defenses, staining her fair skin and black cheongsam with their tarnished hues.

However, this level of attack is completely harmless to Nishio Reki. It is not something that can be done in a short time to accumulate such damage and overwhelm Nishio Reki.

Moreover, while Mashiro was causing trouble for Nishio Reki, Nishio Reki's wand also left wounds of varying depths on her body.

It would be difficult to defeat Nishio Reki so easily.

Just as he was pondering a way to break the deadlock, Nishio Reki's halberd, seemingly accompanied by a dragon's roar, was thrust in front of him again. The sharp blade whistled past his ears, and a few strands of blue-green hair were cut off by the blade and fell from the air. A slight pain and the sensation of hot liquid flowing down his cheeks came from his face.

Should we simply unleash the power of the gods to overwhelm them?

While it's not impossible, this is the Nebula Shrine, and doing so would cause unimaginable damage.

The only thing he wants to exclude is magical girls; he has no interest in harming ordinary people.

To be more honest with herself, Mashiro Urouge has no intention of hurting ordinary people; the only people she wants to exclude are magical girls.

The chain of hatred stemming from magical girls should stop with me.

If things continue to develop this way, the outcome is still uncertain.

We need a more powerful attack, one that can decide the outcome.

“Mjolnir”.

The skill released by Genki Mashiro was completely different from the previous attack.

Although every previous attack was deadly, none of them could compare to the weight contained in this strike.

Nishio Reki saw that those ethereal colors finally took on a real shape at this moment.

A warhammer painted in oil, out of place with the real world and its surroundings, was thrown from Gen Ken Mashiro's hand and smashed toward Nishio Reki's chest.

Nishio Reki swept his halberd horizontally across the chest, meeting the warhammer's attack.

The vibrations of metal striking metal were so loud they made your eardrums tingle, and it felt as if your brain was boiling with the frequency of the vibrations.

If an observer were watching this dispute, they might think that Nishio Reki, who used his dragon-patterned halberd to block the warhammer, and the warhammer itself, seemed to have frozen in time, right there in the shrine.

But not.

Nishio Reki took a heavy step back, and the floor tiles beneath his feet cracked.

Then, they took another step back.

Then comes the third step.

The halberd and the warhammer clashed, and it appeared that Nishio Reki was at a disadvantage.

But the halberd's sweeping motion was still completed, and the flying warhammer, like a baseball hit to a home run, grazed Nishio Reki's side and flew behind him.

A sharp pain shot through Nishio Reki's hand, which was bearing the weight of the entire halberd, and the spurting blood stained the halberd's shaft.

"It blocked it?" Genken Mashiro asked, but showed no surprise, as if it were something she had expected.

Nishio Reki had no intention of answering Urobuchi Mashiro; spending even a second longer with her would be a waste of time.

His bloodied hand gripped the halberd tightly once more, and Nishio Ryū quickened his pace, rapidly shortening the distance created by that hammer blow.

But the sound of the wind rushing behind him served as a warning in Nishio Reki's mind.

Something was chasing him at a faster speed than Nishio Reki, and in the blink of an eye it was already behind Nishio Reki.

when.

Another loud bang, and the warhammer flew from behind towards Nishio Reki, and the magic wand that Nishio Reki had barely blocked the blow from behind.

Genken Mashiro revealed a fanatical smile with her shark teeth protruding from her lips, and what came out of her mouth was a heart-stopping skill summoning.

"Gungnir!"

Among readers of mythology, people are more likely to remember Thor's hammer or the spear of eternity as the weapon of Thor and the king of the gods.

But there is one indisputable fact.

Those famous artifacts are all connected to that cunning god of lies.

The two most famous artifacts, though appearing only as skills, locked onto the same target for the first time.

The tip of the watercolor-like, sure-hit gun, starting from a tiny dot, gradually magnified in Nishio Reki's eyes.

"pin!"

Nishio Reki shouted out only one word.

But the strange change that occurred after she uttered that word left even Mashiro Gorgen speechless.

Although Nishio Reki faced extremely dangerous situations, Mashiro Urokin never even considered the possibility of completely defeating him with just two skills.

But she never imagined that her skills would be neutralized by Nishio Reki in this way.

The artifacts manifested by those colors melted, like metal blocks thrown into a smelting furnace, flowing onto the ground and turning into a pool of scorching liquid.

The pool of liquid was repeatedly reshaped on the ground, eventually taking on the form of a young girl.

The golden-haired girl opened her pupil-less eyes and lunged straight at Gen Ken Mashiro.

Then, the girl's body was blocked by an invisible barrier; the transparent floating object kept the girl away as she tried to get closer.

"burn!"

The girl's body exploded, and the still-unsolidified crimson liquid that erupted from her body instantly ignited Genki Mashiro's defenses, engulfing her in a sea of ​​fire.

This was Nishio Reki's retaliation.

As the flames subsided, several new wounds appeared on Xu Yan Zhenbai's body.

Both sides moved simultaneously again.

A colossal divine ship, seemingly capable of blotting out the sky, set sail across the dry land and crashed into the towering, continuous city walls.

Amidst the collapsing magical rubble, the two girls remained evenly matched.

The girls exchanged glances, each for the sake of someone important to them, and none of them could back down now.

Is this the only way?

Genken Mashiro thought to himself.

Fortunately, he had already taken the unnecessary step of setting up a huge insurance policy during the day in order to capture the pink-haired girl who might escape from his grasp.

Although the object used has changed, it's just right.

Perhaps that insurance policy was prepared for this very moment.

Snapped.

Genken Mashiro snapped his fingers.

The city center of Rainbow Leaf responded deafeningly to the magic she left behind.

Under the watchful gaze of Genki Mashiro, the enormous black demonic runes slowly rose into the sky.

"Damn it, damn it, what is that thing?"

Herlica stared so hard her eyes seemed to bleed, her pupils reflecting the enormous black magic runes that appeared in the sky above Rainbow Leaf City.

Thinking about the sheer amount of magic contained in that brand is pointless.

Even ordinary people who are completely unable to sense magic and know nothing about magical girls will feel a tremor in their hearts from the magic that dissipates in the air.

The magical power contained within the colorful black magic rune floating in the air above Rainbow Leaf City continued to increase. Strands of magical power, like streams, flowed out from every corner of Rainbow Leaf City and poured into the air, forming a surging torrent.

In Helica's memory, even in Moonsea City where magical girls had become a part of daily life, nothing so terrible had ever happened.

At worst, it would only turn a building into ruins; there has never been such a large-scale impact.

"Yuki Yukino, what is that thing?" Herica's lips trembled uncontrollably, and she mechanically turned her neck to look at Yuki Yukino beside her.

At the most crucial moment, when I was about to confirm my doubts, this unexpected event occurred.

Was it made by Yuuki Yuuki?

Herlica's first reaction was that this was another problem caused by Yuuki Eri.

To prevent me from investigating her identity, she did something so terrible.

As expected, Yuuki Yukino is...

Helica guessed correctly, but only half of it.

That huge black demonic rune was indeed prepared for Yuuki Yuuki.

But Yuuki Yukino was unaware of this.

Her bewildered gaze and cracked voice told Herika that she knew nothing.

"How should I know?!"

Herlica's almost certain conclusion was shaken by Yuuki Yuuki's current confusion.

Even if Helica was slow to realize, she could tell that Yuuki Yuki was no less shocked than she was.

Is Yuuki Yukino really innocent?

Right now, compared to uncovering the secrets of Yuuki En, the enormous black demonic rune is a greater crisis.

I know where Yuuki Yuki's home is, and I also know who Yuuki Yuki's older sister is. Yuuki Yuki can't escape.

Besides, she didn't seem to want to run away when I asked her that question.

But if Helica doesn't investigate that black magic mark, she doesn't know what might happen.

"Damn it... You guys go back to the hotel first, I'll go see what's going on."

Between her own selfish desires and her responsibilities as a magical girl, Helica unhesitatingly chose the latter.

Herlica touched the concrete ground of the rooftop with her toes, and as her magical armor covered her body and she transformed, she flew off.

After Helica left, a full half minute passed before Baqi pulled Lin Jiezi back to Yuuki Yuki's side.