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

"What is it?" Mizuno Yu turned around, gripping her weapon and asking in a deep voice.

In the eyes of the messenger, Mizuno Yu was already showing signs of becoming a general, and perhaps he could really lead the army to restore the general's glory.

A complex emotion flashed across the messenger's eyes, and he immediately bowed his head in accordance with the etiquette due to their difference in status.

"The gates of the Monarch City have opened!"

Seeing this as a golden opportunity, the women in the city finally couldn't sit still any longer.

Mizuno Yuichi pulled on the warhorse that was stopped beside him, and leaped onto its back. Sensing its master's signal, the warhorse took off galloping down the steep hillside.

"Let's go!"

……

The person leading the city's army onto the battlefield was none other than Helica the Thunder.

The soldiers of the Monarch City stood in neat rows behind Helica, wearing the same armor that Mizuno Yu saw almost every day and that she would probably never forget in her life.

The soldiers, led by Helica the Thunder, disguised themselves as bandits to ambush the general and wore this kind of armor.

Muskets, spears, and katanas—the soldiers stood in formation that Mizuno Yuu knew all too well, as if they were just waiting for their leader's command to ignite the final fuse.

However, Helica the Thunder Queen did not rush to give the order. Instead, she waved her hand behind her, signaling them to hold back for the time being.

Meanwhile, Helica herself walked slowly and deliberately toward Mizuno Yu's group.

Without a horse, Helica walked very slowly. With each step, the air on the battlefield seemed to thicken, as if you could hear the sound of her shoes kicking up gravel.

Every move the leader makes could be the signal that war has begun. Countless eyes are focused on this petite blonde girl, afraid of missing the best opportunity to fight.

Some might think Helica is moving too slowly; they are focused on tearing the enemy to shreds and following the new general, Mizuno Yu, into the monarch's city to avenge the fallen general, Yumimoto.

Some people, however, felt that Helica was moving too fast, and that by the time she reached the end, the bloody rain of war would fall.

Mizuno Yu was the instigator of the war, but she was the latter.

She has only so many targets for revenge, but her revenge will inevitably bring enormous sacrifices.

If possible, she would like to resolve this huge problem without bloodshed.

"Hey, if you can, can we still have a chat?" Helica finally stopped less than fifty meters away from Mizuno Yu, put her hands behind her head, and raised her chin towards Mizuno Yu on horseback.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Mizuno Yuya raised her chin, looking down at the girl in front of the horse with her emotionless eyes.

"If we fight, it won't be good for either of us, don't you think?" Helica's tone was so relaxed, it didn't sound like she was pleading for peace on the battlefield. Instead, it was like she was coaxing a disobedient child to shake her hand and become friends again: "Let's make peace?"

“Okay, starting a war isn’t something I want to see either,” Mizuno Yuu agreed.

However, the army behind Mizuno Yu was in an uproar.

Mizuno Yu, who had rallied his troops to avenge the general, was now agreeing to peace talks? This left the soldiers who followed Mizuno Yu puzzled.

Now that everything is on their side, is Mizuno Yu going to give up such a good opportunity?

If it weren't for the strict discipline of the troops led by the general, there would probably have been a riot long ago.

But Mizuno Yui ignored the commotion behind her and went on to give her terms.

"Tie up Yuuki Yuki, Nishio Reki, Inuyama Tomoe, and everyone else involved in their plans and send them to me. You must deliver them yourself, and I will agree to make peace."

With just this one sentence, the morale of the army behind Mizuno Yuu immediately soared.

"Hand over the traitor! Avenge us!"

"Hand over the traitor! Avenge us!"

"Hand over the traitor! Avenge us!"

This temporary slogan was repeated over and over by the entire army in a unified roar, making Helica's ears ring.

Helica seemed to see an insurmountable mountain, a steel plate, and a fierce and ruthless army that no one wanted to face.

Mizuno Yu raised her hand, and the soldiers who had received the instruction simultaneously shut their mouths and stood at attention in an orderly fashion. The open space, which had just been bustling with noise, suddenly became completely silent, but it seemed as if their shouts were still echoing in the air.

Helica knew perfectly well what level the army in the monarch city was at; with those small fry, they certainly wouldn't stand much of a chance against such an army.

But in reality, it has no affiliation.

The overwhelming momentum and soaring spirit truly shocked Helica, but that was all.

Mountains will be flattened by thunder, iron plates will be melted into molten iron by lightning, and armies of humans will be unable to defy the divine punishment brought down by thunder.

"Mizuno Yu, you know this is impossible."

"Then let's not talk about it." Mizuno Yu still didn't elicit much of an emotional response from Helica, making it even more impossible for her to figure him out.

Herika couldn't stand Mizuno Yu's stubbornness any longer. She first scratched her hair, then loudly reprimanded Mizuno Yu on horseback.

"Mizuno Yu! I've told you countless times! Wake up! Don't do something stupid! What you're seeing now isn't the truth, and we're not your enemies! Do you understand?"

Negotiation is not Helica's forte; she is more accustomed to settling scores and seeking revenge. If someone annoys her, she will curse them out, and if she can't win an argument, she will beat them up.

"Isn't what I saw with my own eyes the truth? Or am I dreaming?" Mizuno Yu didn't understand why Helica was so angry.

"Nonsense! You're dreaming! Wake up!"

"I think you're the one dreaming. You've been used as a weapon by those wicked people with ulterior motives, willingly risking your life for them! Where is your honor?! Where is your dignity?!"

"What dignity and honor are you talking to me about? I'm not a samurai! I don't know anything about honor! All I know is that you won't wake up until I smash your head in two times, you idiot!"

"Helica the Thunder! You really want to fight me?"

"I want to! I want to so much! I've been wanting to give you a couple of slaps for a long time, you idiot who hangs yourself up for no reason, deliberately gives up in fights, always has a sour face, and causes us so much trouble for no reason!"

Herlica's chest heaved violently, and crackling lightning gathered in the girl's palm, as if the entire empty sky of the battlefield paled in comparison to those tiny bolts of lightning.

"But! If it weren't to save you, you stupid, idiotic idiot, who would actually fight you!"

"So there's no room for negotiation?" Mizuno Yu frowned, her hand already on the hilt of the long sword she carried behind her back, her thumb and forefinger pressed tightly against the guard.

This is the final ultimatum.

But Helica doesn't need these.

"Nonsense! There's no room for negotiation!"

Mizuno Yu drew a two-meter-long sword from behind her back and pointed it high into the sky.

Her voice, though only hers, shook the entire battlefield.

"The Red Lotus Frenzy! The Sincere Blood! The Immortal Martyrs!"

One call and a hundred responses; no, it should be said, one call and ten thousand responses.

The soldiers banged their weapons and shouted in unison!

"Growing in our hands!"

"Grow strong in our embrace!"

"It resonates in our hearts!"

"Heads held high, yearning for revolution"

"Listen to the call of your homeland!"

"That was a resounding echo from within—"

Mizuno Yuu's sword fell, pointing at the Thunder Helica opposite her.

"Unwavering loyalty! United as one! The dawn of liberation!"

The roar of the soldiers reached its climax at this moment.

"Unwavering loyalty! United as one! The dawn of liberation!"

The dark, tide-like army moved at Mizuno Yu's command, surging towards Helica and the soldiers behind her.

"Ugh, this is such a hassle. I don't know any morale-boosting slogans. I'll just have to be direct."

Helica muttered to herself, slamming her hand heavily on the ground. The lightning in her palm transformed into an electric net on the ground, and from within that ethereal expanse of lightning, Helica grasped something.

Helica slowly pulled out the golden handle, followed by a hammer head that was no smaller than her body. A gigantic weapon of terrifying size was flung out by Helica, crashing to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

“Idiots! Listen up!” Helica raised her head, revealing her sharp little fangs: “Crush them with me!”

"Oh!"

The soldiers, who had been waiting in ambush, roared in unison. Helica's performance, which was completely beyond reason, boosted the morale of the soldiers in the monarch city.

Amidst the battle cries, the clashing of hooves, the sounds of weapons clashing or piercing bodies, a rain of blood finally fell.

Firstly, the chapter title, including the repeatedly mentioned "blood rain" and the blue-haired, expressionless warrior's battle cry before his charge, are pure references to FF14's 4.0 version, which is called Stormblood in English and translated as the theme song "Blood Storm" in the Chinese version.

Why does the bowl need to publicly explain the joke?

Because Wanwan is a Iron-Blooded Baboon Man.

Secondly, I had been keeping up with my cold and didn't post much for a while, but I wanted to get full attendance bonus, so I'm going to catch up today.

Chapter 114 Where is my God of Fate?!

The current situation is really troublesome for Helica.

Helica is capable of using the powers of magical girls and is fully capable of handling battles between magical girls.

But on a battlefield made up of ordinary people, she had no idea how to draw a bow or wield a sword.

Helica couldn't even ride a horse. When she accompanied the monarch to visit General Yumoto, riding a horse into the city was a last resort. Under those circumstances, ensuring that she didn't fall off the horse was already Helica's limit.

Just walking from her own army to Mizuno Yu's horse made Helica's legs ache; she wished she could just transform and fly over there.

She has indeed transformed, but she cannot let her power appear too exaggerated.

Sending a few bolts of lightning into Mizuno Yu's troops would be feasible, but that would be like using firearms to fight primitive people, resulting in a one-sided crushing defeat.

Furthermore, Herica didn't want to use her magical girl powers to do such a thing, even in a dream, as doing so made Herica hesitant.

But when using the powers of a magical girl, Helica doesn't know to what extent she needs to go in order not to disrupt the original worldview.

Although it was a rebellion launched by the general's troops against the monarch's forces, it was essentially a village-to-village brawl, only on a much larger scale.

Due to various restrictions, Helica could only use her wand to knock away anyone who got close to her; she couldn't even use the lightning attribute that came with the wand.

Although Helica really wanted to give Mizuno Yu a couple of whacks, when Helica faced Mizuno Yu, she couldn't actually smash him away.

Mizuno Yu didn't use the power of a magical girl; perhaps still lost in her dream, she had no idea about the power of magical girls at all.