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

The sharp blade of the trident gleamed brightly before his eyes.

"I underestimated you."

Sumireko Yumehara raised her trident, lifting Yuuki Yuki's chin and staring directly at Yuuki Yuki's gloomy face.

Despite being mocked, Yuuki Yukino didn't react much.

He only admitted to underestimating himself after winning the fight. This guy is really different from that brat.

"You've been hiding this well; I never expected you to go this far."

When things really came to this point, Yuuki Yukino was not afraid at all, and met the other party's sharp gaze head-on.

"I didn't expect to be released so easily." Yumehara Sumireko's face was ashen.

"What I didn't expect was that my prey was not those endless minions, or even ordinary Great Old Ones, but the owner of a wand named after an Outer God."

"Even a blind and foolish witch."

Yuuki Yui took a deep breath of the air mixed with the chaotic magic of this place, and then exhaled it at an even slower speed, as if several centuries had passed.

"What I am has nothing to do with you."

A mountain of swords made of magic wands surged forth from all directions, emerging from the blind spot of Sumireko Yumehara's chariot.

Sumireko Yumehara's lips twitched slightly, and she immediately lifted the seahorse's reins.

She guessed that Yuuki Yui wouldn't give up so easily, but she didn't expect Yuuki Yui's counterattack to be so strong.

Countless wands pierced the seahorse pulling the cart, and the seahorse let out a sharp wail. Azure magic, like seawater, gushed from the wounds, and the seahorse seemed to wither away as a result.

The massive warhammer was pounding the shell-shaped chariot, and bullets from the arquebus rained down on Sumireko Yumehara. Yuuki Enishi's attack enveloped the entire chariot, as if to crush it completely.

The surging tides rose from all sides of the shell, washing away the wands around the chariot.

Sumireko Yumehara didn't want to go this far, but even Yuuki Eri, with her true name unleashed, was so difficult to deal with.

The tide came quickly and receded just as fast, dissolving all of Yuuki Eri's attacks in just a few breaths.

Yuki Yukino will definitely take this opportunity to escape, so I have to find her quickly.

If she is left here, it will surely bring about an even more terrifying disaster.

Behind the falling water curtain, Sumireko Yumehara squinted her eyes and began searching for Yuuki Yukino's whereabouts.

She didn't even need to look for it; Yuuki Yuki was right in front of her.

Blocking the way of the chariot was a jet-black, bull-like four-hoofed creature, several times larger than the chariot itself, which was pawing at the ground and pointing its pair of giant horns at him.

The moment Sumireko Yumehara saw the strange creature, the enormous creature raised its head, let out a deep roar, and then rammed into her.

Standing atop the bull, Yuuki Yukina held a warhammer that was entirely blackish-purple, semi-transparent, yet shimmering with golden lightning, and charged forward alongside the bull.

Without a moment's hesitation, Sumireko Yumehara shook the reins, and the battered seahorse, pulling the tattered seashell chariot, launched a counter-charge against Enishi Yuuki.

"Come on! I'll destroy you!"

With Yuuki Enishi's threat, the trident and warhammer, the bull and the chariot, collided with a deafening roar.

Yuuki Yukino and Yumehara Sumireko's wands were locked in a stalemate, but the situation on the other side was completely different.

The roaring bull squeezed the seahorse until it was twisted and deformed like a lump of clay, and then it burst open completely like a water balloon that children often play with, scattering blue magic all over the ground.

The bull's horns, which were bathing in the seawater, then rammed into the chariot beneath Sumireko Yumehara, piercing two large holes in the solid, serrated seashell.

The bull's head pushed even deeper, and cracks of all sizes began to spread from the two large holes that had been poked out, quickly covering the entire shell.

A scorching stream of air gushed from the bull's nose, and in the next second, the entire chariot was completely reduced to fragments.

I'll try to post another chapter later, depending on the situation!

Chapter 189 Defeat?

As expected of divine liberation, it is indeed powerful.

Yuuki Yui is not without the power to fight against the enemies of the Gods' Release; she did just that when she had just mastered the True Name Release.

Just now, when she blocked Yumehara Sumireko's trident, she realized that although Yumehara Sumireko's attack was fierce, it did not reach a level that she could not handle at all.

In addition, she discovered some other secrets about Sumireko Yumehara, but she needs to verify them.

I need to subdue Sumireko Yumehara as quickly as possible, or at least deal with her chariot, so that I can have a chance to escape.

Otherwise, if Sumireko Yumehara keeps chasing him and slows him down, it will be a combined attack from the two magical girls, and the situation will only get worse.

This temporarily prevents Sumireko Yumehara from pursuing, and even if Kuriko catches up, a slow-moving berserker can find a way to escape.

This wasn't some kind of plan; there was no time for Yuuki Yuen to raise funds. This was simply a desperate gamble that Yuuki Yuen had to make.

Using the strongest power she could muster, Yuuki Enishi successfully destroyed Yumehara Sumireko's chariot and temporarily suppressed her. She even used the God Release technique, which she had just closed, for the second time.

It sounds wonderful, but the result is cold and hard.

Yuuki Yukino lost. The physical and mental exhaustion from the previous dream battles left her completely incapable of fighting against such a fully-fledged and energetic enemy.

When the waves stirred up by Sumireko Yumehara engulfed her, Yuuki Yukina knew that the outcome was already decided.

However, what happened next made Yuuki Yukino realize that her loss was not unjust.

Hanzawa Kuriko arrived quickly, roaring her sister's name as she swung her wing blade and battle axe at herself, who was restrained by the water bubble.

Before the wing blade could even touch the water bubble, it was stopped by Sumireko Yumehara's trident.

"I haven't been paying attention to you, but you don't really think I'll just let you run wild forever, do you?"

Even through the water bubbles, Yuuki Yuki could still vaguely hear Sumireko Yumehara's voice.

"Who are you?" Chestnut pressed her wand down, and sparks flew as the wands rubbed against each other.

Sumireko Yumehara gripped the trident tightly, remaining silent.

"No matter who you are, you can't stop me!"

The wing blade slammed down, embedding Sumire Yumehara's wand into the ground.

And after that?

The two then naturally started fighting, and Hanzawa Kuriko's hatred shifted to Yumehara Sumireko.

It was intense, no less so than my previous battle with Sumireko Yumehara.

To Yuuki Yuki's utter surprise, the ultimate victor was none other than Yumehara Sumireko.

Chestnut's armor, made of that strange magic, was riddled with holes, and her body was covered with numerous wounds of varying sizes.

Chestnut was kneeling on one knee, supporting her body with her wing blades. She tried several times but failed to get up, clearly having little strength left to fight back.

Although Yuuki Yuki wasn't too surprised by the result, Hanzawa Kuriko's berserk state didn't seem very intelligent; she was just a little stronger. Even if she wanted to defeat her, she was quite confident.

However, Sumireko Yumehara managed to defeat both herself and Kuriko, who were giving it their all, and ultimately achieved victory.

Even though my condition wasn't perfect, there was a long period of time when I only used my real name to get rid of [something].

Even though Hanzawa Kuriko was just strong and could throw bricks, and their fights were simply a matter of mutual attacks, Yumehara Sumireko gained a lot of advantages.

Even so, Sumireko Yumehara's combat prowess was genuine.

I didn't lose unjustly.

Yuuki Yukino did gain a better understanding of Sumireko Yumehara's style through her battles, but the premise for applying it in the next round is that she will have another chance.

Just as Yuuki Emi was lost in thought, a sudden change occurred.

Hanzawa Kuriko's body trembled violently a few times, and she let out a low growl.

In that case, Yuuki Yuki would definitely not consider it an anomaly.

The real anomaly was the winged blade that Hanzawa Kuriko had planted in the ground; the low growl had only attracted Yuuki Emi's attention.

The ground around the wing blade seemed to turn to ash and quickly collapsed.

No, it's not collapsing; it's gathering towards the wing blade.

The gathering lasted only a brief moment. Immediately afterwards, centered on Hanzawa Kuriko, the gray road began to collapse, leaving nothing but endless darkness.

Endless darkness expanded around Hanzawa Kuriko, threatening to engulf Yuuki Eri and Yumehara Sumireko.

Meanwhile, the broken wounds and cracked flesh armor on Hanzawa Kuriko's body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Is this guy restoring himself by absorbing everything around him?

How can someone possess such an unreasonable ability?

No, it wasn't Hanzawa Kuriko who brought darkness, but rather she restored everything outside of darkness to its original state.

The things that make up everything in the dream world, independent of that endless darkness, are the memories of the magical girls.

Is Hanzawa Kuriko devouring the memories of magical girls?

The moment this thought crossed her mind, Yuuki Yuuki felt a chill run down her spine.

No wonder Sumireko Yumehara couldn't completely get rid of Kuriko for so long; with such a strange ability, she could feed on everything in this dreamlike realm of memories.

However, on second thought, perhaps a fully recovered Chestnut could defeat Sumire, and then she could escape when Sumire started splitting the water prison.

This is my opportunity.

Seeing the changes before her, Sumireko Yumehara's eyes flickered a few times, and she made her response.

The specific response was: he lifted the water prison containing Yuuki Eri with one hand, just like when he first rescued her, and then turned and ran.

This time, however, Yuuki Yuki was no longer an invisible ally, but a complete prisoner.

after a while.

"Pfft!"

The water prison shattered, and Yuuki Yuuki, soaked to the bone, knelt in a pool of magical seawater, breathing in the murky air.

Although the air here made Yuuki Eri feel incredibly oppressed, it was still much better than swallowing a mouthful of seawater.

If Yuuki Eri were to undo her transformation, she would probably drown inside very soon. Even so, Yuuki Eri could still feel the friction and saltiness from the salt particles attached to her trachea.

Even after the battle ended, and even though she was powerless to fight back, Sumireko Yumehara remained in a state of divine liberation, except that the magic wand in her hand was no longer there.

Yuuki Yukino's guess is probably correct; Yumehara Sumireko's divine liberation and her normal state are likely two different personalities.

There is a very important clue: Sumireko Yumehara has seen her true name released, but after her divine release, she did not recognize her magic wand until she saw her terrifying hunter.