Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

To prevent seawater from entering, the entrance passage goes down first and then up, so the main body of the air-raid shelter is still inside the mountain, rather than underground.

"Aww? Aww!"

bang bang——

The ui-31 patted its wolf-head armor, and beams of light, comparable to car headlights, shot from its eyes... This is really convenient.

"Heave-ho! Whoosh!"

Seruno, pressing her chest against the door, squeezed through the crack. I asked, "Spica said this witch was one of the original seven magical girls, 'Hunter' Betelgeuse. How much do you know about her magic?"

Because of the structure of the air-raid shelter, my voice, though not loud, had an echo and reverberation, somewhat like being in a karaoke bar.

"As expected, it's Betelgeuse! Miss Robin Hood from Britain~"

"Robin Hood?"

"Before being granted the title of Star, she fought monsters alone under the name Robin Hood and was the guardian of the British Isles."

Even I would feel angry hearing that.

Once heroes of justice, they have now been transformed into formidable enemies by "the other side," and their actions will be punished sooner or later.

"What is her magic?"

Living up to her title as a magical girl encyclopedia, Seruno held up one finger and began to explain: "First of all, she didn't originally have invisibility magic; it was a weird ability that 'the other side' gave her."

"Hmm, it's probably a more advanced form of invisibility than transparency."

I responded and then asked.

"and then?"

Seruno proudly extended her second finger.

"Then, as you can see, her fighting style is extremely adept at jungle ambushes, traps, and assassinations. Even if she has a chance of winning, she will not be reckless. Like a cautious yet dangerous hunter, she will never follow her in. After all, the enclosed and unshielded space of an air-raid shelter is an unfavorable terrain for her."

It wasn't completely unobstructed; there were some cubicles on both sides of the semi-tubular passage, and even a rusted spring bed. "So what is her magic?"

"Arsenal, her magic can recreate any weapon she has come into contact with... or something similar to a weapon. However, the construction itself requires magic power, and there is a random deviation range... For example, if she wants a pistol, it might produce a crossbow or a nail gun, but that doesn't matter, because she can use these weapons an unlimited number of times in battle, as long as she has enough magic power."

That's why there are toilet pegs.

Seriously, that's considered a weapon?

It sounds impressive, but upon closer inspection, it doesn't seem that amazing.

I thought for a moment and then asked, "Conventional firepower can't hurt the monster, but her magic can?"

"Yes, the weapons she creates can damage monsters, but they will automatically disintegrate and disappear after a period of time, so they cannot be deployed in the army."

That makes sense...

If conventional weapons can also kill monsters, the world will be less reliant on magical girls.

"Were those robotic arms also constructed?"

If we can construct complex floating mechanical arms using magic, then we'll have to rethink our strategy.

"It might be technology from another side, I'm not sure. Eh? How does Miss Miluno know it's organic—"

Before Seruno could finish speaking, an explosion came from the entrance of the air-raid shelter. The sound and shockwave rushed into the shelter, and everyone's ears felt a stinging pain.

"Damn it, didn't they say they wouldn't catch up?!"

Of course, Seruno couldn't hear me, just as I watched her move her mouth but couldn't hear anything.

I don't know what kind of shelling it was, but a door panel weighing over ten tons was blasted open. The Hunter Witch's firepower was comparable to Iron Man's, but she herself did not enter the air-raid shelter. In the dim light, I could vaguely see several mechanical arms pouring in from the breach.

Are they trying to trap us like turtles in a jar?

"Serno, deploy defenses!"

Seruno immediately unfurled a semi-circular bubble and swallowed me and the UI-31 inside. Bullets raining down from all directions crashed against the protective shield that was rejecting them, making a clanging sound.

The protective shield won't last long.

"UI-31...Flow, can it still fight?"

"Ow!"

Although his stomach had been pierced by a crossbow bolt and he had just been beaten up, he still patted his breastplate to show his confidence. If it weren't for his lust, he would indeed be a man of courage.

However, that helmet with eyes like car headlights was still incredibly stupid.

I explained my operational intentions to him.

"The hunter witch is probably operating these mechanical arms at the cave entrance. Since she's not planning to come in, let's go out and deal with her... Can you keep up with me?"

Even though that's the question.

But with Seruno's magical enhancement, he absolutely cannot keep up with my current speed.

"Gao!"

He let out an exhilarating wolf howl, hot air spewed from the exhaust pipe on his back, and his tattered armor emitted a radical red glow.

It really looks quite dangerous.

(hazardon! yabee~).

Then, he rushed out first.

"They even jumped the gun?"

Time-freeze.

Twenty times the speed.

As all things fell silent, I stepped out of the protective shield and gradually accelerated in the darkness. I took the twin short swords from my waist, cleaved through the bullets, and caught up with the running UI-31. Even the impact of the explosives couldn't catch up with me.

I can be even faster.

Thirty times the speed.

When I break the sound barrier, I can blow away bullets, arrows, and cannonballs in my path simply by passing by, thus relieving Seruno's stress.

Incidentally, it also cleaved the obstructing robotic arm in two.

however……

The witch is near the cave entrance.

I was tricked by this preconceived notion.

Near the entrance of the cave, I bumped into something hard yet semi-transparent.

The impact shattered the protective membrane, forcing me to slow down the flow of time to avoid being torn apart by my own magic.

However, it was the protective membrane that took the direct impact; I, inside the membrane, was unharmed. On the contrary, it was the one I directly bumped into...

Um, the hunter witch...

She was thrown backward, crashing heavily onto the door of the air-raid shelter. Even the wing behind her tilted to one side, sparking blue electricity.

Although it was an accidental hit, the collision was quite severe, but she seemed to be able to move.

At that moment, ui-31 caught up from behind me. I saw him take out two huge blade wheels from his back and throw them at the hunter witch. The spinning blades slammed into her and embedded themselves deeply in her shoulders.

Chapter 49 Did they steal it?

(Sun Yao)

Everything happened so suddenly. All I saw was Miss Miluno rushing out like a cannonball, slamming the mechanical witch into the door.

Following closely behind, the ui-31 threw out a flywheel it had picked up in the jungle, which pierced the witch's arms.

Robots shouldn't feel pain.

But the mechanical witch let out an angry roar. She struggled to her feet, and several mechanical arms flew over to lift her up, carrying her out of the air-raid shelter through the opening.

Immediately afterwards, another round of fierce shelling blasted open the door of the air-raid shelter, causing the door to collapse with a crash. In an instant, lime that had fallen from the ceiling filled the entire passage, and I, who was deep inside the passage, could not see what was happening on Miluno's side.

But surely she wouldn't let the witch escape, would she?

With that thought in mind, I ran towards the cave entrance, wrapped in the protective film. Miluno was looking outside with a serious expression...

"What...what is this?!"

An old, enormous sailing warship was anchored on the sea. The guns that had just bombarded the air-raid shelter's entrance were the ship's cannons.

They can actually construct ships... Can that even be considered a weapon?

Perhaps we should thank Betelgeuse's unstable magic for not drawing a more ridiculously powerful modern warship, otherwise those two salvos might have wiped us out while we were hiding in the air-raid shelter... When Miss Sirius said it was safe here, she certainly didn't expect the other side to pull out a warship.

However, it's almost too late to escape now, because the next round of artillery fire is coming.

I grabbed the ui-31's arm and then called out to Miluno.

"Miluno!"

She appeared beside me in a flash, placed her hand on my shoulder, and her ruby ​​wand flashed slightly, allowing the bubble wrap on my body to cover them as well.

With perfect understanding, Miluno activated the time acceleration magic.

The incoming gunpowder shells almost stopped, but we, covered by the protective film, were able to move nimbly. Although it was a bit inconvenient, we managed to hold hands and run onto the beach like kindergarten children playing a game.

Shells exploded in the cave, sending sand and dust flying everywhere, obscuring the sky.

Milno covered her ears and shouted, "It may be a coincidence, but it seems she can no longer use that invisibility ability!"

Having unleashed absolute firepower, the mechanical witch no longer avoided battle. She floated above the warship on her mechanical arm, her dark green cloak nowhere to be seen, revealing her long, platinum hair.

Although it has been transformed into a robot, it still has hair... Is it for heat dissipation?

It looks like it's wearing a dark blue bodysuit, but that's just the body paint. However, it has a skirt of armor around its waist and hips, which looks like a pleated skirt made of layers of armor plates.

Only by removing her hood can you see her face clearly. Although the overall paint job is dark, her beautiful face is clean and snow-white. Her mechanical ears are pointed and long, whether as antennas or imitating elves from fantasy stories is unknown.

She looked down at us angrily, the wing structure on her back was crooked to one side, and the flywheels on her shoulders were nowhere to be found, but her hands hung limply at her sides. Although the UI-31 failed to completely sever her arms, the result was almost the same.

I asked, "She can fly, how are we going to fight her?"

Neither Milno nor UI-31 seem to have any ranged attack capabilities, and my bubble can't trap the powerful mechanical witch either. It seems I can only wait for Miss Sirius, who can also fly...

Although she can't use her arms, she still has multiple mechanical arms that she can control. She saw six in the jungle before; one was destroyed by Milno in the bomb shelter. The remaining mechanical arms formed a seat that carried her through the air. She no longer has…