The correct way to open the magical girl

Nanoha and Fate followed closely behind, heading towards the snow-capped mountain.

However, at this moment, a girl in a luxurious red robe suddenly appeared before them. She had obviously arrived through teleportation magic, but there was almost no perceptible spatial fluctuation before the teleportation, which showed that her mastery of spatial magic had reached perfection.

The girl, dressed in holy clothes and wearing a pair of glasses on her beautiful face, exuded a certain elegance. She wore a red square hat and a black shirt trimmed with white lace, with a striking red cross embroidered on the front. Just standing there in the air, she gave off a powerful sense of oppression.

"Red...are you the Cardinal?" Nanoha was shocked and quickly stopped with an air brake.

"Flore of the College of Cardinals greets the two fellow believers." Flore said, making the sign of the cross on his chest.

"Archbishop Florai, you are here to support us, right? Thank God, the reinforcements have finally arrived!" Nanoha hurriedly returned the greeting.

"No, I'm here to stop you. Please stop the pursuit immediately and retreat to an area 300 kilometers away from Mount Denali." Florai demanded.

Hearing that the Cardinals weren't here to help and were instead asking her to retreat, Nanoha was immediately enraged. Just as she was about to raise an objection, Fate exploded before her: "Why?! They've captured so many of us, are they just going to leave like that for nothing?! Isn't it the Church's duty to protect this world? If you're tolerating monsters like this, won't you be able to protect anything?"

"Fate! Don't be rude to the cardinal!" Nanoha pulled the corner of Fate's clothes and reminded him in a low voice.

Although their status as S-rank magical girls was already quite high, they were still far behind the Cardinal, who held the core power of the Church. Moreover, the Cardinal's personal presence at this time was likely a representation of the entire College of Cardinals.

Looking at the angry Fate, Florai's expression did not change.

"I understand how you feel, but Mount Denali is now home to two major camps: the Guardians and the Hunters. Our relationship with the Hunters is already extremely tense. If we intervene at this time, it may exacerbate the conflict." Florai explained.

"We are very grateful that Cardinal is willing to explain the reasons, but please forgive me for being presumptuous - are we just going to give in like this? The casualties and damage caused by those crazy hunters are sometimes more serious than those caused by monsters! Can the Cardinals turn a blind eye to this?" Nanoha held down Fate who wanted to speak and questioned in a relatively restrained tone.

"The Cardinals will not allow the Hunters to act recklessly, but this time we must retreat. The Hunters and the Guardian are dealing with Alice's fragments. If greater chaos is caused and Alice's fragments escape, the world will be in greater danger." Florai replied.

"The Alice fragment? Isn't that something from the Zhenshou Temple? I remember the news only spread a few days ago. How could the Cardinals know her value?"

"I can't explain more, but this is the order from the Pope himself," Florai said calmly.

The so-called Apostolic See is the president of the church. There are quite a few people within the church who respect the president very much and even call him the Pope or the Apostolic See, but the president himself does not seem to like this title.

"President? She also knows about the Alice fragments?" Fate, who was originally full of anger, was also shocked. She didn't expect that even the benevolent and holy president was paying close attention at this time.

"As long as His Holiness wants, she will know. I have said everything. Please execute the orders of the College of Cardinals immediately." Flore requested.

Chapter 503 The Will of the Cardinals

"I'm sorry, I still can't forgive those monsters. Cardinal, please let us pass! We won't conflict with the hunters, it will be enough to just kill those bastards - at least on this point, we and the hunters can reach a consensus, right?" Fate said loudly.

"It seems that you have no understanding at all. However, it doesn't matter whether you understand or not. The will of the College of Cardinals must be executed." Florai took out a blackboard stick from under his robe, adjusted his glasses, and was ready to use force to force the two men to submit.

"Hey! Do you want to fight? Fighting with us, who are also magical girls, just to protect monsters?! That's fine! I've long wanted to know how powerful the Cardinals are and whether they are worthy of guiding us!" Fate unfolded the lightning battle axe, as if she would attack at any time.

After watching this scene through the hunting radar, Li Xuan couldn't help but smile: "Interesting, the church is willing to swallow this loss in silence to prevent the situation from escalating. It seems that Alice's fragments are really important."

"Master, they are blocked by a guy in red clothes. What should we do?" Lonai observed the situation behind and hurriedly stopped several monster girls, asking Li Xuan for instructions in the consciousness channel.

"Turn around and attack the one in red clothes - I want to see how powerful the cardinal is." Li Xuan said with a smile.

"Yes!" Lonai quickly conveyed Li Xuan's words to the monster girls. The first one to attack was naturally Perosha, who had not fought enough. She summoned all her madness, flew forward and punched Florai in the back.

"Flore! Be careful behind you!" Seeing the aggressive Perosha, Fate hurriedly spoke up to remind him.

Although she was unhappy with Florai's attitude, she definitely didn't want anyone in her camp to die at the hands of monsters.

"Barrier." Florai deployed a defensive barrier without looking back. Although it was just an ordinary defensive barrier, it actually blocked Perosha's attack that could split mountains and crack rocks.

Although the barrier was broken after blocking the attack, it just managed to neutralize Perosha's punch, and no extra magic power was wasted.

"What a strong barrier! How about this? Ola Ola Ola!" Perosha praised, and rained fists on Florai's back.

"Multiple defensive barriers." Florai's expression remained calm, not even turning her head. With a single wave of her staff, she created numerous defensive barriers, each precisely blocking Perosha's punch before shattering. Despite Perosha's incredible punch speed, he couldn't even touch her hair.

"Nanoye, Fate, hurry up! I'll handle this." Florai turned around and tapped Perosha's chest with her pointer: "Seal."

Perosha suddenly felt his whole body stiffen, and his madness seemed to be unable to continue.

"Teleport·Interrupt spell." Florai initiated a teleportation towards Perosha, but stopped it halfway through. She was actually trying to use the fluctuations in space when the teleportation was stopped to tear Perosha's body apart.

The muscles in Perosha's chest twisted, but he managed to hold on and was not torn apart by the fluctuations in space.

"What a strong guy." Flora turned around and found that the other two monsters, a fox and a snake, had already attacked Fate and Nanoha. Now they couldn't retreat even if they wanted to.

Fearing they wouldn't be able to defeat the S-rank magical girl, Li Xuan quickly opened a portal and airdropped Xingbai's giant spider puppet. Xingbai mounted the puppet and immediately launched an evil eye attack. With her addition, the battle quickly became stalemate.

"Wang Li! Come over here! I can't penetrate her ass!" Peroxia shouted loudly.

"I'm here! Sister Perosha!" Wang Li heard Perosha's call, hurriedly exchanged positions with her, and slashed at Florai with a sword.

"Seven layers of barrier." Florai seemed to realize that Wang Li's blade was a bit sharp, and hurriedly created a seven-layer defensive barrier. However, Wang Li's sword suddenly changed from slashing to stabbing halfway, and one sword penetrated the seven layers of barrier and went straight to Florai's throat.

"Seal!" Florai quickly took a step back and used a seal to block the fatal blow.

However, Wang Li thrust his sword upwards, breaking the seal. Then he began to stab with his sword randomly, like a dragonfly skimming the water. He stabbed forty times in a row. Among every three or five swords, only one would actually stab out. The rest were feints. He would withdraw his hand and stab again halfway through. In this way, the speed of attack was doubled.

Although her moves were mostly fake, Florai had never learned swordsmanship and was unable to judge which one was fake and which one was real. She had no choice but to prepare barriers one by one. Soon she was in a panic and sweating profusely.

Meanwhile, the combined attack of Peroxia, Hoshiro, and Ishigaki Chihime put Fate and Nanoha under immense pressure. Peroxia's speed and offensive prowess were formidable, forcing them to retreat while fighting. With Hoshiro's support, they couldn't kite against Peroxia, let alone guard against Chihime's sneak attacks.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the hunters and the magical girls guarding the temple were also extremely nervous. They had already learned about the sudden monster attack through their respective intelligence networks, but they were unaware of the S-rank magical girls of the church approaching them because it happened too early.

Feeling that powerful monsters and magical girls were approaching this side, the hunters and the guardians had different reactions.

For Zhenshouguan, the capture of Alice's fragments is the only important thing. Alice's fragments must not fall into the hands of others. The arrival of monsters and church members are all troublesome variables for them.

For the hunters, however, the newly emerged powerful monsters presented a tempting target. A heated debate ensued among them over whether to risk a war with the Zhenshouguan for the disposal of the Alice fragments, or to shift their target to a new monster.

"Cousin, what are you looking at?" When Li Xuan was paying close attention to the situation on the battlefield, a voice suddenly appeared in his ears.

Li Xuan turned around and found Mianyin Alice standing behind him. There was no sign of sleepiness on her face, and the bow on her head was worn neatly, which was rare.

"How come you have time? Aren't you supposed to sleep all the time so that the other Alice has energy to move around?" Li Xuan reached out and pinched Alice's little face - his hand could touch it, so this was an image of a dream, and Mian Yin herself should still be in the dream.

"I am sleeping, but I only have the energy to dream now. The energy consumed by dreamless sleep and sleep with dreams is different." Mian Yin explained.

Li Xuan noticed that Mian Yin was staring at the image of his hunting radar - if he did not actively project this interface onto the screen, it should be invisible to others.

"It doesn't matter. The reason you woke up should be related to your sister's affairs, right?" Li Xuan asked.

Chapter 504 Hunter's Teachings

"Yes, cousin. She ate some hunters' dreams and passed the information about the dreams to me. If possible, I hope you can go and rescue her." Mian Yin requested.

"I was just about to do that, but the church is very determined. They would rather give up revenge than get close to the hunter's camp." Li Xuan frowned.

"The church teaches people to restrain themselves, but hunters may not have this quality. Cousin, you can try to lure the hunters to take action." Mian Yin said.

"Oh? Tell me, why is that?" Li Xuan noticed that Mian Yin's demeanor when she spoke seemed a little different from before, appearing more mature and organized - this was probably related to the dream she had eaten.

"My cousin knows that hunters are an organization that hunts powerful monsters, but he doesn't know the reason. They are just like the church, they believe in the 'world' that gives them power as God. But they think: God gives them this power in order to kill powerful monsters." Mian Yin said.

"I was wondering why they were so fanatical. So they're just a bunch of fanatics?"

"That's right. They believe that as long as they kill monsters, the god of the world will remember their merits. The more powerful monsters they kill, the happier the world will be. If they die fighting monsters, their souls will ascend to heaven and enjoy eternal glory and peace, and their deceased relatives will also meet there. The more monsters they kill and the stronger they are, the higher their status in heaven will be." Mian Yin continued.

"No wonder they're not afraid of death... Does that mean the monster girls I sent out are also very attractive targets for them?"

"That's right. Cousin, if you are willing to help us, I will go with you. My sister is in a somewhat frantic state right now, and it is quite dangerous to approach her." Mian Yin said.

"Okay, but before that, I have to make the situation even more chaotic." Li Xuan said, sending orders to the Witch Band through the consciousness channel.

"Filia, take your men and attack the hunter's camp. Everyone except Bingrui and Cheng Xuan should go out! The other side has an S-level magical girl, so we must not fight to the death. After a sneak attack, we must retreat immediately and join up with the monster girl who has arrived." Li Xuan ordered.

"Yes!"

Filia and the others had been lying in ambush for a long time and were a little bored. When they saw Li Xuan's order, they all transformed immediately and used all kinds of long-range attack methods to attack the hunters' camp.

For a moment, flames, foam, moonlight, spiritual words, bullets, and icicles were flying all over the sky, and the hunter's camp immediately exploded.

Because the witches before their transformation had no reaction to any evil energy, the hunter camp was caught off guard and many magical girls were injured.

If they could still discuss the monsters nearby, being attacked by monsters at their door was something they absolutely could not tolerate.

All of the hunters took action at once. One S-level guarded the camp, while the other two decisively attacked with half of their forces, chasing after Filia and the others.

After a round of long-range attacks, Filia and her group had already fled, running towards Perosha. At the same time, Li Xuan opened a spatial channel and directly rained down a rain of forgiveness from the air.

This time, he set the wine's effect to cause frenzy—in order to further provoke conflict between the hunters and the church, making it even more difficult for them to calm down. The bloody rain that fell to the ground transformed into monsters. Tens of thousands of monsters filled the mountains, and the scene became extremely chaotic.

At this time, Filia has led the hunter's magical girl to Perosha. The situation seems to be a two-pronged attack, but in fact it is much more complicated: Fate and Nanoha both want to kill the monster, and the hunter naturally wants to kill the monster, but both sides are wary of each other.

After all, the conflict between the two factions had reached a breaking point, and the Hunters were clearly at a disadvantage. If they suddenly struck at this point and eliminated one or two S-ranks, or even a Cardinal, the situation would undoubtedly change dramatically.

The three magical girls of the church were all well aware that given the Hunter Organization's usual style, they might make such an impromptu judgment, and the difficulty in communication during the fierce battle also exacerbated this suspicion.

The manic effect of the Rain of Absolution began to take effect. One of the Hunter's S-class magical girls accidentally attacked Fate while casting magic. Nanoha was immediately furious and fired a fire meteor at the other party.

The already extremely tense situation was immediately ignited, and it evolved from the magical girls joining forces to fight monsters into a strange three-way melee.

Just at this moment, Zhenshouguan finally made a decision.

"Xuan Mo, now is the best time! There is only one S-level hunter left. We will leave two people to take care of her, and you and I will go down to rescue Alice!" Fei Bai said, staring closely at the situation on the battlefield.

"Okay, after taking in Alice, we will retreat immediately and not get involved in the war between the church and the hunters." Xuan Mo nodded.

The arrangement was set, and Feibai and Xuanmo put on a talisman that enhanced their resistance to mental attacks and entered the cave together.

This action naturally didn't escape the hunters' notice, but with only one S-rank left in the hunter camp, it seemed they weren't going to compete with the Zhenshouguan for Alice. The reason they left one person behind was mainly to look after and protect the magical girls injured by Filia and the others.

"Master! The people from the Zhenshou Temple have taken action! Two S-level soldiers, one in a black robe and the other in a white robe! They both look difficult to deal with!" Cheng Xuan, who was squatting near the camp, quickly reported.

"Cousin, it's time to act!" Mian Yin said nervously.

"Let's go!" Li Xuan nodded decisively, opened the space channel that had been prepared long ago, and directly teleported Mian Yin to the depths of the cave.

It was dark at the end of the cave, but Li Xuan, who had strong mental power, could still clearly perceive everything around him.

This place was wider than imagined, like a hall made of stone. And in the center of this stone hall, a young girl was floating in the air.

She looked and dressed exactly like Mian Yin, except that she didn't have a bow on her head, and her hair was not beautiful blonde, but black hair that floated around, ignoring gravity.

Her expression looked very scary. Although she had the same face as Mian Yin, she gave people an extremely dangerous feeling.

"Cousin! Don't get close to her. She is unconscious now and will indiscriminately attack anyone who approaches her!" When Mian Yin saw the other Alice's appearance, she hurriedly grabbed the corner of Li Xuan's clothes, telling him not to act rashly.

"Okay, then let's hide for a while and call some help." Li Xuan nodded, opened the portal and pulled Bingrui, who was so idle that she was about to fall asleep, to his side - she was blessed with immunity to mental attacks and was the only one among the witches who could participate in this battle.

Chapter 505 Black Tide Alice

"Wow, master, where did you pick up such a cute doll? Can I touch it?" Bingrui saw Mianyin beside her and immediately showed excitement in her eyes.

"Don't talk, come with me." Li Xuan blocked Bingrui's mouth and took her and Mianyin to hide in a crevice. He observed the situation in the stone hall through the hunting mark on Bingrui's body.

"She is worthy of being the most dangerous Alice. Just looking at her like this makes my head hurt a little... How can we take her away?" Li Xuan asked.

"I can try to calm her down, but it will take some time. In order to recover her strength, she has had a lot of nightmares recently. I'm afraid it will take quite a long time to calm her down." Mian Yin said somewhat depressedly.

"The people guarding the temple will be here soon. We can only take it one step at a time." Seeing this, Li Xuan had to give up the idea of ​​taking Alice away immediately.

At that moment, two magical girls flew into the stone hall, one in front and one behind. One was tall, dressed in a long white dress. Her black hair, streaked with white strands, flowed neatly, like a perfectly composed piece of calligraphy. Her demeanor was elegant, her eyes brimming with self-satisfaction, and she seemed almost divine. The other, clad in a black Taoist robe and a Zhuangzi scarf, exuded an ancient charm. Despite her loose, wide-sleeved clothes, her bust was breathtakingly full.

Li Xuan, accustomed to modern beauties, was immediately struck by the sight of these two classical beauties, who seemed to have stepped out of an ink painting. However, the energy reaction from these two was definitely not an easy opponent to deal with, so he had to endure it for the time being.

[Magical girl locked]

【Name: Feibai】

[Magic Level: S]

【Type: Fantasy】

【Height: 177cm】

[CUP rank: D]

[Magical girl locked]

[Name: Xuan Mo]

[Magic Level: S]

[Type: Seal System]

【Height: 170cm】

[CUP rank: F]

As the two approached, the system quickly gave the corresponding information. Seeing Feibai's name, Li Xuan was stunned: He quickly remembered that Tang Xi once said: His teacher's name is Feibai. Could it be such a coincidence?

Because Li Xuan and Bing Rui hadn't transformed, Mian Yin didn't react to any evil energy. Furthermore, Fei Bai and Xuan Mo were focused on Alice, so they naturally didn't notice their presence.

"Guardian No. 9999-5 - Black Tide Alice, the most dangerous Alice fragment, is indeed worthy of its reputation." Seeing the girl floating in front of him, Xuan Mo couldn't help but frowned.

Obviously, even a powerful S-rank had to be cautious with such a dangerous guardian. After all, their mission was to contain, not destroy.

"Do you know why Zhenshouguan must capture her alive? Is Alice of some important use to them?" Li Xuan asked Mian Yin in his consciousness.