Monster Hunter Gathering

"Well, first of all..." Nie Chiwu licked his dry lips. "How do you feel about this world? Can you help me locate the witches in the city?"

"It feels the same as usual." The Winged Lion yawned, the usual ∞ symbol appearing in his pupils. "I also want to see what the witches in this world look like. After all, they used to be [Magical Girls], right?"

The winged lion extended its claws and pointed a direction for Nie Chiwu: "I don't know which of these waves are the witches, but the nearest one is 3,540 meters in this direction."

"Hunting requires intelligence. At least we need to capture a witch for research."

Nie Chiwu ran directly in the direction pointed by the winged lion: "The Elu cats are mapping Mitakihara City and planning the location of the dragon hunting facilities."

"As long as we give the hunters enough intelligence and preparation..." Nie Chiwu ran at high speed on the streets of Mitakihara City.

"Even if the king of heaven comes, you dare to hunt!"

Chapter 364: Witch Hunting

"Sayaka-san, are you sure your friend suddenly disappeared?"

In front of the witch's barrier, Mami looked at Sayaka with a serious face.

She met Sayaka yesterday who accidentally entered the witch's barrier.

Moreover, after Sayaka learned about things related to witches, such as that witches would plant the mark of the witch's kiss and then attract people to them, she quickly thought of Madoka who suddenly did not come to school.

Sayaka told Mami about Madoka's sudden disappearance, and Mami guessed that Madoka might have been marked by the witch on the way to school.

Therefore, Mami Tomoe began to look for the witch on the road between Madoka and the school in an attempt to save Madoka.

However, after entering the witch's barrier, Mami and Sayaka did not find Madoka.

Moreover, although she is a very strong magical girl, Mami can clearly feel that... the witches in Mitakihara City seem to have become more manic and aggressive for some unknown reason.

While protecting Sayaka, Mami also tries to look for a figure that looks like Madoka in the witch's barrier.

But... what Mami didn't realize was that outside the barrier... a man was running at high speed, carrying a shrunken winged lion on his shoulders, and had already arrived in front of the witch's barrier.

"It's here."

The winged lion's pupils are deep. As an infinite magic power itself... although it is not the same as the magical girls and witches in this world, but with the "touch" of its own magic power, the winged lion can sense that there is an area in front of it that is similar to its own maze.

"call."

Nie Chiwu ran over. Although he couldn't see where the witch's barrier was, he still stretched his body and said, "Can you open it? I need to put on my equipment and go in."

Nie Chiwu took out his hunter equipment from his backpack and began to put it on himself skillfully. The Winged Lion narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the space in front of him. The ∞ symbol in his eyes quietly reappeared, and he began to try to use his magic power to learn the barrier in front of him.

Nie Chiwu quickly put on the hunter's full body gear, his entire body was completely covered with the ferocious and majestic Nergigante armor, and even his face was covered with a helmet.

With the greatsword directly on his back, Nie Chiwu was fully prepared for battle.

"It's not hard to understand." The Winged Lion quickly understood the structure of the witch's barrier. "It can open a path for you to enter, but there's a battle going on inside right now."

"Ok?"

Nie Chiwu raised his eyebrows under his helmet: "Is there anyone?"

"No matter who is inside this barrier today, I will drag this witch back to the gathering to study her!"

"Let me in!"

Nie Chiwu spoke directly, and the winged lion responded to Nie Chiwu's words. The invisible magic power poured directly into the witch's barrier, and opened the road to the barrier in a forceful and brutal way.

"GOGOGO!"

Nie Chiwu strode into the barrier, and as soon as he walked in, he saw the surrounding space that looked like an abstract art.

The chaotic and complex space makes people feel dazzled when staying here.

As soon as Nie Chiwu walked in, he heard the sound of flintlock rifles ringing in his ears, which also allowed Nie Chiwu to confirm the identity of the people fighting in the barrier.

"Tomoe Mami..."

Nie Chiwu looked at the surrounding scenery and searched his memories for the relevant information about Puella Magi Madoka Magica that he had recently looked up.

In this enchanted space, some witches' familiars were flying, but what impressed Nie Chiwu the most was the scenery in the distance that looked like a rose garden.

The witch of the rose garden... Nie Chiwu remembered the information about this witch.

It looks like a butterfly, but its nature is disbelief.

"There are two people in the barrier." The Winged Lion whispered what he felt into Nie Chiwu's ear: "But... I didn't see the creature called [Qubi]."

"Qubi is not here?" Nie Chiwu ran forward with big strides, and the witch's servants had already noticed Nie Chiwu's entry, and began to besiege him in the direction of Nie Chiwu with anger.

The witch of the rose garden hates humans setting foot in the barrier, so once her familiars discover outsiders, they will make warning sounds and attack them.

At the core of the barrier, when Mami was feeling the difficulty in dealing with the witch infected with the Mad Dragon Virus, she suddenly heard a loud war cry.

After Mami used her flintlock rifle to smash the familiars that approached Sayaka, she looked up vigilantly, only to find that from the stairs above, a ferocious guy covered in armor rushed out directly from the space.

He was holding two of the Rose Garden Witch's familiars in his hands, and he crushed them with his bare hands in mid-air and fell directly to the ground.

The armor looked so ferocious that if it wasn't for the fact that it was completely different from the witch's style and that other familiars had just been killed, Mami would have even suspected that it was a new familiar of the witch.

"Tomoe Mami and Sayaka."

Nie Chiwu just glanced in the direction of the two girls and rushed directly towards the witch. The witch, who looked like a butterfly, slapped Nie Chiwu with her huge body.

After the hunter with overwhelming vitality entered the sight, the witch's instinct prompted it to suck Nie Chiwu's vitality.

However, the witch's clear movements allowed Nie Chiwu, who was rushing forward, to directly pull out the greatsword on his back. While letting his body slide forward by inertia, Nie Chiwu also leaned forward slightly, with the greatsword gathering power behind him.

When the witch's huge body pressed directly in front of Nie Chiwu, the powerful sword suddenly rose up, and the strong force offset the witch's attack, and even pushed the witch back directly.

The moment the witch leaned back because of the offset, the hook had already pulled close to Nie Chiwu and the witch, and the powerful sweeping slash left a deep wound on the witch's body.

Following the sweeping slash, General Nie Chi swung his sword with all his strength and struck down with a truly powerful slash.

The witch of the rose garden didn't even have time to react before she was severely injured by Nie Chiwu's series of attacks. She twisted her body in pain and fell backwards.

"!"

Tomoe Mami watched Nie Chiwu's fight in confusion and shock.

It was the first time she saw someone fighting a witch so roughly, and... did the other person really look like a magical girl?

Is there really a magical girl who, after transforming, looks like a strong man in armor, and swings a sword that looks like it weighs hundreds of pounds to knock the witch away?

Mami was confused for a moment when she saw a small winged lion with small wings on its back flying in front of her and Sayaka.

And... for some reason, Tomoe Mami always felt that there was something on its face...

A salivating look?

Chapter 365: Winged Lion and Magical Girl

When Nie Chiwu used the greatsword in his hand to leave a deep wound on the witch, he made a judgment on the witch's strength.

It can kill, and it is not considered a super model for today's hunters.

Even Nie Chiwu was a little moved by this intensity.

After all, apart from the somewhat embarrassing Muzan Kibutsuji as the final boss, the final monsters that Nie Chiwu had hunted along the way were...

A demon composed of magic power itself, filled with greed, that seeks to devour the entire world.

The mythical beast Qilin is called Pale Hoof.

The source of the rampant Mad Dragon Virus, the Heavenly Dragon, the Lord of the Reincarnation...

Especially the Tenkai Dragon, which left the hunters with no room to show off their increased strength.

But now it's different.

After the witch was injured, the witch's familiar squeaked and pounced on Nie Chiwu, as if wanting to attack Nie Chiwu.

But Nie Chiwu was covered in complete armor, and those familiars could not penetrate the protective gear made of tough monster materials.

Nie Chiwu easily stretched out his hand and crushed the demons that were crawling on his body into pieces.

Under the helmet, Nie Chiwu showed a bright smile.

Fighting this witch now feels like entering a lower-level map wearing higher-level equipment. It's purely a matter of numerical crushing.

"We have to catch it and transport it away before Mami Tomoe reacts."

Nie Chiwu quickly took action, taking advantage of the brief time when the winged lion was holding back Mami, and prepared to capture the witch.

At this moment, Mami was a little confused as she looked at the winged lion that appeared in front of her.

Although it looks a bit like a lion cub, it actually has a pair of wings.

Not only that, the winged lion also has a very human expression...

"Hello, magical girl." The winged lion smiled at Mami Tomoe, then tilted his head and showed a bright expression to Sayaka who was protected by Mami Tomoe: "Hello, and you too."

"Yes, can speak?" Sayaka was a little confused, her eyes widened as she grabbed Mami: "Senior, is this... also Kyubey?"

"No, this isn't Kyubey." Tomoe Mami looked at the winged lion warily. "Kyuubi all look the same. I've never seen one like this before."

"In a sense, Kyubey and I are somewhat similar." The Winged Lion continued calmly, "I am a Winged Lion, a ball of magic... Well, the smell of you is very attractive to me."

"Taste?!" Sayaka pointed the baseball bat in her hand at the winged lion.

"Hmm, that smell... a mixture of ideals, hopes... and all sorts of positive emotions." The Winged Lion sniffed, a slightly intoxicated expression on his face. "It's this... the emotion and thought of the birth of life that I like the most."

"But, I see, that's how it is."

The winged lion observed Tomoe Mami carefully, then smiled: "I have no ill intentions, I was simply drawn in by your emotions... Magical girl, can you show me your Soul Gem?"

"You..." Mami looked at the winged lion and hesitated slightly.

She still didn't know whether the Winged Lion was good or evil, but... if he just wanted to see the Soul Stone, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?

Mami, who didn't know at the moment that the Soul Gem was the magical girl's true lifeline, hesitated for a moment. Then, looking at the witch who was completely suppressed by Nie Chiwu and was destined to be defeated, Mami squatted down and placed the Soul Gem in the palm of her hand to show it to the winged lion.

"What do you want to see this for?" Mami looked at the winged lion hesitantly.

She indeed did not sense any hostility from the winged lion, which was why Mami showed the soul gem to the winged lion.

The winged lion, after staring at Mami Tomoe's pale yellow soul gem for a moment, stretched out its head without hesitation and licked Mami Tomoe's soul gem.

The moment the winged lion licked the soul gem, a strange feeling appeared in Mami's perception.

The feeling didn't seem to come from the body, but from somewhere deeper... It was like the soul was being licked. The sudden and wonderful feeling even made Mami stunned for a moment.

Sayaka thought that Mami was attacked by the winged lion, so she instinctively aimed a baseball bat at the winged lion, but the winged lion nimbly dodged Sayaka's attack.

"Wait, I mean no harm."

The winged lion stared straight at the two girls in front of him: "Magical girls, you should be able to feel the changes."

"...?!"

Mami, who had come back to her senses from the unusual feeling of her soul being licked, was somewhat surprised to find that her magic power had been restored without using the Seed of Sorrow, and even the filth covering the Soul Gem had disappeared.

"The filth has disappeared? And..."

Mami Tomoe found it difficult to understand the situation she was facing.

The winged lion continued to stare at Mami.

It just started trying to understand what the state of a magical girl is like.

Mami's soul was indeed extracted and condensed into that pale yellow soul gem.

And those filths reflect the negative emotions in Mami's heart.

When the magic power is exhausted or the negative emotions exceed the tolerance of the Soul Gem, the magical girl will become a witch, and the Soul Gem will turn into a Seed of Sorrow.

So... the winged lion ate Mami's negative emotions in the Soul Gem, and injected a part of itself into the Soul Gem to replenish its magic power.

"I'm sorry I scared you just now," the Winged Lion said. "Your Soul Gem is now healthy. I helped you remove the existing filth and replenish your magic power."

"In exchange, can you hand this witch over to us?" The Winged Lion took the opportunity to propose a deal to Mami.

"This……"

Tomoe Mami hesitated, and Sayaka asked suspiciously, "What do you want to do with witches? Don't witches hurt people?"

As Sayaka said this.

On the other side, Nie Chiwu had destroyed most of the Rose Garden Witch's familiars through a crushing battle, and even the witch herself was severely damaged.

Nie Chiwu threw out two paralyzing balls for capture without hesitation, and then with a scoop, he pushed the witch back into the trap.