Chapter 983: City of the Ring

Inside a massive mountain cave, a young girl, her body wrapped in only a few scraps of animal hide, held her hands together, seemingly praying for something.

The weather recently seemed to have become increasingly harsh, the surrounding beasts had also become more ferocious, and her kin faced more and more danger when they went outside to hunt for food.

Faced with this situation, the young girl was ordered to stay in the cave and not go out, while also having to take care of and protect her younger siblings.

Just at this moment, a pink light slowly emerged from before the girl, and a figure appeared in front of her. Upon seeing this girl, the girl wearing animal hide could not help but show a trace of surprise on her face. Although she did not know who this person before her was, she could feel the goodwill emanating from the girl.

Just as Kaname Madoka was communicating with the girl, outside the cave, Akemi Homura revealed a wicked smile; beneath her feet, she was stepping on a trembling Kyubey.

"Is this place where the first Magical Girl appeared?" Gazing at the dazzling light of the soul shooting out from within the cave, a trace of surprise could not help but appear on Akemi Homura's face. "I didn't expect that Kyubey had already infiltrated Human History by this time!"

The Kyubey being stepped on by Akemi Homura trembled incessantly; it did not know who this woman before it was, but it could feel the deep malice this person held toward it.

However, who exactly was this person? It clearly had never seen her before. Judging by her image, she seemed to be of the same race as the one it had targeted that could stop the energy source of the universe, but why had it never known that there existed such an entity within this race that was almost equivalent to a rule?

Question after question swirled in Kyubey's mind, leaving it feeling bewildered. However, Akemi Homura did not give Kyubey that much time to think; wisps of black power spread out from her hand, instantly strangling the Kyubey under her feet to death.

Of course, this was merely a beginning; under the guidance of Lingyun, Kaname Madoka and the others met the Magical Girls of history one by one.

This time, the hope belonging to the Magical Girls was the true hope personally bestowed by the deity named Kaname Madoka, not the kind of hope filled with malice that flowed from the hands of Kyubey. Of course, behind the appearance of every Magical Girl, there was inevitably a Kyubey executed by Akemi Homura, who acted as a Devil. Kaname Madoka might not necessarily do the deed of killing Kyubey, so Akemi Homura did it on her behalf; after all, she had killed countless such creatures, and she did not mind adding a few more!

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Outside the universe, a city resembling a Dream had stood tall at some unknown time. This city was named Ring City; it was a legend circulating among Magical Girls and also the place of belonging for all Magical Girls.

After all Magical Girls completed their own missions, they would be guided by the Law of Cycles, but Kaname Madoka did not want the guided girls to be homeless, so she built a city outside the universe specifically for Magical Girls to reside in.

At the beginning, this place could not be called a city at all; it could only be considered a few small houses. But later, as the number of Magical Girls increased, this place was expanded. As time passed, more and more Magical Girls were guided over, and the place where the Magical Girls lived had expanded into a massive city; this place also had a name of its own—Ring City.

The place of belonging for all Magical Girls, an isolated utopia managed by the legendary deity Kaname Madoka and the Devil Akemi Homura—Ring City!

This day, above Ring City, a road of light composed of countless timing devices suddenly appeared. At the end of the road of light, a carriage as if described in a fairy tale slowly emerged, pulled by several large green elephants.

"Finally back!" Sayaka gazed at the Ring City below, a trace of nostalgia flashing in her eyes.

Before this, the journey through time and space guided by Lingyun had finally come to an end, and they had successfully guided the last Magical Girl to Ring City.

This Ring City was one they had watched being built bit by bit. Now, looking at this magnificent city, there was always an incredible sense of pride in their hearts.

"Indeed!" Tomoe Mami looked at the city before her and also let out a sigh of emotion.

After witnessing almost the entirety of Human History, an extraordinary change had occurred in every Magical Girl. They were now genuine God's Envoys of the Law of Cycles; on their Magical Girl uniforms and Soul Gems, golden patterns representing the God's Envoys had appeared.

Moreover, this change was not only in strength; on a spiritual level, Sayaka and the others had also experienced a qualitative leap.

If the Tomoe Mami of the past would still fear loneliness, then the so-called loneliness now meant nothing in Tomoe Mami's eyes. The Magical Girls of the past faced environments harsher than hers, and were even rejected by the whole world, but even so, they still firmly believed in the existence of hope and fought for it their whole lives.

Likewise, Sayaka would not easily walk into a dead end because of Kamijou Kyousuke. In this magnificent journey through time and space, she had seen countless tragedies of love more sorrowful and piercing than that. Now, recalling her own affairs with Kamijou Kyousuke, Sayaka could also smile it off and completely let the matter go. In the current heart of Sayaka, Kamijou Kyousuke no longer amounted to anything.

"Finally back!" Kaname Madoka gazed at the Ring City below, a gentle smile on her face.

"So, what do you all think of this journey through time and space?" Lingyun jumped off the carriage and said with a smile.

"This was truly a journey that made my heart surge with emotion!" Akemi Homura's tone carried a trace of sentiment.

"Then there is one more very important thing next!" Lingyun said to the girls present with a smile.

"What thing?" Sayaka asked with some confusion.

"Counting the time, the storm brought by Walpurgisnacht is about to pass, you need to hurry home! Otherwise, your families will be worried!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"Ah!"

Hearing Lingyun's words, both Kaname Madoka and Sayaka let out a cry of surprise, after which they both turned into streams of light and disappeared into Ring City.

Watching the two who left in a hurry, the people present looked at each other, happy smiles appearing on their faces, after which they all turned into streams of light and disappeared into the horizon.