Chapter 8: Magical Girl Lark

At the moment when Lin Xiaolu and the fairy beside her were almost in despair, the tragic scene they had anticipated did not occur.

The claw of the remnant beast, which had almost pierced into the young girl’s tender white neck, was stopped at the very last moment.

Because in the blink of an eye, a deep blue magic wand, appearing from nowhere, had blocked the path of its claw, shielding the magical girl from this fatal attack.

Standing behind the magic wand, Lin Xiaolu had not even managed to process the situation, and had only a faint awareness of the fact that she had just escaped death, when she was suddenly pushed hard by a hand and couldn't help but fall backward.

"Step back."

The newcomer said this.

It was only at this moment that Lin Xiaolu saw who it was that had saved her:

Deep blue magical power, tangible as if flames were burning, emanated from within, with flickering points of light drifting outward.

And standing poised amidst it all was a petite girl with a detached expression.

She wore a dark navy Lolita-style dress with intricate and ornate decorative ribbons, her long blue hair neatly tied into a princess braid behind her head, and a large bonnet covering her head.

"You, if you truly wish to become a magical girl capable of protecting a city..."

She spoke indifferently, her voice like a song thrush, yet it carried the majesty of a superior: "Then watch carefully, my battle."

As the words fell, the flame-like magical power surrounding her dissipated completely.

"Magical Girl, Flower Card certification number, Lark, elimination mission started."

"Guaooooooo—"

Having been repelled by the magic wand held in one hand by the mysterious girl, the two-headed remnant beast, finally realizing that its enemy had changed, let out a furious, violent roar on the ground.

Regarding the fact that its prey, already in its grasp, had been intercepted, it displayed intelligence near that of a human, specifically, it fully revealed its feelings of shame and annoyance.

I will kill you too.

If it could speak, these would likely be the lines it would say. Then, the remnant beast exerted force throughout its body again, the tubes covering its surface pulsed continuously, emitting a ghostly green fluorescence, and then transported something to its legs and feet.

In an instant, it repeated its old trick and vanished from the spot once more.

The mysterious girl remained expressionless, raised her magic wand, and blocked lightly toward her side and back.

Ding!

The remnant beast, which had suddenly appeared in the air, saw its extended sharp claws and full-force attack neutralized with ease.

After receiving the blow, a look of slight doubt appeared on the girl's face: "This speed, is it a looper... Why would there be a looper in Fang Ting City now?"

However, no one present would answer her question.

"Roarooooooo—"

The intelligence of the remnant beast did not support it in having any coherent communication with the magical girl before it; it would only let out even more annoyed roars after its attacks were blocked. The sound waves generated by the roar alone were enough to blow Lin Xiaolu and Moke, who were watching from the side, nearly over.

Then, the offensive belonging to the remnant beast began once again.

Ghostly green claws flashed in the dark night, descending upon the mysterious girl from all directions like a net cast from the sky. Its massive size did not hinder its high speed; in fact, even with it moving at such a massive size, Lin Xiaolu on the side was completely unable to capture the trajectory of its movements.

But this speed, to that petite, deep-blue magical girl, seemed to pose no threat at all.

With a simple sway of her figure, she quietly appeared in an empty area several steps away, easily dodging the remnant beast's dense and swift attacks.

This was not the end.

Realizing that the target had dodged, the remnant beast, though it had lunged at empty air, quickly locked onto the target again, pressed forward, and continued its assault.

"Zzzzt—"

A teeth-grinding sound of metal scraping erupted between the two.

The mysterious girl moved with ease, leaping lightly as if dancing within a small space, occasionally drawing out her wand to block attacks with overly tricky angles, and remained completely unharmed under the remnant beast's storm-like scratching.

"Roaroooo!"

After a period of evenly matched exchanges, it was clear that the remnant beast had less patience; it roared, the ghostly green tubes all over its body flashed with light, and then it suddenly performed a short-range dash, only to vanish again at the moment before attacking, launching an assault from behind the mysterious girl almost simultaneously.

The heart-stopping offensive occurred in just a single breath; had there been the slightest slack in her reaction, it would have resulted in a miserable death, yet the girl still blocked this attack with incredibly precise technique, showing no signs of strain whatsoever.

However, this was still not the end.

The remnant beast's two massive heads opened their sharp maws almost simultaneously, revealing ivory-white teeth and dripping saliva. At the moment the girl's staff collided with its claws, it seized the brief interval and viciously bit down toward her neck.

At this moment, Lin Xiaolu, watching from the side, finally understood the battle situation and felt as if her heartbeat had almost stopped.

It was also this time that the girl about to be bitten just watched with open eyes, with no intention of blocking.

The giant maw descended.

But it could not close.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment; the remnant beast's head had clearly reached the front of the mysterious girl, yet it could not move forward even a little bit.

And looking closer, one would find that the remnant beast was still moving, but it was as if it had been blocked by something, only able to sway slightly.

"—Movement defense battle, I will demonstrate up to here for now."

Beneath the shadow of the remnant beast, the petite girl suddenly said this.

This made Lin Xiaolu, who was on the side, pause for a moment before realizing that the other party was speaking to her, and she nodded somewhat blankly: "Ah, okay... thank you?"

The mysterious girl glanced at her, shifted her gaze back to the remnant beast that was unable to move for some reason, and continued: "Then next, it is time to end this."

From beginning to end, it seemed she had never taken this remnant beast seriously.

She simply reached out her hand, touched the void, and as if plucking a harp string, gently hooked her fingers and slowly lifted them; a linear indentation appeared abruptly on her fair, tender fingertips.

Then, deep blue magical power slowly emerged from the surroundings.

One, two, three, emitting a clear, translucent fluorescence.

Four, five, six, weaving into a fine, dense net.

What was presented to Lin Xiaolu was a net shining with blue light, woven entirely from threads of magical power.

A massive amount of magical threads appeared without warning in the previously dim forest, illuminating the surrounding darkness, dispelling the chill brought by the remnant beast, and locking the massive monster firmly in the center, motionless like an inorganic doll.

Lin Xiaolu then noticed that at some point, the mysterious girl's magic wand had disappeared.

In its place, held in her hand, was a rather small pair of tailoring scissors engraved with intricate patterns.

"Magical construct, precipitate."

That is what she said.

Then, the threads of magical power wrapped around the remnant beast surged as if they had life.

The deep blue magical threads swarmed and intertwined with themselves. Thread after thread joined together, then wove and stretched, finally constructing a hollow short sword that looked like it was carved from metal wire.

The mysterious girl held it in her hand as if holding an exquisite toy, without any power.

She raised it, aimed at the center of the remnant beast's brow, and remained expressionless.

Although the remnant beast was firmly suppressed by the magical threads and knew it was about to face death, there was still no trace of fear in its brutal eyes; there was only the desire for slaughter and destruction carved into its instincts.

Even at this point, it was still trying to break free from its bonds and launch an attack on the magical girl before it.

So the girl waited no longer, raised her hand lightly, and swung cleanly.

The deep blue magical power erupted with blinding light in the late-night forest, illuminating the surrounding night sky.