CIATB Chapter 303 The Hero Will Eventually Arrive
Chapter 303 The Hero Will Eventually Arrive
Bai Lili felt like she was dreaming.
I've had this dream before:
I was traveling with my friends when we encountered a huge, strange person. We fought back but were powerless to stop him. Just then, we were woken up by an alarm clock.
The Sleep Monster was defeated by the Magic Alarm Clock—such a boring ending.
But Bai Lili had never imagined such a scene:
Arriving in the port city, they fight alongside Hellcat against the familiar witch, while their opponent is a colossal astral beast capable of leveling the port city to the ground.
Just as he was planning a strategic retreat to regroup, he encountered his former comrade-in-arms, who had been missing for ten years, in a mysterious magical rift.
"Inari?...No, that's Inari? Is it really her?"
Bai Lili was somewhat confused and spoke incoherently.
Cheshire Rabbit was also stunned by the scene before him, even rubbing his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things before shouting:
"—Inari!?"
...
Exclamations like these echoed throughout the port city.
Red Zircon pulled the spear from the remains of a strange man, and together with Amethyst, whose wand had transformed into a sniper rifle, they looked up in surprise at the red fox girl who had emerged from the crack.
No one in the world knows Magical Girl Inari better than the Aquamarine Squad.
This is the direct senior of the four Aquamarine Stones. Except for Amethyst, who entered the industry later and did not receive much guidance from Inari, the other three have all had some dealings with Inari.
ten years.
Since Inari suddenly announced her retirement, she has not appeared even once for a full ten years.
There are many rumors about her whereabouts—some say she went on a journey through the stars like Mercury, while others say she was seriously injured and is recuperating under the protection of the Hero Association.
Some people hold a pessimistic view, believing that Inari has already passed away, and that the news is being kept secret to avoid upsetting fans.
However, all these speculations vanished in an instant, and everything became irrelevant. The familiar red fox girl in the sky was enough to explain everything!
Inari is still alive; she continues to protect the port city, the city where she has been active for over a decade!
"Inari-senpai..."
"She really came back... Inari..."
Ziyingshi was full of questions, but she also felt an indescribable excitement.
As for the red zircon, who knew everything, it was now speechless.
Nangong Qianhui, Zixuan's older sister, is the true form of the magical girl Inari.
Ten years ago, she wrote a large number of scheduled emails, replying to all the emails and greetings that Zixuan had sent her over the past decade.
Ten years later, she has fulfilled the promise she made in the email!
She returned to the port city once again in the form of Inari, to face this incomparably powerful astral behemoth!
but.
As the excitement slowly subsided, the red zircon gradually calmed down, its gaze becoming serious.
Even Inari-senpai, she was no match for that astral behemoth.
The magic power on that giant serpent was unprecedented. Inari didn't even have the shadow of stars, so how could he possibly fight against it?
"...There's always a way!"
Red Zircon shook its head and said firmly.
At this point, there is nothing left to question about Inari-senpai.
Believe in her, she can definitely do it!
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Su Tianqing stared at the red fox girl floating in the air.
With the help of the new form of the Heart Moon Wand, his magic power is rapidly recovering, and the brief magic depletion symptoms have been completely cured.
"We meet again, Miss Heart Moon Fox." The red fox girl looked down at the golden fox on the ground and said with a smile.
This statement stunned everyone present.
Only Su Tianqing smiled and nodded in response:
"Yes, it's quite moving to finally see each other again."
"Although it was just a fleeting moment for me... Oh well, we can talk about catching up later. We need to figure out how to resolve this."
After a brief greeting, Inari turned to face the giant snake, whose body was already halfway out of the ground.
Even with just this one segment of the body, it still caused immense destruction—
Buildings collapsed, streets were destroyed, and bustling office buildings and commercial districts vanished, just like the destruction of the old Kowloon city.
However, all the residents of the port city had already evacuated.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Hero Association and the magical girls, and the monster army released by Su Tianqing that stopped Jormungandr's monster army, even with such a large-scale destruction, not a single person was injured or killed!
A truly miraculous response!
But everyone knows very well that the key factors are yet to come.
If Jormungandr cannot be defeated and allowed to escape into the sea or return to the earth, it will inevitably cause an even larger disaster in the future!
It must be defeated here!
"Whoosh!!"
Inari raised her crimson magic wand.
Magic flowed around her, and the rift in the barrier behind her suddenly closed. The remaining magic transformed into countless magical missiles that shot towards Jormungandr!
Missile Storm
The scene was grand and magnificent.
These magical missiles couldn't even tickle Jormungandr; they were just used as a smokescreen.
As the catgirl and the golden foxgirl flew to their side, Inari's next spell followed, firmly blocking Jormungandr's gaze.
"What do we do next?" Nan Jiayu asked Inari, using the cover of magical firepower.
While maintaining a brief period of suppressed fire, the latter quickly replied:
"Modern magic is currently unable to break through the astral barrier on Jormungandr; we still need to rely on the astral magic of the planet Sirius."
"How is Miss Ye Lan's condition? Is she capable of handling the upcoming battle?"
The three of them looked at Fenrir, who was ganging up on the last snake-woman witch with Cheshire Rabbit.
"...She seems quite lively, I think she can handle it," Su Tianqing said.
"Hmm...isn't she a wolf?"
Inari tilted her head and twitched her fox ears twice. Su Tianqing also twitched her ears twice. The two foxes looked at each other and understood each other without saying anything more.
"In short, our battle plan remains unchanged: find a way to get Miss Nightfall to Jormungandr's side, so she can guide the magic of Wolf Star!"
"Will it really work?" Nan Jiayu felt a little uneasy.
That doesn't seem very reliable!
After arriving in the port city, Xia Taotao and I often gave Fei Yelan special training, but her current strength doesn't seem to be enough to guide the Greedy Wolf Star!
Look, even with my magic power at its maximum, it took me a lot of effort to defeat a familiar witch!
The golden fox shifted its gaze from Fenrir's battlefield to Dandelion and Lily's direction.
Because I switched to automatic mode at the last minute, the dandelion's magic wasn't shared with my own, not to mention that Lily Bai was there to assist me.
Dandelion's brief magical depletion quickly recovered, and now she's bouncing around, applying enhancements to Xia Taotao and Fei Yelan.
With enhancements, it could easily defeat the familiar witches, but isn't that...?
"At this point, we can only trust Miss Ye Lan," Inari sighed and said.
Even if she's unreliable, she's still the only magical girl with compatibility with the planet, and the most likely person to connect with it.
Kexin Yuehu's eyes darted around, and she suddenly thought of something.
"—No, I think Ye Lan is very reliable! She can definitely do it!"
The golden-haired fox girl said firmly.
There's no need to worry about whether Fei Yelan will receive the favor of the Wolf Star. The only thing to consider now is how to get her to Jormungandr's side!
Because... I have a trump card that I can absolutely guarantee!
—A magical item from the Mercury Codex, the ultimate trump card I obtained through a free exchange:
Astral Link Magic!