“Legendary Quest: thunder hammer project, Completed”
The Star Realm Rift healed and dissipated.
The gaze from Greedy Wolf Star gradually faded as the Thunder Hammer fell, and the temporary rift torn open by magic in the sky quickly healed.
Millions of years of immense magic transformed into a sky-shattering blow, smashing through Jörmungandr’s thick Star Realm Magic shield, accompanied by roars and screams that echoed through the clouds.
“ROOAARRRR—!!!!”
The Giant Beast roared in a language no one could understand, or perhaps it was just a pure outburst of rage.
Greedy Wolf Star delivered a fatal blow!
The power on Jörmungandr’s body was rapidly fading, and the Monster army, deprived of magic supply, quickly disintegrated, no longer able to resist the Magic Girls’ offensive.
“Now! Focus fire on that giant snake! Suppress it!”
The Maisui Squad uniformly adjusted their muzzles, and Jörmungandr’s massive body instantly bloomed with the radiance of countless magic cannons!
The Star Realm Magic that once proudly encircled it completely disintegrated and faded away; without any protection, it was merely a squirming, crawling live target.
There was no longer any magic shield to withstand the cannon fire, and the magic cannon barrage made the giant snake let out a painful wail, struggling to escape.
But having lost its Star Realm Magic, its enormous body had now become a burden, unable to maneuver in the complex terrain of the concrete jungle.
Furthermore, half of its body was still buried underground and had not yet emerged, making escape almost impossible.
“Attack! Seize the opportunity, don’t let it escape!”
Inari immediately changed the deployment.
Strike while the iron is hot! This was the best chance to defeat Jörmungandr!
Hyacinth charged ahead, fighting side-by-side with Hellcat, both breaking through the Monster army’s defenses and reaching Jörmungandr, which was already covered in wounds from the magic cannon bombardment!
Having been suppressed for so long by Xin Yuehu’s machinations, Hyacinth had long harbored a burning rage.
At this moment, the sky-blue Magic Girl poured all her fury into the greatsword in her hand, injecting almost all her magic into the blade, and swung a full-power strike at the legendary Star Realm Giant Beast!
“CRACK! BOOM!!! CRACKLE!!!”
“ROOAARRRR—!!!!”
A painful wail.
The greatsword sank deep into the Giant Beast’s body, and blood flowing with Star Realm Magic splattered, almost dyeing Hyacinth’s sky-blue dress crimson.
But her magic shield still faithfully performed its protective duty, blocking all the blood, yet making her appearance even more terrifying.
In contrast, Hellcat’s situation was relatively cleaner:
Cat punches rained down like a storm, literally carving deep pits of mangled flesh and shattered scales into Jörmungandr’s unprotected body!
Both the scattered flesh and the residual magic were completely absorbed by the black hole cat punches, melting into surging magic within the Cat Girl, a perfect perpetual motion cycle!
The Star Realm Giant Snake roared and struggled.
But all was in vain.
...
A difficult battle.
From the initial city-wide evacuation to the full deployment of the Magic Girls, and then to the desperate counterattack and old fox’s cunning above Jörmungandr’s head—
The Star Realm Giant Beast fell.
Its enormous body gradually transformed into magic particles and scattered, rising into the sky in the twilight sunset, twinkling like a flowing starry sky.
“Click.”
Hyacinth stood on a ruin, leaning on her greatsword, looking up at the twinkling starlight in the sky.
“Jörmungandr, magic signature confirmed lost.”
“...We did it.”
Iris walked to Hyacinth’s side, and along with Nightingale, who arrived shortly after, looked up at the sky.
“Inari-senpai said that this magic is the magic Jörmungandr brought into the real world from the Star Realm a long time ago, and it’s returning to its original place.”
“Is that why it forms such a phenomenon?”
Magic rose from the ground, emitting brilliant specks of light, disappearing into the end of the sky under people’s gaze, carried away by the wind.
This was the final fate of the Star Realm Giant Beast—
Coming from the distant starry sky, and ultimately returning to the starry sky.
“...What kind of place is the Star Realm, exactly?”
Nightingale suddenly asked this question.
The trio remained silent.
Hyacinth had never imagined what the Star Realm looked like.
Was it an empty universe, or a city where Observers gathered? Or perhaps...
“Oh, they’re over there. Hyacinth—! Iris—!”
A call came from afar.
Hyacinth and the other two turned their heads, looking at Mai Sui and Lǜ Luó flying in the air.
“Inari-senpai is having everyone gather at the central plaza, you should come quickly—”
“Understood!!”
Hyacinth shouted loudly, her voice hoarse.
The three Magic Girls exchanged glances, smiled at each other, activated their flying magic, and flew towards the Red Fox Girl standing alone in the central plaza.
The Star Realm Giant Beast Annihilation Operation, ended in victory!
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Is it really over?
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...
Night, Hong Kong City urban area.
Evacuated residents had begun to return to areas confirmed safe.
The Hero Association’s Infrastructure Department was urgently repairing and demolishing dangerous buildings, while also assisting the Magic Girls in confirming what lay beneath the deep pit Jörmungandr had emerged from.
After an unexpected disaster, the city seemed to be returning to normal.
But in a deep alley, a dark figure quietly emerged.
“Hoo... hoo-woo...”
A snake person was moving through the darkness.
She had molten gold snake eyes, her body wrapped in black clothes trying to blend into the night, moving through ruins and alleys.
A team of engineering vehicles passed by the alley entrance, their roaring engines making the snake person in the shadows frown.
“I need to find a way to leave...”
The snake person muttered to herself,
“This is a coastal city; if I can just get into the sea, maybe I can...”
Rise again!
Jörmungandr murmured to herself in her heart.
Having suffered the magic bombardment from Greedy Wolf Star, coupled with the Magic Girls’ encirclement, the Giant Beast’s body was already shattered, leaving only this last remaining Witch, her familiar.
Jörmungandr had no time to check the condition of this Witch’s body.
Compared to the giant snake’s body, the Witch’s body could only be described as weak and powerless; she might hold her own for a few moves against ordinary Magic Girls, but if she encountered those few Star Shadows...
Jörmungandr recalled the terrifying close combat of those two blue brutes.
The greatsword Hyacinth, whose full-power sword strike could cut deep wounds into her body, plus that absurd black hole Hellcat...
“...Damn it, where did they all come from?”
She muttered quietly, and after confirming the engineering convoy had left, Jörmungandr immediately darted out of the alley and ran towards the bushes across the street.
But before she could run much further, a powerful magic suddenly enveloped her!
“Magic Restraint Barrier”
“?!”
Magic slipped away from her body, and all her stealth and concealment spells failed. At the same time, a purple flash appeared on a nearby rooftop!
“CRACK!”
“BANG!!”
The Witch’s left leg was hit and pierced by a magic bullet, followed by a loud gunshot.
“Wh-what?!”
Jörmungandr fell weakly onto the street, taking a solid tumble.
Excruciating pain.
Numbness.
The intense pain her main body had experienced reappeared in this body. Jörmungandr wailed in agony, trying to stand up, but her injured legs simply wouldn’t allow her to make any significant movements.
“Well done, Zi Ying Shi-san.”
“!!!”
A soft, sweet voice sounded beside her.
Jörmungandr turned her head to look, and in front of the suddenly bright headlights, a golden silhouette was walking towards her.
Xin Yuehu.
The one who had deceived everyone on a strategic level, even tricking herself into releasing the Witch meant to kill the Greedy Wolf Star suitable one, only to be outmaneuvered by her.
“Heh heh heh, you really are here, Jörmungandr.”
Xin Yuehu said with a smile.
Jörmungandr struggled to get up, supporting herself with her snake tail on the ground, gripping a twisted blade in her hand, pointing it at the Golden-haired Fox Girl in front of her.
“Quest: Pursue the Snake Person Witch Jörmungandr”
The familiar glanced at the quest displayed on the secret codex. Xin Yuehu smiled, put away the Monster compass in her hand, and looked directly at Jörmungandr.
“I didn’t think you’d be able to escape, but I didn’t expect you could get away in this form... Tsk tsk.”
“This is probably what they call shedding one’s skin, but what a pity, what a pity, you ran into me, Jörmungandr.”
“...”
Jörmungandr swallowed.
The Golden-haired Fox Girl in front of her clearly exuded the aura of that distant abyss from beyond the Star Realm.
Where did she get that abyssal aura? She had never even entered the Star Realm, so why would she...
“Click.”
“BANG!!”
A gunshot, a magic bullet hit Jörmungandr’s other leg, making her wail and fall.
The Golden-haired Fox Girl pulled out a black Glock pistol from somewhere, and a wisp of smoke drifted from the muzzle.
“Wait! ...Can, can we talk? Negotiate!”
Jörmungandr said anxiously.
The physical pain brought a premonition of death; the desire for life overcame the Giant Beast’s evil instinct, desperately wanting to communicate.
But the Golden-haired Fox Girl’s pistol pointed directly at her, and the magic bullet glowed faintly in the chamber.
“Heh heh, you change your tune quickly, Jörmungandr.”
“Do you really think that if you appear in this pitiful state, I’ll let you live?”
Xin Yuehu said mockingly,
“I haven’t forgotten your mockery of me earlier, so why has your tone changed direction now?”
“BANG!”
Another shot, hitting the Snake Person Witch’s snake tail. The violently spasming tail could no longer support her body, and Jörmungandr completely collapsed to the ground, unable to get up again.
“Ah ah ah... ah ah...”
“I didn’t, I didn’t mean to... attack you all... I just...”
Jörmungandr wailed,
“Spare my life... I will definitely return to the Star Realm, and never again...”
Xin Yuehu did not lower her pistol, unmoved.
“Everyone saw everything you did to Hong Kong City. Do you think this kind of misleading rhetoric can fool me?”
“More than ten years ago, you sent Monsters to attack Kowloon Old City, repeatedly causing destruction in Hong Kong City. I still remember all those things.”
“Tens of thousands of people died because of you, became displaced because of you!”
“Ye Lan’s guardian died at the hands of your Monsters, and now you come to me asking me to spare your life?”
Su Tianqing’s tone was unprecedentedly calm.
But beneath this calm, a raging inferno of anger was hidden.
Jörmungandr did not continue speaking.
A chilling rage ignited in her molten gold eyes, the Snake Person Witch’s mouth split into a gaping maw, and with the last of her strength, she lunged at the Golden-haired Fox Girl in front of her!
“BANG!” “BANG!!”
Two gunshots.
Purple magic bullets pierced through the Snake Person Witch’s head.
A golden trajectory pierced through her chest.
Non-human magic blood scattered, completely blocked by Xin Yuehu’s magic shield, quickly dissipating into magic particles.
Xin Yuehu lowered her pistol, watching the Witch’s remains dissipate into magic in front of her, until all remnants had vanished.
“...Thank you for your assistance, Zi Ying Shi-san.”
Su Tianqing said into the communicating divine code stone,
“Want to grab some late-night supper together later?”
“I won’t, I still have things to do, thank you for your kindness.” Zi Ying Shi politely declined.
“I see... Well then, the next time we meet, we’ll probably be standing on opposite sides again.”
“...Be gentler next time.”
Zi Ying Shi ended the communication, put away her magic staff, which had transformed into a sniper rifle, and disappeared into the night.
Star Realm Giant Beast Jörmungandr. Confirmed eliminated.
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Mercury’s Secret Words:
Ending Hong Kong City with the elimination of the Giant Beast is quite in line with expectations.
Next up is a return to daily life, and Magic Mouse’s Great Adventure Season 2.