NABC Chapter 114 Dead End
Chapter 114 Dead End
"boom--!!!"
An explosion reverberated across the balcony and living room. However, thanks to Fennel's defensive shield, the impact on the room was limited to minor shockwaves.
Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, three figures slowly descended from the sky, forming a triangle that surrounded the magical girl who had just emerged from the epicenter of the explosion.
"……cut."
Fennel looked at the approaching enemy and realized that there were many more of them than she had imagined.
Am I supposed to fight three people by myself?
The attack just now didn't seem like a combined attack from three people; it was more like a probing attack from a single magical girl.
Without much thought, Fennel quickly gathered a magic orb in her hand and attacked the three. One of them countered with an orb of equal power to neutralize the attack.
Then, Fennel seized the opportunity, quickly flew into the air, took out her special outfit, and activated it.
The "Magic Overdraft Device" can greatly enhance one's abilities in a short period of time, but after the time expires, it will permanently reduce one's ability limit and current ability value.
This is actually a costume with very serious side effects. It provides a short-term boost, but at the cost of sacrificing one's potential, which doesn't seem like a worthwhile trade-off at all. It completely sacrifices one's "future".
However, in Fennel's view, her body was something that could be discarded at any time, and she could change it whenever she wanted. Her "future" was completely worthless.
Then, Fennel and the three magical girls engaged in several rounds of probing attacks and defenses, quickly determining the strength and level of their opponents.
The leading corrupted magical girl with long, deep purple hair was a "Blooming" level magical girl, one level higher than her. The two beside her, though slightly inferior, were both "Budding" level magical girls, at the same level as her.
He was facing three opponents, one of whom was at a higher level than him.
Even with the "Magic Overdraft Device," he could only forcibly raise his strength to the "Blooming" level, barely managing to withstand the combined attack of the three of them.
There's nothing we can do.
Fennel had already made up her mind.
I can't win using conventional fighting methods. Since that's the case, I have no choice but to take a gamble.
They gamble on the fact that they still harbor the most primal fear of their own "abilities".
"You should all know very well what my inner thoughts are, right?"
Fennel suddenly spoke to the three people in front of her.
"Yi Luoxin should have told you about my situation, so you should know what will happen if you push me too far."
"With my current level of power, I could easily drag the three of you down with me."
"Come on!" She spread her arms, striking a pose as if ready to unleash her inner power at any moment. "Anyway, I'm just a worthless life; trading it for the three of you isn't a loss!"
This bluff did indeed cause the three people on the other side to hesitate for a moment.
Even the strongest corrupted magical girl at the head of the group took a few steps back with some apprehension.
The other two also stepped back, seemingly hesitant.
It seems to have worked; it was a success.
Fennel didn't actually want to self-destruct here. It was all just a bluff. However, as long as the other side felt it wasn't worth dying together with her here, that was enough.
However, just when Fennel thought her tactic had succeeded, the opponent's gaze hardened again—
"Use it if you want, we won't stop you."
The leading corrupted magical girl straightened her expression, and her tone became resolute, even somewhat devout.
"To offer our lives for Lady Yiluoxin is our highest honor. As long as we can replace you here, no one can implant your memories into a clone for a while, right? That would be no different from being dead."
A magical girl next to her echoed, seemingly unafraid of thought.
Gan!
Fennel cursed inwardly.
She miscalculated.
Huixiang never imagined that Yi Luoxin's brainwashing had reached the point where they would regard "death" as "honor".
What should I do? Should I really activate my mental image here?
If possible, it's best not to.
Although she was not afraid of death. After all, she had long been accustomed to the cycle of "death" and "rebirth". In her own memories, she couldn't even remember how many times she had "died".
Every night before going to sleep, she backs up the day's memories into the "Soul Resonance Stone," a habit that has become ingrained in her. Therefore, even if she activates her mental image now, she can "resurrect" in the future.
However, creating clones is not so easy. The technology for cloning is not even fully developed in this era. If he were to self-destruct right here, he might not know when he would awaken again.
Without his own fighting strength, the captain might suffer a crushing defeat in future battles, and he himself might not be able to revive.
To waste such a precious "life" like this is indeed a bit too much of a price to pay.
However, if there's truly no other way, I can only try my best to drag these three people down to hell with me.
However, just as Fennel made up her mind, two petite figures suddenly appeared from behind and blocked her way.
"Teacher...we...we'll help you!"
"Don't even think about hurting Teacher Fennel!"
It's a four-leaf clover and the morning glow!
Looking at the two figures who stood resolutely in front of her, Huixiang felt a wave of dizziness and almost couldn't catch her breath.
"Are you two... insane?! Get back here! This is not a battle for you!"
"But..." Yotsuba turned around, "How could we... how could we let... let you fight alone, teacher..."
"That's right!" Asaka's cat ears perked up with excitement. She waved her magic wand, pointing it at the three enemies opposite her. "We're magical girls too! We'll fight alongside our teacher!"
"And... um... teacher, we're late, but... not because we're scared! We just submitted... the application to cancel our registration as a magical girl with the Civil Defense Bureau. It seems to be still going through the process, but... but, we're no longer considered magical girls with the Civil Defense Bureau!"
"Yes! They're those evil magical girls who want to harm Senior Noah, right? We won't let them succeed!"
Fennel is so angry she wants to pound the ground right now—
"Damn it!!!"
I could have used my inner power to take my opponent down with me, but these two kids are here, what am I supposed to do! If I self-destruct, wouldn't that affect them both?
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Information that can be made public now:
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Magic Overdraft Device
Category: Artificial Costume
Level: E
Holder: Fennel
description:
After use, it can temporarily enhance one's abilities, up to a maximum of one Kaihua realm. However, each use will permanently reduce one's ability cap and current ability value. Even with future training, the lost power cannot be compensated.
To explain this numerically, let's assume your speed is 100, and theoretically you can train it to a maximum speed of 200. Activating this Mystic Code will temporarily boost your speed to 120. However, afterwards, your speed will drop to 95, and the maximum speed you can train will also decrease to 195.
In other words, while lowering one's "upper limit," it also lowers one's current abilities. If this Mystic Code is used too many times, it will also cause one's own attributes to decrease too much, and the effect will become worse as time goes on.
Such a powerful costume with significant side effects would be something a normal magical girl would hardly consider.