Before Hibiscus could further observe the changes in Healing Rain, she saw a white winged horse fly into the sky, with a spiral horn on its head scattering purifying light.
Mythology Magic, Unicorn.
The user Joan was already a dical graduate student, so having her dispel Disaster Beast intimidation to prevent infection in advance couldn't be better. Not only that, the purifying light actually made the hundreds of attacking Disaster Beasts listless, even their roaring vigor weakened.
Purification was relative—positive magic power beneficial to Magical Girls didn't get along with them.
During the catastrophe war, Joan hadn't yet developed the "wide-area debuff" usage, but now she could easily start with a range suppression.
Hibiscus thought this was simply like an online ga team battle strategy.
Commander Jin Yulu overlooked the entire field in World Serpent form, ready to provide support at any ti, even simply using her loud voice to command troops. Regardless of how primitive it was, it guaranteed efficiency. Moreover, in actual combat, Magical Girls couldn't apply multiple abilities uniformly—it ultimately depended on telepathic communication results, so she was actually doing it right. The first wave of Healing Rain and purifying light coverage gave even the newcors a surge of confidence.
It wasn't over yet. The second wave followed imdiately: Yeta's Swift Thunder connected over a hundred people. After a tingling sensation through their bodies, their movents beca light, feeling like they could run dozens of kiloters at any ti.
Jin Yulu called out loudly: "This drill's objective is team combat. Learn to cooperate, follow orders without question. Without my signal to start, you don't start—"
"You need to gradually get used to your comrades' magical blessings, adapt to them, and concentrate."
This battle was equivalent to distributing the blessings once stacked on Magical Girl Hyacinth to the group to test the effects—perhaps yielding so fresh results.
Hibiscus watched the battlefield changes with great interest:
This ti the vanguard configuration was different, with Anri Sakagami, Minase Kaori, and Miyuki taking the front, with Maho's elental magic military band providing another layer of blessing at the center. Thus, most of the non-Seedling Stage Magical Girls were assigned combat roles.
"Engage the enemy!"
With Jin Yulu's shout, the frontmost Disaster Beasts charged straight into Rainbow Fortress. They had no idea it was space magic, desperately clawing and biting to no avail.
At the sa ti, the monsters from Hundred Demons Night Parade attracted the Disaster Beasts' hatred one by one, guiding them into a single column formation.
"A bunch of stupid beasts." Standing at the very front was Miyuki with her massive arm guards, blocking like one person holding a pass against ten thousand, simply smashing several Disaster Beasts to death.
The technique-based boxing magic combined with Regalia talent elevated her close combat by a whole level, easily handling ordinary Disaster Beasts.
The three cooperated seamlessly to form a defensive line, while the Magical Girls behind them didn't stop either. Pure magic power barrage poured out covering the battlefield. Remote fire support from the rear completely disrupted the Disaster Beast formation, with so people eager to try.
Jin Yulu reminded them in ti: "Stay calm. Without my orders, no close combat allowed. Continue maintaining remote suppression. Those with such thods, use your magic freely."
She spoke while increasing flight altitude to actively hide her presence.
The intimidation of a Seedling Stage highest-level Magical Girl would inevitably make the Disaster Beasts hesitant, so better to withdraw for a while. Similarly, Manjusaka, Dandelion, and Elsa maintained support positions, absolutely not interfering with the battlefield unless necessary, even allowing so injuries to occur.
Rumble!
Even with just magic power coverage bombardnt, the Church squad left the Disaster Beasts battered and bloody, flesh flying, falling all over.
They had no tactics whatsoever and would naturally fall into disadvantage, being firmly suppressed.
But don't forget that magic bombardnt alone had limited damage, and Disaster Beasts were famous for their powerful Origin vitality. They quickly strengthened their bodies to forcibly withstand the barrage and charge forward.
The distance between both sides gradually shortened, leaving more Disaster Beast corpses along the way, but so of them also launched ranged attacks in return. Soon so unprepared Magical Girls were injured. Obviously both sides had entered their respective heavy firepower ranges and could engage in close combat at any ti, fighting until the sky darkened.
"All units retreat!"
The command from Jin Yulu in the sky made Hibiscus's heart tighten, since retreats were often more dangerous than advances, testing team organization the most.
It shouldn't have reached the point where retreat was necessary, so the Commander was deliberately testing pressure resistance.
Fortunately, the Magical Girls trained during this period were indeed martially virtuous, actually retreating while fighting in good order, still bombarding the Disaster Beasts furiously along the way. The entire team moved from the shallow water to reach the sandy beach.
Worthy of a forr lieutenant, truly skilled in military command.
Hibiscus learned about an unusual side of Miss Imperial Flower—no, she should be even more capable than during her naive military days. A person is forged by various circumstances, and Jin Yulu, who had been playing high-level gas and even intervening in world affairs, had likewise grown.
Of course, the Magical Girls' organization deserved praise too. With an average age under 20, they carried out orders and maintained formation with considerable dignity.
Though they were more suited for solo combat, that was for later when they could stand alone. Now it was better to first learn unity.
"You did well."
Hibiscus had once considered how to improve team cohesion, and now Magical Girl Imperial Flower's suggestion was military training. That's why during interviews she emphasized that one could either be supported by the company or incorporated into the Church—one must possess initiative, morale, and courage to beco a soldier. These girls didn't disappoint, and both sides lived up to expectations, creating a brand new army.
Though few in number, they had taken shape. Systematic combat was always better than scattered skirmishers, just like the Disaster Beasts' current sorry performance.
The Magical Girls had already established a foothold on the beachhead, followed by tactical positioning centered on land, simply divided into vanguard and cover support.
The Disaster Beasts eager to try suddenly found their bodies covered with a layer of gold dust, moving slower and slower.
Domain Projection, El Dorado.
Hibiscus rembered this newly joined girl nad Nelu, one of the Managent Bureau's high-level mbers in the original work, now already showing excellent results. Not just her—various miscellaneous magic within range all greeted them at once, and this small group of Disaster Beasts was instantly annihilated.
"Well done, we've won our first battle." With that, Jin Yulu returned to human form and landed on the beach.
At this ti, the barrier at Hermit Island's edge emanated vast magic power flow, with hundreds and thousands of Disaster Beasts mixed with infected entity auras approaching—they clearly ca from the Arctic.
Hibiscus quickly called out loudly: "Be careful, we've now reached the Sea of Okhotsk. There are frozen ice blocks and catastrophe cluster infection zones. We can't hide, so guys will break through. Be prepared."
She hadn't expected trouble just approaching the Arctic Circle. Now she didn't quite believe the coalition's claims about eliminating large numbers of catastrophe remnants.
As if.
They were probably too busy with various rear problems to handle the front lines.
Hibiscus witnessed these Disaster Beasts attracted by love and hate magic to assault Hermit Island suffering increasing casualties. In just a few breaths they suffered heavy losses, corpses littering the sea, blood scent filling the air, yet not a single shark dared approach.
But the real bulk of combat power lay in two Boss Disaster Beasts—the presence of two heavyweights in a small cluster showed the value of catastrophe remnants.
"Roar—"
Distant roars carried hurricane winds, with intimidation that made ordinary Magical Girls' scalps tingle.
They watched helplessly as two Abyssal White Whales charged through the waves, leaving their companions far behind, even resisting Senior Manjusaka's tsunami, while Senior Dandelion seed to have no intention of intercepting them. For first and second awakening Magical Girls, things were quite serious—seeing Boss Disaster Beast intimidation for the first ti indeed sent chills down their backs.
"I hope your screams are as loud."
The next mont a golden dragon fell from the sky, smashing directly into the sea and stirring up towering waves. The two Disaster Beasts didn't even react—too fast, like lightning.
The World Serpent's massive body coiled around the two Disaster Beasts like a giant python hunting prey. They'd seen it in docuntaries, but both sides being so massive added a sense of grandeur to the scene, with the struggling sounds shaking their very souls.
Yes, the Boss Disaster Beasts were screaming in agony, completely unable to break free, instead being dissected by blade-like vertical scales.
Crossing seas to slay long whales.
Their struggles ended in just one breath, massive bodies splitting into fragnts, skin torn and flesh mangled, bones twisted, organs flowing into the sea and disappearing.
No fancy tricks whatsoever—purely overwhelming enemies with massive size and weight.
Even for mythology magic most skilled at frontal combat, this was too exaggerated. So the truly powerful one was Senior Imperial Flower herself—simply incredible. The gap between users of the sa magic type was so vast, since everyone knew they dared to directly confront Island 24 when they were all at Triple Awakening stage.
There were differences even between Magical Girls.
Hibiscus reminded: "Everyone be careful, we've reached the northern Sea of Okhotsk. There will be another batch of Disaster Beasts arriving."
She sensed a new round of Disaster Beast groups gathering at Hermit Island's edge, but their quality wasn't as good as this first wave. Actively letting so in would solve them all at once.
Hearing this, Elsa activated hatred attraction again, proving quite effective—like a server-wide announcent taunt, making monsters charge forward one after another, fearlessly passing their companions' corpses.
Rumble!
Greeting them was concentrated fire from Triple Awakening level Magical Girls. High-output magic was left to the seniors, while they were responsible for herding Disaster Beasts into clusters to control battle rhythm. This was supported by "substitute juniors" who hadn't acted last ti—Fuka, Tsukine, Kelly, and Beatrice—though they hadn't communicated beforehand, battlefield situation evolution was itself a language.
Sure enough, both sides began alternating combat, with main attackers still assigned to Seedling Stage, rapidly slaying the attackers.
At this mont, the Salvation Church squad gave off the practiced feel of an army.
Hibiscus was certain such a team fighting another Black Tide battle would definitely finish off the big cat in three or five moves. Team combat had effects where one plus one was greater than two.
Even she would have to exert considerable effort facing such a configuration. When both sides were teams, what should they compete in?
Organization.
Regardless of whether Magical Girls had enough organization, any opponent of Elsa would be afflicted with "chaotic berserker debuff" and unable to turn things around, with organization automatically zeroed—truly a team battle god-tier skill. If you can't beco stronger, at least you can drag others down.
The new batch of Disaster Beasts originally charging in clusters now fought separately.
They roared, bit, and struck but could never reach the Magical Girls' rear, because no matter how many troops there were, they were forbidden from crossing Jin Yulu's defensive line.
A golden dragon lay across the sea, using its body as a city wall to actively receive all ranged attacks from Disaster Beasts, including but not limited to poison gas, explosions, flas, freezing damage—all without exception were absorbed into golden scales, instead becoming increasingly lustrous and emanating rising montum.
"Fucking exhilarating!"
Jin Yulu laughed heartily while taking all attacks. Even the most violent Disaster Beasts felt uncertain seeing their attacks sink without trace.
The Salvation Church's high-end combat power wouldn't give enemies a chance to regret. The other two main attackers, Dandelion and Manjusaka, maintained their killing spree, making enemies fall like cut wheat.
The other Magical Girls watched in stunned amazent, deeply impressed by their seniors' killing machine performance—clearly battle-hardened veterans. Actually, everyone had originally guessed there would be various magical bombardnts, which would definitely be spectacular.
The strongest series magic appearing one by one would guarantee visual impact.
But real team combat ant releasing skills most coordinated with teammates. Each person alone could handle the battlefield, but cooperating with each other was more effortless with higher error tolerance. Complex magical coordination was like using their own limbs in the seniors' hands. This required being extrely familiar with each other's abilities, most importantly complete understanding and trust in a person.
Soon the Disaster Beasts were completely cleared, with no survivors within sensing range. At the sa ti, Hermit Island was about to exit the Sea of Okhotsk.
Thud!
A sudden impact made the Magical Girls' hearts tremble, feeling like they'd hit sothing extrely large.
Everyone looked at Hibiscus with furrowed brows, who silently calculated in her mind.
"The accumulated floating ice near the Bering Strait is more and heavier than expected. This year's winter is very cold—the glaciers moved south." The silver-haired girl pondered for a mont. "Anyway, don't worry. I'll handle clearing the path and accelerate imdiately."
Dandelion said: "I rember there's a garrison base in the strait. Let's just charge through directly. I don't want to waste life on those bureaucratic guys."
"It'll be quick."
Before she finished speaking, the entire Hermit Island rumbled and shook constantly, as if hiding a giant beast beneath. The next mont trendous magic power shot out, driven by spatial relics for rapid charge. Strong winds hit their faces, with so Magical Girls simply lying flat on the beach. They weren't relieved at all—don't forget the layers of glaciers ahead. Reckless collision might end up like the Titanic.
Under everyone's gaze, Hibiscus slightly raised her hand. The next mont her silver hair danced, and so energy shot out like an arrow.
Temporal Cross-Section! The billions of tons of glaciers ahead split into ravines, with cuts seemingly freezing ti, rapidly expanding the collapse area and forcibly creating a broad path.
"Passengers, look to port and starboard—you'll witness the frozen Bering Strait."
Accompanying the announcent, Hermit Island actively dispersed clouds and fog. Snow-white coastlines filled their vision—vast heaven and earth, mountains bearing snow. The Salvation Church had returned, once again setting out from the Arctic Circle.
So they ca to the right place.
Hibiscus, having reached Growth Stage Magical Girl level, spread her ntal perception through the barrier edge to reach the Sea of Okhotsk surface. In January it was full of floating ice, with Disaster Beasts lurking within, baring fangs and claws at the cloud mass ahead—they sensed unusual magical power.
Disaster Beasts left behind from catastrophe-affiliated groups weren't ordinary. Their physique, speed, and perception far exceeded ordinary species, with many boss-level mixed in. They had to be careful.
She rembered there was still a military base guarding the strait nearby, but didn't count on those guys.
News always reported "delivering powerful strikes against Arctic Circle Disaster Beasts," "continuously hunting catastrophe cluster remnants," "launching another round of air strikes"—such nonsense. The louder the talk, the less work done.
Hibiscus ordered the Salvation Church to prepare for enemy contact.
The Magical Girls imdiately took battle stations, not daring to miss the slightest movent.
Everyone had done howork beforehand, understanding the basic situation along the route. The Sea of Okhotsk wasn't a good combat environnt—quite terrible actually.
Located on the northwestern edge of the Pacific, with average depth 821 ters, it was a typical remote area with few ships year-round, especially in winter, so the Church chose this route. Moreover, the Sea of Okhotsk's greatest feature was cold—January records of minus 20 degrees, howling cold winds, ice and snow coverage, cyclonic circulation affecting climate for thousands of kiloters around, with underwater fishery resources difficult to develop—truly wilderness.
Whoosh!
A cold wind blew, dispersing half the clouds surrounding Hermit Island. The Disaster Beast presence opposite beca more intense. Both sides sensed each other but cautiously refrained from action.
Worthy of affiliated Disaster Beasts—much stronger than cannon fodder.
Actually, neither side anticipated this encounter, but one wanted to go north to polar regions while the other wanted to go south hunting—eting on a narrow path.
Hibiscus flew from the mountains to the beach. Though she knew she was under Senior Hyacinth's watch, having the silver-haired girl standing beside them still put everyone sowhat at ease.
She spoke frankly: "It's still ti to detour. I can activate the Thousand-Li Viewing Mirror at full power to fly overhead without engaging."
"But I like helping the innocent when I see injustice." Manjusaka, who wanted to lead juniors, was quite enthusiastic. "Besides, going south from here might reach dostic areas. Better to intercept here while stocking up before reaching the fallen zone."
"No, worst case we'll have to fight all the way through," Dandelion said.
Hibiscus asked: "What about you, Captain Jin?"
"You discuss and reach a conclusion, then I'll execute it. If I must say sothing—everyone, we're not a bickering political party, we're an army—"
Jin Yulu's sharp gaze directly t the silver-haired girl's, implying a reminder that as leader, don't offer so many options—soone will think of them. As a military Commander, just make the final decision. This was a key decision. War wasn't important—what mattered was who was watching.
Magical Girls could fool around sowhat, but the Salvation Church didn't play house—they were building military power, planning to seize political power in the future.
"We fight."
Hibiscus said decisively: "Since Arctic garrison forces are disappointing, the Church will handle it. But for safety, we need to readjust combat power. Below Triple Awakening doesn't participate—you open your eyes to witness and learn. Watch more, learn more."
"Yes sir!" Everyone answered in unison with high morale.
"Get to work. Elsa, I need you to ensure attracting this area's affiliated Disaster Beast groups."
Before she finished speaking, Magical Girl Chrysanthemum completed her transformation. She strode to the coast and pointed from afar, calling out loudly: "Your hatred—I'll take it all."
Lark-like words carried on the wind, followed by silence.
Just when everyone wondered if the magic effect was poor, they heard successive roars. The Disaster Beasts that should have acted cautiously charged forward one after another from the barrier edge—red eyes, bared fangs and claws, hideous faces. Flying Disaster Beasts dove recklessly while land Disaster Beasts even dared wade into water to attack, tearing apart marine life along the way and staining the area blood red.
Crazy, all crazy. Hatred curses together stripped away reason. The already fierce beasts now had only one thought—devouring enemies.
Splash!
The calm sea suddenly rolled up ten thousand tons of seawater to slam hard into targets. Even with the Disaster Beast constitution, they were stunned or killed—this was an unpredictable tsunami.
Following the magic power, it was clearly Manjusaka with hands forming a cara fra pose. Everything within her vision experienced tsunamis swallowing targets, forcibly blocking their violent offensive montum. At the sa ti, everyone felt Disaster Beast intimidation ease, with refreshing air.
The relative closed loop of Fortune and Misfortune was born between Magical Girls and Disaster Beasts. The user only acted as interdiary at small cost—showing her progress.
Similarly, Elsa, who attracted massive hatred, currently showed no discomfort—her true na control had increased.
Communication breeds progress. Manjusaka and Chrysanthemum, who studied causality magic together, grew stronger daily, knowing that regardless, Hibiscus would definitely help.
Facing such bizarre attacks, the Disaster Beasts moved slower and slower, with the ocean instead becoming a natural barrier delaying enemies.
"How can we let only you causality types take the lead?"
Dandelion snapped her fingers. Enclosed domains of varying radius constantly appeared in the Disaster Beast army. Each flash represented dozens of targets completely destroyed—precise targeting, every shot effective, especially those unlucky ones at the front receiving special attention, leaving none behind.
Thud, thud—
Constantly rising and dissipating enclosed domains wandered through the Disaster Beast army like assassins. Once acting, they always gained sothing—simple and efficient.
Magical Girl Dandelion was the Church's acknowledged magic manipulation expert. Thanks to this, domains beca ever-changing in her hands, even capable of manifesting frequent flashes to kill hundreds of targets like now. re targets trapped in berserker hatred state didn't deserve resistance. Starry spheres swept past leaving no bones—such direct killing power made the Magical Girls behind widen their beautiful eyes, not expecting the usually low-key Senior to be so decisive.
The Small Universe domain's comfortable killing line allowed Dandelion to almost crush ordinary species. Whatever got put inside was certain death, leaving Boss Disaster Beasts as stragglers.
Jin Yulu over there was eager to try, constantly reminding everyone to leave so for her.
Actually, Dandelion could completely use Domain Projection, but she enjoyed Hibiscus's surprised gaze more. As you can see, Magical Girl Dandelion had always been growing stronger for the Salvation Church.
Hibiscus was indeed amazed, because domain magic was counter-intuitive in requiring massive Origin supplentation for strengthening. Flexible operation was extrely difficult.
It was Origin Condensation! The academic miss was also secretly leveling up.
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