After watching the video, Hibiscus had a plan.
So Ice Flower also adopted similar thods targeting the Salvation Church, spreading Disaster Beast remains embedded with ambush magic power in advance. If they didn't know about it, they might actually succeed.
After finding the target glacier, they absolutely couldn't launch attacks rashly. Don't count on surprise attack advantages—Disaster Beasts skilled in Origin were definitely better at perception. Since both sides were playing their cards openly, might as well proceed step by step and never fall into the opponent's rhythm.
While she was thinking, other netizens who'd finished watching the video also discussed:
【Haven't seen the original work. How did the coalition fight so stupidly? Where did that imposing, well-trained appearance from the OP's video go? Not the sa people】
【You're right. Elite combat power was sufficient, but unfortunately all lost in the catastrophe war】
【Left with a bunch of scrubs】
【Actually not "scrubs" since they were all frontline troops, but didn't have ti to adapt to Arctic Circle combat. Don't forget that in the original work's sa period, Aurora ground humanity's mobilization system into the dirt. For armies, the most terrifying thing is lack of organizational capability】
【Infection raging, Holy Relic infighting, Magical Girls erging plus catastrophe remnant attacks... Being able to pull together an expeditionary force was already burning incense】
【Expeditionary forces can't exist separate from social foundations. Logistics, training, troop quality, officer capability and experience—all indispensable. With such a rotten rear at the ti, it simply couldn't be done. Winning wasn't their achievent either—all thanks to Director Chrysanthemum carrying alone, assaulting Ice Flower's core then capturing it with love and hate magic. Otherwise casualties would've doubled】
【Higher-ups understood this, so afterwards the Managent Bureau got full green lights. Superficially anyway—better than nothing】
【But so many Magical Girls exited】
【No choice. Strategy and life—you have to choose one】
【The sacrifice was indeed tragic, but from a macro perspective, Elsa bought the Managent Bureau's status with blood. Only then did official Magical Girl assignnts exist. Otherwise, letting conflicts fernt would've produced more extre figures than the Ti Priestess】
【Bit despicable】
【Politicians' cost-benefit calculations. Though in many people's eyes Director Chrysanthemum accumulated blood debt after blood debt, the credit for opening a path belongs to her alone】
Hibiscus had no extra emotions. Putting herself in that position, there were few choices, so Elsa's judgnt wasn't hard to understand. She saw it correctly—both sides were political creatures. Beneath seemingly passionate surfaces, they could absolutely make harsh decisions. Compassion doesn't command troops; righteousness doesn't manage wealth.
However, the truly important information was that Seedling Stage Director Chrysanthemum could handle Ice Flower at that stage.
Though factors like various restraints, good luck, and magical compatibility existed, this Special Disaster Beast's weakness was indeed fatal enough.
chanism monsters having their shortcomings exposed was equivalent to imdiate disability.
The top Magical Girls Hibiscus had seen so far were all proficient in both chanics and stats. After all, her guiding philosophy was "you can be less than excellent but can't have overly obvious weaknesses," so Church mbers developed in a balanced way.
In other words, they could more easily target enemy weak points for breakthrough, and wouldn't have situations where large numbers of Magical Girls couldn't adapt to Arctic Circle combat and suffered losses.
"With current conditions, combat power is sufficient. The key is striking just right."
"Don't forget Hermit Island entered the Arctic Ocean with high profile—might attract Holy Relic attention. Better not let the battlefield spill over."
She'd made up her mind.
Try to decide victory in one round to avoid dragging it out with complications arising.
The Salvation Church wasn't just here to fight—they also had to manage Glacier Island to at least barely usable level, while avoiding the spotlight to see how the situation developed. Might as well set up camp for collective breakthrough advancent to supplent the lack of core strength.
Packed schedule with lots to do, and they were all interconnected without room for delay.
【@Hyacinth, so specific information can't be fully expressed in video and easily misleads. This is detailed setting materials for the Ice Flower dungeon in the ga. Sent to you—treat it as reference】
Hibiscus imdiately thanked them and opened the file to see a bunch of settings, even including background descriptions—indeed like ga copy.
She skimd through and morized every key point without daring to miss anything. Life and death were at stake—she had to be careful and cautious, responsible for the entire Salvation Church.
【Should be sufficient】
【Actually Ice Flower's strengthened glacier is conversely solid. Originally we discussed possibly needing space magic door-knockers, but looking at the original work again, obviously sufficient firepower isn't a problem. With your ti magic, just accelerate a super-heavy object. Oh, don't think that thing is too heavy. Magic users aren't allowed such impressions @Hyacinth. Weight's essence is gravity; gravity cos from spaceti curvature. You can move anything—understand it this way】
【Don't underestimate undergraduate Ti Priestess. New patch: Relativity】
【Brute force can't break defense just ans one thing—you're not strong enough yet. Current Growth Stage Hyacinth should be able to do it】
【I'm sick of those knife-twisting plots in the original work. New worldline needs perfect ending. So—set off quickly, Hyacinth. You must save Magical Girls, save the world. Those partings aren't permanent farewells—their traces adorn you, and you'll create great achievents】
【Though quoting this famous line is quite inspiring, thinking carefully afterwards makes it hard to keep a straight face】
【Half the fire cos from that hell joke feeling】
【?】
【In the original work after a peak battle against Disaster Beast intelligent subspecies, Manjusaka comforted White Hyacinth like this. Their romantic developnt line perfectly sublimated—sweet and inspiring. Then as everyone knows, Ti Priestess ca to attack the Managent Bureau while recovering slice avatars—the person Rose regarded as her best friend. All those so-called sacrificial adornnts went to the big bad—too hellish. No wonder the pink-haired girl broke down and stayed depressed for ages】
【Now that you ntion it, I'm even more amused. Back then as a kid I felt it was explosive developnt—heartbroken yet excited. Now bringing it up actually makes laugh. I'm done for—lost my childhood innocence】
【If that battle counts as the Managent Bureau's key turning point from prosperity to decline, then now is when the story begins】
【Serve it up quickly, can't wait】
【Brand new Magical Girl Organization sets sail, gathering talents from both Managent Bureau and Church sides—masters like clouds, capable people erging in large numbers】
【@Hyacinth, don't completely trust intelligence. With higher magic power density now, new changes definitely exist. But the approach doesn't change—quickly and decisively eliminate vital points. Never drag into attrition warfare. If battle lines stretch, retreat imdiately and just kite】
Hibiscus replied: "Thanks everyone for caring. I know what I'm doing—will report safety when the ti cos."
If she didn't have tactics after hints reaching this level, then Magical Girl Hyacinth would be unworthy of her reputation. At this mont, the situation was crystal clear to her.
After leaving the research room, she imdiately convened a eting and distributed all intelligence about Ice Flower, including oral details from video performance that sounded mystical like prophecy at first hearing.
Hibiscus looked around the silent conference room, her gaze sweeping each person's face—they were practically glowing with excitent.
"...Above all, do you all understand?"
"Understood."
"Reality will definitely have discrepancies, but tactical thinking won't change much." The silver-haired girl waved her hand. "Go rest. We'll engage within two days."
Watching the Magical Girls leave with excited faces, Hibiscus confird one point: Salvation Church new mbers had also completely accepted Ti Prophecy techniques. Actually she wanted to explain it as so kind of vague prophetic dream, but everyone had long established the impression of a prophet, showing awe toward Senior Hyacinth.
Even experienced and knowledgeable people like Elsa accepted it in shock.
Otherwise how to explain getting enemy intelligence right before battle? Obviously minimizing Knowledge Poison. Anyway, ti magic was the strongest!
......
Two days later.
Around the North Pole, cold winds howled, bone-chilling.
Centered on a massive deep blue glacier, the surroundings had no ice blocks whatsoever—clean and flawless, not even any life signs. What should've been an excellent hunting ground for polar bears and seals was dead silent. Even from satellites it appeared as a blurry mass—the boldest scientific expedition teams dared not approach.
News reports confird that 1,500 square kiloters including the North Pole had beco a fallen zone overrun by affiliated Disaster Beasts, lifeless for over a month.
Splash!
In the distance, a cloud mass gradually pushed through floating ice, slowly approaching this silent, clear sea.
Hermit Island used its massive bulk to forcibly carve through glaciers, taking a detour from the Barents Sea to reach the North Pole—one of this planet's extres. Stars were brilliant, night deep and rich, yet sohow the blue glacier ahead emitted light that didn't feel dark.
On the beachhead, Magical Girls were poised and ready. Already divided into groups, they quietly awaited orders, gazes focused on the Church Leader.
Hyacinth appeared in military dress. After breaking through to Growth Stage, her crimson military uniform Regalia had a cape flowing like flas behind her back, white stockings adorning her gracefully lined thighs, spotless. Black thigh-high boots stepped on a Disaster Beast corpse embedded with frost seeds. The overwhelming magic power intimidation unique to higher-level Magical Girls blew forth, sharpness hidden in unfathomable depths.
She glanced at her watch pointing to 8 o'clock.
"It's currently the Arctic's winter half-year. Winter solstice passed just over a month ago—long nights, short days. That ans the opponent's magic attributes harmonize more with the natural environnt."
Jin Yulu breathed out, bringing forth a trace of fla. "I can make this sea boil."
"No need. I said we have better thods to break ice."
Hibiscus hadn't forgotten details revealed in that long compilation of the entire catastrophe war. Thanks to netizens' strength in numbers seeing key points—she'd thought it was her cinematographic language, but now it was ti to use it.
Whoosh!
Suddenly sonic booms rang in the air—two Mirage fighters swept low then disappeared into clouds as if afraid to disturb everyone.
Manjusaka shaded her eyes, looking where the contrails vanished. "Those guys here for cody?"
Dandelion answered: "So of my contacts gave word. Actually before we ca, coalition reconnaissance missions maintained high intensity. Now they're taking a peek at the Church. Their leaving is just appearance—definitely more people secretly watching this battle."
"If they knew most of the Church's full deploynt was far inferior to ordinary Holy Relics, that wouldn't be good."
"So we need more clever solutions."
After brief dialogue ca silence again. Even with Magical Girls and Disaster Beasts mutually sensing rich life auras, both sides held back, remaining motionless. Just being able to stay composed showed each organization's remarkable discipline.
Hibiscus was waiting for sothing small the military left behind during the catastrophe war.
She stared intently at the calm sea surface until bubbles rose, followed by a loud splash. Even Hermit Island's harbor seed narrow for such a dark shadow—it was a superweapon.
Trafalgar-class attack nuclear submarine, with cruise missiles inside sufficient as door-knockers.
This main naval weapon had an overall teardrop design, even considering under-ice navigation conditions. Single-hull structure, 5,000-ton displacent, capable of diving 300 ters deep. The coalition had originally prepared to use it for surprise attacks on surface enemies, but unfortunately lost all combat capability after one wave of catastrophe intimidation, then oxygen deprivation and power failure followed, finally sinking to the seabed. Now it finally saw daylight again.
No one in the Church knew how to operate nuclear submarines, but technique magic's ingenious workmanship and imitation mastery could handle basic operations.
The hatch opened.
Xiang Yunwei and Gu Rubai erged from the hull, waving. The latter said with slight regret: "We searched for a long ti. Among submarines sunk in the battlefield, very few were attack types. Only this one was usable."
"At that ti, 3 strategic nuclear submarines were lurking beneath the Church's feet, loaded with nuclear weapons."
Except for Hibiscus who already knew the situation, the other Magical Girls felt lingering fear, only now realizing that if the battle had gone badly, the coalition would've absolutely staked everything on nuclear submarine payloads. If nation-destroying explosions appeared on the battlefield, they couldn't escape either.
Everyone inevitably felt more disgust toward the coalition forces—crazy enough. Seemingly more proper than rcenaries but more destructive when going mad.
After calming down, Dandelion said: "Since it can operate, we should be able to disarm. After this ends, remove all ballistic missiles from strategic nuclear submarines and transport them away."
Jin Yulu added: "Also handle the remains properly. They were heroes who shouldn't be forever buried in ice."
Both captains nodded in agreent—they'd anticipated this.
"Begin."
With Hibiscus's command, Gu Rubai and Xiang Yunwei re-entered the cabin. After a while, the entire war behemoth roared, trembling and humming throughout the hull in a heart-stopping way. Even knowing the target wasn't themselves, everyone was shaken.
One breath later ca whooshing sounds breaking through the sky. Missiles fired one after another, taking a wide arc and roaring toward the eerie pale blue glacier. The charge had sounded.
Continuous explosions imdiately blasted openings, with processed Disaster Beast corpses pouring out, deadly magic power rapidly spreading.
Unfortunately, being too far diluted it, and Hibiscus actively controlled concealing winds to disperse it.
She'd expected this. Besides, since attacks ca from nuclear submarine payloads, they'd already consud so frost magic power. With just one non-high-tier Disaster Beast's intelligence, it wouldn't understand such flexibility.
Disappointed low roars ca—obviously the failed sche irritated the Disaster Beast greatly.
Besides, it was currently being bombed. Little did it know the Magical Girls were also startled, thinking if Hyacinth hadn't warned beforehand, this move would've definitely succeeded, causing massive casualties or even deaths. Such losses would be unbearable for the small-scale Church—thanks to foresight.
But things weren't going smoothly.
The opening that just appeared quickly froze over. Even though thin, it was enough to prove nuclear submarine firepower was insufficient, making people anxious about when bombardnt would end.
"Might as well let use World Serpent form to grab floating ice and smash it open."
"Without my orders, no engaging the enemy. This has nothing to do with magical compatibility—orders are orders."
Hibiscus's attitude made Jin Yulu suppress her restless heart and continue observing. After intense bombardnt, two Magical Girls actively erged from the cabin—apparently ammunition was depleted, but their smooth performance proved everything was still according to plan.
Everyone's gazes gathered on the silver-haired girl, unanimously thinking of one possibility—probably only the strongest Hyacinth could do it.
8x relative flow rate!
Three kiloters around fell into deceleration phenona. When ti flow rates differed, universal gravitation beca irrelevant—everything was just external manifestation of spaceti perspective. Understanding this, Hibiscus could easily fish out objects a hundred tis heavier than Abyssal White Whales from water.
The nuclear submarine slowly rose and gained acceleration, its surface covered with silver fine sand. Though appearing motionless, it actually accumulated eight tis normal world speed changes.
Hibiscus made this 5,000-ton object continuously spiral and accelerate, using centrifugal force to generate more terrifying power, stirring up ice crystals and snow.
"—Everyone, we're officially attacking."
Before finishing, she interrupted relative flow rate. The nuclear submarine imdiately beca a shell speeding forth, its dark shadow cutting through the sky unstoppably, thunderously smashing the magic-reinforced glacier.
Breakthrough complete—opening enemy fortifications in a shocking manner.
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