"Thank you very much, huge help."
After Hibiscus opened the file, there was clearly a Planet Gaia world map with many locations marked with Disaster Beast attack waves, intensity, attributes, timing and other information—even idiots could understand. It could be called one map for overlooking the overall situation, until Aurora's landing at end of November.
She casually glanced and gave up on relatively smaller-scale waves. Similarly, the map maker's recomnded levels weren't high either—the focus was on key nodes.
Even if rcenaries, military, and magical girls united their efforts, it didn't an they could handle every attack.
So they had to focus on major points while abandoning minor ones, like this European campaign.
Hibiscus also shared her plan: "I'll reveal so intelligence to Miss Pasha, as repaynt for her sharing information and helping protect Minase Kaori last ti. Information reported by an important figure should get attention. Also, I must collect large amounts of Disaster Beast materials to help everyone awaken magic quickly. Plus, I need to find powerful magical girls who can help at this stage."
Rather than communicating with netizens, it was more like reciting the plan to rember it, because every step ahead was crucial—had to know it by heart and ensure everything connected.
【Know you're anxious, but don't be anxious first】
【Don't worry】
【I'm not reassured at all. Besides basic intelligence, both Disaster Beast and magical girl strength have increased】
【OP's thinking is completely correct. Priority is reducing human losses to avoid facing later catastrophic battles in incomplete state. Incidentally collect materials for magical girls to reach double awakening if possible. With magic, tactics can be much more flexible】
【chanisms aren't weak—as long as you're diverse enough, coordination is formidable. Scientist will guide you in scientific planning】
【Magical Girl Domain God (loud voice)】
【Actually I think it's unnecessary to act. Should even do the opposite—let catastrophe co more fiercely, blood flow like rivers, devastation everywhere. Finally the great Ti Priestess will be crowned king on scorched earth】
【Should view it as global battle royale. Last alive wins. Our competition philosophy has only one rule: abandon helping complex, mock others' fate】
【Social Darwinists infiltrated】
【Isn't this worldline just the original? Take it away, already tasted it】
Hibiscus was slightly startled—was the original really that exaggerated, evolving to that extent?
Thinking carefully, it was indeed possible. After all, Ti Priestess and Golden Dragon Emperor's life-death duel was comparable to apocalyptic disaster. Even if one side won, it was destined to be scorched earth for thousands of miles.
The power possessed by top-tier magical girls was incredible, magnificent and mysterious. Precisely because of this, early guidance was needed to prevent loss of control. She had already put out training thod advertisents—should be effective. Everything else depended on Salvation Church managent. Of course, this was all for later.
Hibiscus ignored those ridiculous suggestions. A complete world with existing order could support a supernatural era.
【According to tiline calculations, the Atlantic should have Cluster Disaster Beast incidents erupting】
【Worse than that is infection disease】
【Though you might not notice as insiders, Planet Gaia has actually begun magic enrichnt process, so resonance caused by Disaster Beast pressure is stronger. That is, infection disease welcos an outbreak wave. Eventually over 100 million people infected, greatly weakening human combat power, persisting long after catastrophe passes】
【Planet Gaia: We fixed the bug where infections could be easily cured with simple care, increasing power. Version preview: Infection Pandemic】
【Getting express under Big Ben——both urgent and desperate】
【European headquarters there should already be warning reports. This segnt in the original was clever—highest combat power headquarters dragged down by massive civilian infections, resulting in relatively weak Arctic War Zone having to face Catastrophic Disaster Beasts, plus encountering once-in-a-decade cold wave. Heaven doesn't favor humanity. Though Disaster Beasts deliberately planned it, this battle was truly unlucky, or later there wouldn't be so many religious forces sprouting like bamboo after rain】
【War's damage to civilized organizations is relatively limited—infection disease is the real MVP】
Troubleso.
After hearing this bad news, Hibiscus sighed with darkened expression. Indeed, the front lines kept sending bad news, corroborating netizens' plot understanding.
Under current circumstances, only Josh's war zone had results.
But from another angle, so-called "results" were built on strategic dividends from Salvation Church reinforcing Island 24. Relying solely on human military would definitely result in heavy losses, which even higher-ups acknowledged.
North Arican War Zone needn't be ntioned—just experienced giant Eagle Company bankruptcy reorganization and was welcoming major reshuffling.
When Jin Ruochu said she was just slightly short-selling and poaching so talent, treating it as helping the company recover blood. Result was the girl underestimated capitalist wolves and jackals—what a case of when the tree falls, monkeys scatter. Everyone rushed over upon hearing news to grab a bite, and the rcenary giant that was supposed to be useful in catastrophe was badly injured.
Internal strife tradition couldn't be lost.
Even Hibiscus herself counted as one of the internal strife instigators, but dwelling on this was useless—instead proved matters were more urgent.
She continued asking: "It's a complete ss. Give the core contradiction point."
【Just like straightforward types. @Hyacinth, the real large-scale spreader is rare Boss Disaster Beast Blackwind Wing. It has wide mobility range and fast speed, spreading over 80% of infection diseases. Just deal with this guy to contain it】
【Be careful, this guy isn't big but moves flexibly, takes attack speed flow route, can briefly rge with nature for damage reduction—very troubleso】
【It's essentially advance team bomber, crossing space rifts early to weaken. Strong individual power, heavy mission, high intelligence—actually very hard to kill】
【Image.jpg】
The picture showed blue sky and white clouds background with a huge wingspan across the horizon, but specific appearance wasn't visible—more like clouds twisted into monster shape. At the wing center was a black dot like a bird of prey, similar to peregrine falcon, slightly larger than human body size. Volu was certainly part of Disaster Beast chanics, but the strong didn't all rely on big size—like Blackwind Wing looking generally threatening.
Hibiscus roughly estimated proportions and frowned tightly—indeed high. If not for magical girls being able to fly, definitely couldn't handle you.
As a Planet Gaia native, she'd naturally heard so rare Disaster Beast information. For example, Blackwind Wing had many sighting records but never directly killed, once thought to be harmless neutral-type Disaster Beast. Turned out this guy was among the worst troublemakers.
Terrible—if it kept spreading infection disease, the situation was quite bad. The harm had already lurked.
Thinking of how Nan Zhiyi and Jin Ruochu had both suffered infection disease torture to near death, Hibiscus frowned with cold gleam in her eyes. So things needed resolving.
【Though ti magic is very strong, Boss Mu is currently just Seedling Stage, with a common shortcoming: insufficient range of influence. That guy can run, and very fast】
【Indeed, powerful Disaster Beasts can often guess a magical girl's magic type just from magic resonance. It'll definitely guard against you】
【How about starting with ti leap sneak attack?】
【Definitely useful, but not reliable. Ti deletion's dizziness is too intense—not very useful in top expert peak matches, easy to have traps set instead. Plus can't guarantee one-shot kill on Blackwind Wing. Most troubleso is it's too cunning. I played derivative gas with this level—damn thing kites throughout, annoying to death】
【Understood, new version T2: Blackwind Wing that kites constantly. Absolutely won't close combat with you】
【Elental magic Swift Thunder can definitely catch up, more importantly she counts as early-stage only attack speed support, assistance big daddy】
【As long as entering ti magic's variable speed control interference range within 100 ters there's opportunity. No, as long as distance closes, any move works】
【Go, Hyacinth】
Hibiscus took a deep breath with bright eyes. Waiting longer would only let losses expand. Starting now to proceed step by step according to plan—to play against catastrophe, this first step of large-scale infection disease had to be executed well.
She carefully considered and found ti magic indeed had trouble with flying ultra-high mobility Disaster Beasts.
Not that she was weak—other general magic encountering similar enemies would be equally helpless. Ultimately, insufficient comprehensive strength would always encounter situations disadvantageous to you. If Regalia-granted flight speed could match Blackwind Wing, what need for magic? Therefore saying "magic developnt is the process of continuously making up for shortcomings" was indeed correct. Combat faction analysis was mostly reliable.
Though determined on the upcoming itinerary, Hibiscus had to handle training matters first.
Clap!
The silver-haired girl clapped and called: "Everyone gather." Before finishing, people assembled in orderly fashion—obviously Jin Yulu managed well.
After a while, Nan Zhiyi and Jin Ruochu also rushed over, since spatial teleportation was quite convenient.
The beach atmosphere was tense—storm approaching.
Looking at hopeful gazes, she was more determined to act carefully. After all, carrying too much burden—precisely because of this, had to urge everyone to rapidly improve magic levels. Of course, moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education couldn't fall behind.
"...I basically understand the situation. Most of us haven't completed double awakening—going on missions would be unsafe."
Hibiscus watched the girls' faces darken.
She quickly added: "This is due to multiple reasons, like you having too little contact with Disaster Beasts. Those dosticated guys on the island don't count. So the upcoming European war is important—it will produce large amounts of materials, not only accelerating Church mbers' awakening but providing fuel for spatial relics."
"You all know about the news—a large-scale Disaster Beast attack is brewing there, and infection disease will intensify. The Church will intervene in this war."
Upon hearing this, most excited was Jin Yulu. The remaining Jin Ruochu and Nan Zhiyi were slightly surprised but imdiately showed serious expressions, appearing matter-of-course.
So that's it!
As the two people truly managing the organization, they imdiately realized the problem's core:
The Salvation Church's foundation or creed was "strike Disaster Beasts to maintain civilization," so facing war they had to consider not just economic benefits but political factors. Had to respond to young magical girls united by the "let's save the world together" declaration—this was political correctness. Like the Northern Expedition—the chancellor couldn't not launch Northern Expedition.
The Church, having just absorbed many new people, actually didn't have stable hearts. Moreover, the foreseeable European trip required recruiting companions—with such complex composition, what kind of organization was this?
Currently one side relied on Jin Yulu's devil training to keep girls too busy to think, while the other relied on Hibiscus's charismatic pie-in-the-sky. Was this called unity? Afraid they'd disband early. To make the Salvation Church truly develop, they needed Disaster Beasts' help——
War!
Hibiscus said seriously: "Unfortunately, most of you can only understand our achievents from news because your strength isn't enough yet."
"But being anxious is useless—let's proceed step by step with division of labor."
"Jin Yulu and I will arrive first, responsible for intercepting Blackwind Wing. Mission positioning is combat. Second batch arrivals led by Jin Ruochu, bringing double-awakened Kelly and Beatrice. Mission positioning is getting miracle drug business to open European market sales. Watch more, learn more—Salvation Church can't be just fighting and killing, or it won't last long."
"Also, Minase Kaori."
"Present!"
The suddenly nad girl nodded solemnly. Though small, she stood out from the crowd with head high and chest out, firmly believing the leader had seen everywhere she'd shone and would definitely entrust her with important tasks.
"You'll move around Ningfeng Harbor area with Nan Zhiyi. Small-scale Disaster Beasts will also appear in this region—good for practice. Before that, I'll train with you."
"Understood." Minase Kaori nodded excitedly, not knowing hardship was approaching.
Hibiscus' thod inherited from Island 24's pre-battle intensive training, guaranteeing complete magic depletion before using potions to restore, over and over...
Exhausting but happy.
Minase Kaori felt her Hundred Demons Night Parade magic becoming more precise , even able to use multiple demons as perception projection extensions. Unfortunately, just as she found so tricks, Miss Hyacinth had to leave. In just 3 days, the Church completed preparations with ultra-high efficiency, about to rush to land that would beco the front lines.
...
rcenary Alliance Group Headquarters, affiliated hospital.
Pasha stepped into an underground cold storage, with polar-like freezing preserving countless corpses, naturally including Quincy's body bag slowly transported from the other end.
The cart was slowly pushed by a woman in white nurse uniform, her close-fitting undergarnts wrapped tightly around herself, appearing more conservative than Pasha in nun attire, but the hip-hop style large sunglasses added a touch of vitality, looking quite incongruous.
rcenary headquarters chief physician, Philona. Don't be fooled by her youthful girl appearance—she was actually one of the oldest surviving Holy Relics.
She tilted her head complaining: "Gallup was just sent in recently, now their boss cos visiting too. Eagle Company really causes trouble."
"Indeed, now I want to beat up Quincy."
"Deliberately provoking enemies of unknown depth, borrowing causal relic power so it can't activate short-term, causing trouble then lying down to say goodbye directly—too convenient. When he resurrects, must watch him closely."
After speaking, Philona removed rubber gloves, revealing skin like withered tree bark surface, with magic aura emanating.
Even battle-hardened Pasha was slightly wary—after all, this body wasn't combat-specialized with low resistance. Getting contaminated would be bad for the upcoming surgery.
Life Spores.
Strictly speaking, it couldn't be called an "object"—originally just an unknown plant specin excavated from Alpine previous epoch ruins. Result showed extrely strong "affinity" with humans, often spreading rapidly and absorbing their life force, infection ravaging entire cities until actively parasitizing village doctor Philona. Though she was nearly devoured completely, she directly highly fused with this relic, both able to absorb and store energy from organisms and strengthen herself.
Its performance was quite excellent, combining main body enhancent, super-wide area killing, and strategic support power.
Philona's own combat power was equally terrifying, just with lazy slacker personality. Not active at work but most eager to leave—therefore always appeared low-key. But she had necessary responsibility and leadership, or the rcenary Alliance wouldn't value her just for relic abilities.
"That Lord Hyacinth held back."
The nurse lady opened the body bag to see Quincy's only truly fatal wound was heart penetration. Besides this, the body was relatively intact—just Life Spore nourishnt could repair it.
"I heard that cutting ability is very powerful. If turned into fruit salad like that, I probably couldn't save him."
"Can't call it saving—he's already dead. No matter what, ntal backup differs from the self at death's mont. Not entirely the sa person."
"So what are you after using it so many tis, Pasha?"
The nun said nothing, taking out a veil from her pocket to cover Quincy's features. Strands of energy representing ntal power gradually entered the container. Even Philona, repairing wounds nearby, couldn't help glancing over—this thing was indeed eerie.
Faceless One.
The relic was unearthed in Ro, originally worn by a corpse but suddenly attacked people and kept switching hosts, causing great commotion until Pasha took charge of it.
Probably even she had forgotten that history, couldn't rember origins, only goals remained—what drove her forward was research and opposing Disaster Beasts. What level of steel will could control such an eerie relic? You who many colleagues spread rumors about being crazy—what are you really thinking? Probably no one knew the real answer.
The two partners who'd cooperated many tis had no extra communication, each conducting ntal "resurrection" work.
They'd developed this thod in so joint experint to greatly reduce Holy Relic casualties, now quite practiced.
After a while, the chest of the body on the stretcher slightly rose and fell, returning to life.
This scene was simply horrifying!
By biological standards, a completely declared dead body regained life, even thoughts were 80% similar to the original owner—truly miraculous.
Seeing this, both wiped forehead sweat and breathed relief. ntal relic Faceless One was responsible for preserving a person's thoughts, mories, and cognition, while Life Spores relic repaired the flesh to ensure ntal anchor was safe. After tacit cooperation, surgery succeeded.
"Done."
They pressed the doorbell, then several military doctors entered the underground cold storage and saluted them, transporting Quincy's recovering body to a specialized ward. True awakening still needed ti, requiring large amounts of special dicine made from Disaster Beast materials during this period, only useful for deep relic fusion subjects.
Philona stretched saying: "Work's all done. Co on, let's grab drinks tonight..."
Suddenly the secretary reminded: "Commander Pasha, you have a personal call."
"Mm, I'll be right there." After answering, the nun didn't forget comforting her colleague: "Shouldn't be anything urgent. Co to my office together."
She made her way to the headquarters office, checking the caller ID—actually the number she'd given Minase Kaori. Finally contact ca? Though Eagle Company officially claid all data was destroyed, Pasha never stopped investigating, finally confirming the child safely evacuated. Now restarting contact represented personal safety report or the Salvation Church wanting to convey sothing?
Full of doubts, the nun lady answered the phone to receive a voice ssage. As expected, good child Minase Kaori briefly thanked and indicated she was well, don't worry.
At the end, the girl casually ntioned "you have a package" then busy signal.
Package?
How could rcenary headquarters with such tight security possibly let anything in? Though Pasha was full of doubts, she still inquired briefly—result was soone really had lost an unknown package, ultimately placed on her desk.
An hour had passed since the phone call.
Even security departnts were puzzled why one of the big bosses was so interested in a randomly delivered package, going through storage warehouses to find it.
Philona looked at the shabby cardboard box asking: "What performance art are you doing?"
The female secretary explained: "The package fell from a train. A child picked it up and gave it to a courier he knew. This person said only vaguely visible Paris lettering was on it so he sent it here first, but lost it halfway—seed to be carried off by a cat and rained on. 2 hours ago a bird picked it up to make a nest but was startled by a passing falcon and dropped the package, which happened to fall in the pile of parcels being delivered to headquarters... You know the rest."
She spoke very confusedly, both listeners very confused, completely unable to understand—as if so object went through seven turns and eight detours, destined to reach Pasha's hands.
All were "coincidences" impossible to trace or investigate.
Too strange.
As top Holy Relics, both understood that abnormal things must have demons—definitely problematic, but couldn't find out what. But they could be certain it related to so destiny power.
This guess made things even more ridiculous!
What was worth such ultra-high-spec ability to deliver a package? Know that anything involving divination, prophecy and other conceptual domain relics all belonged to top secret category—officials were extrely cautious about preservation, afraid of people even glancing. Result was so unknown force boldly using it. What did this an?
They reasonably suspected the package contained so new super weapon that would blow up the entire building upon opening.
Philona murmured: "Packaging's so rotten, contents should be broken too. What use is it? I think don't open it carelessly—let's find a safe place."
"No problem. It's addressed for to sign for—should be fine."
Pasha hadn't revealed throughout that the call she received should co from the Salvation Church. Moreover, after hearing the ssage she imdiately destroyed all traces, so her behavior indeed seed strange, but what ca next was enough to clear suspicious gazes.
The Church definitely sent precious items.
The nun carefully opened the package—very light, no protective foam. From crumpled paper scraps she extracted a laminated super-large map.
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