"W-What is this thing?!"
iling scread as she looked at the pitch-black creatures in front of her, which looked like black slis with tentacles. Syaoran hurriedly raised his sword and talisman paper, watching the demon creatures before him cautiously.
"Be careful, these are shadow creatures. They’re not too strong individually, but there are so many of them, making them difficult to deal with!"
Illya and Little Hei arrived by the duo’s side, providing protection, and Illya casually explained to Syaoran and iling. Hearing Illya’s explanation, iling was dumbfounded.
"But how co this wasn’t happening before when Syaoran was capturing the Clow Cards?"
"Because these are attracted to magical girls, and you’re not a magical girl."
Little Hei pouted, glancing at iling.
"Alright, stay back and don’t get in the way."
"Who says I’m in the way? I can fight too!"
"iling, don’t throw a tantrum at a ti like this!"
Syaoran quickly stopped iling’s complaints, noting the dire situation they seed to be in. While not entirely sure what these creatures were, it was evident they weren’t here with good intentions!
This wasn’t the first ti dealing with these shadow creatures, so soon both sides were engaged in battle again. Fang Zheng stood in front of the screen, intently watching the creatures before him.
"Ms. Precia, can you help with the search?"
"Of course, no problem. I’m on it."
Responding to Fang Zheng, Precia, who was busy typing on the keyboard, answered without turning her head. As a forr Grand Magitech ntor, Precia excelled in biochemical and spatial research as well as magitech energy resources. This was another reason Fang Zheng was willing to save her.
Even with the "Ratziel," Fang Zheng was unable to pinpoint the origin of these shadow creatures, so he had to ask Precia for help.
"Go, Mom!"
Watching Precia, Elysia cheered with joy, pumping her little fists, and Precia smiled faintly at her daughter’s words.
"Don’t worry, Elysia, leave it to ."
As she spoke, Precia continued typing swiftly on the keyboard, lines of information quickly erging on the screen and soon began locking onto the shadow creatures. After a mont, Precia raised an eyebrow while looking at the data.
"Master, these shadow creatures... seem sowhat unusual."
"What have you discovered?"
"According to the results of my investigation, these shadow creatures appear to be so kind of... residue that condensed after being contaminated with magic power... kind of like the objects that went berserk after absorbing energy from the Seed of Holy Stone activation."
"You an they were originally harmless emotional residues, but took on their current form after absorbing this world’s magic?"
"Honestly, in this state, I can’t be certain they were truly harmless."
Looking at the shadow creatures on the screen, which appeared beast-like, Precia couldn’t help but feel concerned.
"Can you determine where they originated from?"
Fang Zheng wasn’t focused on investigating these things but rather wanted to know where the shadow creatures ca from and how to deal with them.
"I’m trying, but the energy fluctuations from these shadow creatures are highly unstable; it might be a bit challenging. However, once we record the energy frequencies of these shadow creatures, it will only be a matter of ti."
As the two conversed, the battlefield on the screen also changed.
Almost all the magical girls were present this ti, so there were far more shadow creatures than before. Countless shadow creatures crawled up from all directions on the wire fence, pouncing toward the magical girls. However, under the joint efforts of Illya, Little Hei, Little Sakura, Nanoha, and Fate, these shadow creatures ended up retreating without success.
Even Syaoran was wielding a Celestial Master Talisman, occasionally casting an "Urgent Decree," summoning Thunder to obliterate the shadow creatures trying to sneak through. iling, on the other hand, directly borrowed a sword from Little Hei, charging in and engaging with the shadow creatures. At least, for now, everything seed relatively normal.
Upon closer observation, however, Fang Zheng noticed so issues.
The shadow creatures didn’t attack anyone other than the magical girls. Even though Shisei was standing not far away, and Sakura had set up a shield for her protection, Shisei had no combat abilities. Likewise, Syaoran and iling were fighting hard, but even as Syaoran blasted the shadow creatures into fragnts with Thunder or iling sliced them in half, the shadow creatures ignored them.
It appeared as if they had targeted the magical girls, determined to put them in peril, charging forward without any regard for others.
These weren’t like robots that ignored anything but their target; instead, they appeared to be driven by so intense emotion, heedless of anything else.
The number of shadow creatures kept increasing, and Nanoha and others’ attacks intensified. Had the shadow creatures not disappeared upon death, the ground would likely have been littered with their corpses by now.
Then, suddenly, for reasons unknown, the shadow creatures furiously charging forward seed to sense sothing, stopping in their tracks. Without warning, they began converging as if drawn by a magnet!
"What’s happening?"
Witnessing this scene, Fang Zheng’s expression shifted slightly as he inquired. At the sa ti, Precia’s deanor turned solemn.
"I’m not quite sure, but I can sense a distinctive soul power... it’s absorbing and rging with those shadow creatures’ strength!"
As she spoke, the shadow creatures continued to rge into a mass, and then......
"—————!!"
The next mont, the entire sky suddenly changed color.
The originally pitch-black night sky beca a chaotic mix of colors like a ssy watercolor painting done by a child. anwhile, a figure as though composed entirely of black lines appeared before the girls. It resembled a girl, with the upper half adorned with elaborate decorations. Yet her lower half spread out like layers upon layers of black lines, enveloping everyone.
"What is this?!"
By now, Fang Zheng could no longer sit still. He could feel that this bizarre creature exuded a peculiar aura of destruction. While its power wasn’t much greater than that of other shadow creatures—essentially equating to the combined powers of the magical girls—it gave Fang Zheng an unsettling feeling for so reason.
Not only Fang Zheng, but the magical girls on the battlefield felt the sa way.
"W-What is this..."
Sakura clutched her magic wand tightly, looking at this terrifying creature. For so inexplicable reason, she sensed deep malice within the gaze directed at her, instinctively filling her with fear.
"What on earth... is this thing?!"
Even Illya and Little Hei were visibly more serious now; it wasn’t rely a power disparity but more like an existence of mutual opposition.
At this mont, no one noticed a small black cat with a blue ribbon tied around its tail silently erging from a nearby shadow. Watching the enormous creature before it, its eyes remained unblinking as it stared intently.
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