Chapter 52: Progress
“General-class Monster? It’s quite unusual for one to appear in broad daylight…”
Standing on the rooftop of a building, Luo Shuangyue looked down at the massive magical beast that was already engaged in battle with Linglan, feeling some confusion.
The appearance of magical beasts is not without signs; the stronger the magical beast, the greater the commotion it makes before appearing. The Magic Department can detect these disturbances, preemptively destroying the breeding grounds of the magical beasts, preventing them from appearing, or forcing them to appear in a weakened state.
The signs of a soldier-class magical beast are very brief and difficult to prevent, but they are not very strong. Even without the magical girls, the Magic Department can barely handle them, and the damage they cause is not significant.
The situation is different for general-class magical beasts; they have several hours of premonition before appearing. If no one intentionally catalyzes them, the Magic Department is guaranteed to detect abnormalities within the city and can promptly eliminate those abnormalities.
Like the last time when Black Fire ambushed Luo Shuangyue’s home, it forcibly catalyzed a general-class magical beast using a technique that even the Magic Department was unfamiliar with.
This time, it seems somewhat similar to that situation.
The magical beast suddenly appeared in the city, and although this area is not particularly conspicuous in the entire Xinghai City, it is part of the urban area!
The operational team of the Magic Department has rushed to the scene to direct the evacuation of the crowd and has set up makeshift protective measures to prevent the magical beast from harming people on the ground.
Meanwhile, Linglan was exerting all her strength to attract the magical beast’s attention, making it attack her rather than the ordinary people down below.
For her, still only at the Budding Level, this was a tremendous challenge; the attacks and speed of the general-class magical beast made it incredibly difficult for her to cope.
However, compared to her previous battle with a general-class magical beast, her performance this time was truly outstanding.
The pure white light cannon could stun the magical beast, her reflexes allowed her to evade its attacks, and the magical shield she sustained could block the beast’s attacks. Though she couldn’t defeat the magical beast, she perfectly fulfilled her task of buying time.
“The special training is quite effective,” Luo Shuangyue muttered while stroking her chin.
It might be something Xia Mo doesn’t want to hear, but she felt Linglan’s talent surpasses that of Xia Mo.
As long as Linglan is given a little development time, her strength would soar like a rocket, and she might even reach the Blooming Level in the end.
“If I can train this little one to be strong, won’t that allow Xia Mo to retire early?” Luo Shuangyue had another idea in her mind.
As long as Linglan becomes super strong—strong enough to suppress all evil in Xinghai City just like her mother once did, killing any magical beast with a single sword strike—then Xia Mo won’t have to continue risking her life battling magical beasts!
However, the premise for this plan to succeed is that Linglan becomes strong enough and does so in a relatively short time…
Hmm, maybe I should double Linglan’s training volume! Luo Shuangyue smacked her forehead, deciding to push Linglan harder, leaving the criticism to her.
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“Hmm? It seems like something bad is keeping an eye on me?” Luo Shuangxing, who was in a fierce battle with the magical beast, suddenly felt a chill down her back; her keen sense of danger reminded her that something unpleasant was about to happen.
Of course, she couldn’t figure out why and thought the magical beast was preparing some underhanded trick against her.
She had to be careful, so Luo Shuangxing heightened her vigilance and redirected a portion of the magical power originally used for offense to defense.
Since her current light cannon was just scratching the magical beast, it was better to focus more power on defense. As long as she could hold out until Senior Rosemary arrives, this beast wouldn’t cause much trouble.
Whoosh!
A pitch-black beam struck her pure white light shield, cracking it in several places.
Luo Shuangxing’s expression remained calm. The speed of the magical beast’s beam was too fast; the only option she had was to take it with her shield. Fortunately, after several rounds of special training, her strength had drastically improved. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so composed against a general-class magical beast’s attack.
Although training under Senior Bai Ye was exhausting, the results were truly immediate, Luo Shuangxing thought.
Once, when faced with a general-class magical beast, she found herself in dire straits after just a few moves, yet now she could actually last so long against a general-class magical beast; this sense of progress felt wonderful.
Even more wonderful was the sound of praise she heard near her ear.
“Well done, Linglan! Leave the rest to me!”
A purple light soared from the horizon, quickly reaching the battlefield.
The magical beast that had just been chasing Luo Shuangxing immediately halted its movement, its numerous eyes scattered across its body glancing uncertainly at the newly appeared magical girl.
Even without intelligence, it could discern that this enemy was much more dangerous than that pesky little white insect.
At that moment, while it hesitated, a nimble figure swooped down onto its head.
“Good opportunity! Take this, meow!”
