Chapter 18 First Cooperation
"You have subdued the beast in such a short time. You are worthy of being called the Inspector!"
Lin Xiaolu had just landed when Mo Ke, who had been flapping his little wings, appeared from behind her and started to flatter her in a rather flattering tone.
It has been doing this for a long time, to the point that Delphinium suspected that it had committed some kind of corruption in the magical kingdom and fled to the material world. Otherwise, there would be no reason for it to care so much about the identity of "Inspector".
Even though Delphinium ignored or rejected its blunt attempts to please him every time, it still couldn't stop it.
If a child really saw this kind of fairy who fawns on others every day, he would probably be disillusioned with the concept of "fairy" from then on.
Sighing secretly in his heart, Cuique ignored Mo Ke and turned his attention to the other side, that is, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang.
Obviously, the atmosphere between the two people was not harmonious from the moment Lin Xiaolu arrived. Lin Xiaolu, who landed from the air, had an indignant look on her face, which formed a sharp contrast with Xia Liang, who was smiling on the other side.
Lin Xiaolu noticed Xia Liang's inexplicable rejection of Cuiqiao, but Xia Liang's behavior of enjoying it and constantly provoking Lin Xiaolu's mischief was also problematic.
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Cuique resisted the urge to sigh again, and clapped her hands together and said, "Okay, stop arguing for now."
She pointed at the crippled beast not far away, trying to divert the two people's attention to it: "The crippled beast that appeared today is not very strong. I think it is about the egg stage. In other words, as long as you can work together and perform normally, you can easily deal with it."
As the bird spoke, it looked at the crippled beast not far away. The crippled beast bound by the silk thread was still lying there, trying to break free from the silk thread. This struggle had no effect, but the crippled beast, which had almost no intelligence, would not realize this.
She moved the magic thread in the void again, loosening the silk net bound to the crippled beast a little, and turned to the two newcomers and said, "I have already told you about the type and weakness of this crippled beast last night. Now I will release the restraints on it and let you fight. Unless the situation is extremely critical, I will not take action."
As the silk threads spread out, the crippled beast that was originally crawling on the ground stood up, shook its huge and fat body, and used its limited intelligence to discover the three magical girls standing at the intersection and found its real enemy.
It shook its head, revealing a mouthful of perverse fangs, and roared at the three people again:
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
"Don't worry, Delphinium-senpai."
Facing the angry beast, Lin Xiaolu was not afraid at all. She picked up her magic wand and said confidently: "I have studied hard these past few days. I am now a completely different person than before!"
"Fighting this big guy...it's going to be fun!"
Xia Liang's focus is entirely in other directions.
Both of them were very motivated, which was the only thing that made Delphinium feel at ease, so she said no more and just nodded quietly.
Then, light blue and hibiscus purple magic flows burst out in an interlaced manner, and the two magical girls flew into the air one after another, bringing out a gust of air from Delphinium's side, and flew straight towards the huge crippled beast.
Egg-level remnant beasts are the most numerous, most frequently appearing, and also the weakest remnant beasts in the world.
The weak here refers to the level of being weak to the magical girl. Although there are also strong and weak egg-level remnants, the strongest egg-level is often no match for the siege of two or three seed-level magical girls. As for the weak, it is the level that will be destroyed by a novice who has just become a magical girl.
For this reason, whether in the material world or the magical kingdom, the research and experience summary of both sides on residual beasts, the information on egg-level residual beasts is the most detailed.
Unlike high-level remnant beasts, most of the remnant beasts at this stage still rely on physical attacks.
The biggest feature is that they will generate different special organs to utilize magic power.
Based on their special organs, body characteristics, behavioral logic, habitats and other dimensions, people have divided the egg-level beasts into dozens of species, making it easier for magical girls to identify them and eliminate them efficiently.
Exploding membrane type, eroding claw type, rotten scale type, cracked skin type, covered with internal organs type... Different types of residual beasts have different special abilities brought by their special organs. For example, the sharp claws of the "eroding claw type" can corrode objects, and the magic flow between the skin of the "cracked skin type" gives it an extremely high body temperature.
As for the remains of the beast encountered this time, based on Delphinium's experience, it was undoubtedly of the "cavity-dissolving type".
Its characteristics are its relatively large body size, with a basic height of more than ten meters; a lot of mucus on the body surface to reduce damage and assist in movement; and a special organ called the "solution cavity", which can mix the undigested parts of the prey it eats with body fluids, and then shoot them out like a high-pressure water cannon, with a power that can directly penetrate ordinary concrete.
This kind of beast is actually not very common, because it often lives in places with abundant water. The environment in the city is not suitable for its physiological habits. Instead, it often gathers in the wild. However, this is not something that a magical girl stationed in the city like her has to worry about.
It's rare to come across one now, so it would be great to let Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang use it to practice.
However, unlike what Cuiqiao expected, the cooperation between the two newcomers under her guidance could not be said to be seamless, but rather a mess.
Not long after the battle began, Lin Xiaolu was almost knocked down by the magic beam shot out by Xia Liang.
"You—are you trying to kill me?"
Seeing the purple magic power passing by not far in front of her, she quickly stopped flying and yelled at Xia Liang angrily.
"Sorry, sorry." Xia Liang also realized that it was his own mistake, so he smiled and admitted his mistake repeatedly.
When the crippled beast used the dissolving cavity to attack for the first time, Xia Liang had already extended her magic wand, gathered the magic cannon, and aimed at the vulnerable part of the crippled beast. However, because Lin Xiaolu suddenly inserted herself into her planned release trajectory, the attack failed.
"Ah, it really is!"
An attack that could have been successful was aborted. Faced with this situation, even Xia Liang felt a little angry, but in the end he had to put the overall situation first and continue to fly around the remaining beast, looking for other angles to attack.
The two men fought with the crippled beast for dozens of rounds with such a poor combination. After fighting for a long time, they did not cause much effective damage to the crippled beast, but instead exhausted themselves.
The delphinium standing nearby could see it clearly.
There is no doubt that Xia Liang is very talented as a magical girl. Even though she has only studied for a few days and this is her first time participating in a battle, she seems to have a natural intuition to find the right position and use magic to attack the remaining beasts from a distance.
Lin Xiaolu is much inferior in comparison, but she is still brave and has relatively rich combat experience as a newcomer. She uses a relatively highly maneuverable close combat mode to actively look for the weaknesses of the remaining beasts.
If these two people were to fight alone, they would probably have a chance to take down the crippled beast alone, and it might be easier than it is now.
But when they formed a team and needed to cooperate with each other to fight, because they tended to use different fighting styles and had no awareness of cooperating with teammates, the final effect was a mess.
(End of this chapter)
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