Chapter 7 Shadows in the Park
Holding the magic wand tightly and with golden twin ponytails, the magical girl soared high in the sky, gazing at the wetland forest under the night sky.
The park, which is lush and green and full of natural beauty during the day, now looks like a predator's open mouth in the darkness, waiting for its prey to enter.
This faint smell of danger made her feel a chill on her back and she couldn't help frowning.
"Xiao Lu, I have a bad feeling now."
A solemn voice sounded in his ears.
The one who said this was a strange animal that looked like a kitten. It was pink all over, covered with fur, and had a pair of small wings on its back, which made people think of a fairy in a fairy tale.
The fairy flew to the back of the girl, with a worried look on her face: "Although it's very faint, the remaining magic power around me makes my hair stand on end. I'm afraid the enemy this time is very dangerous."
“…Yes, I can feel it.”
The magical girl, or Lin Xiaolu, tried to put away her inner fear and stared at the woods in the park below: "Although I can't explain it clearly, I also feel that it is very dangerous."
However, she did not stop her movements. She waved her wand and then slowly landed on the grass in the park. Lin Xiaolu briefly checked the surrounding enemy situation to ensure the safety of the situation.
This operation did not yield any results, but a faint sense of uneasiness still lingered in her heart.
"Moko, can you still sense the enemy's position?"
She asked the pink fairy for help.
The fairy named "Moko" closed his eyes and was silent for a moment, then suddenly opened them again: "No, I could clearly lock onto the enemy in this park before landing, but now I can't feel its exact location."
Lin Xiaolu was stunned: "Has this happened before?"
“Never.”
Mo Ke looked helpless: "I should have told you before, this is my first time in the material world as a fairy, so there are many things I don't understand."
"Moko...you are so useless."
"If you say something so hurtful to a fairy, I will be angry!"
The magic girl and the fairy walked slowly on the grass of the wetland park, paying attention to the clues around them. However, after nearly ten minutes, they had already approached the center of the park and still found nothing.
Mo Ke, who was floating in the air, couldn't help but speak again: "Xiao Lu, should we retreat first?"
The magical girl asked in confusion, "Why?"
Mo Ke explained: "I always feel that the remnant beast this time is not a simple enemy. The two of us may not be able to defeat it. It would be safer to go back to the adults in the Strategy Bureau to learn more about the situation and seek help."
"Ah? But asking an adult for help, isn't this behavior a bit inconsistent with the identity of a magical girl?"
"Now is not the time to act willfully in such a strange place!"
"Hmm... got it."
The lingering chill behind her made Lin Xiaolu give up and she quickly followed the fairy's advice: "Let's leave when we reach the center of the park and they still haven't found us."
Mo Ke nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Hurry up!"
They agreed that if they reached the center of the park without encountering any enemies, they would return home.
Walking across the grass, soon the outlines of pavilions, waterside pavilions and other buildings in the center of the park appeared in Lin Xiaolu's eyes. Seeing that she had arrived at her destination, Lin Xiaolu cheered up and strode forward.
"I still haven't seen any remnants of the beast."
The girl blinked and tilted her head to look to the side: "Moko, can you feel anything now?"
All I see is emptiness.
The fairy that was supposed to be flying beside her had disappeared without her noticing.
"...Moko?"
The magical girl's voice was left alone, locked in the park.
Realizing that things were beginning to develop in a direction beyond her control, Lin Xiaolu finally began to get nervous and started looking around for her partner.
"Moko?"
The dense woods became the best soundproofing, isolating her voice from the outside world.
Just like that, after taking two steps with a somewhat anxious mood, Lin Xiaolu suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes nearby.
Her heartbeat speed increased rapidly, and the magical girl immediately cast her eyes in that direction. After a flurry of preparations for the fight, she shouted in a somewhat timid tone, "Who? Come out!"
The response I got was a rather weak voice: "Quick..."
"What?"
"Run! Xiaolu!"
This time, the magical girl heard it clearly.
As she heard the sound not far away, a blurry pink shadow flew over from a distance and crashed into her arms.
The one who appeared at this time was her partner, Mo Ke, who had suddenly disappeared just now.
However, compared to the intact appearance a few minutes ago, Moko was now covered with wounds. He even lost one of the wings on his back. There were also deep wounds across his body. Waves of pink glowing particles kept floating out of the wounds, making him look very miserable.
But at this moment, Mo Ke didn't care about his own injuries, but opened his mouth to shout: "Hurry up, this time the remnant beast..."
——"Snort, snore, snore."
A roar like that of a wild beast came from the shadows of the woods not far away.
Without giving Mo Ke time to continue speaking, a terrifying monster walked out of the darkness, its sharp claws digging deeply into the mud beneath its feet. Without making any sound, it appeared in front of Lin Xiaolu.
"Gulululululululu, roar, roar, roar..."
There is no doubt that this is a crippled beast.
Because it is impossible for any animal in the park to have a body longer than 4 meters, and it is even more impossible for it to have two heads.
There was an unknown liquid residue on its dark purple fur, and its green eyes contained only brutal desire for slaughter. Strange tubular structures protruded from its body, connecting to its two huge heads that were drooling from all over.
Just standing there can make people feel scared.
This should be impossible for Lin Xiaolu, a magical girl.
After all, she is a magical girl, so there is no reason for her to be afraid of the beasts.
She gained this power to fight the cruel beasts and protect others from harm. Why should she be afraid of the enemies that should be destroyed?
Lin Xiaolu didn't understand, but she couldn't suppress the negative thoughts in her heart.
Will I lose?
As soon as this thought came to mind, it was interrupted by an external voice:
——"Xiaolu!"
Her partner's voice rang in her ears again: "Hurry up!"
It was Moko, Moko was shouting at her to run away.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered the most important action she should take - to survive.
Raising the magic wand in her hand, the air around the girl continued to swell, and then, with a whistling sound, she rushed into the sky. She flew into the park from the air, so it was natural that escaping from the air would be safer.
Lin Xiaolu was thinking this, but she found that the crippled beast on the ground did not show any reaction. Even if she chose to fly away, it just stood there quietly, watching everything with its eyes glowing with faint green light.
Are there any gotchas?
Before Lin Xiaolu could think about it, she realized that her upward flight had stopped.
Instead, there was a strong feeling of squeezing from behind.
The wounded fairy beside her asked her with difficulty: "What's wrong, Xiaolu?"
It was obviously puzzled by its partner's sudden stop in running away.
After noticing the same confusion and panic on her face, it couldn't help but raise its paw to touch the top of her head, only to feel a sense of rejection before its paw was bounced away.
"Magic barrier..."
This time, even the goblin showed a look of despair on his face: "It's over, this was a trap from the beginning!"
In an instant, the mood of the magical girl and the fairy dropped to freezing point.
However, unlike the goblin, Lin Xiaolu still retained some fighting consciousness, so she kept her eyes on the remaining beast below her.
What made her feel most chilled was not that her escape was blocked, but the expression on the hideous face of the beast below when she stopped.
Can a crippled beast make such a human expression?
As she was thinking this, she suddenly felt her vision freeze, her eyes blurred, and the enemy had disappeared wherever she looked.
"——Xiaolu!"
And the next moment, she got the answer in the fairy's cry.
The sharp claws of the beast had already reached her throat.
The last thing that caught her eye was the cruel and mocking grin that theoretically shouldn't have appeared on the beast's face.
(End of this chapter)
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