Transformation or Death

37 – Let’s be friendly (5)

[Guardian, I will quickly contact the other magical girls…]

‘no it’s okay.’

Refusing help, Red Vega dodged the Watcher’s attack.

She was interested.

I was curious about his intentions now.

I wondered how far I could reach him now.

Unlike the last fight I watched, I really wanted to face it. Of course, her current physical condition is quite bad, but her original condition cannot always be perfect.

This was also considered part of the test.

“You said your goal was to eliminate magical girls.”

Red Vega swung her fist with intense flames. The flames wrapped around her hand stretched like a whip and tore through the air.

“Did you choose me as your first target…because I’m weak?!”

The Watcher flung to the left and quickly dodged the flames. A narrow back alley. The movement of avoidance rather made me hit the wall.

Right before the collision, the Watcher rotated in the air and put his foot on the wall. Like the pose of a grasshopper right before it jumps, its bent legs made it possible to guess the next attack.

It was obvious that the moment I jumped on that wall, whether it was a downstroke, a foot or a fist, a strong blow would come.

his legs moved. He flew towards the land, the home of the wingless beast. Red Vega crosses his arms in an X shape and then spins the flames right in front of him. An excellent flame barrier was created.

The moment he touches anything, be it a foot or a fist, he will be hurt. But the Watcher was one step ahead of her.

[ALIOTH.]

A red sharp sword shaped like a nail appeared in his hand. It was lust. Similar to the flame shield created by Red Vega, his sword was surrounded by flames. The sharp tip of the sword was a nail that struck the barrier of flame.

Quaang!

Two sparks collided. Sparks exploded like oil poured into water. In the heat comparable to that of a furnace, the two continued to increase the flame’s size.

Finally, someone’s body rolled on the ground.

“There’s something wrong with what you said. I don’t have any particular pity for you. Actually, you’re weak, but that shouldn’t be a reason to attack you. There are so many weaker people than you.”

It was Red Vega. Even the flame that had always been with her since becoming a magical girl was no match for the monster. I even felt miserable. The misery stretched out and made me feel even a little resentment.

“Is it a sense of qualification…or is it wrong? Aren’t you overreacting a little because I’m the one who gave you the first defeat?”

The Watcher continued, vigorously shaking off the flames that had moved to his arms. It resembled the appearance of shaking off blood stuck to the body. His flame still clung to the blade like lava and burned roaringly.

He has more talent than himself. Even so, that one talent broke all of himself. As I’ve heard from him over and over again, he was weak.

“It’s your fault for misunderstanding!”

Red Vega shouted with all the disturbing emotions on her tongue. I woke up clutching my aching lower back. Did the injured area heal?

It was good.

The body that raged with excitement secreted adrenaline and endorphins, which immediately paralyzed the pain and somehow made the body move.

“Whose side are you on! Why are you attacking now when you were helping before! Was it just a whim that you worried about me the other day! What do you want to do!”

Raises mana from the heart. Unlike the monster’s power, a beautiful and soft light. Starlight like a picture unique to a magical girl. Brilliant light illuminates the shadowy back alley, and gradually gathers in the girl’s hand.

Flames wriggle in the fist. A ring formed around her wrist. A red ring resembling a star or angelic halo. It vibrated like a sound wave. The line repeats bouncing and descending again, forming a ring of pure magical power.

“What are you talking about getting rid of the magical girl! Why are you so worried about my life!”

Her magical girl is a skill that symbolizes life.

Her own technique that she perfected for the first time.

A technology close to homage to Sky Polaris.

“With so much power, why not use it to protect the weak!”

one way. chords.

Red Vega came running at the speed of a roar. On the way she ran, a trail of red light was left along with a sonic boom.

Watcher also prepared a technique. He bent down, stretched his arms behind him, and pulled on his lust. Posture for stabbing. A deep, dark red ring formed at the tip of his sword. As the ring rotated, it gradually generated more light.

Star flame fall road.

Red Vega stretched out his fist, and Watcher extended his sword.

Two sparks and two lights met.

Kwaaang!!!

A light as strong as an explosion flashed in the back alley, and the asphalt floor and walls shuddered in fear with shallow incontinence from the impact, and the ground shook.

The light faded, and again the victor was revealed.

“I am asking.”

This time too, it was a watcher.

“In addition….”

“Why don’t you protect yourself when you have so much power?”

The giant’s shadow fell on Red Vega, who struggled to rise. The watcher’s foot trampled her hand.

“Ugh!”

“The wounds from the last fight haven’t healed yet.”

“You too…”

Red Vega made eye contact with the Watcher. The chin touching the dry asphalt floor full of ash, it was only possible to raise it as much as possible. It was hard to make eye contact, even though they were obviously close, and they were far away.

“…recovered? Already?”

Red Vega remembers the scars he suffered while fighting the powerful Libra. But now, the appearance of the Watcher was so fine. Even the body of a monster is absurd.

It was just the day before.

“But why did you choose to fight? This place is also close to the hospital. I heard that there are magical girls… Why did you fight alone? Fair and fair? Were you pursuing something like that? Seeking? You even have citizens to protect?”

“It’s not like that… Ahh! Ugh!”

The watcher removed the foot from which he was stepping on his hand. It wasn’t warmth. Without the slightest delay, he moved his legs and kicked his stomach.

“Cool… uh, no. I just… know your purpose… to avenge the defeat that day…”

Red Vega grabbed her stomach and stood up.

“Revenge? You sound funny. Is defeat a disgrace to you?”

The Watcher’s legs, which did not tolerate that, rushed at her once again. Red Vega, who had been hit in the same way as the previous one, rolled hard on the ground. The floor heated by the battle was not a good place for someone to lie down.

Red Vega, who suffered minor burns just from rolling, once again let out a painful groan.

“Was losing to a magical girl a disgrace? Then, what will become of your seniors who have lost countless times? Is this an insult to them?”

“…”

“The correct response was to choose flight immediately after transformation and bring an assistant. There are no citizens here to attack. It means that there is no one to feel sorry for or protect when you see your escape. ?”

A more frivolous voice pressed Red Vega.

“It turned out that he was not only weak, but also stupid.”

pug.

Already the third time, the strong impact on Red Vega’s body became stronger.

“Keahhh! Ugh… Uhhhhh…”

I couldn’t even pass the pain through my throat anymore. A moan of pain burst out, along with the breath and saliva that had been hiding in his lungs.

It was also impossible to maintain the transformation. The clothes covering her body became light and scattered, slowly revealing the body and fabric of an ordinary girl.

Even so, the voice that the quest was completed did not appear from the belt.

How the hell did the quest system get so bad that even after beating a child this much, it doesn’t end with completion?

In the first place, what is this quest for?

Jaejoong Han looked back on his origins once again. What I risked to obtain the power of the stars was none other than my own life. If you don’t fulfill your ideals, if you don’t fulfill your responsibilities, you die.

Seeing that the cost of non-compliance with a quest is death, it seems that the criteria for submitting a quest will help achieve the ideal. In fact, most of the quests are about eradicating the evil of magical girls.

But what is this quest now? Order to raid Red Vega. Seeing that even though the transformation was turned off, it still doesn’t shout “Complete”, it means that there is still work to be done.

How will this help you achieve your ideal? He put his hand on his chin and pondered.

I saw the appearance of Red Vega crouching shabbyly holding its belly.

At that moment, a thought flashed.

The experience of being surrounded by monsters in the past and receiving a mass lynching, the experience of being almost killed by Libra. Now, Red Vega is in a situation similar to her then.

Protecting a magical girl cannot be accomplished by simply visiting and rescuing her whenever she is in danger.

Just as you teach a hungry person how to catch fish, it is important to be able to protect your body.

Jaejoong Han now found out the meaning of this quest.

just like he did at that time.

“Hey Red Vega.”

Make her feel fear.

Paradoxically, in the face of the crisis of death, make them realize the preciousness of life.

Be her fear.

“Yeah…?”

“Have you ever seen the stars?”

Now he realized What you should have now is compassion, but not mercy.

Imagine. what happened to you at that time. How did you feel in front of the laughing monsters?

And, reproduce.

“People often say that they ‘see the stars’ when they receive a strong shock. The optic nerve is shocked and flashes. Have you… have had such an experience?”

There was a hint of laughter in the watcher’s voice. It was creepy. He was playful, but she wasn’t. The play played by the overwhelmingly strong turns into violence in which lives come and go for the weak.

Even though the transformation was over, his shadow showed no signs of disappearing.

“Yeah?”

Red Vega asked blankly. There was a slight tremor in his voice. It resembled the voice of a child crying before being beaten. With her answer in one ear, the watcher raised his foot again.

and fell down

“Cheuk!”

Shocked, Red Vega burned her will and stood up. Without transforming, I clenched my fists and charged at him.

“aaa!”

The watcher didn’t bother to dodge.

earth. The fist that hit the solid metal armor did not do any damage. Rather, blood began to flow from the hand that attacked her.

“…what are you doing?”

“I can’t back down like this… I’m a magical girl…”

Without even having time to wipe the tears that had pooled in them, Baek Ah-hee boldly continued her words.

In an instant, Han Jaejoong was angry.

The anger that comes from compassion that you feel when you see a child playing wild pranks in a valley or mountain on a playground without knowing that it is scary. I was angry at the sight of a child who was unaware that his life was precious.

If this was not herself, but another monster, what would she have faced? I didn’t even want to imagine. She had worked hard to persuade and explain, but she still didn’t know what to do with her life.

It reminded me of her who was cursed a lot for being a carcinogen in the original work. A frustrating character who was able to survive only at the end of the day, and until then, thanks to the sacrifices of his seniors.

powerless justice.

It was okay when I saw it as fiction, but when I met and shared sympathy with a real person, I understood the swearing I received at that time.

People who go wild without countermeasures are always a nuisance.

“You are in front of a monster. Don’t you know what that means?”

Jaejoong Han grabbed the girl’s arm and pulled him. He lost his balance and tripped on his staggering leg, causing him to fall face down.

“What you are going to do now is not resistance, but flight. Don’t you know the meaning of defeat to a magical girl? Proof. You should have run away now. Why waste your life pointlessly?”

Han Jaejoong lifted his foot again and slammed it down.

“Did you take it lightly on me? Did you think that I would understand all of your pitiful complaints for saving you? Did you think I wouldn’t kill you?!”

continue.

“Please! Understand! Your worth! Your life!”

continue.

“Fear is hope!”

I didn’t hear the sound. I didn’t even see her. Belt’s voice is what I focus on the most. I moved my feet as much as I could before being told to finish. Raise your leg and lower it again.

He was weak, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t sick.

Before the pain, the fear must have been quite strong.

It was Baek Ah-hee who tried to rebel hard, but there was no way the injured ordinary person could win against the monster’s power. If I tried to stand up, I would be trampled on.

Gradually, the girl’s movements stopped. Instead, tremors began.

Watcher didn’t stop. Fear should be more clearly imprinted. The value of life is always clear right before death.

how many seconds has passed No, actually, it might have been a few minutes. In fact, maybe it’s already been a day. It was an event of lengthy violence. It was the most one-sided violence ever committed. It was terrible. Every time your feet move, it feels like you are entering a swamp. It was like a nightmare.

[Quest completed.]

I immediately removed my foot. Beneath it was a shivering girl, crouching down and protecting her head with her hands.

“Hey… stop… don’t…”

succeded.

The proud and confident Red Vega was not here. Baek Ah-hee, a girl with tears in her eyes after being attacked by a monster, was the only one there.

“Hyuk, ugh… black…”

When the violence stopped, Baek Ah-hee managed to raise her head.

“why…?”

What I threw was a question. just one letter. The feeling of disappointment or betrayal that can’t be contained in it, the question of why I did this to myself, the question of why I have to go through this. Things like that were mixed up.

There was no fiery anger. There was no vengeance or humiliation that would inflame her.

People don’t feel anger at the power difference that is so great, at that sense of helplessness.

just afraid

Han Jaejoong, who did something he couldn’t do, closed his mouth and managed to suppress his nausea. He took a few steps back, shuddering at the horrors he had committed.

It is said that it was a necessary measure, but it was not too much. There were fewer injuries than before, but I felt skeptical seeing the girl who seemed to have suffered a lot more.

“You bastard!!!”

A kick that came with someone’s desperate voice pushed him away. It was Pink Deneb.

The mascot, who couldn’t see it anymore, arbitrarily put in a call. It was only natural that Pink Deneb, who had the most mobility, would come.

He was wearing a patient’s gown like a coat while quickly transforming into a patient’s body.

She quickly deployed Hongik-oh to protect Baek Ah-hee and swung at the watcher.

Each flock of birds rushed at him like blades. Her anger was justified.

“What are you doing to my ahee!”

Pink Deneb turned her head and looked at her junior. The uselessly bright junior, who would have cheered at his appearance normally, was silently trembling. Her patience, which did not exist at all, came to an end.

It covered the entire back alley with an unprecedented number of Hongik-oh.

“I didn’t think so… Someone like you can’t be my brother… You fucking bastard…! Are you just using what you learned from your mother and father? What did he do wrong!”

“Just like you said, there’s nothing wrong. But there are so many people in the world who don’t know that.”

Watcher replied calmly.

“So, people need an opportunity to realize that.”

That’s enough. Today, I don’t even want to use violence anymore. The time of abuse is over. Han Jaejoong knows that what he just did is absolutely discipline or education, so it cannot be wrapped up.

“I’m glad you seem to know.”

[ALKAID.]

Smoke billowed from the watchers. Pink Deneb ran and broke through the smoke.

“Fuck! Don’t run away! You have to get hit too. Where are you going! I’ll pay you back for what I did to Ah-hee, so hold on tight! Hey! Hey!”

I tried to stir hard into the smoke, but his body was gone.

“A fucking baby!”

Pink Deneb’s fist hit the wall. Like a voiceless clamor, only the sound of the blow echoed.