Chapter 54

Unlike the time when we destroyed the Spirit Council, it was decided to take down the superhuman organizations in Australia and Egypt through the coordinated efforts of numerous magical girls.

It’s a great opportunity for many magical girls to work moderately and receive hefty rewards.

However, I received a request to refrain from using my Third Ability.

Last time, even though I significantly narrowed the range of “Domain Collapse,” it still caused too much damage, and the mascots received complaints about the excessive resources spent on repairs.

I guess even the mascots found it tough.

…Well, during this coordinated effort, I won’t use my Third Ability anyway.

Since it doesn’t discriminate between friend and foe, I don’t want to use it in this situation.

“Demolition team, begin.”

Anyway, the priority now is to destroy the suspicious superhuman organizations.

The magical girls gathered here will be divided into demolition, combat, and rescue teams.

“Neat…”

At my command, the demolition team’s magical girls began to neatly dismantle the buildings.

I was a bit surprised that they had the talent to dismantle something like that so cleanly.

But more than that… they’re incredibly fast.

The building is already down to its skeleton.

“…Combat team, begin. Rescue team, stand by for now.”

Behind them, the rescue team, ready to save the unaffected superhumans, and the combat team, ready to kill the monsters, are all waiting with their abilities unleashed.

Among them, the combat team was deployed first, and the battle began.

Since the monsters started appearing, there was no choice but to start immediately.

By the way, this translator is really helpful.

Even with different languages, we can just communicate.

Anyway, I’ll advance while checking for Marquis-Class or higher enemies that the kids might struggle with.

Once I confirmed that a fairly large-scale aerial battle was underway, I immediately deployed the rescue team.

“……”

What I see there is between Great King-Class and Emperor-Class… one of the top-tier Great King-Class monsters.

It would be best to use my Second Ability to quickly deal with this.

“These guys are all together…!”

“You’re one to talk, being in a group yourself.”

“You…!”

“[Energy Blast].”

I infused [Collapse] into my rampage-state Energy Blade and fired an [Energy Blast], tearing apart the leader of this organization’s monsters.

With that, the biggest threat was dealt with, and the rest just needed to pick off Marquis-Class or higher enemies.

The combat team can handle the rest.

They were gathered to minimize damage alongside the rescue team.

By the way, the Egypt side was nothing special.

Then should we quickly wrap up the Australia side too?

“Is the Australia side already on standby?”

“Yes! You can head over right away!”

It ended faster than expected, so I should hurry so the kids don’t have to wait.

Kids usually don’t have much patience.

So I immediately opened a [Gate] to Australia and moved there.

The chubby one is still giving me a look of disbelief, but I lightly ignore it.

No point in paying attention; it’s just annoying.

“…But what is this mess?”

“Everyone… is asleep…”

Upon arriving in Australia, everyone was asleep.

This… must be a powerful wide-area mental magic.

If it managed to put all the magical girls to sleep, who are usually resistant to status effects, it must be incredibly strong.

…No choice.

I told the mascots to take care of the sleeping kids, and I’ll charge in alone to smash everything.

“Chubby. Call the other mascots and take the sleeping kids away. I’ll handle this alone.”

…While watching the demolition team dismantle the building, I thought a bit. If I infuse [Collapse] into this building, wouldn’t the entire building just vanish?

No, normally, since they get paid for just dismantling buildings, it’s better to leave it as is.

But here… it’s already too late, so I’ll handle it myself.

“Oh, it works.”

First, I touched the building’s wall and used [Collapse].

As expected, [Collapse] spread throughout the building, instantly reducing it to atoms and erasing its existence.

Inside were many superhumans who hadn’t turned into monsters yet and numerous monsters, who immediately charged at me upon seeing me.

That’s more like it, monsters.

Mindless beasts that can’t even distinguish their prey.

“…[Physical Rampage].”

[Physical Rampage]… This technique originally rampages my own body, not the surrounding creatures.

It was meant to be used alongside [Physical Enhancement] for a double boost, but if desired, it can also rampage the surroundings, and with [Chaotic Frenzy], it can cause widespread, indiscriminate rampage.

So, it’s originally a self-buff technique, with debuffing enemies as a bonus.

“Stay back, Chubby.”

“Yep!”

First, I sliced through all the charging monsters with my energy blade.

Stabbing heads, splitting them in half, decapitating, grabbing heads and slamming them into the ground.

With my double-enhanced state, my movements are so fast that all this happens in an instant.

In less than a second, over a hundred monsters were reduced to mutilated corpses rolling on the ground.

Not a pleasant sight, but it’s enough to instill fear in the remaining monsters.

Including the Emperor-Class monster making a very surprised face.

“You’re the only one left.”

Warm-up’s over, so I ramped up my energy blade and infused [Collapse].

The Emperor-Class monster still charged at me, revealing its killing intent.

But this Emperor-Class monster specializes in mental attacks, not direct combat abilities.

Meaning, even among Emperor-Class monsters, it’s weak.

But that’s already irrelevant.

Weak or strong, it’s already over if it can’t keep up with my movements.

…At first, I thought I might need to consider using my Third Ability, but I must have overestimated it.

Or maybe the impression from when the Fairy Queen told me about it was too strong.

Or maybe… I was underestimating myself.

“Are you trembling in fear over something like this?”

“Shut up!!”

“To think this is Emperor-Class… there’s too much hype.”

After kneeing the trembling Emperor-Class monster in the solar plexus and kicking it upward, I slammed an [Energy Blast] infused with [Collapse] into it.

And the Emperor-Class monster vanished.

“……”

“It’s over!”

“…Yeah.”

Then what’s left is… rescuing the kidnapped superhumans.

Since they’re all asleep, there’s no way to do it.

I can’t do this alone.

“Ah, whatever! Handle it yourself.”

“Huh?!”

“What, you expect me to do something about this?”

Ah, but I should remove all the medals.

Let’s see… they’re piled up here.

Let’s destroy them all with [Collapse].

“You gather the magical girls and wake the people up. I’ll take care of the medals.”

“Yep!”

After cleaning up, it’s medal cleanup… really annoying.

But well, apart from the superhumans who turned into monsters, there’s not much other damage.

That’s… good enough.

“……”

“Rampage~!”

But something feels off.

If there’s someone orchestrating this, it definitely won’t end here.

Meaning… ah, that’s it.

Over there… something huge is happening.

“…You here, Chubby?”

“In a few hours, the incident will be over!”

“The incident isn’t over yet.”

“Huh?”

Seems like there was a second plan in case this failed.

Not sure to what extent, but a significant number of monsters and demons… are gathering in one place.

Even from here, one spot looks pitch black.

At this distance, it’s probably near the Pacific?

“Look there.”

“Over there? …Gasp?!”

“Let’s go, Chubby.”

“Yes, yep…!!”

Seeing the monsters clump together and merge into one is… really disgusting.

No, more importantly, I need to destroy that before it does something.

Otherwise… I don’t know, but something really terrible might happen.

“They’ve already gathered quite a bit…”

“T-This is…?!”

Let’s go through the [Gate] and see. I don’t know where they came from, but countless monsters and demons… easily thousands, are already densely packed.

Probably gathering the monster fragments created by the medals, but I’m not sure.

“…Huh? What’s this?”

I tried firing an [Energy Blast] to deal with it, but it was blocked mid-air, and even after mixing in [Collapse], it was still blocked.

But I can roughly guess what blocked it.

Judging by the vibrations, it’s an incredibly smooth… an extremely high-level mana control defense technique.

Probably someone protecting it.

And not just Great King-Class or Emperor-Class… something far beyond common sense, at a much higher level.

“Chubby. Do you know what’s going on?”

“This is… I know… Could it be… Magical Pandora…”

“Magical Pandora? Who’s that? Speak quickly.”

“The magical girl the Fairy Queen mentioned before, the one who ran away! Her abilities are 「Calamity」 and 「Curse」…! This is a fusion technique of [Curse: Space] and [Calamity: Severance]!!”

For that to come up now… I get that it’s incredibly powerful.

No wonder I couldn’t even scratch it without ramping up my energy blade.

Then… time to unleash the Third Ability…!

“「Ether… Blast」…!!”

Ramp up with [Chaotic Frenzy], fuse 「Ether Blast」 and 「Collapse」.

Then focus it into a single point and pierce…!

“…Got it!”

“Wow! Amazing!!”

With this, the gap isn’t as absurd as I thought.

Good to have confirmed this.

That aside, I need to destroy that… Should I spam laser-type 「Ether Blast」?

Mix in explosive types too… Fire.

“…Is this the end?”

“There’s still some left!”

“It’s fine. Just fire at max output.”

I devastated it with an incredible rate of fire, but it’s not completely gone yet.

Still, the separately fired laser-type 「Ether Blast」 at max output finished it cleanly.

“……”

I don’t know what they were trying to do by gathering like that, but at least I dealt with it before something happened.

I trust the mascots to analyze this.

But more importantly… she’s here, right?

“Magical Pandora! Are you there? Answer me!!”

“……”

“…You’re there, huh.”

“Fufu, caught me♪”

…As expected, she was close by.

No matter how extraordinary, using techniques across dimensions is impossible.

So she’s been in the human world all along.

And seeing how she uses monsters, she probably operates in the demon realm… But being a magical girl, she can come and go without restrictions, unlike demons or monsters.

“「Ether Blast」.”

That aside, to gauge Pandora’s level, I immediately fired an 「Ether Blast」.

Pandora looked slightly surprised… but easily blocked it.

To think she’d use a defensive spell pinpointed at the center of my attack.

This… frustratingly, I have to admit she’s more skilled than me.

“…So you’re the next warrior after the Fairy Queen, Melphis♪”

“…Next warrior?”

“Yes~ the next warrior♬”

“What do you mean?”

“Actually, before settling here… I invaded another dimension’s world too♬”

“……”

“But~… If I invade normally, it gets destroyed too quickly♪ So this time, I decided to give it more time♬ Until someone strong enough to challenge me appears in the demon realm, that is♩”

…This girl is enjoying herself.

I don’t fully understand, but it seems she plans to torment and play until someone strong enough to entertain her appears.

Moreover, this time, she’s nurturing hope… only to crush it when it’s at its peak.

A truly horrifyingly rotten personality.

Of course, this is just speculation, so it might not be the case.

“…Right. When I’m ready, I’ll come for you.”

“I’ll be waiting~♬ …Looking forward to it, ‘Child of Heo’♬ Seems like you’re the chosen one♬”

I have a lot to say, but it’s better to keep it short with her.

If I provoke her carelessly, it might end before I can do anything.

More importantly, that ‘Child of Heo’ again…

“……”

“Rampage…”

“…Don’t worry. I’ll keep training, and this is just a last resort.”

I’ll strive to become strong enough to kill her, but it’s good to keep this in mind.

A few more years of this won’t significantly close the gap.

“Let’s go back, Chubby.”

“Yep!”

That aside… there are still some medals left in the human world, and superhumans turning into monsters because of them.

So we need to deal with this first.

For now, let’s ignore Pandora.