## Chapter 104 – The Hunted Magical Girls (2)
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“As expected, you heroes are… so foolish and weak.
I simply can’t be bothered to deal with you. Hehe…♥”
Clearly, the villain should have been unable to move, bound by Seraphina’s massive thorn vines,
and bisected by Aquamarine’s giant water slash.
“I know, right? Kyahahahaha!!”
Clad in black bodysuits, Chaeryeong and Ruilin were not only unharmed but unscathed,
mocking the two magical girls on the verge of collapse from behind.
– Thump… Thump…
“Just looking at you… it seems like neither of you has the strength to lift a finger.
Why don’t you just surrender to us?”
Chaeryeong and Ruilin walked in front of the two magical girls, revealing themselves,
extending their hands towards them, urging them to surrender.
“Don’t be ridiculous…! Rather than surrender to villains like you… I’d rather die!”
However, the two magical girls rejected the dark temptation,
slapping away their hands, expressing their will to never yield.
The dream of becoming cute and adorable magical girls and the desire to protect people.
Gathering that dream and desire, the two girls who decided to become ‘Hero Magical Girls’
had endured countless hardships that their frail bodies could barely withstand.
‘This much hardship…’
‘It’s nothing…’
No matter how tired and exhausted, magical girls always show a bright face,
and no matter how tired and exhausted, heroes never give up and always challenge.
‘We can do it… because we’re… Hero Magical Girls…!’
An unwavering spirit roused the bodies of the two magical girls, who seemed about to collapse from exhaustion.
“Oh my… it seems you still have the strength to stand?”
“Until we defeat you… we won’t fall either…!”
Aquamarine and Seraphina brushed off the bloodstains and dust from their knees and faces,
and picked up the magical staffs that had been discarded on the ground as if they could never lift them again.
“Hero Magical Girl… Magical Aquamarine!”
“Hero Magical Girl… Magical Seraphina!”
“In the name of heroes and magical girls, two forces of justice… we shall punish you villains!”
– Thududududut!!!!
“Take this! Aqua… Hyper Blast…!!!!”
Aquamarine rushed towards the two villains, extending her magical staff,
and from its tip, a fierce wave of water poured out.
– Bangㅡ!
Avoiding the Aqua Bubble Blast, Chaeryeong grabbed Ruilin and clapped her hands,
quickly switching positions with a nearby clone to evade the attack.
“Haaaah! Seraphina Expert Strike!”
– Whirrrrrrrㅡ!!!!
Quickly identifying the evaded position, Seraphina stretched out her thorn vines,
instantly reaching the location of Chaeryeong and Ruilin, capturing them.
“Not a chance… Hehehe…!!”
– Clangㅡ Kwagwagwagwagwangㅡ!!!!
However, Ruilin’s hand, which was not yet bound, touched the thorn vines,
and only the inside of the thorn vines, which had turned into a bomb, exploded, easily breaking free.
“Hehehehe…!!”
And a portion of the thorn vine stalks that had been binding the two villains turned into bombs,
hurling towards the two magical girls at tremendous speed.
“Aqua Bubble Barrier…!!”
Aquamarine quickly deployed a barrier before the bomb vines could reach, blocking them.
– Kwagwagwagwagwagwangㅡ!!!!
“Kuhhhh…!! The explosion… is too strong…!”
Although the barrier was deployed thicker and stronger than usual,
the force and pressure of the explosion boasted such powerful pressure and momentum that the barrier began to crack.
“Keheok…! Keheuk….”
The bomb attacks did not end with a single explosion but continued to detonate in a chain reaction.
Perhaps because Aquamarine had increased the output of her ability to maintain the barrier to block the chain explosions,
blood continued to gush from her mouth.
“Aquamarine…!”
“I’m fine… You need to focus more on those guys, not me…!”
Seraphina felt a surge of emotion as she saw Aquamarine in pain.
But Aquamarine rather patted Seraphina’s shoulder.
‘That’s right. Just being sad… won’t get us through this situation…!’
Aquamarine’s earnest feelings were conveyed to Seraphina,
and she ran without looking ahead to approach the two villains, who were now further away, giggling and laughing.
– Clangㅡ
“Kyaaht?!”
Suddenly, something made a sound and tripped Seraphina as she ran.
Clearly, it was a part of the thorn vines that had tripped her.
However, it made a ‘clang’ sound as if it had touched metal or a mechanical device.
“Heuaaaht…!!!”
Seraphina quickly realized that the thorn vines she had tripped on were bombs.
Just as Aquamarine had created a barrier to protect herself from the explosion,
Seraphina quickly wrapped herself in thick thorn vines to protect herself from the explosion.
– Kwagwagwagwagwagwangㅡ!!!!
“Kuhhh…!!!”
The explosion of tremendous power burst and tore apart the thorn vines that covered Seraphina’s body,
but thanks to the considerable thickness of the thorn vines, the aftermath of the explosion barely reached Seraphina.
“I… can’t feel strength in my body…!”
Perhaps because she had consumed too much energy to block the explosion, just like Aquamarine,
Seraphina’s condition continued to deteriorate.
Spitting blood had already been going on for a while,
and the burst capillaries in her eyes and face were swollen as if they would explode.
– Whaaaaaaaaaaangㅡ
Before long, the city streets were filled with the smoke of explosions, making it difficult to see,
and as the battle that had lasted for nearly 30 minutes did not end, the siren sounded once again, signaling an emergency.
The siren was a signal to alert the citizens that it was an emergency and that they should evacuate,
and it was also a signal that reinforcements would soon arrive at the scene.
But Aquamarine and Seraphina could not wait for support to arrive.
Waiting for support from other heroes as it was,
they would have to continue blocking the bombs that could fly in from anywhere.
And even if those heroes came quickly, there was no guarantee that they could defeat the villain duo with the absurd combination of teleportation and explosion.
In the first place, the two Hero Magical Girls were the essence of the Hero Union Research Institute’s ability research technology,
and were heroes belonging to the top tier of A-class heroes.
‘Those guys… must be getting tired too.
The intensity of the explosions is getting stronger because of that.’
Abilities generally vary greatly in strength and utility,
but the stronger and better they are, the greater the burden each use places on the body.
Even Aquamarine and herself, who had undergone numerous enhancement procedures, were exhausted,
so they couldn’t possibly not be exhausted.
‘Just one more time… if that technique works properly even just one more time…’
The vines of a flower that are more beautiful than any other flower but have dangerous thorns.
Clearly, if it hit, it could inflict a fatal wound that would make it impossible to even breathe,
and its power had already been confirmed in the joint attack with Aquamarine.
‘Arms and legs… please move for me…!’
Seraphina desperately begged and pleaded with her body to move.
– Clangㅡ
Then, barely lifting her foot, something made a clang sound and tripped her.
The sky was not on Seraphina’s side.
– Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwangㅡ!!!!!
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!”
It was nearly impossible to block the explosion in a state where she couldn’t even properly raise her body,
and Seraphina was caught in the explosion as it was.
“Seraphina…?!!!!!!?”
Aquamarine knew that the explosion and scream came from Seraphina’s side.
But because she didn’t even have the strength to move her body, she could only cry out pitifully from that spot.
“Hehehe…♥ Finally, that condom-like annoying barrier…♥ is useless, huh…♥♥”
Ruilin fondled her crotch beyond her bodysuit,
becoming even more excited by the fact that the bombing attack had finally hit.
“We didn’t kill that magical girl with the green hair, did we?”
“Of course not! Don’t worry… Hehehe…♥”
Ruilin’s ability, ‘Bombification,’ is to turn the touched object into a bomb and detonate it.
The point of her ability is that it not only simply turns things into bombs and detonates them,
but also allows her to finely adjust the intensity and range of the explosion.
– Shwaaaaaaaaaaaㅡ!!!!
A stream of water shot out from the smoke that covered the entire street.
It poured down on Chaeryeong and Ruilin, who were wondering about Seraphina’s life and death at that moment.
– Bangㅡ!
Chaeryeong grabbed Ruilin and switched positions with a clone once again, avoiding the stream of water.
“If we had reacted even a little later… we might have been cut in half by that stream of water.”
The power of the stream of water was so strong that it cleared all the smoke in front.
And inside, Aquamarine was standing, staggering and glaring sharply at the two villains.
However, unlike her sharp gaze, her body was already battered,
and she continued to spit blood, staggering and unable to stand properly.
“To think she can still… be in her right mind.”
Chaeryeong slowly walked towards Aquamarine, who seemed about to faint.
“Why don’t you… give up now?”
“I… can’t… give… up…”
Aquamarine swung her fist at Chaeryeong, who reached out her hand again,
but the fist, which contained no strength at all, did not push back her palm even a little.
– Thudㅡ
In the end, Aquamarine collapsed on the spot, having exhausted all her energy.
– Whaaaaaaaaaaangㅡ!!!
– Thududududududutㅡ
Before long, the siren and footsteps grew louder and louder,
indicating that reinforcements were already close to the scene.
“It seems like those annoying guys are about to arrive. Ruilin?”
“Aww…♥ Is it time to go already?”
Ruilin and Chaeryeong grabbed the hands of Seraphina and Aquamarine, who were in a state of retirement.
“Of course. We have to hurry and bring these new females… to our great master, right?”
– Bangㅡ!
As Chaeryeong’s hands clapped together, a bang sounded,
and the two villains and two Hero Magical Girls disappeared from the spot without a trace.
