Magical girl? She got tricked into this!

The golden-patterned giant sickle suddenly shone with golden light. Celian took a step forward and swung the sickle without any fancy moves. The tip of the sickle collided with the oncoming flaming spiral arrow at almost lightning speed.

Violent magic ripples spread outward from the collision point, and everything standing on the rooftop was almost completely destroyed in an instant.

The flaming star-piercing spiral arrow, which could almost be said to be Ando Meiko's strongest attack, was cut in half by the golden sickle after only a few breaths of stalemate.

The two halves of the flaming arrows flying at high speed fell into the distant city like meteors, causing a violent explosion.

The sickle, still with undiminished momentum, didn't even make a sound when it slashed through Ando Meiko's arm, only causing a burst of blood to splatter.

If Celian's scythe hadn't been knocked off balance by the spiral arrow and lifted upward, her entire arm would have been separated from her body.

"How...how is it possible..."

[Master... That's the compression attack that Tia once used. Although I'm very unwilling, Master, we simply can't defeat her now.]

[Yezi, run away quickly. You are no match for her right now.]

Ruby and Vita had already begun to persuade Ando Meiko to retreat in her consciousness, but she stared blankly at the giant golden sickle that was parked close to her neck, not daring to make any rash moves.

"Small sister, don't move! Even if a magical girl can repair herself from missing limbs, she'll still die if her head is cut off... Huh?"

However, at this moment, Celian seemed to be stunned for a moment. She turned her gaze away from Ando Meiko's pale face and slowly shifted it to the bright red blood seeping from the wound on her arm. The smile that was originally stiff on her face raised an arc of surprise that could not be concealed.

"Hahahahaha..." She suddenly burst into laughter, staring at Ando Meiko with a startlingly fiery gaze. "I never thought, I never thought that the thing we've been looking for for so many years would appear right in front of me."

This loud laughter was as clear and sweet as a silver bell, but when it fell into Ando Meiko's ears, it made her feel a chill in her heart.

She suddenly said such words after seeing her own blood. It is not a big deal to guess what she meant by "the thing I have been looking for for so many years". It must be her body of destiny.

What did the Witch Organization want the Body of Destiny for? This question flashed through Ando Meiko's mind, but she suppressed it forcefully.

Because now is not the time to talk about this. Instead of considering other people's problems, she wants to know how to get out of this fatal situation.

[Yezi, don't panic. I just noticed a fluctuation in the surrounding space. It seems someone opened the door and came in from the real world.]

Vita's reminder calmed Anten Meiko's fluctuating heart, and a little calmness returned to her panicked eyes.

"Come here, you little scumbag sister!" Celian stretched out her hand and grabbed Ando Meiko.

Just as the petite hand was about to touch Ando Meiko, a long whip of lightning fell from the sky and struck Celian mercilessly.

The powerful magic contained in the long whip was so strong that even Celian didn't dare to withstand it with her own body.

She gently pushed away Ando Meiko, who might be affected, with her backhand, and tapped the ground with one foot. She retreated dozens of steps until she stopped at the edge of the other end of the rooftop.

"who?"

As soon as she said this, her eyes froze on a girl with short purple-blue hair and a long lightning whip who appeared in front of Ando Meiko.

"Canlei-ji, Tamura Shizuka? Even with my domain blocking it, you're still able to sense the fluctuations of magic here."

The girl named Shizuka Tamura turned to look at Ando Meiko, who looked a little bewildered, and asked, "Ando Meiko, are you okay?"

"Yeah." Meiko Ando nodded. "It's nothing serious. I just need to rest for a while."

After hearing her confirmation, Jing turned back to look at the blonde loli Celian in front of her. "I was wondering who it was, but it turns out to be Celian, the high-ranking female demon from the Witch Organization. It's been so long since I last saw you, and I didn't expect you'd already reached the Super Rank... But I'd like to know who gave you the guts to run wild in my territory."

"I don't mean any harm to you. I just want to have some fun with the little sister behind you."

Seeing the playful smile on her face, Jing snorted coldly and said, "Humph, you bullied my students, don't think I will let this matter go."

"If you want to fight, I'm not against playing along, but do you really think the ordinary people in this school will be unaffected?" Celian laughed. "And with the curse that prevents you from using your full strength, you don't really think you can beat me, do you?"

Hearing this, Jing frowned slightly, and her hand holding the lightning whip tightened a little, and a powerful magical wave swept out from her body.

"You can try it yourself."

Celian was right. Whether it was the students here or the curse on her body, they were all things she feared, so there was no way she would fight Celian here.

But as the saying goes, it's better to lose the battle than the battle. Even if I can't fight, at least I can't let this guy who comes to challenge me suppress my momentum.

"Forget it. I'm also a bit restricted due to some things. Otherwise, I'd like to have some fun with you. Anyway, let's call it a day."

"Why don't you just get out of here?" A cold voice came out of Jing's mouth, with disgust in her tone.

She had no intention of giving Celia any face.

Volume 4: Something Hidden Beneath the Earth: Chapter 15: Gensakura High School and Senhime High School

Celian smiled, but ignored the unkindness in her tone. Instead, she glanced meaningfully at Ando Meiko behind her, her mouth moving slightly, and finally raised a cunning arc.

"I will definitely get you."

After leaving these words behind, she used her giant golden sickle to cut through space and jumped out directly from the door to the present world that was instantly supported by the shape of the crack.

Looking at the closed door to the present world, Jing snorted with some disdain, then turned and walked to Ando Meiko's side to carefully check her injuries.

Fortunately, the battle between Celian and Ando Meiko was just a boring game for her, so she never used her full strength, otherwise Ando Meiko would not even have the chance to cast magic.

"Mr. An Teng, you're being too reckless this time. You actually dared to come here alone to challenge Celian. Don't you know that she's one of the three top leaders of the Staff of God?"

Nodding, Anten Meiko looked at the magical girl Shizuka Tamura in front of her, who was called "Soraikei-hime" by Celian, with some confusion.

The first name she called when she saw herself was not her code name Ruby, but the name Anten Meiko.

But the problem was that she and the person in front of her had never even met once, let alone knew each other, unless under the guise of a magical girl, she had met someone before or someone who had met her before.

But she was also unfamiliar with the name Tamura Shizuka.

"Forget it, let's talk about it outside." Jing put away the lightning whip and replaced it with a magic wand that seemed to have lightning flashing all over it.

She waved lightly, without even reciting the spell to open the door, a crack was torn in the space of the void world, and the crack expanded into a vortex door that was large enough for two people to pass through side by side.

Following Jing, Meiko Anten walked out of the door and returned to the real world.

"Huh?" She felt strange because everything on the rooftop was obviously destroyed in the battle just now, but it was not affected at all in the real world.

"It's that magic circle. Its self-protection mechanism has protected this rooftop." Perhaps sensing Anten Meiko's confusion, Vita explained directly to her.

【I see. 】

"That's why I say that these newcomers are really ignorant of their own lives. They don't even have the strength to advance to the next level, yet they dare to go head-to-head with senior officials."

Jing reached out and tapped An Teng Yazi's forehead hard, causing her to subconsciously cover her forehead in pain. Although she was angry, she did not dare to act rashly in front of someone who could force Celian to retreat.

"Who are you? I've never seen you before. How do you know my name?" Even though she could no longer sense Celian's presence, she still didn't dare to change her transformed state.

Because even if the person in front of her helped her, she would not dare to let her guard down until she was sure whether this person was an enemy or a friend.

"Okay, don't be nervous. I won't hurt you anyway. Forget it, it's better to talk in that way."

Jing touched her transformed state, and the body of the magical girl was slowly becoming old, and her original short blue-purple hair was shortened to a flat white hair.

Cangleiji Tamura Shizuka, just like that, changed from a slim and beautiful woman into a slightly old middle-aged man, but this man's appearance was enough to surprise Anten Meiko so much that her jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"School... principal?"

"Anten Meiko, why don't you change back quickly? Do you want to be discovered by other students?"

The old voice came from the principal's mouth, causing Meiko Anten to subconsciously stand at attention and respond loudly to his words: "Yes!"

As the red light on her body completely dissipated, she returned to her original form, but after turning back into Anten Meiko, her confidence in facing the principal had dropped to freezing point.

This may be the natural suppression that students feel when facing school leaders.

"I won't bother with you about sneaking out during class. Tell me what you discovered."

Meiko Anten slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and then told the principal about the magic fluctuation she felt. However, when explaining, she changed the person who discovered the magic fluctuation from Vita to herself.

"I see. They've set up a magic circle in the school... Since even I can't sense the circulation of magic power, that means this magic circle has at least five hidden seals."

The principal frowned, and the wrinkles on his already old face became even deeper. "So it seems that they must have discovered it. They are really generous."

Hearing this, An Teng Meizi asked curiously, "Celian also said that they were here for something in this school. Doesn't that mean she didn't lie to me?"

"Yeah." Jing nodded, then stretched out a finger and pointed at the ground in front of her. "She didn't lie to you. What they want is the dragon vein hidden under this school."

"Dragon...dragon vein?" This memory seemed a bit distant to her.

The reason why Katzelina came to Gensakura High School before she met her was to investigate the dragon veins. For this reason, she directly used the Rod of God on Rei, who was her enemy at the time.

"What on earth do they want to do with the dragon vein?" Dragon veins are, after all, just enhanced spiritual veins. According to the agent, they shouldn't be worth fighting over.

"Because someone used the dragon vein's luck to seal a murderous creature underneath, and this murderous creature has the power to change the world. Their target is probably that murderous creature."

After saying this, the principal paused, then continued, "Do you remember the explosion at Qianji High School two months ago?"

Meiko Anten thought for a moment, then nodded: "Senhime High School... Of course I remember."

Her childhood sweetheart originally enrolled with her in the first year of high school, and after leaving Tokyo and moving to Kanagawa, she also transferred from Geno High School to Senhime High School.

The so-called unidentified bombing incident at Senhime High School was the reason why Fuko came to Anten's house to play for a while. This incident was even shown on TV.

How could she forget such an impressive thing?

"Qianji High School is also built on a dragon vein. Something is also suppressed beneath it. That thing is the key to unlocking this evil creature. They have probably been planning this for a long time..."

"We had you prepare in such a short time and go to the mountain school for a camp in advance because we discovered traces of the witches. We temporarily cleared the high school and searched for them. We never expected that they would actually discover what we were protecting."

Volume 4: Something Hidden Beneath the Earth: Chapter 16: Unraveling the Mystery

"This is really tricky." Jing gritted her teeth, then seemed to notice Ando Meiko's curious look at her, raised her head and looked at her, "Why? Are you surprised by my behavior?"

"Hmm." Ando Meiko nodded. "Why did the principal become like this? Could this be the curse Celian just mentioned?"

Jing smacked her lips and said, "Indeed, when I was young and frivolous, I had a fight with Arrogance. Although I beat him half to death, I didn't expect him to have a trick up his sleeve. He used some unknown means to change the form of the original ether in my body. That's why I look like this after I untransformed."

She stopped, seemingly not wanting to waste too much time on this issue. She glanced around the rooftop and said to Ando Meiko, "I've often heard my brother mention you. I never thought you could kill Lust alone."

When this matter was brought up again, Ando Meiko scratched her head sheepishly and said awkwardly, "It was all just luck. If everyone hadn't consumed so much of its magic power before that, I'm afraid I would have been killed instantly by myself."

"You are quite modest, yes, that's right. I like modest children the most."

Jing, who said such words with the appearance of a middle-aged man, made Ando Meiko's expression twitch. After knowing the truth, she really didn't know what expression she should use to face the principal.

"But since you discovered this magic circle that even I couldn't detect, I guess you must have a good sense of magic."

"It's alright..."

"Then can you remove this magic circle?"

"I can try, but I'm not very sure." Meiko Ando didn't dare to guarantee anything about this. After all, she had not carefully studied the memories left by Vita, so she was not very familiar with the magic circle.

"It's okay. I won't blame you even if it doesn't work."

[Vita, thank you for your help.] Having come to this point, Ando Meiko naturally had to do her best.

[Well, this is indeed the transition zone between absorption and retention, so we must first find the central position of the wire.]

What should I do?

[Concentrate all your scrying magic here.]

Following Vita's instructions, Ando Meiko half-knelt on the ground, closed her eyes and focused her mind, controlling the magic power that was integrated into her will so that it only covered this rooftop.

"Slacking radar, activated."

Only on the rooftop, the flow of magic power between the magic seals was clearly transmitted into Ando Meiko's consciousness space through the three-dimensional image.

[Let me take a look.] Vita approached the line where the magic flowed, searching carefully for something. Seeing this, Ando Meiko was about to exclude anything other than the magic flow, but Vita stopped her.

"What's wrong? Wouldn't it look better if you removed it?"

[I'm not looking for the lines where magic flows, but the lines where magic doesn't flow.]

[There's no connecting line for the flow of magic? Is there such a thing in here?]

Just like I have a reverse scale on my body, within these countless magical fibers lies a central core that carries the flow of magical energy. This core is the load-bearing axis of this entire cluster of lines. If it is severed, the flow of magical energy in this section will cease immediately.

She understood the logic, but she always felt like she was defusing a bomb.

It was quite difficult to find a line among so many magic power transmission lines. Meiko Ando and Vita worked together to search for nearly twenty minutes, and finally they locked the position of the central line.

Seeing Ando Meiko finally opened her eyes, Jing asked: "How is it?"

She nodded at Jing, but didn't show any joy. "Anyway, I've found the core of this magic transmission belt. Whether we can break the magic circle depends on whether we can cut off this core."

"I understand. Go ahead."

[Meizi, to cut off the core without disturbing the magic circle's self-defense function requires very precise magic control. Please use your specialized magic control form.]

"Okay." Vita and Jing responded at the same time. Ando Meiko transformed again and entered the starry form.

As the flow of magic power became smoother, the image in the consciousness space became clearer and clearer. She quickly locked the location of the center again and separated a stream of magic power from the palm of her hand pressed on the ground.