Transform into a magical girl after getting off work-Chapter 581 - 140 Breaking Out of the Cage

Five minutes, for two magical girls with Leaf Level or above abilities, were enough to fly dozens of miles.

Although limited by the total amount of magic power, it was rare for a magical girl to actually do this. However, faced with an imminent attack by the Remnant Beasts, Cornflower and Mo He still rushed to the scene at their maximum achievable speed.

What lay before them was a district that was fairly well preserved and, in the middle of it, a gigantic Remnant Beast trapped by a magic power "cage".

This magical cage was a sealing technique of Luennolay, suitable for various emergency situations. One of its main uses was to restrict the movement of a Remnant Beast to prevent further destruction within the city. However, such a large-scale, high-intensity technique could not be maintained for long. So, when Cornflower arrived, the surface of the magical cage was already covered with cracks, almost ready to shatter at any moment.

Having seen this technique many times, Cornflower did not focus on the technique itself.

She stared at the motionless, statue-like Remnant Beast before her, her pupils slightly contracted.

"What a huge pupa."

From behind Cornflower, a breathless Nina, due to her significant consumption of magic power, looked at the Remnant Beast and instinctively shrank back, "It looks kind of scary, and it's more disgusting than the usual Remnant Beasts."

If a magical girl uses the word "scary" to describe a Remnant Beast, it sufficiently proves how unsettling its appearance is.

The Remnant Beast curled up in the cage was entirely gray-black, with very pronounced and hard lines and grooves on its body. It had a human-like body and limbs, but the proportions were distorted, with limbs too long compared to the torso, and a head that was too small.

Its body was covered with an unknown sticky substance, which continued to flow down its skin, staining the ground around it with yellow-brown liquid, turning the originally stone-paved road pitch black.

The magical girls were observing the Remnant Beast, and the Remnant Beast was observing the magical girls.

Its head, resembling a decayed watermelon, slightly turned, and its single eye emitted a highly aggressive gaze that moved back and forth over the two magical girls before it. It slightly opened the orifice on its chest, and Cornflower could see saliva dripping from that large orifice.

It was very hungry.

This was the message conveyed by the Remnant Beast's behavior.

So the Remnant Beast stretched out its long arms, its human-like hands covering the inner wall of the magic cage, fingers probing, searching the cracks that had already appeared.

Crackle, crackle.

Like scratching at scabs on a wound, it used its claw joints to continuously scratch those cracks, producing an ear-piercing sound that made the weaker Nina turn pale.

It was a sound that mixed the scraping, cracking, and colliding noises of someone rolling heavy objects back and forth over broken glass, growing louder and louder, until it finally turned into a short, shattering sound.

From within the cage, the Remnant Beast's claws extended out.

Cornflower shielded Nina behind her.

"That's not a pupa," she said.

Although the sizes of Remnant Beasts of the same stage may vary, generally each stage has an approximate size limit. For Pupa Stage Beasts, that limit usually falls around a body length of 20 meters.

But the Remnant Beast in front of them clearly surpassed this range, its body length reaching 30 meters.

"Not, not a pupa?"

A dreadful realization surfaced in Nina's heart, but she still asked, unwilling to accept it, "Could it be an inchworm..."

"This is a Half-Molt."

Cornflower's voice shattered Nina's last hope.

And at the same time, it wasn't just Nina's hope that shattered but also the sealing technique that had been hanging by a thread.

Crack.

The magic barrier ripped apart along the cracks made by the claws, and the Remnant Beast stood up shakily, its mucus splattering everywhere. It slightly moved its limbs as if warming up, though its actions were laughably absurd.

But this absurdity did not relax Cornflower and Nina in the slightest, as the Remnant Beast's single eye remained glued to them, like a magnet that never strayed.

It swung its arms, destroying the magic cage around it. It moved its legs, climbing out of the shattered magical technique barrier like an amphibian on all fours. It squatted down, its four paws together, like a frog, quietly observing the two magical girls for a while.

Then, it jumped suddenly.

"Weave of Fate!"

"Hold, hold now!"

Almost at the same time, the two magical girls summoned their magic armor.

There was no time to think about why a Half-Molt was here, as that answer was unimportant to the two at this moment. Surviving and killing this Remnant Beast were their top priorities.

Ordinarily, following the Research Institute's recommended standards for dealing with Remnant Beasts, a Half-Molt would require three Bud Level magical girls with the aid of at least five Leaf Level magical girls. But now, there was only one Bud Level and one Leaf Level.

So there was neither the necessity nor the possibility of holding back—for these two magical girls, it was a full-strength battle.

"Can you restrain the Remnant Beast's movements?"

Retreating, Cornflower shouted to Nina beside her, "You don't need to make it completely still, just hinder its movements. Can you do that?"

"I can't do it!"

Nina was almost in tears, "I'm sorry! It's too big, and its magic power is greater than mine. I can't even control the air around it properly!"

"How about its body parts?"

Emerald Sparrow continued to shout, "Can you immobilize one body part, like its hand?"

"I'll, I'll try!"

Panic-stricken, Nina reached out, trying to grasp the Remnant Beast's arm. The action seemed to make the beast pause, but soon, Nina's hand, along with her magic armor, was repelled like she had been shocked by electricity.

"No, I can't! It's much stronger than me!" Nina cried out.

"You can't?"

Yet Cornflower did not blame her.

The Remnant Beast's attack came almost instantaneously. Using threads, Cornflower pulled Nina aside, dodging the beast while murmuring to herself, deep in thought, "In that case, I can only do it myself."

With flowing threads forming a vortex, Cornflower reached into it as if to take something out and, in her continuous retreat, pulled out a small ruler.

"Mo He."

In her graceful movements, Cornflower's calm voice reached Nina's ears, "I'll count to three, and then, remember to duck."