NOVEL NEXT Chapter 120
In the time heading toward the hope I had longed for.
In this place where I thought I had left everything behind.
Being glad to exist as a complete being beside you, the only one who knows the past I discarded.
I might have pretended not to notice.
That despite the changing times, I haven’t changed at all.
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“Haah!”
“Uaaah!”
As Yuki and Lee Hua pierced through all attacks and approached the body of the Black Sea Serpent, they cloaked themselves in starlight while blocking poison with flames and lightning as they closed in on the monster.
Chiiik!!
The poison emanating from the serpent’s entire body.
It was like being fogged in a prickly smoke that filled the air.
The poison mist seemed to deny even the step of the living.
Chiiik!!
Yuki and Lee Hua raised the flames and lightning that protected them even higher, burning the poison mist and advancing forward, as if they were carrying torches through a forest filled with darkness.
“If we burn all of this!!”
“Haah!!”
Whirr
Sizzle
With the flames and lightning surrounding Yuki and Lee Hua, the poison mist dispersed, and soon the path ahead was clear of any haze.
“Phew! With this, we can move forward!”
Yuki nodded without replying to Lee Hua’s words. Upon seeing this, Lee Hua narrowed her beautiful eyebrows and gently called out.
“…Yuki?”
“Yes?”
“Are you okay? You’ve seemed a bit off since earlier. It feels like you’re just fighting without focus…”
“I’m sorry. I’ll concentrate.”
“……”
Once again, Yuki and Lee Hua moved forward.
After Na-yeon’s desperate efforts pierced through the waves and whirlpools, Yuki and Lee Hua finally climbed onto the body of the Sea Serpent. Feeling their footsteps, the serpent twisted its massive body and resisted.
Guuuu—
The sea and sky flipped in an instant.
A strong wind that could make one’s hair stand on end blew.
As the serpent relentlessly flipped its enormous body, Yuki and Lee Hua clinging on felt the sky and ground flip countless times along with the fierce gusts. They could only hold on, unable to do anything else amidst such violent resistance.
Kwaaah—
The sound of massive waves.
A whirlpool filling their sight.
Amidst the swirling scenery, Na-yeon could be seen darting around in a blue starlight, tirelessly calming the sea’s waves. She had started to skillfully perform the evasive maneuvers that Lee Hua and Yuki had taught her earlier.
The vibrations felt at the fingertips of Yuki and Lee Hua resting on the ground.
“Gyaah?!”
“Uugh…!!”
“The, the monster is trying to dive into the sea!!”
“Kugh…!!”
With a tremendous cry, the Sea Serpent was trying to bury its head underwater. Seeing this, Na-yeon magically guided the serpent’s head while trying to create a whirlpool hundreds of meters wide.
“Huaah!! Split apart!!!”
Amidst the thousands of waves stirred by the serpent, the shining blue starlight stood out clearly.
With the magic casted by the sea fairy, which dispelled the ominous currents, the sea began to shift and create a new flow.
Kwaaaah—
An enormous whirlpool, as big as the one created by the Sea Serpent, began to spin and empty the space.
The serpent, which had tried to bury its head beneath the surface, realized too late that there was no water, crashing into the emptiness and causing a massive vibration.
Guuuu—!!!
Yuki and Lee Hua, who were atop its body, didn’t fall, even amidst the shock that felt like the world was flipping upside down, as they sparkled with starlight.
Chiiik!!
The poison that flowed throughout the Sea Serpent dispersed with the shock. And as an unexpected collision hit the serpent for the first time, attacks were launched toward it.
[Preparing barrage fire!!]
[Fire!!]
Hundreds of flames.
Hundreds of trajectories.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
■■■■■■—!!!
The Sea Serpent’s howls of rage turned into screams of agony due to the impact.
For the first time, the serpent suffered as it was hit by the defensive team’s barrage shooting through the scattered poison.
Seeing this, Yuki and Lee Hua immediately began to run across the serpent’s body.
“This is our chance!!”
“Yes!”
[This is a notification from the support team to the assault team!!! Like this!! If we deal another huge impact, our attacks might work!!]
-[I’m a magical girl of the sea! If the serpent rises again… I’ll create an opportunity!!]
Running frantically along the writhing black path.
Yuki looked up at the sky.
Small cracks were forming in the sky.
From there, the [Plagues] came charging in.
Illuminating the [Plagues] with radiant white light, Hikari.
‘Hikari…’
Why do you believe in me?
Why do you keep me by your side?
[Yuki is the greatest magical girl!]
If you believe in me, I can be the greatest magical girl forever.
But I don’t understand why you trust me.
‘Tell me.’
So that I can exist in this dreamlike reality.
So that the flickering flame that is left doesn’t extinguish.
“We’ve arrived!!”
Before Yuki and Lee Hua’s eyes stood the gigantic head of the Sea Serpent, wide open and still reeling from the shock.
When facing huge monsters in the lost history, they always attacked through the most vulnerable mouth.
In history, where magical girls had no escape methods, they simply ended up self-exploding.
But now, the magical girls had their escape methods.
“Now all we have to do is get inside from there…!”
Fwoosh—!!
As they sprinted at full speed towards the serpent’s neck, Lee Hua and Yuki hesitated at the vibration felt beneath them.
The Sea Serpent was regaining its senses.
It was thrashing its tail here and there, racing across the sea, trying to dive back underwater.
“Gyaaaah!”
Yuki, flustered on the shaking body, involuntarily recalled the experience of once climbing onto a monster’s back. The memory of drawing attention while being tossed around came back to her.
Fwoosh!
Creating a scythe made of flames.
The Goddess of [Start] prepared the [Flame] to conceal [Resurrection], it was weak but it could channel the powers of all the Apostles.
“…”
Yuki’s meager weapon, existing as the remnants left by the Goddess of [Start].
Swoosh—!
Yuki struck it down with all her might.
Though it didn’t possess the transcendent cutting power of a Magical Girl of [Death], it would surely catch the monster’s attention.
Pooosh!!
The sickle lodged in a place longer than a person’s upper body, but due to the serpent’s massive size, it continued racing towards the water without caring about its wound.
Fwoosh!
The flames that dazzled in Yuki’s hands. Seeing that, Lee Hua unleashed a powerful bolt of lightning cascading down her shoulders.
“Lee Hua!!”
“Yes!!”
Their attacking spells shot forth.
Thunder!!
Boom!!
As two immense destructive forces erupted over the wound made by the scythe, the stench of burning flesh filled the air, and the Sea Serpent thrashed in pain, momentarily rearing its head up like its original form.
“One more time!!”
“Uaaaah!!”
Once again, flames and lightning exploded.
Once again, the serpent’s screams reverberated.
■■■■■――!!!
[Magical girl of the sea!! Now’s the time!!]
“Split apart!!!”
Kwaah—!!!
Having prepared for a longer time than before.
Having confirmed her role amidst the vast struggle.
Na-yeon’s spell, shouted with all her might, was infused with more confidence and starlight than before. Her senses sharpened by the growing confidence whispered to her.
Now was the best opportunity to defeat the enemy.
Guuuuu—!!
The Sea Serpent, dropping its jaw in pain from the suffering it had inflicted upon itself, now faced a gigantic whirlpool instead of the sea.
■■■■――!!!
Until now, the Sea Serpent had toyed with the magical girls by controlling the sea, but it was only getting swept away now.
Guuuu—!!!
The tremendous vibrations spread across the shallow surface.
The Sea Serpent burst apart from an unexpected pain.
The magical girls watching everything from the aerial fortress unleashed their attacks.
[All areas!! Begin barrage fire!!]
[Fire!!]
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Flare
Flame
Explosion
In order not to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, maximum firepower was projected from dozens of makeshift fortresses in the sky, and unparalleled explosions and shockwaves poured down.
“Huaaaah!!!”
“Uugh!!”
As Yuki and Lee Hua got closer to the Sea Serpent’s head, they withstood the shockwaves brought forth from the support team’s strains of fire that had strengthened and drawn near. They then stood up, running recklessly, preparing to leap off the tip of the serpent’s head.
Taah!
“Now’s the time!!”
Feeling a sense of weightlessness, their gazes turned downward.
What appeared at their toes was the gigantic jaw of the Sea Serpent.
Landing towards it, Yuki and Lee Hua entered the serpent’s mouth.