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An indescribably loud boom resounded over our ear drums, like a tidal wave that swept up all in its wake. The pressure pushing us all off our feet a slight bit, shifting us into the opposite direction. Only Friedra had stood her original position unaffected, her black coat fluttered violently under the oppressive wind.
"... Careful guys, it seemed that they came to ambush us.
One of them is at least A-rank, these people came prepared.That meant they have the confidence and assurance to take us down. This may be the most dangerous battle you've fought, since General Frena was a retiree that didn't care if you lived or not. "(Friedra)
" No info is off limits huh, just how many eyes have you guys placed on us? One day an enemy will use them too you know? "
".... Information is the most vital, even within our own faction, there may be traitors hidden. Well, the fact that you returned here alive from Frena makes you extremely suspicious. Not that it matters now, will you help me fight them off or not?
If I judges you wrongly, it would rightfully be my downfall. "(Friedra)
" Tch, place a little faith in us. Our reason to fight is irrelevant, it's enough to have the same enemy to work together."
" Here they come! "(Friedra)
I grip my fist a little tighter, slowly accelerating my magical particles to reinforce it. From the remaining time between graduation and now, I had used it to train my body. All of my stats are now B-grade, granting me a B-grade magical girl effectiveness level. It meant that my fighting ability was now slightly above average, even if it wasn't to a monstrous extent, I can somewhat hold my own in a fight now.
A large pressure heads towards all 3 of us, shrouded in a blindingly bright green light. It seemed to surge up from the magical girl's feet to envelop them, like a magic aura. It must be one of her skills, passives shouldn't be strong enough to produce auras. She had long golden brown hair and a pair of black rimmed rectangular sunglasses. Her lips held a stoic expression as her baggy grey jacket rustled around. It was like a thick coat in the shade of a dark grey and it seemed to have been built to resist the cold, at least that was the impression its velvety smooth texture and black accents gave.
Under the thick jacket was a lean built covered by a white button shirt with an open black collar. A necklace of gold hung loosely from her neck and wrists, the slightly thick sleeve collars end right before her bare fist. She wore navy blue long pants and purplish black sneakers. Her feet also had gold necklaces laying over her ankles and white highlights for her sneakers.
From the identification device, she seemed to be an A-grade magical girl. Her power and presence was on an entirely different league, her stare itself was enough to intimidate and pressure us with an oppressive air. It felt like a large boulder was pressing down on both my conscious and my body, but it gradually faded away as if I was getting used to the weight.
"AAAH?! THERE ARE 2 OF THEM NOW?!" (Myuu)
Her face was stretched, distraught even at this simple fact. 2 of what? The pressure must have gotten to her head, causing her confusion. Maybe, she couldn't handle it, but I doubt something as trivial as that would cause a blow to her sanity. From what I could see, she's referring to how there are 2 A-grade magical girls, Friedra and the enemy. I don't know about them, since they may have awakened with such high grades. But as someone who trained to this point, there was an absurd gap between the B-grade and A-grade. Between 4000 and 100 000, it took a while to get to B-grade, would it take 25 more times the same amount of training to get there?
In the first place training isn't a linear process. Just how many more times must I do this? How many more times do I have to get better so I can protect what I want? It's unrealistic to solve that by becoming the strongest being in the universe, so I just need to reach a point where the small fry won't matter and the big fry are taken care of by each other.
".... Brace yourself, Myuu is right. There's a second one and she's not me." (Friedra)
"They have enough just to accommodate you..."
"That's the trait of their army. The overwhelming quality of their soldiers." (Friedra)
A second magical girl came, just as she said. Dark crimson twintails, her small limbs were fitted with metallic gauntlets and greaves. A pink dress packed with frills swayed around her hips and thighs, her legs wrapped by a light pink shade of thigh highs, it was a colour akin to a peach's skin. Her small stature and pretty dress may look the opposite, but she undoubtedly had the same amount of power as the tall blond girl.
"... Red hair, that's rare. It's a dark variation which is more common, but she's still plenty powerful." (Myuu)
"I feel very plain with grey hair..."
"At least it's not brown..." (Myuu)
There were 3 more B-grade magical girls. Their combat dresses weren't as beautiful, but they manage to differentiate themselves. One of them, with a sailor uniform like style in dark blue highlights and black sent sharp blades of water flying through the air. Her black hair and iris fit her combat dress, completing the whole look. Even if she was weaker than her companions, it seemed that she was still determined to take us down with everything she had.
Another magical girl was more relaxed, her dark green hair and baggy robe look was more unique. There was a dark red sash at the middle of her torso to secure the dark yellow robe with star patterns. In her hand was a staff made of compressed skulls for the handle, then a large cow skull for the top end. She pointed the staff at us, whispering a word before a stream of blackish sludge flew forth from its tip. Myuu tried to block it with vines, but they only withered in an instant before my rock wall rose to block it. The water blade earlier shattered on my torso as my barrier was too hard for it to make any effect.
The last one had appeared before I noticed, she had jett black hair with streaks of dark crimson red at her left. They rose up while the hair in the centre had parted to the right. She wore a black hood and cloak with a dark lavender dress underneath. Alternating frills of dark lavender and white spiraled from the sides of her torso to her waist, forming the shape of an 'X' at the front. Her skirt layered on itself in large folds and had 2 layers of folds forming the edges. There were embroideries of orchids on each fold, in different styles and positions. Small patches of petals also appeared all over her dress, while her high heels of black with gold accents contrasted her dress. She followed suit with the other 2 magical girls, whispering under her breath to launch an attack.
'Skill... [Summon spirit] , Jotun' (?)
"?! Tch! [Decimation of power]" (Friedra)
Friedra appears in front of us in an instant, her palm holding up a giant ethereal fist, it was completely transparent save for a vague teal outline of a giant pushing down it's fist. It wore a detailed tribal mask with sharp eyes, mad expression and feathers lining the edge of the mask. The giant was shirtless and wore simple rages that covered its bottom half. If it hadn't been stopped by Friedra, we wouldn't even have noticed its existence. It was insanely strong for a B-rank's summoned familiar...
"... Still having this much strength huh." (Friedra)
Just like the incorporeal giant, Friedra's fist had vanished for an instant before the giant vanished. Blood splurt forth from the magical girl's mouth like a violent shock wave, the excess dripped down her lips and trailed down into her neck. Her eyebrows nit, a visible pain and frustration form over her face as she glared at Friedra. Even under her hood, her obscured agitation was exposed under the eyes of a magical girl. All our base senses had been enhanced, and our pain numbed accordingly so we could fight properly.
"You'll be dealt with by us." (?) The dark red twintailed girl spoke. She was likely referring to the other A grade magical girls, it would be a 1 vs 2 fight for Friedra. Meanwhile, Myuu and I had a 2 vs 3 situation, it seemed bleak with how Friedra was likely preoccupied, and not coming out of that fight without a lot of damage. We had to take care of this ourselves, thankfully the summoner was already injured by Friedra.
Since the summoner had spat out blood even though she was some distance away from her summoned being, it meant that her life was tied to her summons, that she incurred damage because Friedra destroyed the giant and not her. Her life was tied to the summon and it was many times stronger than her... Comparable to an A-grade magical girl...
If that was the case, their power may be related somehow... It's many times more powerful than her.... Maybe it's an upgraded version of her own stats. It is likely set at a few times stronger than her, so if she grew stronger her summons would too. Well, some summons are like that and some or not. I could never tell, but I have to deal with it either way. First, the dark yellow robed magical girl. Her power is likely something that induces disease or other things that only affect living things, since it could melt through Myuu's vine walls but not a simple rock wall. My magic coating should be able to keep me safe.
Putting power into my feet, I leaped off with all my strength, lifting my feet up above the ground to curl up. Relaxing them into a more flexible position, I placed my left foot into the ground and swung my right fist at the girl's face. No matter what, I had trained my body more thoroughly than many others. So even if I may lack a little behind physically, I'll make it up with my experience and wits. My fist was thickly coated with my skill to protect my fist, it gouged out the ground I was standing on as it approached the magical girl's face....
Right before a giant fist stopped it, a large shockwave exploded forth from the point of impact, blowing everything in its surrounding away. The nearby buildings shake, causing me to worry about my belongings and furniture. The magical girl in the sailor uniform brought forth 3 typhoons to shoot at us, they approach at an abnormal rate as if they were perfectly controlled and faster than their caster.
Usually a magical girl's attack share the same speed as them, say, a fire ball attack would have the same velocity as their augmented speed from their speed stat. So a magical girl's projectiles or attacks would travel at the same speed as their user's maximum speed. These girls.... They have somehow used attacks many times stronger than their bodies, as if they have trained both their bodies and their magic... How long have they been magical girls, to train that much?
It seemed they know that much themselves and are taking full advantage of it. They weren't even going to take risk, every small movement I did was caught my their eyes and they look out for more. They definitely have fighting experience themselves. No one was willing to let their guard down in this fight, it was a completely fair fight to the death. It was a stale mate between Myuu and the sailor uniform girl, then me and the other 2.
My heart beats louder and louder as the fatigue chases after my figure. I swing, kick and tackle more, each attack thwarted by their fortitude and strong will. After my first punch was blocked by a second giant that the black haired girl summoned, it seemed to have gotten slower as their attacks were now much more manageable. Dodging under the giant's kick, I slid under it reach the robed magical girl to continue my attacks.
A large downfall of purplish black sludge rains from the sky.