I'm a magical girl in the future

Chapter 113 Bitter Battle

The battle between Noah and the four corrupted magical girls continues.

The four enemies were scattered in four different corners, all keeping a certain distance from Noah.

Noah glanced down at the street; all the civilians had already evacuated. So, even if there was a disturbance, it wouldn't be a problem.

Faced with this disadvantageous situation of being outnumbered, Noah quickly devised a tactic—

First, find a way to eliminate one of them, causing casualties among the enemy, and then defeat them one by one.

However, these four magical girls... were all unfamiliar faces, and he had no idea about their telepathic abilities. Even with the "Ritual of Universal Recording," which contained a vast amount of information on magical girls, he didn't have the leisure to search for them one by one in this situation.

Moreover, the other party is well aware of her ability to stop time, so she wouldn't have acted so easily. These four people must have been carefully selected to be able to counter her time-stopping ability.

Out of caution, Noah did not immediately stop time. She hovered in the air, lightly tapping her fingertips, and several silver magic threads drew tricky arcs, shooting towards the enemies in four directions.

"Thread Binding Spell," one of Noah's few ranged abilities. Although it has no offensive power, it still restricts movement if someone is bound by it.

This was just a test. She wanted to see how the four of them would react.

However, the enemy's response was remarkably subdued. Some fired magic bullets or cannons to destroy the threads, others used their weapons to slash and attack, and still others simply dodged them.

This level of magic was originally designed to deal with monsters, and its effectiveness against magical girls is limited unless there is a significant difference in strength between the two sides. Noah doesn't expect this move to actually trap them.

Noah then used several more spells and observed the four people's movements. Based on their responses to her attacks and the intensity of their previous attacks, Noah roughly understood the strength of these four individuals.

There are approximately two "budding" level and two "blooming" level.

If these four cooperate well, it's possible for them to defeat a "Eternal Radiance" level magical girl whose mental abilities aren't combat-oriented. However, against a magical girl like Noah with powerful mental abilities, this level of combat strength is clearly insufficient.

This cannot be taken lightly.

The four corrupted magical girls wore wicked smiles, but showed no sign of tension.

What bothered Noah even more was their positioning. After dodging an attack, they would immediately return to their original positions, always maintaining a delicate distance from her that was neither too close nor too far.

This distance was just outside the killing line where Noah could use her time stop to rush in front of them and kill them, but not far enough for Noah to easily escape the battlefield.

These people... aren't in a hurry to defeat me at all.

Noah instantly understood their intentions. They weren't there for a decisive battle; their goal from the beginning was to buy time.

Could it be that……

While he was trapped here, his other self was still in Guangyang City!

What if his side also experiences an attack...

This is a bit too ruthless. Even if we hadn't been attacked, it would have taken us quite a while to get to Guangyang City. Even so, the other side still felt unsafe and even sent a team to keep us occupied.

"cut."

Noah's eyes turned cold, and her expression became serious. She couldn't waste any more time here; she had to finish this quickly.

Her gaze settled on one of the corrupted magical girls with long brown hair.

That's her.

It doesn't really matter who you choose, just pick the one that looks the weakest.

Noah took a deep breath, and her magic power erupted instantly. Her entire body transformed into a silver meteor, rushing straight towards the brown-haired enemy.

The opponent was clearly also retreating, but their speed was nowhere near Noah's.

That's enough! This is the right distance!

Noah estimated the distance between herself and her goal.

From our current position, we have more than enough time to stop time and dismember the opponent.

A clock pattern appeared in Noah's right eye—

The world lost all sound and color in an instant.

Time stopped.

Noah charged forward, summoning her long katana, "Oborozuki Hakuya," in her hand.

However, just when Noah thought victory was assured, a strange situation occurred.

She felt as if the space between herself and her goal had been suddenly stretched out by something.

It was an utterly absurd experience. The target was clearly stationary in front of you, and you were rushing forward at top speed, but the distance that should have been crossed in the blink of an eye seemed to have become an endless chasm.

One second... two seconds... three seconds...

Damn it, this distance... it's not enough to rush over there.

Four seconds... five seconds...

The effect of time stopping is about to reach its limit.

hateful!

Noah could only watch helplessly as time resumed its flow, while her blade remained tens of meters away from its target.

"—?!"

As the world regained its color, the corrupted magical girl with long brown hair wore a mocking smile. She looked at Noah, who had failed in her attempt, as if admiring a trapped beast that had fallen into a snare.

Then, taking advantage of Noah's time-stopping quota expiring, the four corrupted magical girls began their unrestrained attack. Noah dodged continuously and also erected defensive spells to resist the attacks.

Noah timed it perfectly, preparing to stop time again.

Since we can't get close, we might as well just run away.

However, when Noah stopped time and flew forward, backward, left, and right, that strange feeling of spatial stretching reappeared. This didn't happen when she flew up and down, though. But flying up and down couldn't break through the encirclement of the four—the four would also tacitly follow Noah's up and down flight, maintaining this formation and trapping Noah inside.

After several attempts, Noah became certain of one thing.

This bizarre phenomenon cannot be caused by a single mental construct. It must be the result of multiple mental constructs working together in some way.

Noah grew increasingly agitated. She felt she had completely fallen into their carefully laid trap. Although they couldn't easily defeat her, she was trapped here, unable to move.

Most importantly, her magical reserves are limited. While time stop is powerful, it consumes an extremely large amount of magical energy. Although her foundation as an "Eternal Radiance" level magical girl allows her to hold out for a while, if this continues, she might be exhausted to death.

Currently, there are no "Eternal Radiance" level magical girls facing him. And Yi Luoxin certainly wouldn't have sent only these few people; his teammates must have also been attacked.

I might not be able to wait for reinforcements at all.