Chapter 102
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 102
Chapter Title: Crimson, Azure, Dawn, Frost, and...
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Crimson, Azure, Dawn, Frost, and...
Kim Siyul's arm, severed out of nowhere.
Everyone could instantly tell what had sliced off his arm—and who had done it.
A single sharp shield, mint in color.
Yes.
Seiki had cut off Kim Siyul's arm.
To be precise, Seiki had somehow pulled out her personal magic wand and cast a spell.
The fight was already over, but she refused to accept the outcome and was lashing out to the bitter end.
An unexpected Magical outburst no one had seen coming.
And so, everyone just stared blankly in silence.
At Kim Siyul's arm floating in midair right now.
His arm finally hit the ground, trailing a long streak of blood from the cross-section.
- Thud.
Only then did the Magical Girls snap out of it, jumping in shock and reacting frantically one by one.
"What the hell is this Magical bullshit all of a sudden?!"
"Shouldn't we call in a high-ranking Magical Girl officer for this?!"
"Hey! Someone contact the Magical medical team!"
Taishi and Muyong reacted too.
But unlike the other Magical Girls, they didn't just panic—they unleashed their raw fury.
"Are you fucking insane? What more Magical nonsense are you pulling now?!"
"Hey, you crazy bitch!"
Even without personal magic wands, they looked ready to charge right in, radiating menace.
Of course, Seiki didn't give a damn.
She just sneered at Kim Siyul.
"You look pathetic, you fuck!"
But.
Even as Seiki mocked him with all her might, she couldn't shake off the nagging bitterness inside.
She'd originally aimed for his heart.
At the very least, his spine.
Of course, Seiki knew full well that injuring him like that would make the Magical fallout a nightmare to deal with.
But just like before, she couldn't control her emotions. Impulses kept raging through her mind. So she'd gone for it anyway.
Yet even that had fallen short.
She'd clearly targeted his heart, but the hit had landed on his arm at best. And not even the hand side—his other arm.
She'd attacked so stealthily that most Magical Girls wouldn't have noticed, so how?
'Did he see through it?'
It felt too suspicious to chalk up to coincidence.
Like he'd read her intent.
'Nah.'
Seiki shook her head side to side, forcing down the unease bubbling up.
What mattered now was how to finish off Kim Siyul.
That was it. Nothing else.
'Not yet, you fuck.'
She'd landed a hit with that last attack, but Seiki wasn't satisfied. Her mood was still foul—how could she be?
'I'll turn you into Magical trash.'
What's done is done.
So she'd see it through to the end.
The Magical consequences could wait—right now, no one could stop her anyway.
She was the only one with a personal magic wand here.
Think Kim Siyul would fight back?
How? What with?
He couldn't cast spells even if he wanted to.
He'd handed the Magical steel pipe to Ray, and that weird sword from earlier should be lying over there—
'Huh...?'
—but the sword that should have been there was gone.
Weird.
Kim Siyul had definitely tossed it there.
"Hey."
At that moment, Kim Siyul's voice rang out.
Startled, she whipped her gaze around to find him already right up in her face.
"From here on, this is self-defense. Got it?"
Gripping the sword she'd thought was gone.
'I didn't even move—how?'
Doubt flooded Seiki's mind.
But she didn't voice it. Pointless right now.
Instead, she chanted.
"Needle Shell."
"Rising Moon."
Two spells clashed.
The moment shields erupted from the ground like thorns, a moon surged behind Seiki, and Kim Siyul vanished.
Magical phase shift.
Of course, Seiki had baited it.
'Knew you'd do that, you fucking mutt!'
She spun around, aiming her wand at Kim Siyul hovering above and glaring down.
"Interception!"
The shields that had grown from the earth launched at him in unison.
No dodging midair.
"Shattered Moon."
At that instant, Kim Siyul's sword split apart.
Most of the blade, anyway.
And its durability must have been crap, because the fragments were riddled with cracks.
Seiki let out a hollow laugh.
'Ha, wasted time worrying about that sword.'
It's just garbage. She genuinely regretted holding back earlier.
Of course, that regret vanished in a flash.
The moment Kim Siyul began casting.
"Falling Moon."
As Kim Siyul slammed down his now dagger-short sword on the split blade, the shards scattered.
And crushed down.
-!
Everything beneath the blade.
The flying shields were intercepted by the fragments and smashed into the ground. As if they dared not rise again.
Seiki was no exception. Pummeled by countless shards, she instinctively ducked her head and dropped to one knee without thinking.
"Huh?"
Rage boiled in her mind.
Kim Siyul was the one who should be kneeling—why was she like this?
It grated on her.
She couldn't tolerate it.
Seiki gritted her teeth and jerked her head up.
"You fucking—!"
"Exploding Moon."
But this time, her head didn't just lift—it snapped halfway back.
In her flickering vision, amid surging pain, Seiki's brain quickly pieced it together.
An explosion.
On her face.
'How?'
She found the answer fast.
A tiny shard in the corner of her vision detonated belatedly.
'Ah.'
The cracked blade from moments ago.
The shards that had clung to her face when Kim Siyul struck it down and shattered.
They'd exploded.
'What the...!'
Of all the bullshit. Seiki clenched her teeth.
Wasted time banning the sword?
No—banning it was the right call a hundred times over.
This blast dwarfed the earlier decoy. Its Magical utility went without saying.
Lucky her Magical durability was top-tier, or any other Magical Girl's head would've been obliterated.
Still, Seiki's consciousness held firm.
And she hadn't fallen yet.
Meaning she could counterattack.
- Tap.
Then came the sound of Kim Siyul landing lightly. Pretty close, too.
Opportunity.
Her vision hadn't cleared, but she could guess his position from the sound.
Seiki moved fast.
- Crunch!
Her foot slammed down hard on top of his. Sensory-wise, probably his left. She pressed harder.
- Creak!
She felt the bones in his foot shatter.
Seiki twisted her lips into a grin.
"No running now, huh?"
Her sight restored just in time. She glared wide-eyed at Kim Siyul.
"What now?"
She was genuinely curious. How drowned in despair would his face be?
But.
"Didn't I say earlier?"
Kim Siyul just grinned ferociously.
"I'm the seeker."
Staring with strangely shifting eyes.
The whites flickered black at the edges, like they were rotting from something.
Meanwhile, his pupils began tinged with red, as if veiled by a crimson filter.
His irises were changing color.
'...What?'
First time Seiki had seen anything like it.
Despite all her experience, all the Magical sights she'd witnessed.
But she couldn't just gawk.
No time for that.
Kim Siyul was swinging his sword.
Using his crushed foot as a pivot to lunge forward, eyes locked straight ahead, blade arcing from above down.
That instant, Seiki's instincts screamed.
Like that final moment earlier—but far more intensely.
Death closing in.
'What the hell?!'
Just a single sword swing.
Nothing more.
Yet in this moment, Kim Siyul's form blurred with multiples, unnaturally.
Just like back when she'd foolishly challenged Magical Girl White Phoenix.
The same pressure.
Like a blade at her throat already.
Seiki frantically gathered mana.
Too late to run now. Maybe one or two steps back at best.
So she'd tank it with magic.
"Absolute Protection!"
Seiki yanked her foot back and surrounded herself with shields. Her body was coated in tiny ones.
But she wasn't done.
"Never Shaken, Never Broken!"
The surrounding shields—not just those—merged into her skin, every last one.
Man becomes shield, shield becomes man: Seiki's ultimate spell.
Magical Man-Shield Unity.
Only then could Seiki exhale a slight sigh of relief.
"Hoo."
This spell had once—withstood Magical Girl White Phoenix, for exactly one clash.
'Of course, it shattered after, and I begged like a dog.'
But things were way better now. The output was violently superior.
'So.'
It'd block this one, at least. Seiki nodded and glanced down at herself.
She couldn't see it, but feeling the sturdy shields embedded in her body made her smirk—
'What...!'
Her barely calmed inner turmoil suddenly erupted again.
One reason.
Kim Siyul's lingering spell on her body, glimpsed absentmindedly. From her right side to her left nape, painted blue.
Probably Azure Moon from earlier.
'This...'
What kind of spell was it? Doubt flooded her mind in an instant.
Obviously not high-damage. The etched wound had healed ages ago. No pain left, either.
'Wait...'
On second thought, something was off.
A spell useless against her—and yet Kim Siyul had cast it how many times?
Crimson Moon, Azure Moon, Dawn Moon, Frost Moon.
Four times.
Four precious openings wasted.
Why bother?
Why not save the mana for Half Moon or Full Moon?
'For what?'
No sooner had the question arisen than a subtle change rippled through the spell etched on her body.
"Huh...?"
Black.
Yes.
The spell abruptly began to darken.
To pitch black, devoid of any light.
"What the hell?!"
An incomprehensible Magical anomaly.
Seiki shot Kim Siyul a desperate look, begging for an explanation.
But he gave none.
He just finished his swing.
And then, the moon manifested.
Not just the spell on Seiki's body—but devouring her entire world in black...
"Dark Moon."
⟨ Dark Moon ⟩
The black moon of darkness manifested.