But unfortunately, the Magical Girl, Miss Jin Ming, did not understand Ye Xingyao’s meaning.
Mite saw that Fumier had already given up her struggle, so he turned with great interest to watch the two-on-one battle nearby. He nodded repeatedly, though it was unclear what he had actually realized.
“Mm, not bad. At the very least, they have the strength of the upper-middle Entering Dream Grade. Once this matter is settled, Satellite City will be ours for the taking,” Mite said with satisfaction, making Fumier feel a wave of nausea beside him.
“It looks like those little children outside will have to play with my babies for a while longer… I wonder if I could also participate in this unfair two-on-one?” Mite called out loudly to the two people fighting fiercely below the stage.
Deep green Magic Power gradually began to take shape in the air, and complex Elven Language Runes surfaced within it one after another. The smile on Mite’s face grew more and more brilliant, while Fumier’s small face instantly turned pale.
But just as Mite and Fumier thought everything was about to end, and Qiansui and Jin Ming were too occupied to care about the situation over here, a sharp dinner knife flew straight toward Mite’s forehead.
“What a pity. I missed.”
Ye Xingyao wiped her hands with regret and shook her head, watching Mite, who had been forced to interrupt his large-scale magical channeling.
At this moment, the middle-aged man was in a bad state. After all, he had only barely reached the Entering Dream Grade level himself. Having a large-scale Spirit Magic chant interrupted caused a significant backlash for him.
Mite looked indignantly at the elegantly dressed Ye Xingyao below the stage.
In his eyes, although this girl knew Qiansui—and Qiansui would even ask for her opinion in certain situations—everything she had shown was entirely at the level of an ordinary person. Other than helping a few humans avoid death below the stage, she seemed incapable of doing anything else.
And that was precisely why he had allowed her to succeed.
Of course, Ye Xingyao had not used the methods of an ordinary person. For a Hunter like her who had never received any professional training, her aim was undeniably terrible, let alone whether a dinner knife could cause any effective damage.
However, Ye Xingyao would never make a move she wasn’t sure of.
Therefore, she had just happened to use that portion of the Power of Starlight within her body to strengthen her movements, ensuring the dinner knife flew fast enough and accurately enough.
This was also the first time she had applied this power in combat. Using it for the first time felt incredibly good; it was as if she had a cheat code active. In that instant, she felt her mind become clear, every ounce of power in her body perfectly mobilized as the dinner knife in her hand flew fiercely toward its target.
This kind of feeling… was almost enough to make one crave more.
Ye Xingyao licked her lips. Next, she would likely face the full firepower of this Forest Elf…
‘Qiansui, Miss Jin Ming, you two better resolve your enemies quickly…’ she prayed internally.
Just as Mite intended to deal with the girl who had caused him such trouble, his expression suddenly changed, and he cursed inwardly.
The babies outside were decreasing at an alarming rate! An expert from the Human Alliance had arrived!
In his haste, Mite released vines to bind Fumier beside him. He looked at the two-on-one fight nearby that was gradually falling into a stalemate and gritted his teeth.
Then, Mite scanned the area and released his vines toward Ye Xingyao.
‘Goodness! Is he really going for a binding play on Xiao Yao?!’
Ye Xingyao hurried to scramble away.
But the despairing part was that a low-level spell like vines could be released more than once. Every time Ye Xingyao dodged, her situation became increasingly dangerous.
“Miss Ye Xin!”
“Ye Xin!”
Facing the increasingly frenzied Blood Person, Qiansui and Jin Ming were unable to attend to the under-attack Ye Xingyao even though they both saw the scene.
Soon, Ye Xingyao was forced by that guy to the edge of the crowd hiding at the back.
Just as Ye Xingyao was about to leap over a chair to dodge this latest vine, her foot was accidentally tripped by something, and she tumbled to the ground.
An agonizing pain shot through her ankle, and the coarse vines quickly trussed her up like a bundle.
‘Ugh… it hurts…’
The vines bound her body roughly and tightly, forcing her into a very uncomfortable position.
With that, Mite took both Ye Xingyao and Fumier and quickly left the scene through the wall behind the stage.
“That bastard…!”
Jin Ming was currently burning with rage. It wasn’t entirely because she had failed to protect Miss Ye Xin, but because at the moment she had focused on Miss Ye Xin, she saw a foot extend toward the spot where Miss Ye Xin was about to step.
That’s right. Ye Xingyao hadn’t tripped because she accidentally missed her footing; she had been tripped because someone had done it intentionally.
And she, Chen Xiaoyan, just happened to recognize those shoes…
Jin Ming and Qiansui exchanged a glance. Now that Ye Xin had been taken by the enemy, every extra minute meant more danger.
They had to end the battle as quickly as possible!
The two of them could no longer care about whether they would get injured. They used everything they had to frantically attack the Blood Person. Their clothes were soaked in splattered blood, and fresh stains continued to stick to them.
Soon, the Blood Person was hacked into minced meat by their desperate fighting style.
They were victorious, but only temporarily. Miss Ye Xin’s life was still hanging by a thread, and the matters outside the venue had yet to be resolved.
Covered in blood, Qiansui flew off in the direction where Mite had taken the two girls. Meanwhile, Jin Ming—Chen Xiaoyan—sought out that Chitose Dream Girl within the crowd.
Jin Ming held her long blade, her expression grim as she walked step by step toward the person who had once been a member of her small social circle.
Not a single person in the small circle around her was a true friend.
Of course, she knew such a thought was childish, but it was the truth.
They were only people who wanted to build a good relationship with her because her parents were powerful and influential, hoping to use that connection to gain benefits for their own families.
For Chen Xiaoyan, her true friends were Shuanghua and Qiansheng, the seniors who fought alongside her as Magical Girls.
She could show her true self to them without any reservations.
When she saw Miss Ye Xin—acting truly as an “ordinary person”—save so many lives and bring so many variables to this battle, she had truly come to recognize this girl who was likely around her age.
The upcoming battle would probably be a high-level game that she couldn’t participate in.
Similarly, she knew that in the face of such a powerful enemy, it was only a matter of time before Miss Ye Xin suffered a total defeat.
But she just didn’t understand.
“Miss Ye Xin clearly saved you! You… why did you still harm her?!”
Jin Ming walked to the girl’s hiding spot. The Magical Girl, carrying her long blade and with blood from the battle still on her face, coldly questioned the girl.