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The black magic power that surged into the battlefield changed the situation once again.

The Remnant Beasts, initially showing signs of decline, suddenly received a replenishment of magic power, their vigor renewed, and their offensive became incredibly fierce once more.

Meanwhile, the Magical Girls, who had barely glimpsed a sliver of dawn, had to face an even more violent assault while their remaining magic power continued to be eroded.

And this, obviously, was not that man's limit.

In fact, for him, nurturing the Remnant Beasts on the battlefield with the remnants of Feather Rank Beasts was just a trivial act. He did not consider it a decisive move, even though this "trivial act" became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The Kingdom Army's defenses were torn open.

Many Magical Girls and Fairies who were already struggling fell one after another, and the beautiful sea of flowers had now transformed into a hell on earth.

Realizing that the man who called himself the "Bee Apostle" was the cause of the battlefield's chaos, many Kingdom soldiers risked their lives to break away from the main battlefield, charging toward his direction. However, the Bee Apostle merely opened his mouth and chanted something toward the approaching Kingdom Army, and an unexpected turn of events occurred.

—Those of the Kingdom Army vanished.

As if they were dust or illusions, they gradually became transparent and then disappeared from the world, with only a lingering magical power fluctuation proving their previous existence.

Among the vanishing Kingdom Army was once a Flower Level Magical Girl from Luennolay Army who Cornflower recognized. She was the captain of another team.

Even though they were in a poor state due to continuous battles and weakness, being erased so effortlessly by the Bee Apostle was still terrifying.

Where did they go? Did they really just die like that? What means did the other side use after all?

Confusion and fear began to corrode the already shaky morale of the Kingdom Army, and some who lost their fighting spirit ceased their struggle, allowing the enemy forces coming at them to shatter their true forms.

Thus, the torn defenses began to collapse.

Cornflower gritted her teeth, looking up at the sky.

Repeated depletion of magic power made her true form frantically alert her body. The overwhelming fatigue and pain almost made her faint, but she still stared fiercely at that man, the man who had already caused countless slaughters.

She did not give up, did not despair, did not regret; but she was very tired, very sad, very angry.

At this moment, the vast difference in power made her feel deep unwillingness.

She knew that as a "newbie Magical Girl" in the broad sense, as a Bud Level, she had done well, but all of this on the grand battlefield was still just a drop in the ocean.

She didn't want to feel so powerless, wanted to do more.

Didn't want the enemy to succeed, wanted to stop everything.

Didn't want her companions to die, wanted to save them.

The strong wishes and emotions peaked, overshadowing her fear of death.

The Magic Armor seemed to sense her thoughts, appearing and floating in front of her.

At that moment, Cornflower understood that it was "that time."

At the instant of thinking of this term, she couldn't help but realize what Stonegarlic meant when she said this earlier.

Perhaps there was regret, fear, and resentment in her heart, but these could not outweigh the unwillingness to be weak.

And Stonegarlic was lucky, and so was she, only because at such a moment, they still had the right to choose.

"... Captain?" Mo He, fighting alongside her, was probably the first and last person to sense Cornflower's thoughts.

"It's my turn." Cornflower said calmly, "Someone has to handle that guy."

Mo He did not immediately grasp Cornflower's meaning.

Her expression shifted from confusion to shock to sorrow.

"No..."

—"I will soon clear out the Remnant Beasts around here, then you should try to move backward and find others you can team up with."

But Cornflower didn't give her a chance to speak, instructing on her own: "I'm sorry, I promised Nim to protect you as much as possible, but I'm going to be absent next."

"Don't talk nonsense, Captain!"

Mo He shouted excitedly: "Behind us is the Rose Palace, reinforcements will surely arrive, we still have hope to survive!"

"Even if there are, someone has to buy time."

Cornflower shook her head, looking at the three Magic Armors floating in front of her, and then reached out: "Otherwise, when reinforcements arrive, all they'll see are corpses all over the place."

"Don't do this... I beg you, don't go..." Mo He was completely at a loss for words.

"If you can survive the battlefield, please bring a message to my teammates."

She chose the scissors from the three Magic Armors and held them. Turning back to Mo He, Cornflower said: "Tell them not to follow my example, because I'm a fool."

She wasn't sure if she actually said this last sentence.

Because the moment she grasped the scissors, her senses seemed to completely enter another dimension.

Her mind elongated, everything around her became incredibly slow, her view elevated, as if overlooking everything as an outsider.

The original battlefield space unfurled like a panoramic scroll, revealing high and low, near and far. Cornflower felt like someone standing in front of the scroll, seeing everything but not being part of it.

How magical, Cornflower thought.

It's a pity that under normal circumstances, you can only see it once in a lifetime.

"This flower, ephemeral bloom."

She whispered softly, letting go of her grip on the Magic Armor.

In a blink of an eye, the Heart's Gem, which was in the shape of a bud, had fully bloomed.

The depleted Magic Power began to refill, and the exhausted true form started to become clear again. Cornflower felt unprecedentedly good, as unfamiliar yet familiar power surged continuously into her body.

But all this did not come without a price, as the Magic Power was not without root or source, but came from her Magic Armor.

As the unprecedented power surged, faint cracks began to appear on the pair of scissors she had chosen.

The total amount of Magic Power grew larger and larger, and the cracks on the scissors became more apparent.

The intensity of the rules increased, and the number of cracks grew more dense.

Cornflower calmly watched all this.

Back when she was learning ephemeral bloom with Stonegarlic, she was well aware of the consequences of this choice, but at that time, someone was there to stop her attempts. Now that she truly activated this procedure, everything was heading towards an irreversible conclusion.

As the scissors became completely overwhelmed, about to shatter entirely, and the cracks started extending to other parts of the Magic Armor, Cornflower slightly closed her eyes, waiting for the moment the Magic Armor shattered.

However, what she anticipated did not happen.

Even though it seemed that some time had passed, she could still sense the Weave of Fate scissors, though that connection was much weaker by now, it indeed existed.

She opened her eyes again, looking at her Magic Armor in confusion, and then suddenly realized something.

"Captain... don't die."

The black-haired Magical Girl, face drenched with tears, ignored the enemies around her, and instead aimed her Magic Armor at Cornflower's Magic Armor.

Hold Now.

That was the name of Mo He's Magic Armor.

Its ability was to turn held objects into a state of "Absolute Stillness," and as a price, when she released her grip, the originally still objects would change at a multiplied speed.

Undoubtedly, at that moment, she was using this ability on Emerald Sparrow's Magic Armor.

The power brought by ephemeral bloom had undoubtedly manifested on Cornflower, but the very last bit of process and the price to be paid, the destruction of the Magic Armor, was forcibly stopped by Mo He.

Even if this halt could not be eternal, it did buy Cornflower more time.

"Mo He..." Cornflower thought she was already beyond emotional fluctuation, but her comrade's actions moved her greatly.

"Go, go now, Captain."

Mo He forced a awkward smile on her tear-streaked face: "Stop him, save everyone."

"...Alright."

Cornflower took a deep breath and nodded: "I will."

She knew that every moment was precious, and even though Mo He could use her Magic Armor to buy more time, the side effects of Bloom were incredibly strong, and with Mo He's remaining amount of Magic Power, it wouldn't last long.

So, she quickly cast aside all distractions, looking up at the man in the sky.

The Bee Apostle sensed the sudden surge of powerful Magic Power and locked eyes with Cornflower from afar.

In a flash, light blue Magic Power erupted from the ground, and the small figure rushed into the sky at speeds invisible to the naked eye, colliding violently with the onset of black Magic Power with overwhelming momentum.

This scene etched itself into the eyes of all present, destined to become the most iconic moment before the end of the war.

From this, the name "Cornflower" became known throughout the Magic Kingdom, and her deeds of rising up in the face of adversity led people to call her a "hero."

And in a place beyond everyone's reach, the black-haired Magical Girl gazed at Cornflower's soaring silhouette and the blue glow that dyed the entire battlefield, speechless for a long time.

She knew, if her Magic Armor functioned normally, it could not stop the price of the ephemeral bloom.

After all, Hold Now's ability itself came with a price; when she let go, the things she wanted to hold onto would ultimately vanish like smoke.

But what she hadn't spoken of was the hypothesis she held in her heart about whether she could avoid the price.

She didn't know if this hypothesis was correct, so she didn't say anything because she didn't want to give the person she admired false hope.

And now, as that figure began to bring hope to everyone on the battlefield, she understood that it was time for her to take action.

She desperately hoped for success, rather she needed it to be successful.

She prayed to whatever existence she didn't know, hoping that her current wish would come true.

She looked at a Remnant Beast pouncing toward her.

It was a Remnant Beast that resembled a giant Black Cat, but with a ferocious appearance, terrifying enough to strike fear just by looking at it.

Mo He took a deep breath.

Then, she extended the hand tightly holding the "Weave of Fate."