Chapter 411 - 135: Speedrun Player (5000_3)
In short, the biggest danger along the way is Xilan next to me.
All the way, Twin and Xilan no longer have the energy to argue, both lying on the ground unable to move.
Hey, this Heart Image Remains is really perfect for a vacation spot, the empty Beihai, safe and quiet.
You can even run wild and vent; honestly, it would be a goldmine for tourism.
The only pity is that the place is deserted. Otherwise, idle Twin would want a haircut...
"Hey! You two!"
Even the prince doesn’t have the strength to angrily scold, watching his nearly depleted resources, feeling like crying without tears, "Two useless idiots, it’s over! I don’t need you anymore! Here’s your pay, beat it!"
A stack of money hits their faces, and Twin was about to get angry, but seeing thousands of bucks instantly calms down, chuckling, "What are you saying? As the Complete Witch star of the Witch Association, I, Twin, will never give up the mission; I’ll definitely follow the client’s request and deliver you to the Mirror Country’s core!"
"I said get lost!"
"Damn, you’re really rude." Twin feels a little aggrieved, "My loyalty is unwavering, and yet you tell me to scram; it breaks Twin’s heart!"
Xilan nearby weakly raises a hand, "Yeah, the two of us have risked our necks for you, touching your conscience; have we retreated even half a step this journey!"
"You’re using all my treasure!"
The prince jumps with rage!
As the prince of the Mirror Country, he naturally holds a shortcut to the core.
By skipping the first twenty layers of the erosion zone in Beihai space, one can bypass and directly reach the door of the ninth layer of Mirror Country’s ultimate defense.
This journey, though strangely sparse of mirror beasts, was mostly safe.
But sporadically high-level mirror beasts would appear.
Power reflection, damage rebound, illusion technique, space collapse, misplacement...
Every usable power was deployed just to barely deal with a few A-level mirror beasts.
"Without you two, I would’ve moved faster! Because of you, I have to dig into my resources to deal with every A-level mirror beast I encounter! What risking necks for me! Without me, you two useless guys would’ve died countless times! Tell me!"
Twin giggles and kicks the mirror beside with her slipper, "Your talk is distant, Your Highness the Prince, weren’t we hindered by your mirror throughout the journey, besides, your treasures, if not used now, might never be used later; they can’t be wasted, can they?"
"I brought you Complete Witches in to help tackle small troubles and save me some resources!" The prince furiously points at them, "You guys haven’t solved the smallest hassle for me, not causing more trouble is already good enough, just reached the fourth layer, and my trump cards are depleted because of you! And you’ve not even transformed!"
"The transformation doesn’t help anyway..."
Throughout the journey, whenever danger arose, Twin would pull Xilan and bolt; if the prince hadn’t used various tools to keep the Complete Witches from fleeing, they probably would’ve been gone.
But if it’s just the use of these tools to defeat mirror beasts, even a couple of well-trained ordinary people could do it.
Why bother collaborating with the Witch Association, bringing in Complete Witches?
Isn’t it expecting them to handle some issues independently, to save some treasures for major troubles later?
Although the prince is a Mirror Country prince, the problem is the core system of the Mirror Country sealed inside the Heart Image Remains doesn’t recognize him as the prince, since from a bloodline perspective, he counts as collateral.
The Mirror Country system strictly determines bloodline; an indirect royal lineage attempting to seize power might be viewed as usurping.
Thus, in dealing with Mirror Country’s former core system, even a prince’s position isn’t much better than others.
He must reserve his cards for the final system purge, find a way to unlock Mirror Country’s seal, then format the core system for reauthentication, and finally retrieve it to the Hidden Sect...
Contemplating the heap of chores to do, while watching Twin and Xilan start bickering again, this time the prince feels not just a light despair but a dense despair rising in his heart.
Mirror Country’s century-long wish, is it about to be destroyed so easily? By two giggling kids...
Just as he was tortured to tears by these two Complete Witches.
Above the Beihai, suddenly a rift appeared in the sky.
The three all look up, and after a brief moment, just hear a "crash" of shattering.
The massive form of the Catastrophe Dragon crashes down from the sky!
Twin immediately rolls and crawls away, while Xilan doesn’t even dodge, merely cheered from the side, "Lord Si Motu!"
Only then did Twin realize it was the Catastrophe Dragon leader that fell.
Then she jumps, looking up, in the dark, colorful space above, a pale green magical girl is calmly watching the falling Catastrophe Dragon.
Yet the Catastrophe Dragon quickly rises, unleashing a huge roar at the magical girl, flying up again!
Xilan immediately hugs the dragon’s tail and follows up, and as Twin tries to chase, the prince suddenly says, "Don’t go."
Twin tilts her head for a glance.
"Don’t go off to die." The prince sneers, "That is the core technology of the Mirror Country; after so many years of planning, they must have perfectly replicated the peak period technology of Full Bloom Magical Girl Mu Jin, except lacking the Psychic Realm and corresponding Magic Power."
"Huh?" Twin looks blank, "What do you mean?"
As the Catastrophe Dragon flies up, the shattered space above quickly heals, and occasionally from the upper space, massive tremors echo, indicating fierce battle.
"The Mirror Country knew about the Full Bloom Magical Girl in this world from the start, always considering how to cope with the terrifying Full Bloom Magical Girl."
The prince doesn’t hide anything, coldly saying, "However, Mu Jin came too fast, before Mirror Country’s plan could fully unfold, but unlike the trash in your world, even under such circumstances, we were prepared."
"Magical Girl Mu Jin is a naïve girl; she lacks our Mirror Country bloodline, isn’t ruthless enough and indecisive, especially after she befriends someone in Mirror Country, the system predicted a ninety percent chance she wouldn’t directly destroy Mirror Country but would choose to seal it instead."
"Then the royals invested everything, concentrating all system resources, and once sealed by the Magical Girl Mu Jin, began internally replicating her every power, then once acquiring her Heart Image Remains, Mirror Country could create its own Full Bloom Magical Girl, and one that would never disappear."
The prince said dismissively, "Now you understand, Twin? Our Mirror Country hasn’t lost; we don’t want to play, and once our perfect Full Bloom Magical Girl emerges, this world will truly belong to us!"
"This is Mirror Country’s hundred-year plan!"
Twin listened for a long time, dumbfoundedly saying, "Isn’t that still relying on Mu Jin’s temperament? Pure luck of winning a gamble, Mu Jin being kind?"
"Winning means it wasn’t a gamble."
The prince again glances at the previous spot, "Probably nearing finished, just lacking one Heart Image Remains to birth, our perfect Full Bloom Magical Girl."
"While they hold up the replica, we must hurry to the core, as soon as we gain control over the core system, and seize the control of the Full Bloom Magical Girl, everything is ours!"
The prince finally shows an excited look, gazing at Twin, "When Mirror Country reigns supreme, Twin, I shall enfeoff you as a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"
