The three girls seemed unaware of this. They were just searching around the small town, hoping to find survivors. Of course, logically speaking, this place had already become a paradise for demon creatures, so there shouldn’t be any survivors.
Yet, they couldn’t even find any bodies...
The further Fang Zheng walked, the more perplexed he became. He silently exchanged a glance with Mirai Kuriyama, who had a worried look in her eyes. As an Otherworldly Warrior, Mirai Kuriyama knew that a Demon Dream could possess a human body and turn humans into creatures, a fact that had led her to some truly sorrowful experiences.
So, upon witnessing this strange situation, Mirai Kuriyama immediately had another thought...
"Help... help..."
At that moment, a weak cry suddenly caught everyone’s attention.
"Someone over there is calling for help!"
Shidou Hikaru was the first to jump up, while Ryuuzaki Kai also nodded.
"Let’s go over there quickly!" As they spoke, the two girls hurriedly ran towards the source of the voice. Watching them, Mirai Kuriyama opened her mouth, wanting to say something but ultimately said nothing, merely sighing. At this moment, Fushimi Kazakiri curiously glanced at Mirai Kuriyama for a moment, then followed her two companions towards the source of the sound.
Quickly, the group arrived inside a house on the edge of the town, which appeared to be a warehouse. Pushing open the door, they immediately saw a small figure huddled in the corner, trembling nonstop.
"Little one, are you okay?"
Seeing the pitiful figure, Ryuuzaki Kai couldn’t help but move forward to help, but just as she stepped up, Fushimi Kazakiri pulled her back.
"Wait a minute."
"What’s wrong, Little Wind?"
Upon hearing Fushimi Kazakiri’s words, not only Ryuuzaki Kai, but even Shidou Hikaru was taken aback. Fushimi Kazakiri shook her head, then glanced around her.
"Be careful, something’s not right."
Hearing this, the two turned their heads and realized that both Mirai Kuriyama and Fang Zheng were vigilantly staring at the child. Sensing their gaze, Mirai Kuriyama hesitated for a moment but nodded.
"Be cautious; this child... seems unusual to me."
"Unusual?"
Ryuuzaki Kai frowned upon hearing Mirai Kuriyama’s answer.
"Is there a problem?"
"Those demon creatures have occupied this town for a while now."
At this time, Fushimi Kazakiri also realized something.
"Logically, that child couldn’t have hidden here without being discovered..."
"Are you suggesting that this child is with the demon creatures, Little Wind?"
Hearing this, Ryuuzaki Kai couldn’t help but exclaim, "That sounds too far-fetched!"
"Roar---!"
While the girls were still puzzling over it, Fang Zheng acted without hesitation, unleashing a furious roar and rushing forward. If others didn’t know, he certainly did. The child pretending to be pitiful was actually Aztec, one of the Four Heavenly Kings under Shagatu. Since Shagatu’s subordinates had all been polluted by chaos, there was no need to question his purpose here!
"Little Bai?!"
Seeing Fang Zheng suddenly attack the trembling child huddled in the corner, the others were also shocked. Yet what happened next was even more startling—just as Fang Zheng lunged at the child, the ground around the child suddenly cracked open, and dozens of bizarre tendrils emerged from the ground, winding towards Fang Zheng.
Child’s play!
Seeing this, Fang Zheng let out a cold snort. The Primordial Fire flared up instantly, and the Pitch Black Greatsword sliced the tendrils into pieces. Fang Zheng then bit down on the sword hilt, landing steadily on the ground and coldly staring at the little imp. The other girls were stunned by the sight, at a loss for words.
"It hurts, it hurts... why, why are you hurting me?"
Amidst the shrill scream, under everyone’s watchful eyes, the child hiding in the warehouse corner stood up. To their surprise, the lower half of his body was densely covered with tendrils, resembling intertwined tree roots, and his fingers had become elongated like roots, penetrating directly into the ground.
Could this also be a demon creature?
"Why? Why did you attack me? Aren’t you a demon creature?"
At this moment, the child glared viciously at Fang Zheng, his tone filled with sadness and anger.
"Aren’t we friends? All the demon creatures are my friends! Why aren’t you my friend? Look, I’ve turned everyone into demon creatures, they’re all my friends. Why aren’t you my friend?"
"What?!"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and Shidou Hikaru looked at the child in disbelief.
"Are all the demon creatures in this town your doing?"
"Yes."
Faced with Shidou Hikaru’s inquiry, the child nodded proudly.
"They all don’t like my friends, saying demon creatures are too scary, but demon creatures aren’t scary at all! They are the ones who are truly scary! So I turned all of them into demon creatures, this way, everyone can get along well. Big sister, didn’t I do a great job?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, staring at the child in front of them, completely at a loss for words. Mirai Kuriyama had somewhat been mentally prepared, long suspecting that something was off about this town. However, the others were completely unaware that the demon creatures they had just killed were actually humans transformed, and from this very town!
"You, you actually did such a thing!!"
At this moment, Shidou Hikaru tightly gripped the greatsword in her hand, looking angrily at the little brat in front of her, while the latter simply laughed heartily.
"Big sister, you guys are awesome too, why not stay and be friends with me? If everyone turned into demon creatures, there wouldn’t be any more arguments!!"
As the brat spoke, the entire warehouse suddenly collapsed, countless tentacles surged from all directions, directly pouncing toward the group.
"Careful!!"
It is known that tentacles are the natural enemies of magical girls, and this instance was no exception. The group never expected that countless tentacles had been lying in ambush beneath their feet, catching them completely off guard. The tentacles emerging from the ruins wrapped tightly around the girls almost instantaneously, leaving them unable to break free.
Fortunately, not everyone was helpless against these bizarre tentacles.
Facing the tentacles binding her, Mirai Kuriyama frowned, then her blood blade suddenly extended like a snake, slicing through all the tentacles restraining her body. On the other side, Fang Zheng also bit his greatsword and swiftly cut down the tentacles wrapping around the others.
"Let’s get out of here quickly!"
Once freed from the restraints, Fang Zheng hurriedly shouted. The others immediately followed suit, turning around and rushing out of the collapsing warehouse.
"Boom!!"
Just moments after escaping, the warehouse completely collapsed, and then a gigantic creature emerged from within.
It looked like a giant jellyfish, except it was glowing green all over, and at the top of its head, the previously huddled child was now standing there. His clothes were utterly burst apart, revealing his body fused with the giant jellyfish, indistinguishable from it.
"Hahaha, big sisters, don’t run, stay here."
Accompanied by the childish voice, hundreds of tentacles as thick as ancient tree roots burst out of the ground, lunging at the group from all directions — the town had already become the territory of this Chaos Monster!
"Little, Little Bai, what should we do now?"
Facing this Chaos Monster as large as a mountain, the girls had no idea what to do, but Fang Zheng decisively made a decision.
"Run!"
His primordial fire energy still hadn’t fully recovered, and Fang Zheng could immediately see that this creature, originally one of Shagatu’s Four Heavenly Kings, was heavily corrupted, much deeper than Elsheol. Just judging from its size, it’s clear this creature reached a certain realm... To be honest, from Fang Zheng’s perspective, Shidou Hikaru and the others weren’t capable of confronting it yet.
Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s words, the girls turned and ran without hesitation. However, the monster clearly had no intention of letting them go. Although they quickly left the town behind, it relentlessly pursued them, showing no sign of giving up.
"How far do we have to run!"
Ryuuzaki Kai propped her hands on her knees, panting heavily. Since fleeing the town, it had been more than half a day, and they thought they had long escaped the monster. But to their surprise, despite its seemingly slow movements, the monster was actually swift, staying close behind them with a relentless demeanor.
"Things could get worse if this continues... We might not even have time to rest."
Fushimi Kazakiri turned to look behind her, and she could still faintly see the colossal form of the Chaos Monster on the distant hillside and the subtle tremors emanating from the ground.
"There’s only one solution now, and that’s to awaken the Demon God immediately. With the Demon God’s assistance, defeating this creature wouldn’t be a problem."
At that moment, Fang Zheng finally spoke up, to which Shidou Hikaru worriedly asked.
"But Little Bai, where is the Demon God?"
"Right here."
Fang Zheng raised his head, looking ahead, and everyone followed suit, their eyes widening.
"Here?"
In front of them, instead of anything else, was a giant lake, stretching almost as far as the eye could see, seemingly merging with the horizon.
"Wait, wait, Little Bai, you say the Demon God is in the lake, so do we need to swim there?"
At this point, Ryuuzaki Kai sat directly on the ground.
"I can’t move anymore!"
"Don’t worry."
Seeing Ryuuzaki Kai’s expression, Fang Zheng chuckled, having long been prepared after confirming this was the world of the Magic Knights. With that realization, Fang Zheng looked up and let out a sudden howl towards the sky.
"Awoooo——————!!"
In the next moment, accompanied by Fang Zheng’s howl, a massive pitch black object descended heavily, crashing into the water in front of the girls.

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