Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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Cerberus never expected Xiangzi's fist to explode. The flying blood and fragments didn't cause it much trouble, but they did distract it for a moment.

Black blood splattered from the dog's left head on the spot, and a hideous gash appeared on its face, running diagonally from its right ear to the left corner of its mouth. Its only remaining eye was also blinded by Hailing.

"Chu Hua!" Hai Ling called out as she landed on the ground.

Like a relay race, next up is Hatsuka, a magical girl with the power of a hundred phases. She has wings on her back and descends from the sky, landing on Cerberus's unparalleled back, raising her one-handed sword high.

Sword Light was wary of the other two dog heads and dodged the blades that were within arm's reach, but with Hai Ling's left head blinded, he had no ability to dodge.

Then came a "whoosh" sound, and the dog's hair on the left side made a sound like a cork flying out. Black blood gushed from the wound, scattering in the air like a fountain.

His entire head fell to the ground.

The monster roared and flung Chu Hua off its back. Blood gushed from the severed neck, and it flailed its claws wildly.

As Chu Hua fell, she spread her wings again, increasing the distance between herself and Cerberus, thus avoiding being caught by its wildly waving claws.

With its left head severed, Cerberus was clearly badly injured. However, losing its head is fatal for any creature, but for it, it was merely a minor injury... truly befitting of its name, the Three-Headed Dog.

After a brief period of frenzy, it quickly regained its senses. The remaining two heads turned towards Xiangzi, lowered their bodies, and assumed a charging stance.

Xiangzi immediately produced new offerings in his hands, placed them in front of him, and made a gesture as if performing a spell.

"The falcon's feathers grant me the power to soar over storms and waves!"

"Roar......"

The remaining two dog heads exhaled a large amount of hot air, and Cerberus's leg muscles tensed instantly, propelling him forward like a spring.

boom--!

At the same time, the feather floating in her hand turned to ashes and vanished, and Xiangzi's body became blurred. She transformed into a streak of red light, seemingly overestimating her abilities, yet also confidently colliding with the chariot-like charge.

The red streak of light crisscrossed the monster's body.

Xiangzi did not shatter into pieces during the collision. She didn't even touch Cerberus. Instead, she passed through Cerberus like a ghost and solidified behind it.

[Offering: Falcon Feather

Power: None, Attribute: None, Duration: B, Rarity: B

By offering falcon feathers as tribute, users are granted the ability to move at high speeds, and while moving, they can also briefly transform into the phantom of a falcon.

Xiangzi landed behind the charging monster, but the monster, having failed in its first attack, did not stop. Instead, it continued to accelerate in the same direction. Its target had long since passed Xiangzi and stretched into the distance until it focused on Xiaosushi.

Its target was not Xiangzi, but Xiaosu Shi, who was watching from the sidelines!

The truck-sized figure rapidly magnified in Xiaosushi's eyes, but her feet seemed to be glued to the ground, unable to move at all.

Many people are like this: when faced with danger, their bodies become unable to move.

Or what's the point of moving it?

“Aine!”

"Here you are! I've been waiting for so long!"

The pink figure held Xiao Su Shi in her arms, holding a katana longer than herself in one hand, leaning it diagonally in front of her, forming an angle with the ground.

If Cerberus were to crash into her like that, either she would be sent flying, or Cerberus would be sliced ​​in two by the katana stuck in the ground, like a plank pushed onto a saw.

The monster instinctively sensed danger.

It dared not take the risk of testing the sharpness of the katana, so it deviated from its charging direction, brushed past Aine, and crashed into the building next to it.

boom--!

Debris and rubble flew everywhere, and much of it fell toward Xiaosushi, but Aine blocked it all.

Little Su Shi lay in Aine's arms, still shaken, staring at the pink-haired girl who had suddenly appeared before her. Aine wrapped one arm around Little Su Shi's waist and affectionately pressed her cheek against Little Su Shi's hair.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here for you~"

"Who's scared!" Xiaosu Shi pushed Ai Yin's face away in disgust. "Who are you? Do I know you?"

"Don't you remember me, Su Shishi?"

"What kind of person is Su Shishi? Don't call me that tacky name! Even if you save me, it won't do you any good!"

"Hey, you're being too polite, Su Shishi~"

"The monster isn't dead yet, Aine."

Xiangzi's cold voice suddenly appeared behind Aiyin, startling her so much that goosebumps rose all over her body.

"Yes, Master! Soldier Aine is ready for battle at any time!" Aine immediately stood at attention and saluted, displaying an upright and unyielding demeanor.

"Just keep an eye on Su Shi." Xiangzi patted her shoulder, turned around, walked to little Su Shi, and held out his hand. "Give it to me."

"what?"

“I’ll borrow this shard of the Holy Grail for a while,” she said.

"No, I can't live without this..."

“It’ll only be for a little while, I won’t make any wishes, I promise,” Xiangzi said again. “Don’t forget you’re my hostage now.”

"..."

Xiao Su remained silent, took off the necklace from her neck, and handed it to Xiangzi.

"Thank you." Xiangzi took the Holy Grail fragment, which transformed into a red streak of light and flew away into the distance.

boom----!

Cerberus rose abruptly from the ruins with a roar and charged after Xiangzi.

It chased after Xiangzi and rushed out of the empty square.

"Didn't she know this guy was the guard of Guankou City? Why did she rush into the street on her own initiative..." Xiaosu Shi frowned worriedly as she looked in the direction Xiangzi had disappeared. "Five minutes have passed, and more than half of them are already gone. Is that really enough...? With such a commotion, the Centurion Corps will easily find out, won't they..."

"It's safer for you to be here and take the big dog for a walk." Ai Yin put her hands on her hips and hummed proudly. "Besides, Master has his own plans, so don't worry."

"Is it alright to be at ease?" Xiao Su Shi lowered her head and murmured.

"Yes, that's good." Ai Yin gave her a thumbs up. "Little Master is the best!"

......

whoosh-

A stream of light swept across the street.

One second later.

Rumbling--

The monsters rolled over like chariots.

The loss of a head did not affect the former guard's understanding of his own city. The red streak that Xiangzi transformed into traversed the streets and alleys, clinging tightly to the city.

Xiangzi briefly lost sight of Cerberus while running, and the creature suddenly appeared around the corner in front of him, nearly catching him several times.

Fortunately, my plan has reached its final stage.

The high-speed movement ability granted to him by Falcon Feather was about to disappear, so Xiangzi, following his plan, turned back and flew back to the square in the city center.

The red light returned to the square, and the huge commotion that followed it also returned to its original position.

But at this moment——

The monster suddenly felt a strong pulling sensation.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mu." Xiangzi smiled and said, "It really fell for the trick."

Mutsu never appeared during the battle.

Is it that she doesn't want to get a shot?

Of course not. Her task wasn't to fight the monster head-on, but to set traps in the relatively narrow streets. The traps, made of transparent threads, would wrap around Cerberus as it rushed past, eventually forming a layered net that tightly bound it.

Cerberus may have had a chance to discover the threads wrapped around its body, but the excruciating pain of losing its head, anger, and desire for the shards of the Holy Grail made it overlook these barely perceptible threads until it was deeply entangled in the web and finally realized it.

Countless transparent threads revealed their true form at this moment, extending from all parts of the street and wrapping around the monster's body—or more precisely, around the spiral spear on its chest.

brush--!

Cerberus pulled the layers of silk threads wrapped around the serpent spear from his chest with his own strength, and it flew into the air.

This is the second phase of Xiangzi's plan.

After a phase of direct combat, make it lose its temper and patience. Then, lure it to run a lap around the route Mu has prepared beforehand. Once it's completely entangled in threads, and most importantly, the spear in its chest is fully wrapped in threads, let it use its speed and strength to pull out the spiral spear from its chest. Finally—

"Chuhua, pick me up!"

A streak of red light shot into the sky, transforming into a flurry of feathers in mid-air, revealing Xiangzi's true form. Her offering's duration ended precisely at that moment, preventing her from ascending any further.

Chu Hua grabbed Xiangzi's hand in mid-air and flung her higher.

Xiangzi flew in the sunlight.

They may have many ways to kill this monster, but this plan, which fully mobilizes everyone, is definitely the fastest.

"Ymir!"

Xiangzi omitted the useless chant names and directly shouted out the words necessary for the spell. The giant's strong wrist appeared in his right hand, and the huge hand, which was still spewing high-temperature steam, grasped the spiral spear that was spinning in the air.

Finally, it used its own weapon to pierce its own head!

"Die, you monster!"

Xiangzi gripped the thick, spiral-shaped spear and, falling with gravity, plunged the spear into the middle of Cerberus's head.

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The spiral spear pierced through the top of Cerberus's middle head, exited through his chin, and plunged its tip into the ground, significantly lowering Cerberus's entire body.

At the same time, Hailing, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped on Cerberus's arm, jumped onto the monster's shoulder in a few steps, and swung the blade in her hand that was flashing with cold light, and cut off the remaining head.

Everything happened too fast. From the moment the silk threads ensnared Cerberus's entire body and pulled out the spear, to the simultaneous decapitation of the remaining two heads, the entire process took less than three seconds. Mu, Chu Hua, Xiang Zi, and Hai Ling all acted almost simultaneously.

Having finally escaped the Centurion's clutches, Lixi arrived at the scene and immediately witnessed Cerberus being killed by their combined forces.

Synchronized, in perfect harmony, and pleasing to the eye.

"Wow, so cool!" Aine exclaimed. "Their teamwork is absolutely amazing."

No wonder I always felt like an outsider. If I joined this plan, I definitely wouldn't be able to keep up with their actions, and I might even disrupt the overall rhythm, making it impossible for the plan to be implemented smoothly.

“...Yes.” Li Xi murmured.

"Hey, Lixi, when did you get here?"

“Just now,” Li Xi said.

She turned her head and looked at Xiao Sushi beside Aine.

Xiao Su Shi was stunned. Her deep blue eyes reflected Xiang Zi's heroic figure, standing on the monster's corpse, holding a spiral gun, his long hair fluttering in the wind, just like Valkyrie.

She was so engrossed in watching that she didn't even notice the extra person beside her.

"Who is she?" Li Xi asked. "And why does she look like—"

"—My little master said he would explain later, I don't know either." Aine answered before Lixi could finish asking her question.

"...Okay, then."

Li Xi sighed, glanced at that all-too-familiar face again, and then turned his gaze back to Xiangzi.

“I’ve cut off the Centurion’s route, so they’ll have to take a detour, but we don’t have much time either… What is she doing?”

Black pus gushed from Cerberus's corpse, and moments later, the spot where the monster's corpse had been lay was transformed into a middle-aged man wearing rusty, tattered armor. He knelt on the ground, muttering indistinct words.

Everyone who transforms into a monster will become like this.

However, the monsters did leave nothing behind.

The threaded spear that had been pulled from Cerberus's body did not completely disappear.

The gun was about six or seven meters long, a size that only someone of Cerberus's stature could wield. You could tell how big it was just by the fact that Xiangzi had to use his strong wrists to hold it.

After Cerberus died, the appearance of the man caused Xiangzi's screw gun to shatter on the ground.

Xiangzi picked up a piece of broken glass from the ground and weighed it in his hand.