Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

The Azure Cloud Sect and the Witch Association were as incompatible as fire and water, to the point of a fight to the death.

The relationship had deteriorated to this extent, but it actually had little to do with the Witch Association.

The Witch Association had never provoked the Azure Cloud Sect from the beginning; in fact, they had repeatedly attempted to show goodwill towards the Azure Cloud Sect initially.

Maintaining friendly relations with local free Magical Girl organizations, slowly infiltrating them, and eventually corrupting all the Magical Girls within was a common tactic used by the Witch Association.

There were always Magical Girls who wanted to save and change the Witch Association.

Because most members of the Witch Association were ordinary people.

But the Azure Cloud Sect didn't have that kind of Magical Girl.

Even if they did, they only followed the Sect Master's commands, and wouldn't act on their own ideas even if they had them.

From the moment the Azure Cloud Sect's Sect Master slaughtered the first branch, the relationship between the sect and the Witch Association was defined - whenever they met, it would be a fight to the death, with absolutely no mercy.

The Witch Association had of course considered retaliation.

But the Azure Cloud Sect's Magical Girls operated in teams, rarely going alone, and were extremely vigilant, making them very difficult to ambush.

Their most specialized combat method was stalling.

Twins had infiltrated the sect, so she knew that in their internal training, one of the most basic skills was how to use Magical Girl abilities to buy time.

And once they encountered unexpected situations, Azure Cloud Sect disciples would immediately send out alarm signals.

The result was that even if they managed to corner a lone Azure Cloud Sect Magical Girl, the Witch Association found it difficult to quickly capture her, and then endless streams of Azure Cloud Sect disciples would arrive, turning it into a gang fight.

If they were particularly unlucky, they might even encounter the hidden prize - the Azure Cloud Sect's Sect Master Shion, who would wander around with nothing better to do, leaving no bones behind.

In less than half a year, most of the Witch Association members active in Beihai had been wiped out, with hardly any survivors left.

The Azure Cloud Sect's disciples also transformed from being timid and hesitant to kill at the beginning, to the point where even the most ordinary outer sect disciples could mercilessly smash the flesh and blood bodies of Witch Association members without hesitation, becoming almost indistinguishable from their Sect Master.

This eventually scared the Witch Association into avoiding direct confrontation.

So a year ago, Twins was transferred here.

She was a high-level test subject raised in captivity by the Witch Association since childhood. From when she could first remember, every day was endless pain, endless injections, endless training, and immersion in pitch-black, mud-like polluted magic.

Various negative emotions constantly seeped into her, yet she always remained conscious.

At that time, she actually wasn't outstanding. The experimenters recording her various data would always shake their heads and sigh, looking dissatisfied.

Among the test subjects of her batch, there were three or four more excellent than her, and one even obtained a Miracle Seed during the experiments.

But in the end, the only test subject who successfully survived and met the standards was her alone.

As an artificial witch with special abilities, she could perfectly disguise herself as a Magical Girl as long as she came into contact with a Miracle Seed.

Using this ability, she had infiltrated the Disaster Control Bureau and stolen considerable information.

So the Witch Association also assigned her the mission of infiltrating the Azure Cloud Sect.

The mission started smoothly. At the cost of sacrificing a Witch Association branch, she joined the Azure Cloud Sect under the identity of a Magical Girl who had been captured and victimized by the Witch Association.

But after entering the sect, things changed.

In the eyes of the Witch Association, the Azure Cloud Sect had always been a cruel and highly disciplined organization. In reports, it was described as a militarized Magical Girl training ground.

Twins had prepared herself for interrogation and torture.

Because that's how it was in the Disaster Control Bureau - as a Magical Girl with a suspicious identity, she would undergo lengthy interrogations and even tests.

But the Azure Cloud Sect was different. Unlike what the Witch Association saw from the outside, the Azure Cloud Sect's interior wasn't that cold and cruel.

Laughter, anger, and banter - relaxed and friendly...

Apart from necessary training and missions, the Azure Cloud Sect had almost no mandatory requirements.

Twins didn't want to have excessive communication with anyone. After all, the more she spoke, the more flaws she might reveal. Maintaining basic interpersonal relationships and reducing her presence was the best method for infiltration.

However, Lady Winter would always come to disturb her.

Probably because her identity was that of an orphan, Lady Winter would give her extra care.

She never attended sect gatherings, but Winter would specially save some food for her, and the two would secretly eat in a corner. Because she had never attended school, Winter would take time to personally teach her basic language and math knowledge to prevent her from making fools of herself.

Taking her to amusement parks, leading her to play games with other sect disciples, patiently teaching her various Magical Girl knowledge, selecting clothes for her, preparing birthday surprises for her...

Twins originally had no intention of becoming a fool who was easily swayed by emotions.

When she used to watch anime, she had always looked down on villains who couldn't stick to their principles and were easily moved.

However, when it came to experiencing things personally, she realized she wasn't as firm as she had imagined.

Countless small matters piled up - from initial smiles, to indifference, to little bits of expectation and dependence.

Until finally, she forgot that she was actually a member of the Witch Association.

She enjoyed Lady Winter's care, immersed in that gentleness.

Even if she acted spoiled and asked to sleep with her head on Lady Winter's lap, it would be agreed to.

Accepting everything about her, tolerating all her willfulness.

Every noon, she would lean against Winter, forgetting all pain and worries, immersed in sweet dreams.

If, if she had had a mother when she was little, it would probably have been like this...

A witch who had never tasted sweetness was tempted by piece after piece of candy until she forgot everything.

So much so that when she later recalled it, it always felt hazy and unreal.

Beauty and happiness that didn't belong to her, that she didn't deserve to have, would always bring emptiness and fear when she calmed down.

Why was she a witch? Why wasn't she a Magical Girl? Why did she have to meet Lady Winter in this way?

All beautiful dreams eventually end. A witch is ultimately a witch, with polluted magic flowing through every part of her body, forever unable to become a Magical Girl.

Shion tore apart her beautiful dream.

When those emotionless eyes looked over, when that Sect Master held the bloody head of her contact person, Twins knew it was over.

She originally thought she would die there.

But no, Shion just glanced at her, then ignored her, saying something to Winter.

Twins didn't know what was said, and didn't dare to think about it.

When she thought about Lady Winter's disappointed gaze after learning the truth, when she thought that Lady Winter's gentleness would end there, leaving only coldness and killing intent...

The polluted magic in her body would boil uncontrollably, impossible to restrain.

So, Twins fled.

Returned to the dark, filthy gutter, mingling with those rats in the Witch Association.

This was her true destination, her real life.

The undercover life in the Azure Cloud Sect was just a fleeting beautiful dream, an illusion.

One day, she would be found by Shion, and killed while Lady Winter watched with disgust, then forgotten...

But, there was still a small, tiny hope.

If, if she never killed anyone again, would Lady Winter dislike her a little less?

If, if she gave some of the Witch Association's technology, some information, to the Azure Cloud Sect, could she make up for some of her mistakes?

When Yinluo was about to summon a large number of Disaster Beasts to destroy the city, she forcibly accelerated their growth to lower their levels, and leaked information in advance so they could prepare and reduce casualties in Beihai.

Then, would Lady Winter feel a little pity and forgiveness for her because of this?

Although no one knew about these things, as these trivial matters accumulated, she would develop small fantasies - fantasies that even a witch like her could create small miracles.

So that Lady Winter would be pleased with her changes.

Fantasizing that if she were really killed by Shion one day, and Lady Winter looked at her corpse, it wouldn't be with disgust and indifference, but with pity and a little sadness.

If she could do more, if she could save more people, even as a witch, could she possibly...

"Where is the Miracle Seed?"

Shion's voice tore apart all her fantasies.

Miracles were ultimately not something a witch could touch.

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't maintain her usual disguise, leaving only fear.

During her time in the Azure Cloud Sect, if Winter was the gentlest mother who always accepted everything about her, then Sect Master Shion was the strictest, cruelest father.

Always scrutinizing everything about her, and if she showed even the slightest flaw, she would face death.

From their first meeting, when she witnessed firsthand how Shion hunted Witch Association members, and almost - if Winter hadn't appeared in time - she would have suffered the same fate...

Shion had engraved deep fear in her heart.

Those gem-like beautiful eyes, even when looking over without much emotion, would make Twins' entire body tremble uncontrollably.

As if all the polluted magic in her body was wailing in fear!

"Sec-Sect Master..."

She trembled, biting her teeth hard to stop shaking, wanting to reply.

But the girl who had just fought with her nearby suddenly laughed, drawing both Shion's and Twins' attention.

"Ha, I'm really lucky."

"I was thinking if I went all out against her, it might be a bit like bullying."

"But if it's you, I have no reservations."

Iris held the seed in her hand, raising her head with some pride as she looked at Shion, "Sect Master of the Azure Cloud Sect, Magical Girl Shion, I need you to come back to headquarters with me to discuss the future relationship between the Azure Cloud Sect and the Disaster Control Bureau."

"No time."

"Sorry, but I'm not giving you the power to refuse."

The Miracle Seed in Iris's hand burst forth with intense, blinding light!

"Even if you disagree, I'll still take you by force! Don't worry, I won't waste too much of your time!"

The light instantly enveloped both Twins and Shion.

"Mental Landscape, Expand!"

When the intense, blinding light from the Miracle Seed gradually faded, and Twins and Shion opened their eyes, they found themselves in an unfamiliar wasteland.

A vast emptiness, with pitted, cratered ground beneath their feet like the surface of the moon. The gravity was completely different too, making them feel light and floaty. Yet when they tried to take a step forward, they would notice the gravity becoming heavier, making movement nearly impossible.

Empty, silent, endless wilderness.

Whenever she was here, Iris would feel a spontaneous loneliness - the loneliness of an absolute powerhouse, feeling the cold at great heights!

So Iris, floating in the air, revealed a smile and spread her arms:

"Welcome to my world."

The ultimate ability of a Blooming Magical Girl, something that could only be learned at headquarters.

This was also the source of Iris's confidence.

Mental Landscape Expansion.

Using one's own mental landscape to erode the world until constructing a personal reality belonging only to the Blooming Magical Girl.

Even among Blooming Magical Girls, this was an extremely rare ability.

Because it required talent - only Magical Girls with sufficiently strong self-awareness could possibly learn it successfully.

This was also her capital for daring to call herself the strongest.

"The gravity is different in every spot here." Iris descended from the sky, "Of course, it's the same for me, but I'm thoroughly familiar with every gravity change here. I spent considerable time learning to move freely here."

Twins instinctively wanted to distance herself from Shion, because after being pulled into the mental landscape domain, she was closer to Shion.

However, she accidentally stepped into an area with bizarre gravity, and half her body was immediately dragged underground.

Movement was almost impossible.

"Don't run around, or you'll end up like this."

Iris looked at Shion who seemed restless, reminded her, then began concentrating gravity, gathering all the different gravity fields around to cover Shion.

She had no intention of underestimating her opponent.

Winter, as a Seedling-stage Magical Girl, already possessed such strength. How powerful Shion, as the leader, would be was basically imaginable.

Therefore, Iris had never considered competing with her on basic Magical Girl skills.

Directly pulling her into the mental landscape domain, defeating and controlling her in one go, then taking her back to headquarters.

However, even she had to be careful with the gravity field changes in the mental landscape domain. So while observing her opponent's movements, she first concentrated gravity, pulling her opponent into the dangerous chaotic gravity field to remove her transformation...

While still thinking about the next step, she noticed that the Magical Girl opposite her had started moving.

At first, it seemed like she was testing with a couple of steps.

Then she started running.

But because of the different gravity fields, her running was unsteady, and in some places her body tilted, almost falling.

She accelerated the gravity concentration speed - to remove the opponent's transformation, she needed to go all out...

Then, she discovered Shion was sprinting wildly!

In this mental landscape domain where gravity was completely different in every spot, she was sprinting as if there were no obstacles at all!

Even Iris herself wouldn't dare do this!

The abruptly changing gravity had an extremely strong tearing effect on magical outfits and bodies - even Blooming Magical Girls couldn't withstand it...

Yet Shion only had a few additional wounds on her body, as if the gravity dislocations sufficient to tear bodies apart could only cause shallow wounds on her.

Incredible shock welled up in her heart.

Just how much magic power did her opponent's magical outfit have?

Stepping back, she watched the sprinting Shion.

It's fine, at this speed, there's still time, I just need to...

Her thoughts were abruptly interrupted the next second by Shion suddenly closing in.

That exquisitely beautiful face that looked like a work of art, somewhat dazing to look at, was suddenly so close now. The faint fragrance and warmth rushed toward her face, yet made Iris's heart sink.

The gravity concentration wasn't even completed yet!

Then Iris felt a terrifying tremendous force coming from the right. Even though she manipulated gravity with all her strength, trying to hold herself in place, it was completely impossible.

Her entire body shot through the sky like a meteor. The mental landscape domain, empty like the moon's surface, had no obstacles to block her path, only gravity's tearing to slow her down.

Then she crashed into a distant area with twenty times gravity!

Even with the ability to manipulate gravity, and trying her best to neutralize every distorted gravity field along the way...

But after taking such a terrifying blow, just the speed at which she was sent flying made it impossible to completely eliminate the gravity tearing throughout the journey.

She struggled to crawl out of the deep pit. If she weren't the master of the mental landscape, thoroughly familiar with all the gravity changes around her, and able to alter gravity to protect herself...

This single blow would probably have been enough to force her transformation to be removed.

Looking up at the distant Shion who was even flying now, Iris only felt indescribable absurdity.

What kind of monster is this...

She finally understood why Twins was so terrified.

Facing such an existence that defied common sense, it was indeed difficult not to feel fear.

But.

Let me teach you what being the strongest Magical Girl means!

Iris took a deep breath and slammed her hands together violently.

The distorted gravity began destroying the mental landscape domain. A black hole quietly appeared in the air.

Then rapidly expanded, turning into an abyss that devoured everything!

Pseudo Black Hole.

Although she couldn't escape either, mutual destruction would force both sides to exit their transformed states. After that, her physically trained body would give her a huge advantage!

Then, Iris saw flames rising in Shion's hand.

Three-colored magic power intertwined like flames, forming an exquisitely beautiful lotus.

[Heaven-Grade Spell: Magic? Buddha's Fury Lotus]