Magical Girl Heavy Dependence

Chapter 39, Unexpected Changes

Outside the Dome Stadium.

Amidst a deafening roar of cheers from inside the venue, even the most oblivious person realized that the concert had begun.

The plaza surrounding the stadium was packed with a sea of ​​people, and even those who couldn't get tickets didn't dampen their enthusiasm as fans.

"Love time!"

As Song Lan's iconic transformation lines were uttered, everyone got excited even though they couldn't see the stage.

"Pine orchid! Pine orchid! Pine orchid!"

The shouts were incessant. Yan Xi and Shen Caihua sat on the flower bed near the trash can, half-covering their ears.

"I'm sorry, Lulu."

Shen Caihua clasped her hands together and apologized to her, "It's all my fault for being too excited and forgetting my bag at school. As a result, I couldn't get in at the entrance, so I had to make you sit outside with me."

Yan Xi quickly shook her head and comforted her, "It's alright, Caihua. As long as the things in your bag are okay, that's all that matters. The subway security staff have already called me. We'll go get them together after the concert. There will be other concerts in the future."

"Damn it! We clearly have tickets!"

Shen Caihua slapped her face hard with both hands. "I finally got a free ticket from my idol, and now I can only squat here. Am I an idiot?"

"We can hear the singing here too. Maybe we can see it even better from the outside during the magic show later," Yan Xi said.

"You're right!"

Shen Caihua immediately perked up and comforted herself with a victory formula: "The inner area is packed with people screaming and cheering sticks, you might not even be able to see the stage clearly, the view is even better outside."

The magical aftershocks emanating from the venue rose to the sky, forming colorful clouds.

When Song Lan started singing, Shen Caihua immediately stopped talking to Yan Xi and joined the screaming fans.

Yan Xi looked at her friends and couldn't help but feel envious.

If she were a magical girl, she might have already become a higher-level trainee or even debuted, qualifying to be a guest at the Matsubara concert and meet her favorite idol face-to-face.

The one who possesses magic is herself, but she is a prisoner about to be judged, lacking both the talent to be a magical girl and the ability to become an idol.

"Sometimes fate is really unfair," she murmured to herself.

Shen Caihua grabbed Yan Xi's hand.

"You're right! Fate is so unfair!" She opened her other hand to her mouth and shouted, "Why do I have a ticket but have to sit outside! Why can't I be a lucky audience member and get close to Song Lanlan!"

This resonated with many other fans, and shouts of encouragement rose and fell, filling the area outside the venue with a joyful atmosphere.

"In short, don't think about anything else for now, just enjoy the present moment."

Shen Caihua said to Yan Xi, "Midway through the concert there will be a magical girl 'Grand Contest' performance by Ms. Song Lan. I wonder who the guest performer is today?"

It was actually invented by the association as a performance-style combat method between two magical girls.

Within a designated area, both sides unleash their magic and cast spells against each other, not to harm their opponent, but to use the residual energy of their own color magic to color the space as much as possible. After the time of a song ends, whoever has colored the area with their magic wins.

What interests people about magical girls is not that they sing and dance like ordinary idols.

Whether it's using magic in performances or engaging in these kinds of theatrical battles, it's all about satisfying people's curiosity about the unknown—[magic].

Cheng Chen wanted to promote her to debut, so Yan Xi had participated in relevant tests at the company these past few days, but her results were disappointing.

The raven feather wand was tied behind her head like a hair tie, fluttering slightly in the night breeze that blew in as evening approached.

She attended many theoretical classes personally compiled by Cheng Chen, and he also guided her through the exercises step by step.

However, his own "Southern Cross" spell could never be used as effectively as he had taught him, failing to produce the desired results.

Why am I thinking about him again without even realizing it?

Yan Xi suddenly came to her senses, slapped her cheeks hard, and shook off the image in her mind.

Her attention returned to her excited friend beside her, and she felt a strange sense of melancholy.

The girl sighed again.

Suddenly, Yan Xi felt a chill run down her spine, making her hair stand on end.

A strange and malicious magic.

She was very familiar with it; it was the faint fluctuation that emanated when magic began to amplify, and she had felt it countless times during her practice.

"A performance? No... it's outside the venue!"

"Should we get it checked out?"

The idea was rejected as soon as it arose.

Yan Xi picked up her phone and quickly found the name in her contacts, instinctively about to dial for help.

But just before pressing down, she suddenly hesitated.

The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking.

The phone was thrown away and drowned out by the panicked screams of the crowd.

Yan Xi managed to help Shen Caihua stand firm, and when she looked up, she saw a colossal beast that blotted out the sky standing amidst the billowing smoke and dust.

Its long, brown body meandered and coiled, its surface branded with bright, glaring scarlet stripes. Several sharp, dark gold spikes stood upright on its back, and multiple wide, jet-black shadow wings extended from its sides, soaring wildly in the air.

The four layers of sharp teeth engaged in a spiral bite, producing a low, panting sound.

"The Calamity Beast, Sha Quan!?" Yan Xi's eyes widened. "Wasn't it just killed recently?"

The dead Sha Quan reappears, and even his imposing appearance is completely different.

Before he could think any further, Sha Quan roared and bit down.

"what!"

Shen Caihua covered her head and screamed.

Almost instinctively, Yan transformed, a black streak of light carrying her friend as they leaped to the side.

As she burst out of the dust, several red, bead-like eyes on Sha Quan's head were already locked onto her.

A chill ran down his spine.

Compared to ordinary people who flee in panic like ants, magical girls are far more attractive to monsters.

Its chosen target is itself.

……

The atmosphere inside the stadium had not yet cooled down.

Song Lan's chest rose and fell slightly, and dozens of magical beams of light danced on the stage, colliding and exploding into a shower of shimmering light spots.

Just as the music reached its climax in the chorus, each wave of magical fireworks pushed the shouts and cheers to a new peak.

Songlan smiled at the camera, and a close-up of her smile appeared on the big screen.

Just then, her gaze was suddenly drawn to something.

A strange man in a black cloak walked silently down the aisle of the audience, neither clapping nor cheering, approaching step by step.

blinked.

The strange man vanished without a trace, as if he were merely a phantom.

Are you seeing things?

The moment the first thought popped into Songlan's mind, she suddenly froze.

That person had appeared in the center of the stage at some point and was walking towards her step by step.

The entire audience noticed this scene, and the cheers quickly turned into confusion and discussion.

But Songlan couldn't soothe her; for some reason, her body was immobilized, and the spotlight above her head suddenly turned into a giant sun, the light like ropes that had bound her movements.

Devil! ?

Songlan sensed a surge of immense magical power, far exceeding her rank.

Beneath the cloaks appeared a series of ferocious faces, and Songlan could see clearly those fiery, burning pupils.

"hehe."

In the blink of an eye, there was no one in front of him.

The cheers and shouts continued, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

Cold sweat trickled down Songlan's forehead. She wanted to ask for help from backstage, but at that moment, the new music had already started playing.

Out of professional ethics, Songlan immediately immersed herself in the performance.

Only when the body twists and turns, spinning like a ballerina, does a sinister auditory hallucination ring in one's ears.

"Got you?"

Her legs suddenly went weak.

Boom!

The entire stadium trembled, dust swirled, and the cheers abruptly ceased.

The silence lasted only a moment, followed by an even louder scream.

An anxious prompt came through the headset from the production team.

"A monstrous beast has appeared outside the venue! The performance is aborted; emergency response plan activated!"

Songlan collapsed onto the stage.

In that brief moment, no one paid any attention to her.

……