"Oh my, it seems we have other guests."
Imhotep shifted her gaze from the burning blade to the three massive Quantum Beasts grappling with Witch's Night. The colossal clash forced the Schicksal Valkyries and Arc City Guards, who had been surrounding Witch's Night, to retreat further to avoid the shockwaves of their battle.
As the saying goes, when gods fight, mortals suffer. The barrage of shells that had been relentlessly flying toward Witch's Night now ceased...
"It seems... it has a mechanism like a defense threshold. As long as a single attack's force exceeds a certain level, it will cause substantial damage... Lady Imhotep."
Gray Serpent's red cybernetic eye observed the distant battlefield, watching as Witch's Night howled in pain after being struck by a powerful, charged blow from the giant Wolf Spirit. For the first time, visible cracks appeared on its previously smooth and intact shell.
"A mechanism? Gray Serpent... before this sword, their defenses are nothing but a joke."
Imhotep watched Witch's Night from afar, interrupting Gray Serpent's deduction with a contemptuous smile.
"Now... struggle as much as you can—"
The white-haired girl leaped from the high-rise, her Flame Sword carving an orange-red arc through the air...
Waving away the dust kicked up by her landing, Imhotep stepped out of the crater she had created and slowly walked forward.
The leisurely executioner strolled under the cold moonlight, her icy blue eyes filled with nothing but mockery and derision for the colossal monster. Everything it did now was merely a meaningless death throe, the final, pathetic ugliness of a dying creature.
"There are always beings from the heavens... who dare to face the might of Shamash."
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"Captain, did you see that white-haired girl who just jumped down from the building?"
Bronie asked the blonde woman beside her, her eyes wide with surprise.
"Ah, the Judgement of Shamash... in its Shamash Form, which only reveals its true might in the hands of Kevin Kaslana..."
"So the Kevin of this world really is a 'Kevin-chan'..."
Miss Captain stroked her chin, lost in thought. A subtle coincidence had led the guests from another world to mistake the gender of the ancient warrior...
"So, Lord Captain, do you want to try and make contact with her?"
Irene, seeing what the Captain was thinking, asked with an amused smile.
"Let's go and see, then—"
"After all, we've never encountered a female version of Kevin in our previous travels... By the way, Miss Irene, where is Mr. Stargazer?"
"Mr. Stargazer is very interested in this world's global organization, Schicksal, which stands above all secular institutions... He has already set off for Europe..."
Irene tilted her head, giving Miss Captain an answer she hadn't expected...
"I thought Mr. Stargazer would be more interested in this place called Shenzhou... Wait a minute—"
"Does Mr. Stargazer speak English and German??? If it's Schicksal Headquarters, the main languages there should be those two... I remember Mr. Stargazer always uses the Shenzhou language, right...?"
The Captain seemed to have a bad feeling about something as she looked at the "Miss Witch" before her.
"Ah... Mr. Stargazer is a master strategist. He must have foreseen this long ago, right?"
Irene flashed a mischievous grin, one that was slightly unladylike.
"Ugh... I hope Mr. Stargazer is okay."
After briefly worrying about their other companion, the group refocused their attention on the colossal monster before them, whose death countdown was about to begin...
"Honestly, this thing looks familiar too... A giant doll in a formal evening gown, hanging upside down from a massive gear floating in the air..."
"Irene, Bronie, what does this remind you of?"
The Captain looked at her two companions.
"Bronie is thinking of a certain magical girl with a round face... This is the Witch's Night, isn't it? It has to be!"
Prompted by Miss Captain, Bronie's expression turned to one of utter disbelief.
"Is this some kind of magical girl world???"
"At least there probably won't be any weird Magical Girl Teriri here... or any terrifying Teriri Virus."
The Captain's lips twitched.
"But we do have an even weirder Witch's Night—"
Bronie pointed at the Witch's Night, still bouncing in the air, oblivious to its imminent doom.
"Speaking of which, Bronie saw a small scepter on Miss Imhotep's hip, inlaid with a red gem... Uh... Could that be a Soul Gem?"
The trio of transmigrators, seasoned by countless absurd World Bubbles, formulated an outrageous yet bold hypothesis.
"Bronie, are you saying that the Valkyries and the MANTISes of the Previous Era in this world are actually magical girls???"
"It's not impossible, is it? After all, Captain, you said Miss Imhotep might be this world's Kevin Kaslana..."
"Then what's the MANTISes' 'Artificial Collapse'... Is it voluntarily turning into a Witch???"
"Perhaps—it is the Previous Era, after all. It wouldn't be strange for them to have some bizarre black box technology."
Irene, who had been listening quietly on the side, seemed convinced by Bronie and Miss Captain's discussion. She pondered for a moment, then nodded seriously.
"Well, that's a story full of love and hope..."
"Wait a minute! If that's the case, in a magical girl setting, wouldn't the Witch's Night be a disaster on the same level as the Herrscher of Finality from other worldlines...?"
A thought struck Bronie, and she looked ready to grab her newly claimed, cheap adoptive mother and make a cross-world escape immediately.
"Probably?"
The Captain pondered as she watched the Witch's Night gradually learn and adapt to Loki's fighting style.
"But if it's on the level of the Herrscher of Finality... isn't this thing a bit too weak?"
"It's being held back and beaten down by an entire city's defense force and two Valkyrie squads... and it hasn't shown any ability to wipe the surface of the planet..."
"But Captain, this thing is evolving... From just taking hits at the beginning to now mimicking weapons like those rockets to counterattack, it's constantly evolving and learning... Isn't that a terrifying talent in itself...?"
"And its health and defense are ridiculously high..."
"Ah... Is this the Witch's Night or the Essence of Evolution???"
Miss Captain's eyes widened as she stared at the monster ahead—
Then, a Flame Sword that pierced the heavens filled her vision...
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(spy- Alot of names I got no idea about, spam ping me in the discord if you know any corrections!)