Transformation or Death - Chapter 303



303 – Snake’s Head (12)

Both the people who were taking refuge from the approaching snake like a meteor and the magical girl who was leading the escape all stopped and looked up at the sky.

Everyone stopped with their mouths wide open at the absurd sight.

“Will a project for orphans around the world even begin?”

White Davih muttered as he looked at the scene. Certainly, if that falls, most parents around the world will die. The problem is that there is a high possibility that not only the parents but also their descendants will die.

“What are you talking about?!”

Silver Luna shot back the nonsense she heard while she was busy.

“Ah, well, it looks more like a human extinction project!”

“That’s not what it sounds like…!”

Tsk, Silver Luna nervously glanced sideways at White Davih. And she was surprised. In contrast to his mouth saying something playful, cold sweat was streaming down his forehead.

She, too, was feeling a sense of crisis of her own. Even she, who always talks about her pranks and cheerfulness, was nervous in front of this situation.

“so….”

Gulping, White Davich looked up from the sky, examining the dried needles. Her eyes met Silver Luna’s. The white pupils were vibrating like water droplets on a speaker.

“…What should I do about that?”

The moment a monster of that size touches the ground, the shock wave alone will shatter the surroundings. Its simple size alone makes it intimidating, and it even has starlight wrapped around its body. Like the beast of the galaxy, the amount of starlight is also overwhelming.

If something like that collides, even an underground shelter is not safe. If you’re lucky, you’ll end up losing the land; if you’re wrong, the country itself may disappear. Or, not only Japan but all the countries around it could disappear from the face of the earth…

The fire demon that covers the whole world is approaching.

“Let’s evacuate first….”

Silver Luna closed her mouth while trying to convey instructions. Evacuation, where? Evacuation was meaningless in the face of such a disaster.

With the silence flowing between closed lips, faces such as Odette, Hound, Red Vega, and Watcher came to mind.

Wouldn’t they be able to solve this situation as well? All of the enemies that had hitherto been too strong to resist have fallen by their hands.

It has been a long time since the name of the strongest that was once proudly boasted was taken away. Now I am in a situation where I have to rely on the strength of others.

It’s all like that in the first place. Until now, wasn’t someone else leaning on Silver Luna? The best way for the weak to survive is to cling to the strong. Now that she too has become a relative weakling, the time has come for her to follow that method of survival.

“…We are continuing to encourage evacuation.”

Silver Luna’s lips opened and she continued to say what she could not finish. This is correct for now.

“yes?! “No, what… where are we supposed to take refuge when something like that is falling…?”

“Benefactor or Red Vega will take that down. “That doesn’t mean the spark will go away, so let’s first protect citizens from it.”

White Davich looked absurd, but Silver Luna steadfastly stuck to her opinion.

“Citizens! For now, let’s continue evacuating! You must not give up! “The magical girl will defeat that monster…”

Even as I said it, I wasn’t sure. It was a statement that was no different from an empty check, which would become false if one of them did not move.

“…Let’s not give up on life! “I will protect you no matter what happens!”

However, sometimes I had to present a piece of paper that might be a blank check. After hearing Silver Luna’s declaration, light came little by little into the eyes that had been in the abyss of despair.

No matter how much other magical girls have become stronger and weaker recently, Silver Luna was still Japan’s top idol. The best magical girl, the most respected hero.

A person like that couldn’t have fallen into despair in the first place.

Even if it wasn’t okay, it was her role to first shout out that it was okay. Giving hope.

‘But, is it okay like this?’

Is it okay to leave the role of defeating monsters to someone else, and lead them with pride, calling yourself a hero by just swatting away flying embers?

Of course, that couldn’t have been the case.

She is a magical girl. A star warrior who protects love and peace. No matter how cowardly she may be, she is not without pride. I felt ashamed that that was all I could do in an emergency like this.

Of course, in this world, you don’t have to do great things to become a hero. A person who offers a glass of water to a tired person and tells them that the world is still warm can also become a hero.

But she wanted to become a great hero even more.

A person who can proudly stand by the Watcher’s side and be remembered fondly by his benefactor.

But she knows her reality. The best among the ugly. It can’t be a dragon’s tail, but it can be a snake’s head.

“Let’s go…!”

Because the thing that moves the snake’s tail must be its head. Silver Luna hurried her steps. Behind her, countless people lined up like her tail.

Anyway, there isn’t much that can survive the moment that snake’s head hits the ground. Now I just move my body to avoid the falling embers of that giant monster.

Because I didn’t want to be like the shrimp that burst to death in a whale fight.

The ground gradually became hotter. The areas where bare skin was exposed were burned. The sky was so hot and bright that raising your head up was an act of suicide that would lead to blindness. The asphalt melted and the windows broke because they could not withstand the heat.

Moreover, even the building is unsafe due to the constant flying embers. The options are limited.

“S-Silver Luna doesn’t fight?”

“…I plan to fight after protecting you all so that you can get to a safe place.”

“aha…! “It’s Silver Luna, after all!”

Silver Luna smiled and answered the child’s innocent question. Her heart ached. She felt very guilty.

It was just a matter of choosing something that had a slightly higher chance of survival. It is an ugly and vivid struggle for life.

“Hey, over there!!”

During the evacuation route, one of the refugees pointed to the sky and shouted. Several people raised their heads carelessly at the shout and suffered severe damage to their eyes. The man who shouted first was safe because he was wearing sunglasses, but the others were not.

“Don’t raise your head carelessly! “Let me check!”

Silver Luna blocked people who tried to raise their heads and turned her eyes in the direction pointed by the reporter.

“…That.”

The head of the approaching snake began to split. Just as a sprout grows and branches spread out, the snake’s neck split in two. Although the size of each head was smaller than before, it was still large enough to cover the entire sky. The splitting sight could barely be seen far into the sky.

The newly grown head turned and headed somewhere else. Looking at the location, it was on the Korean side.

“…ah.”

Silver Luna was confident. Now Bam is planning to attack Japan and Korea.

The two countries with the largest number of magical girls in the world. It is even a country with divinity. If those two countries were eliminated at once, there would be very little hope left for humanity.

And that was also a task to distribute power. Red Vega’s departure will naturally be towards its home country.

Then, naturally, Japan would no longer receive the protection of a supernova.

“If Jiknyeo doesn’t come… what should we do? “What can I do?”

White Davih asked.

“Now, stay still for a moment!”

The star in the shape of a snake was approaching every moment.

At that moment, a black hole appeared right in front of the snake’s head. This was the Hound’s peculiarity. A twist that contracts and absorbs everything.

“…!”

Yes, Hound is recuperating in a hospital in Japan. A supernova also existed in Japan. Silver Luna felt hope as she looked at the black dot.

“That is….”

“The ship is being absorbed by the snake!”

“Now, wait a minute! Don’t raise your head carelessly! “It’s still dangerous!”

Since it was a magic that Japanese citizens were not yet familiar with, many people looked at the sight in amazement.

Silver Luna was the same. The overwhelming mass of plasma is easily extinguished. The closer the snake got, the shorter its appearance became. It’s like a pencil being cut by a pencil sharpener. He couldn’t help but marvel at the sight.

“If that’s the case…!”

I felt hope. It’s enough to finish.

However, no matter how much the snake was absorbed and absorbed, it did not disappear. The long snake’s neck was still in the corner of my vision.

At the same time, the black spot that was absorbing the snake was gradually becoming blurred.

“…Still in good physical condition.”

The hound’s body was not healthy due to the poison inflicted by Hercules. For him to use such a huge magic in that condition was obvious abuse.

A few seconds would have been enough to stop it, but the snake kept its head down for several minutes.

The shape of the sunspot gradually became blurred. It was easy to imagine how the Hound maintained its magic.

What would happen if she also died along with the death of that head?

Hound is Watcher’s fiancé. If she falls like this, Silver Luna will also have a chance to capture his heart.

You can intercept him without doing anything.

Selfishness crept into her heart.

From the beginning, it was a match that could not be compared. Yun Seol-hwa is also a beautiful opponent to beat with her beauty, and not to mention her skills, Silver Luna is a crushing defeat. When she thinks about the emotions and time they have accumulated together, she cannot help but feel for Silver Luna.

In order to change Han Jaejoong’s mind, his fiancé had to be gone. Because there is such an overwhelming difference.

Besides, that snake can’t be stopped in the first place except by her. How are you going to stop that? A frog in a well cannot defeat a snake. It’s common sense.

Letting her keep trying is the right choice and a way to survive.

but.

“…I can’t do that.”

What value is there in love and peace if it is not claimed fairly?

Silver Luna raised her head.

I made up my mind.

“Because I have received grace from my benefactor.”

Silver Luna once brought back a family member lost to the Watcher.

He said it was not grace. That’s not giving. So far, she said, it’s just a reward for her dedication.

Still, how can I just ignore that? Grace is recorded in the heart of the recipient, not the heart of the giver.

Because she felt it and remembered it as grace, it became grace.

Grace is something that must be returned.

Until now, I have searched for that opportunity countless times.

Finally, the time has come to return the favor to the benefactor.

Since it is a favor received in the name of gratitude for the hard work done so far, giving it is also the same.

As a way to repay the favor, Silver Luna chose to do the same thing as before.

Being a hero.

Thinking of others more than oneself, taking care of others’ share rather than one’s own, thinking of benefits rather than gains, and choosing to take a step forward rather than fear.

To continue to be a hero, someone who deserves his gratitude.

“White Dabih, please evacuate the remaining personnel.”

“Yes… yes?! What? “Then where are you going Senpai?”

“The sky.”

Silver Luna pointed upward.

The sky is not an object of awe, but an object of challenge.

“I will give you back the night sky.”

She looked around and smiled. She looked back at the faces of countless citizens who believed in and followed her, and at the citizens who worked hard together with her. The smile he gave them had the softest light on a moonless night.

There was a radiance that could not be lost even in the flash of light.

“I’m Silver Luna, a magical girl of moonlight.”

After saying that, Silver Luna flew into the sky.

**

The pendant on her necklace glowed, embracing her with divine starlight. It was a divinity that seemed infinitely shabby in front of a real star. If we were to compare her to her snake, there was a difference between her as an adult and as a newborn.

Still, I ran.

Even though the cowardly girl was scared, she did not back down.

As I climbed a little higher, I saw a hound blocking a snake. The woman’s entire body was covered in sweat, and her already pale skin had become even paler. It wouldn’t be surprising if she died right now.

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“What… why are you here?!”

“Now take a break! “Sick people don’t fight!”

Silver Luna flew past her.

“Because you are my benefactor’s precious person! I have to save it! “That’s how I feel pretty!”

“This is not an opponent you can beat! Stop now! That’s meaningless…”

“A meaningless fight?”

The Hound nodded. There was a bit of pity and concern in his pale eyes.

A frog trying to beat a snake, a newborn trying to beat an adult, a snake trying to beat a dragon. It didn’t matter what I compared it to. Actually, that’s the difference. A meaningless fight. It’s a fight where you can naturally guess the winner or loser without having to guess.

“You won’t know until you try!”

Silver Luna was bluffing.

“Because I am the strongest magical girl, Silver Luna! “Ohhohoho!”

The Hound frowned. Calmness remained in those gazes. It’s the look you make when looking at a clown who is talking nonsense. In fact, in her eyes, Silver Luna would be no different from a clown.

Love when you can’t be loved, and fight a fight you can’t win.

“Get that deathly face out of my face right now and open the way! This is my home country. “I will protect my country.”

Silver Luna did not avoid those eyes and faced them proudly.

“If you don’t want to die, get out of the way.”

“If I get out of the way, you die.”

“And if you don’t get out of the way, you die.”

The conversation drew parallel lines.

“And, I guess there was no need for me to say it.”

“this….”

Blood flowed from the hound’s nose. My body has completely reached its limit. His head felt dizzy. My vision became blurred, and eventually even my consciousness became blurred.

That’s how a gap appeared. To her, to the magic she wields. A hole opened in the sunspot, creating a space for a person to pass through.

Silver Luna rushed in without missing the opportunity. The leaping flight with divine power was enough to cross the sky in that short period of time.

“Wait, no!”

By the time the Hound regained his senses, it was already too late. Silver Luna reached right in front of the snake.

In the end, Yun Seol-hwa lost in the battle of stubbornness. It was a very rare thing.

“This is a snake….”

Silver Luna muttered as she looked at the snake’s eyes filling her vision.

“…Wow, that’s amazing.”

Just looking at it seems to break my will. But, she didn’t back down.

“There is no shortage of opponents to exalt the name of the strongest!”

Silver Luna was bluffing. Her bravado, her exaggerated words and actions, were her armor that protected her. Armor that hides a weak heart.

I swung my first fist. Just before she touched the snake, all the light surrounding her fist evaporated. The snake’s light was so strong. Her fist could not even reach the snake and only left strong burns on her hand.

“I am Silver Luna!”

It didn’t matter. The finger is burned, but it has not disappeared. I can still make a fist.

“Princess of Light!”

Her older sister often called her princess. As a princess of a country, how could she think of herself first in the face of a crisis for the country and its people? Without them, you wouldn’t be a princess.

I shook my fist for the people who lifted me up and loved me. The other hand was also burned.

“In the name of the moon, I will not forgive you!”

The moon is like a mirror that reflects sunlight. This act was just a process of returning the love I had received so far.

Since I have received unreasonable love so far, wouldn’t I be able to take on unreasonable challenges?

The hands that were making challenges that did not fit the criteria were completely blackened. Blood and fluid flowed between his fingers, making it impossible to even close his fist properly.

However, I forced my fingers to stick to my palm and swung them. Her fingers and palms were no longer glued together. It was so painful that I couldn’t even scream.

But it was okay. Still, you can swing it.

The world is bright yellow. My eyes hurt as I kept looking at the snake’s body, which was as bright as the sun. So I closed my eyes. It’s okay. It’s such a big target. No matter where he swings it, it will be his body.

A searing heat overtook my body. It feels like my body is melting. The intestines were cooked. I vomited blood. The skin is torn in various places and blood is flowing. It’s okay. Even this single drop of blood will catch the starlight and become a weapon.

Her light does not reach. The snake’s output was overwhelming. Just as a candle loses its power in front of a light, her light burned out and disappeared under the light of the snake.

Truly overwhelming light. Nevertheless, Silver Luna did not back down. He felt like he was swimming through lava, but he didn’t back down.

This is not to say that you are a fool who rushes at the enemy without knowing the difference between his own strength and his own.

It has to be that way, that’s how it is.

The moment you step away from here, it will be the people below who will suffer this pain. Because I swore to protect you.

Oaths lead to will, and will leads to action. A body that should have been unable to function was forced to move.

“Keuuu…!!”

The snake opened its mouth. Starlight gathered in that mouth. When I opened my closed eyes, I saw the sinister glow just before it became her breath.

In front of him, even the moonlight was powerless. Like the violent night view of the city that erases all the stars in the night sky, everyone was the same in front of it, whether they were divine magical girls or ordinary people. Even a small star cannot beat that light.

However, there is something missing before that.

You can’t win alone.

“Princess!”

“This girl is here too!”

The two older sisters arrived next to Silver Luna and pushed the snake away together.

“Uh, sisters?! Are you crazy? Go back now! “I don’t need you to join me in this crazy thing…”

“We can say the same thing! “If you’re going to go crazy, it’s family that’s going to go crazy together!”

“I can’t just let my younger brother create great scenes!”

After that, other magical girls arrived one after another.

“senior!”

“I heard it from White! “I heard she tried to hug everyone by herself?!”

“Can you leave it like that? “We are also magical girls!”

The scene where the magical girls were running towards the snake was like fireflies rushing towards a shooting star.

Light overlaps. Overlapping and overlapping, it gradually became a gigantic light. Some even gave off a much stronger light than before.

But it was still nothing compared to a snake. Silver Luna said as she looked around at them.

“I’m really proud.”

Still, I was proud enough.

Inside the snake’s mouth, the breath is fully prepared.

A beam of light shoots out.

The magical girls turned towards it and used magic to transform their powers into starlight.

Paradoxically, the fighting spirit that gave all one’s might in a situation where the destruction of their home country was on the verge of destruction seemed peaceful and harmonious, like a tug-of-war at an athletics competition.

The beam pushed them. Someone in the back fell out, and someone in the front lost their transformation and fell. There are fewer people than at first.

Silver Luna knows that she does not have the talent to become a supernova. It was sad, but she didn’t care right now.

I was happy to be able to work together with others. The joy of knowing that even though she cannot be a dragon, her snake head can be.

The snake’s head can move the snake’s tail. Her starlight gathered around her and pierced the rays like her spear. It was an insignificant size compared to the beam of light, but as its size was small, a lot of power could be gathered. Could be more focused.

Starlight gathers. Even if they are not brilliant, the starlight is warm. It shone like the moon in this bright sky. Even though it cannot look down on everyone like the sun, the moonlight gently illuminates the night.

Imagining that light, Silver Luna closed her eyes.

Before we knew it, the long tug-of-war was over.

The transformation was canceled, and Silver Luna fell, riding the flow of the sky. Even his power to fly was gone.

I can feel the flow of air cutting through the sky. Not only did I feel no pain, I even lost my sense of touch, but for some reason, the wind passing by my cheek felt cool.

There was no more lava-like heat.

When I opened my eyes, the world became darker than before.

It was a more suitable night to feel the moon and stars.

The snake’s head was cut off.

**

“Oh my! Successful catch!”

Her body falling from the sky was caught by White Davih and the spirits she was dealing with. It seems that she was the one who single-handedly caught all the other magical girls who had fallen so far.

“Hahahaha! This really works! Senpai sucks! After all, he is the master of agitation! “You can’t help but bewitch everyone and make them head to the grave!”

Silver Luna didn’t have the strength to respond so she just closed her eyes. She may sound like a scolding, but she knows it’s a compliment in her own way, so she just smiles softly.

The weak’s own method of survival involves not only adhering to the strong, but also unity.

“Waaah!”

The voices of citizens cheering came to my ears. Silver Luna thought about whether he could have been a hero to them, whether he could have been a hope, and things like that. I guess it worked out.

A person who is not ashamed of his benefactor.

“Anyway, take a break now! “Your brother or others will be able to take care of the snake…”

That’s what I thought.

Gradually, the cheering diminished, replaced by sighing.

Silver Luna opened her eyes as light came in between her closed eyes. The world was so bright.

The night became bright again. The cooled air became hot again.

The snake that had just been defeated reappeared. The same look as before, with the same sly smile.

The serpent is an unquenchable flame, legion.

It reappears again and again to feed on hope until it is defeated.

**

“That’s great.”

Amundsen muttered as he looked at the fallen magical girls fighting the snake. They were definitely heroes. Regardless of whether he was weak or strong, he was a hero based on his spirit alone.

Even the magical girl who had been scared earlier overcame her fear and rushed at the huge snake.

I was in awe.

It was a sight more wonderful than any natural scenery, magic, or miracle.

Amundsen admired their will.

“…very cool.”

Then, he gritted his teeth as he saw the snake reappear.

“Jason, my disciples. “There are times when a man risks his life.”

The sins, karma, and dreams you have accumulated so far.

Amundsen, who combined all of these thoughts, came to one conclusion.

“I think now is the time.”

Today is the time to end this life of a sinner.