Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

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The delusional thug is being consumed by his own inner desires. The power he actively absorbs is becoming distorted, rotting from the inside out and emitting a suffocating stench.

The bluffing thug gazed into the distance, silently counting down the time it would take for the enemy to approach. After calculating the time, he took out the activation device that he had been hiding in his chest.

The activation device was designed to resemble a button, like the red button used to launch a missile.

Although they are fundamentally different in principle, both bring destruction and disaster.

All that could be heard at the same time, Yu Ming's voice came from all directions. The explosion of magic made everyone cover their ears. After a brief period of deafness, the city beneath their feet began to shake.

The sky had been stained blood red at some point, and from the cracks in the distant city boundary, crimson beams of light pierced through the ground.

This was almost a scene of natural disaster, a malign event rarely seen in the history of magic. The city began to slowly sink, car sirens blared and shrill on the streets, buildings began to crumble and splinter, and smoke and dust billowed everywhere.

As the sky rose higher and higher, people's hearts sank to the bottom.

This made people who were already struggling to cope with the tsunami feel even more desperate.

It's really a wave of upheaval.

Mayumi Haga didn't look back. She wanted to seize the last chance to sprint past, but the road beneath her feet cracked due to the disintegration of the city.

With a sudden turn of the car, Mayumi Haga suppressed her anxiety and searched for a breakthrough, only to see the figure of the illusory thugs getting further and further away on the rainbow track.

At that moment, Hitomi Tono tugged at her sleeve.

"Mayumi... I think there's a sound."

Only then did Mayumi Haga turn around abruptly. Behind her, water vapor surged, and nitrogen-hydrogen mist spread out without her noticing. Accompanied by the rising seawater, a distant song broke through the fog.

[Come to my side, Restourhead leans down into my embrace, Wamwithin feel this warmth, Ocean's bed] That is... "Song of the Sirens".

No lamp is easy to light

The delusional thugs did not hear the song coming from the depths of the sea.

His crimson eyes were fixed on Mayumi Haga and Hitomi Tono, who were about to rush towards him. After seeing them crash into the barrier and the layers of seawater finally sweep away these guys who wanted to ruin his perfect plan, the tension in his eyes finally faded, leaving only chaotic pleasure.

The vague unease in my heart finally subsided completely after seeing that the unexpected enemy had also fallen into the trap, and the last unknown was eliminated.

Even the most harmless variables are enough to make him uneasy for a while.

Now, with the plan progressing normally and the only variable, Mayumi Haga, having perished at sea along with Hitomi Tono, he can finally relax.

Having dealt with the threats, and even the forces that I cannot currently fully resist have been sent into the spacetime turbulence, I will now have a period of time to develop rapidly.

After obtaining enough resources from the Bizarre City, I will be able to cultivate the [egg] extracted from the calamity's remains...

Contemplating his next move, the vain thug gave one last cold look at the city swallowed by the sea, then turned and left.

He doesn't have enough time right now and can't afford to waste it here.

The world's regulatory mechanisms are reacting faster than imagined. He must seize every second to achieve his goal before a new "justice" emerges... Just as he was thinking this and preparing to leave when the city beneath his feet echoed with wails, the strange man heard another voice.

No, that's not right.

Swallowed by the tsunami, sinking into the depths of the sea... Why was there no scream or cry? The delusional thug, lost in his own thoughts, suddenly realized the point he had overlooked.

He rarely planned such a large-scale operation before, and the peculiarity of this world meant that villains like him rarely had the nourishment for the growth of evil.

The piercing wails and screams, the colors of blood and flesh intertwined, the temperature of blood and the smell of burning flesh... the only feedback this world can offer is the sound from the very front.

Now, having barely heard any basic feedback, the delusional thugs finally realized something was wrong.

Why is there no sound? Where is the instinctive sound of collapse that the body makes when faced with imminent doom? Were they all swallowed by the sea? That's impossible.

Wait... This is... And at this moment, the Siren's Song reached the ears of the delusional thugs.

He saw a huge shadow appear in front of him, a shadow that blocked out the sky and fell from above his head.

The delusional thug suddenly turned around.

What came into view was only a huge hand, formed from solidified seawater, closing down on him.

His crimson pupils were filled with surprise and panic, and he subconsciously raised his hand to cast a defensive spell.

At the same instant the magic flashed, the enormous hand also fell.

As the seawater surged up, Tono Hitomi instinctively closed her eyes and tightly gripped the hem of Haga Mayumi's clothes.

Oh no, she can swim, but she's not very good at it! The swimming skills Hitomi Tono learned at school are only enough to keep her from sinking to the bottom when she goes into the water on her own initiative.

In reality, she had to struggle to kick her feet to stay afloat, making it incredibly difficult for her to survive under such conditions.

Even with magical protection, she couldn't breathe underwater like a fish; she would still suffocate.

She does possess underwater breathing magic, but she hasn't learned it yet.

After becoming a magic girl, Hitomi Tono didn't learn much magic other than her original attribute, [Enhancement] magic.

She was, after all, just an ordinary high school girl, and she didn't have a clone. No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't possibly learn all the miscellaneous magic.

Moreover, when she occasionally encountered underwater battles, there were no no-fly rules, so she could overcome underwater combat scenarios by moving at high speed.

Now...we must get the real bow out of the water as soon as possible under these circumstances...at least to a safe place!

Just as she was about to use magic to strengthen herself and find a breakthrough in this apocalyptic scene, Tono Hitomi felt Mayumi Haga grab her wrist.

The warm touch instantly brought her back to reality.

"and many more.

"Haga Mayumi said."

...Say something? Only then did Hitomi Tono realize that the surging seawater seemed somewhat strange; even though she was submerged, there was no additional impact.

Generally speaking, when a natural disaster like a tsunami strikes, the bricks and debris carried by the seawater are enough to take people's lives in an instant.

Strangely, Hitomi Tono didn't sense any debris mixed in with the... clear seawater? Wait, is this right? Hitomi Tono opened her eyes, but what she saw was not the tragic scene of a city collapsing and being destroyed in a natural rage, but a dreamlike scene like an underwater city from a fairy tale.

The once roaring sea softened its grip upon contact with them, choosing instead to gently embrace the city.

Hitomi Tono even felt that she could breathe in the water.

Breathing underwater felt somewhat eerie. Hitomi Tono could feel water entering her trachea and lungs through her nasal cavity, but she didn't feel any suffocation.

She was breathing in the water as if she were breathing air.

You could tell from Mayumi Haga's expression that she was somewhat surprised.

The black-haired girl realized something and looked in the direction from which the singing was coming.

Mayumi Haga doesn't know much about the ancient races, and even though she herself is a descendant of the elves, she wouldn't have received the complete inheritance.

However, as ancient races, it makes no sense that if the elves have the secret technique to transform into dragons, the aquatic races wouldn't have their own secret methods.

By the time Mayumi Haga became the guardian, the aquatic tribe had already weakened to the point of migrating from the sea to a small body of water on land, but they still retained a relatively complete lineage.

Even someone like Megrana, who was the last patriarch, could be quite useful in situations like this when there was water. Although he usually seemed to be just a Bluetooth player, he could still be very useful.

The Siren Song, passed down through generations of aquatic people, can only be sung with its unique melody in the sea, and it can only exert its power in the sea.

Intervening at this time was a great help.

Mayumi Haga relaxed her body and looked at the glowing mermaid phantom swimming out of the depths of the ocean.

Giant Siren Mech

In the memories of the ancestors of Megaran, the water creatures were not initially called water spirits by humans, but rather "King Sai".

Legend has it that this monster, with a human head and a crow's body, uses its songs to seduce passing sailors at sea, and can also transform into the appearance of a mermaid.

However, for various reasons, aquatic creatures left the sea and migrated to the land, gradually forgetting their history of living in the sea.

However, Megrana, the patriarch with a long lineage, remembered it.

On the continent of Alamo, where elves can transform into dragons, giants can cause earthquakes and change the landscape, and wizards can manipulate the phases of the moon, the aquatic race, as an ancient race, is naturally no ordinary one either.

However, the power of the aquatic beings resides in music and the deep sea.

Megrana could sing all sorts of songs, but most of them only served as a supplementary means of hypnosis, inspiration, or purification.

Compared to their powerful physiques, the aquatic tribes' little tricks are indeed insignificant, so most aquatic tribes without a lineage don't take them seriously and never practice them.

Of course, Megaranie was different; she possessed a complete lineage.

She also knew the power of this neglected [song] after returning to the warm embrace of Mother Ocean.

Every Sai King's singing voice is different.

That was a profound shock from the depths of the soul, a resonance between oneself and the ocean, a final swan song of burning life.

Dissolving oneself into the sea, one's voice merging with the warm and sincere ocean, freeing oneself from the limitations of the physical body—this is how one obtains the voice of the Sirens.

Megaranes had already died once, so he wasn't so afraid of dying a second time.

Her gaze hovered high above the sea, then swooped down a moment later, passing through the perspective of those mermaid phantoms and sweeping past many people in an instant.

She didn't care about those faces, whether they were unfamiliar or familiar.

She felt countless sounds coming from all directions, and she only wanted to capture one of them.

But that person was so taciturn that she could only check with her eyes one by one, and it took her quite a while before she finally found him.

The mermaid's phantom stared at Mayumi Haga. In the instant the latter reacted, the former suddenly accelerated, passing through Mayumi Haga's body and swimming away in the direction the mermaid swarm was swimming.

Since it was just a phantom, Mayumi Haga didn't feel any impact, but she vaguely realized something.

In that instant when she met her own gaze, she touched a familiar soul.

It was Megrana; the phantom that had just intersected with him was Megrana.

Mayumi Haga is a slow-witted person; her emotional intelligence always fluctuates between two extremes.

While she might seem dull most of the time, there are moments when she's not oblivious.

Perhaps it was because she had to part ways with many people throughout her life that she was particularly sensitive to the matter of parting.

but why…

...

Mayumi Haga suddenly turned her head, only to hear the Song of the Sai King becoming clearer and clearer. Mermaid phantoms emerged from the corners of the ocean, gathering into schools of fish, which looked like an underwater storm from afar.

She began to feel uneasy.

When ancient races used secret techniques... did they all pay a price? Just like when I transformed into a dragon, did Megaranie also pay an unimaginable price for using such a skill?

Realizing this, Mayumi Haga could no longer stand there in a daze.

She grabbed Tono Hitomi's hand and whispered, "We have to catch up. Stay close to me...!"

In her haste, Tono Hitomi grabbed the hem of Haga Mayumi's clothes and was pulled to the surface of the sea by the former, who was clearly a better swimmer.

Mayumi Haga approached the mermaid phantom summoned by Megaran, and soon poked her head above the water. When she opened her eyes, what she saw was a scene no less magnificent than her own transformation into a dragon.

At that time, Mayumi Haga, being directly involved, had lost her rationality and was unable to see the whole picture.

Looking at Megrana now, he seems to realize just how much trouble he had caused back then.

The underwater city was very calm, but a huge whirlpool appeared near the surface.

All you could see was a giant arm formed from solidified seawater extending from beneath the vortex, slamming down onto the rainbow track.

It took a while for Mayumi Haga to feel the earth tremble, but because she was in a protected area of ​​the sea, she was not affected.

When the surging waves came in front of her, the force with which they hit her face was only a light touch.

But it's not over yet.

The figure that emerged from the sea was enormous and turbulent. The moment the goddess-like human form appeared, even the surrounding sea level seemed to drop slightly. The body formed from seawater was much larger than the city itself, and its bare upper body alone was enormous, making the city seem like a small island.

Her face bore some resemblance to Megrana, yet it was clear that they were two different people.

Compared to the bright and beautiful water nymph, the king's expression was indifferent, and he seemed even more divine.

But it was only a projection that borrowed a portion of the power; this enormous figure had no capacity for thought whatsoever, merely an empty shell. However, that was enough.

Under the rule of absolute power, the elaborate schemes and tricks of delusional thugs are nothing more than ant bites.

The strange man was stunned, not knowing where to hide. By the time he finally reacted, his magical shield had been shattered by a slap. He even tried to beg for mercy: "Wait... wait a minute!"

"But the slap had already landed, and he couldn't avoid it."

The ocean's fury poured mercilessly onto the tiny monster. With just a few blows from the giant King, the monster, who had initially been screaming in agony, fell silent.

Mayumi Haga was able to determine that the False Thug was probably still alive.

This world won't let that guy die so easily, so even if Megaran doesn't hold back, there's no need to worry, he won't die anyway.