Previously, Feng Zhan Bing Hua had always lived in a virtual world, unable to touch humans or communicate with them. Like a ghost, she roamed within the academy city, feeling extremely scared and lonely.
Until a few days ago, she accidentally touched Antikythera, and through Antikythera's power, she moved from the virtual world to the real world, experiencing what it means to have friends and what it means to be happy.
"If I am a monster, then let me this monster, to deal with you this monster."
Channeling the energy within her body, Feng Zhan Bing Hua's shattered body instantly healed back to its original state, and then with a forceful push of her arms, she managed to block the Stone Giant's next attack.
However, it was only barely enough to block one of the Stone Giant's hands.
"Interesting, things are getting more interesting."
George watched the situation before him and couldn't help but squint his eyes.
Feng Zhan Bing Hua is actually a collective of over 3 million superpowered students, emitting an AIM field with the power of their own, and he finds it hard to believe that this is just a coincidence, perhaps another large-scale experiment conducted by the Academy City.
"It's over!"
The Stone Giant's left fist was blocked by Feng Zhan Bing Hua, but his right fist slammed down fiercely on Antikythera.
At this moment, George finally stepped forward to take action.
"Super Electromagnetic Cannon!"
Taking out a coin, he flicked it with his finger, and the super electromagnetic cannon was activated, directly shattering the Stone Giant's right hand.
"Who are you? It's you again, I'm not really afraid of you!"
Shirley was instantly startled, turning her head to look at the suddenly appearing George, and her eyebrows furrowed again.
Although she had changed into male clothing and worn a hat, she immediately recognized the other person as the fifth-level super ability user Mikasa Misaka, even down to the same techniques.
"It can auto-heal, so it seems like it's not a one-time product."
George watched in amazement as the Stone Giant's severed right hand restored to normal within just a few seconds.
He had assumed that Shirly's Stone Giant was like the one the magic apprentice from the world of Howart showed, which would disappear once shattered, but it now seemed there were some differences.
However, this only made him more interested.
"Such an attack, even if it comes a hundred, a thousand times, cannot destroy my Elise."
Shirley waved the oil crayon in her hand, releasing an amplified magical array, causing the Stone Giant to grow from five meters to eight meters tall, becoming even stronger.
"Elise, kill them all!"
The Stone Giant roared and combined his fists, slamming down towards George.
George did not meet the attack; instead, he lifted Feng Zhan Bing Hua in one hand and Antikythera in the other, jumping backwards to avoid the blow.
"Since the attack cannot do anything to certain areas, let's try to destroy them all directly."
He placed the two on the ground and, with his hands combined and pulled apart, formed a particle cannon.
Channeling all of his electricity into the particle cannon, he aimed it at the Stone Giant charging towards them.
"Plasma Electromagnetic Cannon!"
A massive stream of plasma erupted, instantly vaporizing the Stone Giant's chest. Shaking his hand, he swept the Stone Giant from head to toe with his plasma, completely vaporizing it and disappearing into thin air.
And this time, the Stone Giant did not repair itself.
"It seems like we need to destroy them all at once to eliminate them."
"Is this what a fifth-level super ability user is capable of?"
Shirley watched as her Stone Giant was completely vaporized, and her heart trembled.
"How strong can it be!"
She knew that fifth-level ability users were strong, but she hadn't expected them to be this powerful, capable of killing her Elise with a single blow.
"Not so easily, I see how many times you can unleash such attacks."
After realizing this, she immediately began drawing a magical array on the ground with her oil crayon, and within a second, the Stone Giant was standing up again.
However, before she could raise her head and command the Stone Giant to attack, her pupils constricted instantly.
Because she heard George's voice, and it was right by her ear.
"It seems that the focus is on you. Only defeating you can stop the Stone Giant from regenerating."
Standing up, she struck out with her elbow, but it hit only air. Before she could continue her assault, a sudden dizziness hit her head, causing her to faint on the ground.
George, seeing Shirly summon another Stone Giant, used his electric power to stimulate his own flesh and speed up to behind Shirly. He managed to avoid Shirly's elbow strike and slapped her temple, knocking her down.
"It seems that the mages in this world aren't that strong physically either; I wonder if it's just an exception."
Actually, the magic of this female mage is quite strong. The Stone Giant she summoned is powerful and has high defense, and can also heal itself. Even if it's destroyed all at once, it can still continue to summon others.
Most super ability users would find it hard to deal with her, and even Mikasa Misaka would struggle without the help of Ray Hammer.
But the premise is that the mage needs to hide in the shadows and control from there. Otherwise, standing out in plain sight like this, and with her own lack of combat prowess up close, she's easily targeted and defeated.
"Let me see your memories!"
The female mage has quite some strength and must hold a position in the magical community. She might provide useful information.
"Extracting Memories!"
George placed his hand on Shirly's forehead, starting to read her memories with the spell "Extracting Memories" and mental communication.
How many memories does a person have over twenty years?
There must be a lot of memories over twenty years. Even if you remove the unimportant ones and only focus on the important ones, it would take several months to watch them all, if they were like a video recording.
However, this is only under normal circumstances.
In a person's brain, thoughts are running at high speed, and the mind is quickly browsing through memories. The speed at which memories are retrieved is actually much faster than reality by many orders of magnitude.
It's like dreaming; it feels like a long time has passed in the dream, but when you wake up, you realize you haven't been asleep for very long.
Particularly when napping on the table during breaks.
So, less than a minute later, George released his hand from Shirly's forehead, but his expression was truly captivating.
"I didn't expect it to be like this!"
The reward from reading Shirly's memories far exceeded his imagination, allowing him to finally truly understand this world.
Let's talk about Shirly's experiences first.
Shirly·Cullen, a mage belonging to the "Necessary Evil Church" special forces of the British Puritan Church.
Her specialty lies in earth attribute spells, represented by the manipulation of Golems. At the same time, she is also a specialist in decoding secret codes for the British Puritan Church, and an expert in interpreting and preserving hidden codes concealed within symbolic paintings and heraldry.
Twenty years ago, a group of magicians from the British Puritan Church and some scientists from the Academy City had a common idea. They wanted to try to unite magic with science.
They wanted to concentrate their respective technologies and knowledge in one facility, and try to combine superpowers with magic to create a new type of "magic-user."
Magic-users could cast both super abilities and magic, which would make them the strongest beings.
The result was evident; it failed.
In this world, magic and super ability users cannot be combined together. Otherwise, it will result in either severe internal bleeding and injury or even instantaneous physical collapse and death.
