The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

Chapter 298 The Deep Sea

A ten-year-old scheduled email.

If it were someone else, Su Tianqing might have regarded it as a last will and testament.

After all, it's not like I haven't seen this situation before:

Knowing her time was short, the seriously ill mother wrote a letter to her daughter on each of her birthdays as a keepsake.

However, if it were applied to Inari, it would be highly debatable.

First of all, Inari possesses the magic of seeing the future.

She knew exactly what kind of reply she would get after sending the email, which was like shooting the arrow before drawing the target, so Zixuan would never suspect that it was a timed email.

Judging from her conversation with Zixuan, she still believes that Ms. Inari is still working abroad, without any doubt.

"...Don't tell her about this for now."

Su Tianqing said to Zhu Yuan beside her.

"Hmm...wouldn't it be bad to keep this from her like this...?" Xiao Hong asked tentatively.

After all these years, I've been managing the scheduled email address left by Sister Zixuan. After today, there won't be any more scheduled emails to send. Does that mean I'll have to send emails to Zixuan myself from now on?

Even such a well-intentioned lie can still make people feel uneasy.

"Leave this to me."

Su Tianqing sighed softly and said,

"Can I see that email address? I need to think about what to do next."

"Is it really possible?"

Xiao Hong was somewhat surprised, and also felt a pleasant surprise.

Anyone would breathe a sigh of relief if they could get rid of this mess, but thinking about what Su Tianqing would encounter in the future... Xiao Hong couldn't help but feel flattered.

"Leave it to me, don't worry."

Su Tianqing grinned, brimming with confidence.

This is a win-win situation!

Having obtained a collection of Inari's emails from the past ten years, Xiao Hong was relieved of her responsibilities and might even be able to find a way to bring the missing Inari back to the present world.

Soon, Su Tianqing obtained the email account from Zhu Yuan. Upon opening it, she found it filled with scheduled emails.

Open any letter, and you'll find Inari's care and greetings for Zixuan, showing the deep affection between the two sisters.

But didn't Inari say they left some information? What exactly is that information?

"Hmm... I'll take a closer look when I have time. Let's get down to business now."

Switching her clone familiar to automatic mode, Su Tianqing focused on browsing the emails in her inbox.

At first glance, the information seemed well hidden, but when Su Tianqing checked the scheduled email and found that there was no attached document sent along with it, she suddenly understood what was going on.

Inari even foresaw that she would directly obtain the email account from Xiaohong, so she deliberately left these documents in batches as attachments.

This way, we can avoid arousing Zixuan's suspicion by directly sending information in the email, and we can also preserve the information completely. It's perfect!

Based on the information currently available, Su Tianqing can make the following judgment:

Inari unleashed an unprecedented spell, and through the messages conveyed by Zixuan and Zhuyuan, she was able to cooperate with her in the future to carry out that spell.

With the help of a variation of the harvest magic barrier, Inari was able to bridge the ten-year time span, moving from the past ten years ago to the present ten years later!

In this way, Inari can fight against Jormungandr in her prime, thus bypassing the erosive effects of the past ten years on her!

"To prepare for this battle, they really went to this extent...?"

Su Tianqing muttered to herself.

In short, let's first follow the steps in the email and set up the barrier, like a dandelion in action.

Since I currently have control over that barrier, I can use the excuse of adjusting the barrier to observe the hyacinth's whereabouts and go to adjust it, subtly changing the barrier into the variant that Inari mentioned.

Just as Su Tianqing was about to set off, Zixuan, who was maintaining the magical communication, suddenly called out:

"Oh dear, Hyacinth and the others are calling. Should I answer now?"

"Connect! Connect Aquamarine and the others' communications as well!" Su Tianqing quickly gave the order, taking over the Divine Stone communication base.

This thing is available in the latest Secret Codex Shop, and I even considered buying one to play with.

Because it's incredibly cheap!

The Magic Communication Base is priced at only 100 Divine Stones.

It's hard to imagine that this thing is a rare artifact that the turtle spirit stargazers of the port city obtained from the celestial realm.

[Hyacinths are calling, hyacinths are calling!]

"Headquarters received. What's going on over there?" Su Tianqing replied immediately.

How should I put it... we just passed through the barrier entrance at the end of the mine tunnel without incident, but...

The voice on the phone was hoarse, as if it had been interfered with by magic.

In terms of communication distance alone, the base's communication performance is truly outstanding. It can communicate with the hyacinth in real time even through the entire Inari magic barrier, making it both cheap and easy to use.

Su Tianqing silently had her familiar order the same base from the secret manual and store it in her magical space.

"but?"

The person who asked the question was Aquamarine.

They were currently guarding the park at the entrance to the mine tunnel, while also assisting the Hero Association in evacuating the surrounding crowd, fearing something might happen down below.

We discovered something incredible underground.

The person who took over the communication was Bai Lili, and she sounded very shocked and astonished.

It's hard to imagine what could have surprised this veteran so much.

When Bai Lili said the last sentence, even Su Tianqing was stunned:

How should I describe what we saw...? I'll try to send you pictures using a magic image capture method; that might be more intuitive.

Immediately afterwards, images transmitted by Bai Lili popped up on everyone's communication grimoire stones, clearly visible on the light screen.

"?!"

"This is..."

Zi Xuan and Zhu Yuan both gasped at the same time. The former covered her mouth in surprise, as if she had been greatly shocked.

Only Su Tianqing looked calmly at the light screen, her expression solemn.

Deep underground, in the depths where a massive amount of magic energy gathers, the four members of the elite team stood on the edge of a cliff, before them a spatial barrier formed by magic energy!

Its size is large enough to contain the entire port city; it is a magnificent spectacle that no human could create.

Inside the barrier, surging waters flowed, and countless chains, shimmering with starlight, intertwined within, constantly subjected to the immense impact of the water.

But at the end of those chains of stars lay countless shed skin-like scales, as if proclaiming a terrifying truth:

This place once bound something terrible, but now, that thing that should have been bound by these chains... has vanished before everyone's eyes.

[Legendary Spell, Star Chains]

From Inari's memories, Su Tianqing recognized these enormous chains.

These are binding chains that only the Star God Council can use. This spatial barrier is actually a cage used to bind astral behemoths!

But what about Jormungandr?

Where is the legendary giant serpent that could devour the world now?

The barrier is still intact, but it has broken free of its chains, which means...

[Watch out! There's something... rustling... in the water!]

Suddenly, a loud, hoarse sound came through the communication, as if it had been subjected to strong magical interference, and it was quickly cut off.

"Hyacinth! Hyacinth! Lily White!... Damn it! Communication is down!" Aquamarine's curses rang out in the communicator, followed by the incessant sirens of the Hero Association.

The elite squad has lost contact; we must prepare for the worst.

Su Tianqing paused for a moment, then activated her own backup plan.

This was the backup plan that I had left on Nightingale before I even set off!

When the camera familiar is unable to reach Jormungandr's location through the barrier entrance of Inari, this thing can provide you with the most valuable on-site information!

[Spirit Slime]! My most precious familiar, kept hidden away in my treasure trove!

It can possess people and gain the perspective of the person it possesses. It has a direct and straightforward super magic effect and will not be affected by any interference!

But when the nightingale's perspective appeared, Su Tianqing shuddered and shivered.

—In the deep ocean beneath the earth, a terrifying giant serpent suddenly raised its head from the water!

Those eyes, like molten gold, were completely one with the eyes that Inari was looking at!

Jormungandr, the Astral Beast

Show yourself!