Remnant Beasts, as a type of monster that existed well before the material realm's human civilization, no one can say for sure when they were born.
The most widely known theory is that all Remnant Beasts' lives and powers actually co from the sa source, a powerful entity that left behind neither na nor image. However, in the existent research on the magic side, there isn't any evidence to support this theory.
But belief doesn't require evidence, and there have never been a shortage of people who believe this claim. The "Master" ntioned by Black Ash Dawn actually refers to this unknown entity.
They call it the "Beast Lord."
"The great beast calamity nineteen years ago, while bringing a disaster to the material realm, left behind a wealth of valuable treasures for the study of Remnant Beasts' power."
The voice of the Remnant Beasts, filled with a hint of amusent, clearly penetrated the consciousness of every Magical Girl present, "A great number of Remnant Beast remains that have not been stripped of their Echoes, a great number of lives damaged by the Beast's Magic Power, and a great number of data from battles. These were unattainable by Black Ash Dawn in tis of peace, but during the great beast calamity, they were easily within reach."
"After that, we extracted a rare Crystal Stone from a very special part of so Remnant Beasts. Surprisingly, every Remnant Beast that had these Crystal Stones embedded in its body showed more or less phenonon of Magic Power enrichnt."
"Their body structures were more robust; their unique organs were further developed; even the evolution of intelligence was extraordinary."
"We conducted a detailed study on this Crystal Stone and eventually found that it has the function of devouring a large amount of Magic Power and purifying it, before nourishing it back out as so sort of special energy. This special energy could greatly promote the evolution of Remnant Beasts, raising the upper limit of their evolution."
"However, the stock of this Crystal Stone was far too scarce. We dissected all the Remnant Beast remains we found from the calamity, yet we only obtained a sparse few. And the amount of Magic Power it required was too imnse, the re Magic Power could not at all support its consumption. Our experints progressed extrely slowly."
"For the first experint, it took us more than ten years to create a fully evolved exuviation stage Remnant Beast. But the good tis didn't last; the Remnant Beast's body collapsed at the end of its evolution, turning into a pool of Magic Power-infused flesh."
"The second experint started two years later than the first one, took even longer, but the outco didn't differ; it collapsed."
"After two more failures, I ruled out various possible inducents and realized that it wasn't our approach that was wrong, but the 'food' was not suitable."
"We created a large number of at pigs to feed the Remnant Beasts, but re at pigs were not enough. Just like humans can develop various problems if they are picky with food, Remnant Beasts also need a 'balanced diet'."
"Fairy's Magic Power, Magical Girl's Magic Power, Beast's Magic Power, all are indispensable."
"To prove this conclusion, two years ago, I made a decision in our latest breeding round: I took a portion of Magic Power from so Floral Card Magical Girls and fed it to our Remnant Beast. Then, a variance erged: its growth rate far exceeded that of previous experints, and it even showed a considerable degree of intellectual evolution."
"I knew, my experint had succeeded."
The giant moth slowly flapped its wings, gazing at the blue-haired girl lying on the ground, "So I need to thank your teammate, Cornflower. It was Sakura's death that provided with a sufficient amount of Floral Card Magic Power, giving a glimpse of the possibility of success."
Erald Sparrow did not speak.
Because she truly was injured.
Stripped of her magical outfit by the Remnant Beast, she then suffered a solid strike to her body.
Indeed, a Magical Girl's body is made up of Magic Power and doesn't have biological organs in the traditional sense, but the damage from the magical outfit is not to the Magical Girl's body, but to a deeper layer: the soul.
Her soul was nearly severed in half, and the pain of such a cleave was enough to cause a typical Magical Girl to lose control of her body.
At this very mont, Erald Sparrow lay on the ground looking up at the giant moth in the sky with an expressionless face, quietly listening to the other party's proud and complacent statent.
"...You seem to lack an audience."
Yet even with such an injury, her voice betrayed no pain – as calm as ever, "I'm not interested in your story of enduring hardship and persevering for many years."
"Is that so?"
Mosi's voice carried a hint of surprise, "I thought you would be at least a little moved by your old teammate's death."
"If all you wanted was to anger , then you've already achieved your goal long ago,"
Erald Sparrow's voice remained steady, "But if you're trying to tell 'you killed Sakura' to shake my resolve, then all I can answer you is, impossible."
"Oh? I deliberately preserved the altar until now, you should have sensed Sakura's Magic Power from the ritual earlier, doesn't that convince you?"
"So what?"
Erald Sparrow did not avert her eyes, but no one knew what she was truly thinking beneath her calm exterior, "Sakura is dead, her Heart's Gem has vanished, I have long been aware of this fact. Your actions rely clarify to that her death is indeed inextricably linked to you."
"You have no understanding of what the 'strongest Floral Card' truly ans, nor do you grasp what she was capable of. Sakura had overco countless enemies deed invincible, ti and again, to reach that position."
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