Meanwhile, inside the Forest of Time.

Azura woke up with a start only to look up and see a black ceiling.

‘Where am I?’ Azura looked around and wondered where she was when she suddenly heard a low growl.

She turned around quickly only to see a claw nearing her neck and approaching quickly. Her brain was still in a mess so she only had enough time to jump.

*Splat*

“Shit.. you bastard..” Azura glared at the dark figure while holding her cut off hand. She stared at the beast and saw it come closer. When it came into the light she saw a black bear with glowing crimson eyes and bloody claws.

*ROAR* The bear let out a deafening roar as it charged forward.

‘Damn beast’ Azure thought as she looked around for a way to escape. She suddenly hit her head.

‘I didn’t want to use this.. But I have no choice’ Azura looked like she was wronged. Purple light started to emanate from her body which illuminated the dark cave.

The bear suddenly started to age, its fine black fur started to become rough and white, its skin started to become loose. Suddenly, its skin started to tear and bones became exposed and blood started pouring out. However, the blood did not fall onto the ground. Instead, it started flying to Azura.

‘Although I’ve increased my lifespan from this bear I’ve lost all of my magical energy. I’ll need at least a month to get all of it back. Damn!’ Azura cursed the bear that had made her use this attack. The attack is called Life Devour and it is the strongest attack she can create. Life Devour does not need a specific amount of magical energy, it only takes however much it needs to take the lifespan of others and give it to the host.

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Azura looked around properly for the first time and saw her hand near the corner of the cave. She went to it and picked it up.’That damn bear.. I’ll need to use even more energy to reattach my hand..’

She grumbled as she looked around and suddenly saw something inside of the bear skull. She quickly ran to it and examined it.

‘Wha..What is this..?.. It has magical energy… Not very dense energy but energy nonetheless. It looks like an Energy Crystal but its not the same energy, this is another world, should it even have magical energy?’ Azura looked at it with interest until something popped into her head.

“Looks like I can condense this to an even purer state.” The ball began to glow as it filled with energy, turning smaller and smaller until it turned into a ball the size of a pebble. That is, a pebble filled with pure magical energy.

Azura looked at the pebble sized ball and slowly put it into her mouth where is instantly dissolved into a liquid. Azura quickly sat down as the extremely pure energy went into her.

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One week later.

Azura opened her eyes and shivered, one could even see a blush appearing over her face. She moved her hand which had been severed and reattached and stood up yet stumbled a bit as she went outside of the cave. When she got to the exit, the sun temporarily blinded her. As her vision came back to her she saw a lush green trees and plants with dew still on the leaves.

Azura quickly ran to the leaves, leaving deep footprints behind. She instantly tore off the leaves and started drinking the dew.

‘Damn, I’m so thirsty and hungry, just how long was I out. I need food but where can I find anything in this forest.’ Azura looked around and saw some fruit. She jumped up and took them. As she was about to eat the fruit she suddenly stopped. Green light started radiating from her hand which was holding the fruit.

‘Not poisonous. Good!’

She bit into a fruit which had a sweet and yet sour taste. She ate four more and kept the remaining two in her pocket. She suddenly looked at her clothes which resembled rags just barely covering her.

‘I need to find civilization.. But before that..’ She slowly looked up and smelled the air. Afterwards, she jumped from tree to tree until she spotted what she had smelled. She looked at the animal which resembled a unicorn with a single horn on its head.

‘What a beautiful creature. I wonder, food or mount?’ Azura stared at it with adoration and hunger filled eyes.