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Chapter 3: ‘Magic’

  With her life forearly critical and the relehalindra closing in, Roselle knew she had to act fast. She trated on the magidicator, which dispyed 200%. Questions swirled in her mind as she pted the source of this newfound magic within her.

  ‘Where is this magiing from? How I use it when they said I had none’ she wondered.

  Desperation fueled her as she reached out to tap into this magic reservoir. She focused on her on, the only on she knew how to use, and willed it to charge using the magical energy. The pertage for "on Charge" began to increase steadily.

  Thalindra, the Forest Guardian, approached with malicious i, her magic still wreaking havo the forest. Trees tio wither and crumble around them, and the pressure of her presence grew more oppressive by the sed.

  As Roselle's "on Charge" reached 100%, she k was her only ce. With resolve, she aimed her on at Thalindra and released a powerful bst of energy, a magical beam that unleashed with immense power.

  Thalindra, taken by surprise, attempted to shield herself with a magical barrier, but the force of Roselle's attack shattered through it. The beam struck Thalindra, sending her flying backward with a cry of pain.

  But the Forest Guardian was far from defeated. She quickly recovered, her anger burning even brighter. Thalindra retaliated with a surge of magic, creating a storm of swirling leaves and brahat threateo engulf Roselle.

  Roselle, now realizing the potential of her magic, summoned a protective yellow barrier of her own, using her newfound powers to shield herself from the onsught. The leaves and branches crashed against her barrier, uo breach its defense.

  Thalindra tinued her assault. She summoned magical vihat soward Roselle, attempting to ensnare her within their grip. Roselle fought back, using her on to bst the vines and maintain her distance.

  With leaves and branches swirling arouhalindra s Roselle's determination. "You may have tapped into some fake magic, but it's useless against me," she taunted. "Without true magic, you're just a fragile creation of Dr. Kintovar. I will destroy you."

  Roselle's heart pounded as she tio fend off Thalindra's attacks. She knew she couldn't let doubt creep in now. She o find a way to weaken Thalindra's hold on the forest and escape this magical prison.

  Her "on Charge" had replenished slightly, and she focused on eling more magical energy into her on. The on readied with power as she aimed it at Thalindra once again.

  Roselle fired a barrage of magical energy projectiles. Thalindra tered with her own spells, creating a mesmerizing dispy of magical cshes in the heart of the forest.

  Thalindra growled, and then summoned a powerful burst of wind that sent Roselle tumbling backward. As Roselle tried tain her footing, Thalindra could be hear through the forest.

  "I may not uand what kind of on that is, but it doesen’t matter! You’re not going to beat me here with no fake magic!" Thalindra decred while pointing towards Roselle.

  Roselle, battered and bruised, khat she had to push through. Her life depended on it. She trated on her "Magidicator, the source of her newfound abilities, and willed it te even higher. Thalindra's words about "fake magic" weighed on Roselle's mind. She knew she was a creation of Dr. Kintovar, and if her magic was indeed different, she o uand how to harness it fully.

  With Thalindra's relentless attacks tinuing, Roselle focused on her "Magidicator. She delved deep into her thoughts, trying to uhe secrets of this unique magic source.

  ‘It 't be fake’ Roselle thought, ‘I feel its power, and I've used it. I just o uand it better.’

  With a surge of power, Roselle called upon the magic within her, allowing it to flow freely. She visualized herself as a vessel, a duit for this newfound energy.

  Her "Magidicatan to climb steadily, surpassing its previous levels. Roselle could feel the surge of power c through her, a sensation unlike anything she had ever experienced.

  Thalindra, notig the ge in Roselle's aura, widened her eyes in surprise. The forest guardian sehe shift in the magical bance, and her fident demeanor wavered for a moment.

  Roselle tapped into the wellspring of magic within her, she felt a profound ge. Her ‘Magidicator surged beyond its previous levels, and an intense power coursed through her being..

  With newfound fidend a sense of empowerment, Roselle took a. Her system dispyed a critical message:

  "Ability Unlocked."

  With this newfound fidend power, Roselle decided to take a bold move. She dashed forward toward Thalindra, closing the distaweehalindra, momentarily surprised by Roselle's sudden advaook a step back, unsure of her iions.

  As Roselle closed in, Thalindra reized the threat and attempted to back away. But Roselle was swift aermined, her movements guided by her newfound e to the magic within her.

  Thalindra tried to jure a protective barrier, but before she could plete the intation, Roselle made her move. She released a powerful yellow beam from her on, timed perfectly to catch Thalindra off guard.

  The forest echoed with the deafening bst of Roselle's powerful yellow beam as it struck Thalindra, the Forest Guardian. She desperately attempted to reinforce her body with earth magic at the st sed, but it was useless. The beam pierced through her defenses, leaving a gaping hole in her body.

  Thalindra cried out in agony as she fell to the ground, her presence diminishing with each passing moment. The swirling leaves and branches around her began to lose their chaotiergy, and the forest gradually returo its natural state.

  Exhausted and gasping for breath, Roselle stood there, her on still aimed at the fallen guardian. Her system dispyed a message that indicated she was still in bat with Thalindra, despite her belief that she had defeated her.

  Threat Assessment: Critical (Forest Guardian Thalindra)

  fusion and disbelief washed over Roselle as she realized that Thalindra was not yet defeated. She lowered her on slightly, staring at the fallen guardian in shock.

  "You're... still fighting?"

  Suddenly, Thalindra's body began to shift and ge. The forest around her seemed to respond, and Roselle watched in astonishment as Thalindra's wounds began to mend. It was as if the very essence of the forest was knitting her back together.

  Thalindra slowly rose to her feet, her eyes filled with a newfound, eerie power. She looked at Roselle with a sinister smile, revealing her shog revetion.

  "You almost had me, child," Thalindra hissed then ughed. “But you see, I am not just the guardian of this forest; I am ected to it. My life is bound to its magid I draw strength from it, which I use to restore my lifeforce. You ’t kill me so easily."

  Fear gripped Roselle as she realized the true extent of Thalindra's power.‘This whole time... iv’e been fighting someone I ’t kill…’ Roselle muttered as she drops to her krembling.

  Thalindra raised her staff, eling the very essence of the forest once more. Leaves, branches, and the arees themselves seemed to respond to her and. The forest transformed into a swirling maelstrom of magic, ready to strike at Roselle. “It’s over child. You put up a good fight for one of Kintovar’s creations, but now, I will exact justice for the forest!’

  Roselle's heart sank as she uood the dire situation she was in. She knew she couldn't defeat Thalindra in her current state.

  ‘I'm sorry, Dr. Kintovar,’ Roselle thought with sadakione. "I-I wasn't ready for this. You didn’t prepare me for someohis strong...Thalindra is too powerful, and I... I 'm going to be destroyed..."

  As Thalindra prepared to unleash the full force of the ented forest upon Roselle, a sudden and ued ge in the weather caught her attention. Dark clouds gathered overhead, and rain began to fall, but this was no ordinary rain. Each raindrop seemed to shimmer with an otherworldly energy.

  Thalindra's fident expression faltered as the raindrops touched her, and she screamed out in pain. Her body flickered as if the magical rain was disrupting her e to the forest.

  "What? What’s this? Rain? But it's... it's hurting me! How?!"

  Roselle, still on her knees, opened her eyes and withis ued turn of events. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. The rain itself was harming Thalindra.

  Roselle’s mouth opens in awe "Is this... something I did? Did I make this happen?"

  But doubt quickly crept into her mind, and she shakes her head "No, it 't be me. I've never done anything like this before. How... how is this happening?"

  Thalindra ches her fist, being fueled by her anger. She raises up her staff, trying to prepare her attace again "I won't be defeated by... mere raindrops!"

  With the magical rain washing over her, Roselle felt a surge of power, aiding her in this critical moment. She raised her on once more. Fire burned in her eyes.

  Thalindra, now weakened and vulnerable, attempted to defend herself, but the rain was relentless. The pain she experienced grew more inteh each passing sed, causio be uo put up any form of defense.

  Thalindra “Damn it! Curse this rain! I won’t go down like this!"

  Roselle, feeling the surge of power from the magical rain, knew she had to act. She looked at her on and then back at Thalindra. She muttered to herself, "I do this. I use this magic. If I focus it into my on and visualize how I want to fire it, I trol it."

  With Thalindra weakened and struggling against the relentless rain, Roselle eled her newfound magito her on. She trated on the image of a powerful, trated beam, ready to strike down her adversary. She tightened her grip on the on, feeling the energy within her reach its peak.

  Roselle aimed her on at Thalindra, who was still writhing in pain from the magical rain. She visualized the atta her mind, willing the magic to obey her and.

  "Here goes nothing… 200% Magic Attack!" Roselle said loudly. She pulled the trigger, and a Red beam of energy erupted from the on, surging toward Thalindra with unstoppable force.

  Thalindra, weakened and uo mount a defense, could only wat horror as Roselle's Attack approached. She let out a final, desperate scream as the devastating magigulfed her, sealing her fate.

  "NOOOOO!!!!"

  The forest guardian was ed by the powerful bst, and her presen the ented forest faded away pletely. Thalindra's body began to disie, her cries of pain eg through the forest. The rain tio pour, washing away the remnants of her presence.

  Roselle, her heart pounding, watched as Thalindra vanished. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she looked amazed at the results"I did it. I actually did it….."

  The rain tio pour, washing away the remnants of Thalindra's presence.

  Breathing heavily and drained of her own strength, Roselle watched as the forest around her gradually calmed. The rain ceased, and the leaves and branches settled bato pce.

  Roselle's system dispyed a message that finally firmed the defeat of the Forest Guardian:

  Threat Assessment: ralized (Forest Guardian Thalindra)

  With a deep breath, Roselle muttered to herself, ‘But what was that magic? How did I... trol it?’

  With Thalindra gohe magical barrier that had trapped Roselle within the forest began to dissipate. It disied like mist in the m sun, leaving her free to leave the fines of the ented woods.

  As Roselle took her first steps towards freedom, her system dispyed a critiotification:

  LifeForce: 20% (Critical)

  Magic: 0%

  The realization that her life-force was critically low and her magipletely depleted filled Roselle with a sense ency. ‘I o get back to Dr. Kintovar’s b..’

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