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I had read somewhere that when something is frozen a lot and then burned, the temperature changes will easily make the materials more fragile.

And so, I froze the bars with Winter Magic and then, I created a little spirit of fire, two, in fact, because one wasn't enough.

BOOMMM!

The fire burned my face a bit, but I managed to generate a change in temperature that made the metal very frail, enough for it to crack and shatter.

The people around me begged for my help, extending their arms towards me.

"Help me! Please!"

"I have a son! Save him!"

"Take my child!"

"Uwaaaahh!"

I gritted my teeth; I couldn't help you! You are not real; this is just a dream!

I rushed outside the carriage and jumped out, running in four legs far into the forest.

The orcs and the giant didn't notice me, as I heard the screams of the people being eaten alive.

Belle gritted her teeth tightly, crying desperately as she ran away, her heart was pounding so fast I thought it would burst out of her chest…

She went through so much…

It was as if… Fate itself was trying to kill her.

This…

Since her childhood that Yggdrasil's will has been targeting her?

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Time passed in auto-mode. Belle flew into the forest and never came out, but this forest was another one, filled with deadly monsters.

She evaded most of them, but there were some mini-events where I had to survive against groups of goblins armed with blades or knives, or even fight and win against a Blazing Bear by myself.

At some point, I was sure I would die, but I managed to pull out a victory barely. Winter Magic came into clutch many times, it was my best ally and helper into this, alongside the System aiding me in many things.

At some point, Belle understood her dream magic and learned the ability to absorb mana cores into her own dreams and increase her Dream Attribute Mana Core Cultivation Rank.

At the end of three years of surviving, she was able to reach Rank 1 Peak Stage, but she had been forged differently. She had become even wilder than before. I cannot really see her becoming the playful and mischievous girl she was in the inheritance.

What had changed her into such a personality? Perhaps she changed very, later on, Venerables live very long lives.

Her ability to absorb mana cores into her dreams was unique, she did this through her Dream Cloud Storage Spell, capable of storing physical objects inside her own dreams.

She later grabs the mana cores while sleeping and eats them in her dreams, when she wakes up, those mana cores had become energy fueling her soul and mana core.

When Belle had reached 13 years of age, she came into a large human town, wearing leather clothes, she sneaked into the night… and I finally gained control once more.

I had somehow managed to get inside the town, but what was the purpose?

Belle wanted to free the slaves she found today, a greedy merchant was behind it, of course, and the slaves were being held captive in a large tent outside town.

I had to do it; the dream trail guided me there as well.

I moved inside the tent stealthily, through the Shadow Spirit I created, I was able to cover myself with shadows and meld with them more easily.

When I got into the tent, I found two guards at Rank 1 Upper Stage.

I had to kill them.

I created a knife-shaped earth-attribute spirit and leaped over one of the men, in an instant, I pierced his neck with it.

"Gaggaggh…!"

Dead.

"Y-You shitty brat!"

The other guard noticed me and slashed at me with his magic blade, a shockwave of flames reached up to me!

Winter Magic!

I generated a wave of icy cold winds, countering the fire and then rushing down the man's ankles, cutting them with the Knife Spirit!

SLASH! SLASH!

"AAGGH…!"

I jumped over his back with my amazing and dexterous body and cut off his neck with the knife.

"Gyeeggh…!"

Dead.

"Hahhh… Hahhh…"

Belle was panting, she had killed many goblins and orcs before, they were like humans in shape, but… it was different to kill a person, it impacted her.

She gritted her teeth, however, and forgot about the strange sensations inside of her, the slaves were left shocked that a little fox girl killed two powerful guards in less than half a minute.

"W-Who are you?"

"I have no name. I come to help you out."

Belle quickly used the keys left by the guards and freed the caged Slaves, while destroying the collars of the other slaves through the use of her Disrupting Dream Cloud Spell, which made magic items that touched it malfunction, enough for her to take them out without killing them.

"Hey, what's going on in here?!"

"They're running away!"

"Catch them, hurry up!"

Three other guards entered the tent and made a fuss over it, Belle let the people run away while she confronted them, however, some of them remained and joined her, grabbing the weapons of the guards she killed previously.

A young black cat man, a tall and muscular bull-kin man, and a beautiful elven woman.

"We'll help you, little girl." Said the black cat-kin man

"No! You must escape!"

"No escaping here. I will repay your favor by a tenfold!" Said the bull-kin man, as he grabbed a shield and a blade.

"But…!"

"Don't worry, if it wasn't because of that annoying anti-magic seal, I would have blasted them into oblivion long ago. Behold my magic, the magic of the witches of the black forest!" the elf woman said, as darkness poured from her hands like whips made of shadows! Her skin suddenly turned charcoal black; she was in fact a Night Elf in disguise!

"Fine… but don't die on me!"

Belle had suddenly gained three unexpected companions.

<Drake, the dreams are connected to these individuals, you must not let them die! They seem to be very important!>

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