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Cora
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My heart pounded in my chest as I sprinted through the dense forest, my breath ragged and labored. I had been blindly following the red beast ever since it took off from the old mines. Even in this world where I could force myself to do whatever, I still struggled to keep up with it.
It halted abruptly, and I almost crashed into it, catching my breath. Confusion consumed me as I realized it had stopped in the middle of nowhere. But just then, I looked up, following the sound of breaking branches, and I saw what looked like a house. Stepping a little to the right, I confirmed it was a house. The cracking sounds grew louder, and it sounded like something was about to emerge in the forest next to us.
My eyes widened as I focused on the source of the noise, and wh
