Second Senior Sister: Eh? Why did you die?
Changing the impression of Zecora in the hearts of The foals could not be done overnight; even with Aurora acting as a guarantor, these The foals remained wary of the mysterious witch living in the Everfree Forest.
Therefore, Aurora had no choice but to take Zecora's amulet and head to the Everfree Forest to search for Zecora's residence herself.
Regarding the Everfree Forest, the description given by The foals was: plants grow on their own, animals take care of themselves, and the clouds in the sky move on their own.
She always felt something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.
Thinking about how King Sombra... also known as King Sombra, had once destroyed the tree of harmony that suppressed the Everfree Forest, causing the Everfree Forest to lose control and expand outward.
Perhaps this was the anomaly of the Everfree Forest?
Aurora tried to use her left eye's magical vision to observe the Everfree Forest, but the result was like looking at a giant, constantly rotating kaleidoscope, and she felt like vomiting after watching for a while.
The magic within the Everfree Forest was chaotic and filled with chaos magic; its magical trajectory seemed to have no pattern at a glance, but made one want to vomit after looking closely for too long, making it very unfriendly for The foals with trypophobia.
Aurora felt she needed some time to overcome this dazzling difficulty before she could begin her research on chaos magic.
And it had to be fast, because Discord would also be released in a few years, and Aurora could not imagine what Discord would look like in her eyes.
Most importantly, Discord, the biggest troll draconequus in the entire show, was simply too dangerous. Aurora felt that before she officially met Discord, she must at least have a few spells capable of restraining Discord; otherwise, becoming his plaything would not be fun at all.
It was just that currently, only the elements of harmony could restrain Discord, and then Aurora discovered an interesting counter-relationship.
The tree of harmony restrained Discord, Discord restrained King Sombra, and King Sombra could destroy the tree of harmony.
Was this the mechanic-kill of my little pony?
Aurora did not know which tier of combat power she was in, after all, her research on magic had not yet delved into those villainous creatures.
But Aurora knew one truth: all fear stems from a lack of firepower.
Casually blasting away the Wood Wolf that jumped out with magic, the small surprises along the way did not interrupt Aurora's thinking.
Although the mechanic-kills of the Pony World were indeed heaven-defying, pure stats could still solve most problems.
It was known that harmony magic was the ceiling, chaos magic was less than or equal to harmony magic, and the rest of magic was just a battle of stats.
As for how high the stats of those villains were, Aurora was not clear, as she hadn't actually encountered them.
If she took Tirek as an example, since he was the only one in her memory with a relatively intuitive description of destructive power, conservatively estimated, Aurora could fight Tirek to a draw, provided she wasn't having her magic drained.
As for Starlight...
Starlight was still too elusive; when she was strong, she could blast Discord, but when she was weak, she could be hard-controlled by King Sombra, so it was really hard to use her as a reference.
The above were all conjectures based on Aurora's known intelligence, for reference only. However, she didn't want to have no self-preservation ability when encountering these villains, so she would do her best to improve herself during this golden development period.
Once she could protect herself, or even suppress these villains, she could happily expand her magical grand cause again.
After all, the abilities of these villains were varied; some could shapeshift perfectly, some could absorb magic, and there were those like King Sombra who specialized in hard control. Just thinking about it made Aurora drool.
Aurora felt that magic, as an objective existence, could not be defined by the morality of intelligent creatures.
It was always the pony using the magic that was bad, not the magic itself.
If Celestia knew her student was so uninhibited, she would probably throw Aurora to the moon to stand side-by-side with Princess Luna.
'That works too, I could also use Nightmare Moon's Nightmare Magic—'
The rebellious thoughts ended here; a pony shouldn't be too ambitious. She should eat what she had now and not be too greedy for magic she couldn't access yet.
Calming her slightly excited heart, Aurora focused her attention on the Wood Wolf blocking her path.
A wild Wood Wolf jumped out!
By the way, was the amulet Zecora gave her actually useful? Why did she still encounter these weak Poke... magical creatures along the way?
"Say, do you guys really follow martial ethics? I thought you would just jump out from the bushes nearby and ambush me directly."
And then get countered by the passive protective magic on her, causing them to lose the ability to act.
As a cautious pony, how could she dare to walk alone in such an uncivilized natural area without putting some shields on herself?
As it turned out, these guys were too honorable; they preferred to show themselves to intimidate first, then attack head-on, making Aurora feel embarrassed to be a "sneaky player," and her passive defense didn't even trigger once.
"But do you guys even count as living creatures?"
While the Wood Wolf had not yet launched an attack, Aurora stroked her chin and observed carefully.
The body structure of the Wood Wolf was made of twigs, leaves, and trunks pieced together; essentially, it might be more inclined to be a spirit born from the scattered chaos magic in the Everfree Forest.
Moreover, by visual estimation, these woods were full of moisture, and some broken ends were very fresh; Aurora reasonably guessed that the Wood Wolf would periodically replace its body parts with fresh twigs and leaves.
"Cute."
The Wood Wolf seemed to understand the word Aurora uttered, and a visible expression of confusion appeared on its face.
A pony should not, or at least should not.
"If these woods are just a shell to protect the internal magic, couldn't they be reshaped?"
Under magical vision, the body structure of the Wood Wolf became clearer. Although it was still a mess with the distinct characteristics of the Everfree Forest, if one forced themselves to ignore the discomfort and distinguish carefully, it could be roughly separated by color.
Removing the dying plants, one could find a speck of fluorescent yellow light hidden deep inside.
"It's small and cute, I'm keeping it!"
The physiological structure of the Wood Wolf piqued Aurora's interest, and regardless of what the Wood Wolf thought, she used a spell to pluck it up, preparing to pack it up and take it away to dissect it carefully at Zecora's house.
However, the captured Wood Wolf had not expected this outcome at all; there was actually such a perverted pony in the world. Finding itself unable to move, the Wood Wolf couldn't help but let out a whimper of grievance, then dissipated into a cloud of smoke, with its wooden parts exploding all over the ground.
"Tsk."
Aurora discovered that if she used her own magic to imprison the Wood Wolf's body, it would temporarily sever the Wood Wolf's magical connection to the forest, thereby causing the magic sustaining the Wood Wolf's existence to vanish.
This also explained why the Wood Wolf almost never left the Everfree Forest.
"Forget it, there are Wood Wolves every day, one less doesn't matter."
Aurora pouted unhappily, put away her misplaced curiosity, and continued walking deeper into the forest.
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