In the main world.
"Ken is dead," Priya said to N'bayé as the latter busied herself with the control of the six-tree clearing.
N'bayé sat at the center of the six trees, like had been doing countless times. Each tree now has more intricate rune patterns on it that helped boost the magus lioness's powers.
However, this increase in the quality of magic was starting to take its toll on the trees. Their barks were starting to shrink or fall off, some looked like they were being over soaked with water from the inside.
One of these trees had a black patch of burn marks on its side, a burn mark that may not be gone anytime soon.
It was clear that these trees could no longer sustain N'bayé's advancing magic. They had to be charged soon if not they would all collapse.
Colorful strings of magic light flowed out of the trees and into N'bayé's back. She stood next to one of the trees -in her humanoid form- with her back facing Priya who was also in her humanoid form.
