Sage breathed in air through his nostrils and slowly release back the air in his body to the environment. Where it is recycled by the trees around him. He had learned the reason why the way he breathed is the most efficient way to breathe, he had studied the human body from medical texts back when he was a kid. Breathing this way gives him the most oxygen his cells could get.
Afterwards, he began to stretch his body in the style of what is known as yoga. It was very relaxing and refreshing. As he was done with his warm up he was ready for his real training. But before he could practice conjuring his spells the ground suddenly trembled. Like a small earthquake was occurring, which was weird. Then he realized, that it had been oddly quiet. There was no breeze, no birds chirping, no frogs croaking, no insects buzzing, no nothing. He began to grew suspicious of the forest. He could feel that something was wrong.
Without expecting it a nine feet tall creature emerged from the ground in front of him, it had strong pincers in front of its mouth, its body long and serpent-like, it had a pair of legs for each segment of its body. Its eyes were blood red, Sage could feel its rage and hunger just by looking at it. The creature dove right towards the mage but he jumped away right in time and avoided its attack.
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