The past is already the past

"Don't think about useless things when you are fighting."

Alex shuddered. She then smiled bitterly at her wishful thinking. This was not some rosy fairytale, this was the gory reality. There was no prince charming coming to save her, let alone the devil.

Had the poison already affected her so much that she was now starting to hallucinate?

As her mind dulled, the familiar voice sounded again. "You did enough. I am here now." 

The next second, all she saw was a blast of strong, violent mana, and instantly, screeching sounds of the insects filled the air as the space around her was completely evacuated. 

Suddenly, there were no more insects?

She felt a pair of warm hands hug her body and casually toss her somewhere furry and fluffy. 

Then some liquid trickled down her mouth that she quickly swallowed as she did not have the energy to spit it out, and also her throat was that parched.