Chapter 724: Invika
The remnant took me by the hand, raising me to my feet. My tail flicked as I gazed into her eyes. They were pure, translucent gold like the rest of her, but there was a spark there.
"W-who are you?" I asked.
"Invika. They used to call me a ’Chronolord’ or whatever, but Invika will do nicely."
She turned, snapping her fingers. The golden disk disappeared.
"Now, I believe I have some business to attend to. Mind expanding your aura a bit?"
She gestured at the mists of starlight that emanated from my soul. They swirled in a hundred-yard radius, forming an irregular sphere.
"I don’t know. I’ve never tried," I admitted.
She tilted her head. "Is that going to stop you?"
Wordlessly, I shook my head and focused on the leaking fate mana. It was different from my aura before. That had merely been a means of exerting pressure and informing all how powerful my soul was. This felt alive, like an extension of my soul. The ambient fire mana made it thick and unresponsive, but I willed it outward, and was rewarded by a fresh tide of starlight flowing out, smothering half the cavern.
"Perfect. Now, where’s the bastard who attacked us?" Invika asked.
I turned in the direction the fire spell had come from. High above us, in the mouth of a lava tube, stood a bipedal demon. It was a humanoid with draconic features, with a long, spined tail, twin webbed wings, and red scales all over its body. Long, serrated claws jutted from its hands and toes. It wore no clothing and held no weapons, but its soul was in the middle stages of eighth-level.