Chapter 1226: Invitation

Chapter 1226: Invitation



Red Rage looked at Yuyui with relief and recognition while Elita raised her brows; she was a bit stunned that the anomalous incident just now had actually been caused a living being. To slaughter over sixteen thousand Carven and bring both her and Red Rage to the ground before they could realise what had happened...

Elita found herself growing more invested in the identity of this lime-haired woman. She looked rather young, and her armour stuck out like a sore thumb. It was anything but ordinary.

It was slim and dark, featuring ever-moving, nebulous thickets of faint blue, red and yellow within which many stars could be seen. And speaking of stars, the poleyns, couters and chest were all printed with large, six-pointed, golden stars, giving the woman a more valiant look than the Paladin Champions!

The small tree-shaped mark on her forehead also inspired mystery, constantly crackling with odd, vibrant lightning.

Elita was impressed.

It was also surprising to her that she couldn't ascertain a single thing about Yuyui's strength, which was why her senses were molesting everything else about her, trying to grasp at anything that would reveal more to her.

Before the former Paladin Champion could voice the many questions she had though, Replicus spoke first.

"Good work, Yuyui," he said. "I see your reflexes have improved excellently. I wasn't sure you managed to escape the blast entirely unscathed."

And indeed, Replicus hadn't been sure if Yuyui and Red Rage could react to the crazy destructive capacity Skullius' ray had unleashed. Thankfully, because of the armour Yuyui was wearing, Replicus could always ascertain if she was alive or not, though her exact condition would be lost to him.

Yuyui wore a bright smile and passed Red Rage and Elita as she rushed to her master. She gave the Hybrid Luman body, which stood still like a statue beside Replicus, a heavy look.

She sighed.

"I'm glad you did it in the end, but... it's... it's really hard to see him like this," she said sombrely.

Replicus immediately felt exasperated.

"For the last time... You do realise that's still me, right?" he said to her.

"I know, I know, but..." Yuyui said and hugged Skullius' body tenderly.

Replicus would have rolled his eyes if they had the capacity for it. He turned away from Yuyui and faced Elita.

The look on her face immediately told him that she was as befuddled as a normal person should be upon witnessing the odd scene before her and hearing what she just heard.

"This is Yuyui. One of my subordinates," Replicus said, gesturing his head at the lime-haired girl.

Elita smiled.

"I figured, since you told me you're free from that curse. I'm surprised you managed to net someone as powerful as her though. It really hasn't been that long since I left, you know?" she said.

Yuyui temporarily turned from Skullius and gave her a quizzical look.

Replicus laughed.

"Well, you'd be surprised if you saw the rest of them."

Elita raised a brow.

What was that supposed to mean?

"How do you know about my curse anyway? I don't recall ever having told you about it," Replicus said.

Elita gave a subdued laugh, recalling a plethora of both pleasant and extremely unpleasant memories.

"There's a long story to that. Long story short, though, Void explained to me about that. Even though I had survived the ordeal, I never forgot about it and I always wondered what it was all about. So I asked," she said before giving Replicus a keen look. "I'm sure you're familiar with the name Void, right?"

Replicus was surprised, but then he wasn't.

Right. That actually made sense given how the dragon had behaved when innocents were at

play. Well, he was a Herald, after all.

He had even used his Rule Runes to revive people who had died just by being in his presence

over Agmold.

"Jiggorrhax?!" Elita cried in shock, but her face soon slackened as she realised a few things.

She looked up.

The world was bonded in three timelines at the moment, and it didn't look like something that could be undone easily.

Replicus glanced at Elita, wondering about her reaction and then asked Red Rage:

"Where is Jiggorrhax now?"

"On my way here, I didn't see him. Such a large body should have been visible from anywhere.

I do not think he is in this pit," Red Rage replied.

Replicus sighed.

Since Aigas was all messed up time-wise, Jiggorrhax was probably still hanging around

somewhere.

The dragon was probably a pretty prelude to a catastrophe.

Replicus turned to Elita.

"I almost forgot that you just now arrived in Aigas and have no idea what's going on. I

suppose I can explain it all once we are somewhere... other than here. And you can share your

adventure as well," he said.

"...Right," Elita said with a sigh.

Indeed, it was better not to engage in lengthy lore and exposition in the scorching crater. Besides, time was of the essence and many things had to be done.

Replicus made Red Rage support him and through the Stark Constellation on the Hybrid

Luman's forehead, he promptly made it draw closer.

But right then, a large crack opened in space a few meters away from the group.

They all turned hastily to look at it.

"What's that?" Elita asked, confused. "A Cluster?"

To her surprise, Replicus answered her with a frightening level of calm.

"It's an invitation. Suzamete is inviting us into her domain," he said.