Kalina's body suddenly trembled violently, and she vaguely felt it.
Something deeper than Spirit Essence was being stolen. Unseen by her, the blue flames above her head rapidly began losing their brilliance.
Blue...
Light blue...
Whitish blue...
Gray...
Finally...
They turned pitch black, looking empty and hopeless. They were darker than the dead embers buried beneath ashes.
At the same time, something changed above Aksai's own head.
His originally colorless Fortune Flames quietly absorbed the stolen fortune. The flames brightened. Color slowly spread through them.
A faint shade of blue appeared.
Not as deep as Kalina's previous flames. Not even close. But undeniably, they had become blue.
Aksai quietly observed them.
"Tch. So some of it was lost."
He was not surprised.
After all, he had merely borrowed his Aether Clone's understanding of the technique. Had the clone performed the plundering itself, the loss would likely have been almost negligible.
