Lith burned with envy for a brief moment before his fatherly pride trampled all over his petty feelings.
"That's my girl!" He peppered Elysia's face with kisses, making her giggle. "Why are we so different?"
Lith pointed at himself and then at Ryla.
"Isn't it obvious?" Baba Yaga said, and everyone stared at her dumbly. "I have no idea why Balors and Fomors have blue skin, but I know why yours is red. It seems that a rank 3 human's body is infused with so much life force that it spills over your skin.
"I wonder what would happen if the power of your mana core flowed just as strongly." To Ryla and Urhen, it sounded like an idle question, but everyone else knew the answer.
Once mana joined life force, Spirit Magic was born. Lith's red skin proved that he was just one evolutionary step behind the First King.
