Above her deep blue neck, pale skulls hung within her skull necklace, clanking against each other with a thumping sound.
She was an avatar of [Goddess Shakti]!
In some sense, she and Parvati were one and the same, yet belonged to different entities with different consciousnesses.
She could indeed conceal all of this.
"As you wish!"
As you wish! As you wish! As you wish!
[Goddess Dhara] raised her right hand and angrily shouted these words.
As soon as her voice fell, Goddess Dhara's figure flickered and vanished within the flames of the fire sacrifice; the altar's flames extinguished simultaneously.
The entire cave was plunged into darkness in an instant.
Whoosh!
The towering figure of Toraga stood within this darkness, with only a vague outline visible.
He walked slowly, emerging from the cave.
Outside the cave.
Five Asura brethren were standing guard.