Chapter 33: Betrayal
Chapter 32
The six masked figures had finally succeeded in joining all eight gemstones together. It had become a four elemental core, and they could all feel the raw power coming off it.
The core was dark reddish in color, and it leaked out whips of reddish aura.
They all stared in triumph at the core, their smiles of victory hidden behind their masks.
"We should immediately begin the second part of the ritual. Bring the boy."
The huge doors opened slowly, and the boy stepped in quietly, his steps hesitant as he approached them.
"Can you hurry? We don’t have all day." One of them barked, and the boy quickly picked up his pace. They all now sat in a circle, and the boy was ordered to sit in the middle. The core levitated in the air just above the boy, and the six figures all began channeling more mana into the core and bringing it down slowly into the boys body.
One of them coughed, spilling out through the corner of his mask. The ritual was causing serious damage to their bodies, but they all believed the sacrifice was worth it.
Minutes later, they succeeded in merging the four elemental core with the boys original core.
As soon as both cores merged, power surged from the boy, instantly blasting away all six figures, and being that they were already weak, they couldn’t hold their ground and flew apart, their bodies slamming against the walls and pillars in the hall.