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.