A Mystery Gift

Velreth couldn't remember the last time he had suffered such a level of humiliation as this. 

Not only was this ghostly apparition completely ignoring him, but he even had the gall toxin his back against the wall as if he were some first rate miscreant!

The sheer inconceivability of it all was astounding!

But as Velreth glared at the apparition with hate, he realized that there was something rather unnatural about him. 

The very air around him rippled with a strange energy; almost the same as a heatwave. 

It was as if the space holding him was unstable.

He had only heard of this phenomena once before. 

"...You've come from beyond the boundary. Haven't you?"

The apparition didn't even spare him a glance. 

"Unbelievable... What could someone of your standing have come here for? Why do you bother with my disciple?"

Finally, the apparition decided to speak.