"Th-this?!" Aecilia exclaimed as she hurled the tablet onto the table. It landed with a thud, and the screen flickered to life.
A video began to play, the sound muffled, but the clashing noises made it clear they were witnessing a fight scene.
Ting
The screen flickered inside the hall before the image stabilized—a grainy CCTV recording, shaky as it captured a tense moment.
The figures were initially indistinct, but soon one of them became unmistakably clear—a hulking mass of muscle, grotesquely swollen, revealing that it was an Empyreal in an unrestrained rage.
The elders leaned in closer, squinting, their breaths held as the video unfolded.
The menacing figure, evidently an Empyreal, charged toward Aecilia.