An Interruption

People were moving back and forth, trying to get everything ready in time for the ceremony. It had been four days already since the Master announced Malum Jynutr as his successor and the ceremony was to make him the new official Master and for the current one to step down.

Everything was ready except for a few changes that had been made by Lumian at the last moment.

The people of Vaxoryn had gathered in the castle while some had stayed outside the gates and those who weren't present could watch the ceremony that was about to take place on the multiple large projections that were now everywhere so that no one missed out on the ceremony.

The Aramante were responsible for ensuring that the ceremony went on without fail and with no interruption so they patrolled and were in the castle to prevent anything from going wrong.

The grand staircase of the castle had been set as a kind of stage and now, looking down at the hundreds of people that had gotten onto the castle grounds, the six chiefs of the regal families stood elegantly in the traditional white robes.

The large double doors of the castle had just opened and the Master had come out with Ezrendil by his side as usual. The Master proceeded to join the regal chiefs in the middle and after the cheering of the people went on for a while, he put his hands up, quieting them so the ceremony can officially begin.

"I have spent a great deal of my life ruling and leading you all." the Master said. "Seventy years to be exact. Now it is time for the title of 'Master' to go to someone else. Someone I chose myself to lead you all to greatness. Malum Jynutr, kindly step forward."

In the white robe which the regal chiefs all had on, Malum stepped forward to the side of the Master.

"Do you accept this great honor?" the Master asked as he turned to face Malum and put his hands forward then opened his palms.

"I do." Malum answered and the five remaining regal chiefs went behind the Master and each put a hand on his back as Malum held the palms of the Master.

The eyes of the Master shined brightly with the golden energy only Masters possessed and as the regal chiefs released energy of their own into the Master's body, their eyes also shined brightly with golden energy as their individual energy flowed through the Master and into Malum.

During the time that the Master will be transferring the golden energy to Malum, the fourth gear will be available to all the chiefs as it allows them to transfer energy to Malum without actually losing any of theirs.

Feeling the rush of energy in his body as he transferred some to Malum through the Master, a little sly smile formed on Lumian's face as he anticipated what was about to happen before the ceremony would be over.

Five minutes had not yet passed since Malum began receiving the energy when the large projections that displayed the ceremony around Vaxoryn changed and showed what seemed to be a video of a lady in chains in a dark room.

Gasps of shock and horror resonated through the crowd as everyone stared at the lady who seemed to be badly bruised, bleeding and beaten. The dark room the lady was in slowly began to get filled with light as the floor she was on slowly elevated, lifting her up with her still in chains.

To the side of the entrance to the castle where they had used as a stage, the ground had opened around the same time light started entering the dark room and now as the lady was being elevated by the floor she was on, she could be seen coming out of the hole that was now open in the ground to the side of the castle.

The transfer of energy had been on hold since the gasps from the people and the Master looked to the side to see the injured lady who had just come out of the ground. He looked at Lumian and instantly suspected that the whole thing was his doing.

"KALVRIE!!!" a shout was heard from nowhere and everywhere at the same time as a loud bang was heard and landing on the 'stage', a human figure was seen with red energy visibly pulsing through its veins and its mouth hung slightly open which allowed its reddish teeth to be seen. The energy flowing through its veins was in a liquid state which fell to the floor in drops.

The human figure raised its head and stood to its feet, being recognized by those who knew what it once was. "Andrea?!"