The sky was colored in a lazy blue as thick white clouds calmly drifted across the sky.
The squad assembled at the Mythrails clocktower at 3 pm just like they planned. The air of nervousness and excitement filled the clock tower.
Among the six, Arthur was exceptionally nervous since it was his first time contributing something to the group.
âSpread out everyoneâ Valerio instructed in a calm tone. He had laid out a concealing formation that prevents ordinary people from seeing and interfering with the ritual. Only Nova users can see the ritual.
The group carried out Valerio's instructions quickly. He had drilled the plan into them for the past month. They have developed the confidence to execute the plan with minimal mistakes.
Valerio took out a red cube that was the size of his palm. There were cloud patterns on the cube. He looked at Mathew, Jayden, and Arthur, who were standing next to each other.
The twins were standing at a distance from them since they were not involved in the ritual. They were only there to observe and intervene in case of some unnecessary disturbances.
Valerio gave a small gray-colored cube to Jayden.
âWhat's this, Mr Val?â Jayden asked with raised brows. There was no mention of any gray-colored cube in the plan Mr Val explained.
âExplaining it would be more time-consuming. Let's just say if you imbue enough Nova to break this cube, we will swap placesâ Valerio explained as his face wore a smirk.
âNow you won't be stuck anywhere for half a decadeâ he laughed.
âThank you, Mr Valâ Jayden hugged Valerio, getting a bit emotional. He was thankful to Valerio for even thinking about his issue, much less providing a safety mechanism.
âNo need to get so emotional. But only use this when necessaryâ Valerio cautioned Jayden, as he nodded seriously.
Jayden took out a small mirror from his pocket and placed the cube on the mirrorâs surface. The cube vanished into the mirror.
âWhoa, so you've even got subspace now,â Mathew asked in surprise.
âI guess soâ Jayden scratched his head.
âOkay, let us continue,â Valerio said as Arthur, Mathew, and Jayden stepped forward. Mathew started to send his Golden Nova toward the cube. The cube started to mysteriously float in the air.
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Just after a few seconds, Jayden also started to imbue his Gray Nova towards the cube. They both steadily supplied Nova with the cube. The air around the cube started to twist as golden and greyish lightning crackled around the cube.
The cube started to slowly change to a black color as it enlarged in size.
âArthur, nowâ Valerio shouted.
Arthur extended his palm towards the cube and tried to send his Crimson Nova. But his Nova came into existence and faded away quickly.
Nervousness was visible on his face. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and tried to concentrate. His Crimson Nova started to slowly seep out of him.
âC'mon, Arthur, that's itâ Kael shouted in encouragement.
âLet him concentrateâ Lyra shushed Kael.
As everything around Arthur quieted down, the Crimson Nova slowly started to creep out of him. Since he wasn't very experienced, he couldn't concentrate it on his arm like the others.
Everyone felt the same metallic taste they felt in the mirror world again, but the bloodlust seemed to have reduced to a certain extent as Arthur now had at least some control.
âEven though we saw it a few times in training-â Kael looked at Arthur in astonishment.
âIt's still like we're seeing it for the first time, right?â Lyra finished his sentence.
âYeah,â Kael nodded absentmindedly.
âArthur, now towards the cubeâ Valerio instructed.
Arthur nodded his head and guided his Nova towards the cube. Upon contact with his Nova, the black cube became even darker. Slowly, cracks started to develop on the cube.
âUncle Val, is that supposed to happen?â Lyra asked anxiously after seeing the cracks on the cube.
âYeah, that's how it worksâ Valerio nodded.
The number of cracks started to increase, and existing cracks widened even further, and the cube slowly rose in the air and started to wobble vigorously. The cube then glowed faintly.
âCover yourselvesâ Valerio commanded.
Without any question, the group coated themselves in their respective novas, and soon the cube was fully covered with cracksâ¦. without making a sound the cube burst and shattered into pieces emitting a huge shockwave that was powerful enough to destroy all the glass windows and causing cracks on all the buildings that were in the surroundings, spreading debris everywhere.
There wasnât a thing visible for a while due to the shattering of the cube which scooped up a lot of dust and smoke.
âUnâ¦cle..Val?â Lyra coughed.
âHmm..looks like we really did it,â Valerio said with a smirk.
âUncle Val, What do you exactly mean by that?â Arthur asked Valerio with a frown.
Valerio gestured ahead âWhy donât you just see the scene for yourself â
âWoahhh!!â Arthur, Mathew, Jayden and the Twins, they all exclaimed in unison, the group started at the structure with awe.
Before their eyes stood an enormous structure with a short set of staircases that led to the entrance which was completely blacked out except for something in the shape of a broken egg that continued to pulse , One of the staircases had two broken pillars which were made out of yellow bricks which glowed faintly even though some of the bricks had cracks on them, despite being old and broken it gave out elegance and richness.
âMr.Val is the thing that you spoke about earlier?â Mathew asked.
Jayden stepped in closer âIf this thing appeared in front of us, does that mean-â Before Jayden could complete his sentence, Valerio interjected
âYes, the summoning ritual is now complete, this was exactly what I was talking about earlierâ¦we have managed to summon the ruin of â that god â â Valerio concluded
The figures of Mathew, Jayden, and Arthur began to fade and turn semi-transparent. Arthur looked at both his hands through which he could see Valerio, who was standing in front of him.
âUncle Val, what's happening to me? â Arthur asked Valerio, his voice trembling.