"This…is blasphemy!"
The woman on the platform screamed, her face contorted in fear and panic.
"Stop. Don't do this."
Jade wrestled against the pole she was tied to, struggling to break free from her bindings. But no matter how much she cried or pulled against the ropes, she couldn't pry herself free.
None of the women and girls present paid her attention though. The vibrating crystal buzzed louder and louder as it released a huge amount of dark wisps. The wisps snaked toward Cyantha. All this instilled fear and shock in the group.
The members of the group reacted in several ways. Some fell to their knees, pleading to be freed. Others pleaded for forgiveness. And there were a few who tried to escape.
The latter discovered in just a few steps that the darkness gathered and shot at them. They screamed. One fainted. But to no avail. The darkness devoured them. Nothing was left behind when the dark receded back to the fringes of the core region.
