Midnight finally arrived in Sunfall Oasis.
The massive celestial array blazed to life with a blinding, corrupted red light.
Ancient runes carved deep into the polished marble floor flared with intense heat.
Scarlet Matriarch stood in the exact center of the glowing circle with Kai.
She pulled him close, ensuring their bodies were pressed tightly together as the dark ritual officially began.
Thick red chains of pure celestial magic materialized from the floorboards.
These glowing tethers wrapped securely around their legs and torsos, trying forcefully to fuse their magical cores together.
"Now," she gasped, throwing her head back in absolute ecstasy.
"Take my power, Kai."
"Give me your ice."
"Bind us together!"
The magical link between their souls ripped wide open.
Kai felt her chaotic, burning star magic flood violently into his own pathways.
It was a desperate, starving energy designed to drain his internal strength and stabilize her failing, corrupted body.
