ALPHA LINCOLN'S POV

Malachar also placed offerings of rare gemstones on the altar. He chose this because he would need their resonance with cosmic energies.

Malachar sought to invoke those during the ritual.

While doing all these he was excited inside and still serious-minded. He poured liquid offerings into a scared chalice, a water that was infused with so many things.

He had made this earlier just for this purpose.

Finally, he was done with his whole preparation, altar preparations to be exact and now he engaged in a chanting, reciting ancient words that called upon the names of entities and spirits he was inviting.

What he was chanting, the...