Chapter Twenty-FourPlummeting into the clearing that glowed red from hatred, evil and the blood of many, the Temple Elders streaked from the darkness of the storm in a brilliant blaze of Light that emanated from their combined auras. As they gained momentum in the force of their joined stoop, they uttered an incantation that curved the Light they bore with them into a concentrated beam. Directing this gleaming shaft of illumination at the crimson sphere glowing below them, they fought the Darkness with pure, bright Light and it exploded on contact with the crimson shield of the Vile One. The cacophony of sound resulting from the clashing of these opposing forces sent all close by reeling backward and even the darkness shrank from the unanticipated assault.
Bending to cover his ears and gl
