Chapter 7 👾One Mind

The five stood in a circle around the box. Elarion started the resonator. Liana entered a key character.

Karin synchronized the biofield. Daren channeled the energy through the crystals. Mirael has closed a multidimensional loop.

A dome of light flashed above the box. The touch of hands on the box, and Karin's biofield embraced their consciousness and united them in a single impulse – not as five separate people, but as a single mind controlling the power of "MAGIC". Consciousness has become clearer, the already well-known physical laws have become completely clear, the principles of magical influence have become clearer, and the lines of the passage of time have become visible.

In the sky above Litea, the object froze, its pulsation became nervous. The gaps in space began to tighten one by one – the crimson flashes went out, the distorted areas of reality leveled off, and the creepy portals collapsed with a dull pop. A few seconds later, a powerful stream of energy attracted and absorbed Something that became a true Evil for a peaceful lonely planet.

— Look at this! Liana exclaimed, pointing at the tablet screen. – The gaps are disappearing!

—But - Karin frowned, studying the scanner data. "The monsters haven't disappeared. And... Professor, look at the indicators of "MAGIC"! They are falling, but not to zero!

Elarion glared at the charts.

"Some of the energy is still permeating the planet," he whispered. "We've pinned down the source, but we haven't been able to completely neutralize its influence. "MAGIC" continues to flow through the world, albeit weaker.

Daren made quick calculations:

— The box works as a filter, not as a plug. It absorbs the bulk of the radiation, but lets through the residual flux. And this flow... it changes the very structure of the matter around it.

Mirael nodded, confirming his words.:

— If you leave the box here, the residual "MAGIC" will accumulate in it until it causes a second breakthrough. We need to hide her where her field will be weakened as much as possible. In the depths of the planet, where materials and temperature stabilize the radiation.

Liana shuddered:

— So we did not create a solution, but a temporary measure?

—Yes,– said Elarion. – But this is the best measure possible. We will hide the box deep underground, create a multi-layer protection around it and monitor its condition. This will give us time to study the "MAGIC" and find a way to completely neutralize it.