1395 Champion of-
Baba Jezda watched on with interest as their bodies briefly went taut while the substances around their heads slowed their rotations down to a crawl.
Eight whirlpools ford within the sea of clouds above the island, directly over the positions of each of the attendants.
The air went still and the silence fell over all of creation as everything stopped altogether. The candidates and everyone not on the island froze in whatever position they were in.
The red sand-like material around Lord Cerritos lightly rumbled while his raspy voice echoed through the surroundings twice. It sounded like he was talking once and then another voice from sowhere far away was repeating the sa thing a mont later.
'You dare...call upon us...?'
Baba Jezda imdiately fell to her knees, "Forgive my impudence, your greatness. I only asked for an audience because I had no other choice. Please allow to say a few words to justify my blunder. And if, by the end, you still think I deserve to be punished, then I will willingly offer up my essence!" and finished by slamming her forehead on the ground.
'Hahaha...you think...I need your permission...to embody your essence...?' he almost seed amused.
"I dare not!" she exclaid, "But it is all I can offer!"
While all the others watched on with disinterest, only the golden-eyed attendant chose to speak up on her behalf. The first echo of his voice sounded like that of an old man and the second of a young child.
The substance surrounding his head resembled a stream of flowing golden water that was brighter than any of the others here.
'Let it be, brother. Speak mortal, why have you called upon us?'
"Thank you, your greatness," Baba Jezda slamd her forehead once more into the ground for good asure before sitting upright.
"I bring with a mortal, and with him a way to end the demon Maymun's reign upon the Abyss."
The figure of Lord Cerritos turned towards the platform where he could see Hao Xuan's image being reflected in the pool of water.
'He should have belonged to . I have more claim to him than any of the others,' he muttered unhappily.
"I am but a re servant following the commands of my mistress, your greatness."
'Enough of your brown-nosing, mortal,' the golden-eyed attendant's voices firmly ordered, 'It is wasted on us. Is that the sole reason you have asked for us?'
"Most sincerest apologies, your greatness. Yes, it is the main reason, we are in dire need of change. The Gods and Demons continue to push us out and sooner rather than later it will be too late to do anything about it. We must act now!"
A peal of laughter that sounded like the grating of a tal on a hard surface sounded from almost every other figure.
'hAhAhAhAhA!'
Baba Jezda's brow knitted in confusion. She assud they had misunderstood her but when she tried to speak up the golden-eyed attendant silenced her.
'There is no such thing as [too late]. We are eternal! We were here before before them and we will be here after. Why reason is there for us to intervene when we can outlast all of creation?'
The utter disregard in their voices reminded her of the first ti she had t her mistress. At that ti she felt like a germ talking to a human but now, after all these countless years of servitude she was not so easily disparaged.
Her servile expression disappeared and the tone of her voice beca icy cold.
"Then...what if I told you, my mistress stirs in her chambers? Would that change anything?"
The laughter imdiately stopped and they all turned to her at once.
'Do you understand the aning of those words, mortal?' the golden-eyed attendant doubtfully questioned.
"Yes, your greatness. Above anything else, that is the reason I am here."
'...and you have proof of this?'
"Indeed. The boy holds the answer. Please see for yourself," she motioned towards Hao Xuan's image.
'I will,' Lord Cerritos imdiately stepped forth.
He swiftly extended a hand towards the platform to activate so hidden feature known only to them. The next mont the inky liquid began to stir and Hao Xuan's frozen figure ascended from its watery depths the next mont.
The 'gazes' of all other beings were pulled towards him.
A very small stream of the red sand-like substance separated from Lord Cerritos's head and flowed over to him. It carefully circled around his body from the bottom up and when it reached his head an explosion of pitch-black matter pushed it away.
This black matter was constantly changing its consistency from solid, to liquid to gas but it never left Hao Xuan's body.
'It is true!' the golden-eyed attendant lightly exclaid, 'She has chosen a Champion...the second Champion of Darkness has been anointed!'
As the black matter rolled down his body, whatever power that was keeping him in check was pushed away returning him to normal.
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