Hex felt tremors appear underneath his feet. The floor was trembling. Long ago he had seen the ritual, but it was his first time experiencing it.
A stream of light appeared around the priestess. It flowed on the ground, lighting up the engraved pattern on the floor. The pattern was shaped like a polygon.
At the core of the polygon stood the priestess. Hex noticed that he was placed on one of the angles of the polygon. It was the same for each participant. A circle of light appeared around their feet. And all those circles were connected to the core.
After the mark lit up and the lines connected with each other, the priestess stopped her chanting. She took her staff and hit the floor at the core of the polygon.
Right at the place she hit with her staff, the floor opened. A monolith swiveled upward, stopping at the height of the priestess' abdomen.
