The temperature kept rising.
All of the observers noticed that the flames continued to grow bigger.
The Promethea Mark II had become the center of a growing energy vortex, one that eagerly fed as much ambient fire energy into the Flames of Ruination as possible!
As this 'archegem' began to absorb more and more fire energy from multiple sources, several concerned individuals began to wonder what exactly possessed such an insanely strong demand.
Energy did not appear or disappear out of nowhere.
Given that the deceptively small archegem did not look as if it was even close to reaching saturation, all of that energy had to go somewhere.
Ves already harbored a highly alarming theory. He deeply wished he had misjudged the situation, but every additional clue only validated his main suspicion.
As the Flames of Ruination continued to absorb fire energy in an unscrupulous manner, it eventually began to display other forms of activity.
The energy vortex began to show distortions.
