Just like that, Michael watched as Caleb and the other five in the star circle exuded a blinding orange light. The light illuminated the surroundings where an event that could shake the world. A historic moment happened. The ascension of a person to Tier 3 in both paths!
Caleb and the five dissolve into a puddle of darker-than-black liquid. They didn't scream in pain, nor did they display an expression of one. It's a painless yet visually horrifying process.
The puddle of liquid began to boil and produced bubbles for a minute under Michael's gaze.
As someone who has seen a lot of scenes, phenomena, storms, and rainbows in his thousands of years of life. The scene playing in front of him could still be considered normal. Yet, a rush of excitement, an emotion that became foreign to him after so many years, flooded his heart.