Theory

Alastair stood before the cube with so many questions in his mind. He was as confused as the young man standing before him, Looking up to him for answers. Alastair stretched forth his hand towards the cube again and just like before, the cube thrummed.

It vibrated and slowly elevated, filling the room with a light, at the same time sucking the energy in the room. But just like before, the cube fell after powering down. Alastair crunched and studied the cube carefully. There was nothing wrong with it. It had no cracks or anything of such. Why did it power down?

"You have a connection with the cube, don't you? Can you figure out why it is behaving this way?" Alastair said to Drax who nodded. Alastair was already getting frustrated. He did not have the time nor the luxury to do unreasonable things.

The spell should have worked. He was certain that there was no problem with it. He had crosschecked the spell over and over before they started and he had made modifications himself. Why wasn