"This is the retribution for the sacrifice..."
Hiris whispered painfully to himself.
The Father of the Gods had once forbidden mortals to offer sacrifices, so the True Religion never practiced sacrifice, but the Gods had no such requirement.
On the contrary, not only did the Gods have no requirement for it, but when they saw mortals offering their most precious possessions, paying the price of blood for worship, and willingly giving up their blood-related family members for sacrifice, they would be pleased.
Even though the offerings of mortals were meaningless to the vast majority of the Divine.
Yet the act of sacrifice could bring immense satisfaction to the Divine.
Look, my people are willing to dedicate the most valuable things to me!
How could they not be moved by this?
The mortals on the ground watched as the last sacrifice was pushed into the fire, the flames burning fiercely, almost reaching the sky.
