Mevis was furious. She had actually been imprisoned by her own nephew's subordinates!
But as before, she had no ability to resist. To put it a little more darkly, Mevis herself had also breathed a sigh of relief. At least she had no choice, didn't she? She had opposed it anyway and had not gone along with them.
Deep down, Mevis did have a faint measure of approval for what Violette was doing.
Blood Sacrifice was a very rigorous sacrificial practice, especially when it came to sacrifices to the Lower Planes. For Lower Plane creatures such as demons and devils, blood sacrifices were also ranked in different grades. The lowest grade was the sacrifice of animals. Such sacrifices were extremely ineffective, and only a demon desperate enough to eat anything would accept them. The flesh, blood, and souls of ordinary animals could not bring demons or devils much benefit at all—at most, they were a small snack.
The rewards gained from this kind of blood sacrifice were also very limited. Generally, only ignorant country bumpkins would do such a thing.
A slightly higher grade than animal sacrifice was the sacrifice of fierce beasts or mutated animals, but its effects were likewise limited to gaining a few benefits, such as wealth that fiends had no use for or certain pieces of information.
Higher still was using low-level monsters and magical creatures for blood sacrifices.
Then came relatively primitive intelligent creatures, such as savages or primitive humans. Such sacrifices held greater appeal for demons and devils, but unless the numbers were sufficient, it was difficult to summon demons or devils into the mortal world.
Beyond that were the higher-grade sacrifices: using intelligent creatures as offerings, such as humans, dwarves, elves, orcs, and the like. Such offerings might attract the attention of powerful