"Sacrifice the Gorge Gold Clan Chief, send him to the Red Kingdom..."
On the sacrificial altar lay the noble God-descendant offering. God of War Elder Yazar smiled, his gaze fixed intently on Kuluka's expression. Monkey Kuluka wore splendid Marshal Robes, yet his plain face was filled with bitterness.
God of War Elder Yazar had come from the Alliance's Lake Capital with two thousand Temple Guards and the Water Fleet, following the Lerma River. In truth, only a few days had passed since he arrived at the River Mouth County city. And before holding the great festival, he had also informed Kuluka of the sacrificial segment, specifying that it was "an Alliance noble who had committed a grave error and needed to be sacrificed by His Highness's side!"
Monkey Kuluka had already felt somewhat uneasy then. Who would have known that today, on the day of the great festival, the noble pushed up onto the altar would actually be one of the five City-State Legion Commanders with the greatest real power!
"Honorable Marshal Kuluka, this is the Sacrificial Dagger passed down by the Alliance. Please take it!... When you strike, aim for the heart. The faster, the better!... That way the Gorge Gold Clan Chief can go quickly, without too much pain..."
God of War Elder Yazar took out an ancient-looking Sacrificial Dagger and handed it into Monkey Kuluka's hand, giving him no chance to refuse. Then he stepped aside, yielding the chief priest's position for making the cut. The other five Assistant Priests each gripped the sacrifice's limbs and head, waiting patiently.
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Monkey Kuluka gripped the Sacrificial Dagger tightly, so hard that his fingers trembled.
He knew very clearly that once this blade fell, it would not only make His Highness's faction of the Lake Kingdom forge a mortal