The Pact (thepact)

You are a peasant living in a kingdom ruled by a lord. There is a tradition that the lord chooses several people to sacrifice as an offering for the gods to fertilize the land. This year, your family is selected, and they are slaughtered on the altar with peoples cheers. When you are desperate, and about to be killed too, a voice whispers in your ears. The voice reveals the truth to you that the lord kills people to use their souls to build an astral world for himself instead of praying for the ...