The Plan of the Terminally-Ill Wife's Divorce (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 91

At first, the Chieftain flatly refused, saying, “How could I possibly kill a person?” But under the Sorceress’s daily whispers, not only the Chieftain but all the Mountain Clan people were beginning to waver.

The inexplicable calamity continued, and perhaps it was true—if they offered a human sacrifice, the god might be pleased.

Those who now faithfully believed in the Sorceress even claimed they secretly offered their own blood.

‘Not my life, perhaps… but just a bit of blood…’

So I considered closing my eyes and simply giving the Sorceress what she wanted—but that man was the problem.

〈It’s a futile sacrifice. No god rejoices in meaningless blood.〉

He was a man who had come up from below the mountains, a spiritcaller with black hair.

〈Beware that Sorceress. Even the death of the previous Sorceress is suspicious. They say she gave her life for the god, yet no one actually witnessed it.〉

Though the Mountain Clan, who lived on this chosen land, looked down upon those from below the mountain, this man couldn’t be carelessly dismissed. He possessed the very power of nature that the Mountain Clan held sacred.

The man who introduced himself as Inkheart, contractor of the Wind Spirit King.

‘While the Sorceress suggests buying someone from below the mountain if sacrificing a fellow clansman proves too difficult, Inkheart insists all lives are equal…’

As the situation worsened day by day, the people began splitting into two factions and fighting among themselves.

“Chieftain!”

“What is it?”

“A sacrifice has appeared on the altar!”

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