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On the day of the sacrificial ceremony, the Imperial Family of Alercane, including the leaders of the extended branches of the family, the members of the council who had been pushing for this, as well as various high-ranking officers from different departments gathered in the four towers that were circling the sacrificial platform, where runes and wards had been carved into each and every brick.
The sacrificial platform, which was originally built for sacrificial purposes, had not seen a sacrifice in the years that Ralmaroz became the Daemon King. Instead, it was repurposed and made into a battle arena, where everyone, including the lower class servants and slaves, was allowed to fight for their freedom.
Who knew that on the very first time it became a sacrificial platform since the ascension of Daemon King Ralmaroz, it would be to sentence his infant son to death.
