The blood and flesh of the beast billowed from the flames, reduced to ash. Smoke that flickered in light wafted, gathering into a cloud in the dark room. Ripples converged over the shrine like lightning within clouds, stirring waves within the smoke. It was a ritual that the Huard named 'Offering' since two thousand years ago.
Primordial energies dwelled within all things, with animals being capable of obtaining another's attributes and abilities through 'consumption'. All life hence climbed the steps of evolution, with the ancient Huard obtaining the right of the future through hunting and devouring, while every other formerly competing species became their food.
