The sky is clear and the breeze is gentle.

And on top of that majestic mountain.

On top of a cliff like a knife and axe, a sacred and solemn high platform is standing silently.

A group of children who were not yet ten years old, were standing on a high platform, shivering.

I don't know if it's because of the howling cold wind, which makes me shiver?

Or is it because of the tragic fate that is about to come, and they are terrified?

No one knows this.

If it's a different place, maybe it's a different result.

After all, this is a group of children with an average age of less than ten years old, so what about the love and soul of their parents?

However, in the vicinity of this barren mountain, everyone is struggling to survive.

Therefore, no pair of parents dared to gamble on the future of the entire village.

Life is so cruel, everyone is gritting their teeth and living.

At this moment, in the open space under the cliff, a large group of people were waiting silently, and no one dared to speak loudly at all, and for a while, there was silence.

Even the parents of the children in the high platform are the same.

Even if their hearts were cut like knives at this time, and the pain was unbearable, they could only obediently stay at the bottom of the cliff and pray silently.

Of course, there will be some parents who can't control their emotions.

It's just that as an old village chief who has been through ups and downs for a long time, he has already been prepared.

Once it is discovered that the emotions of the parents are missing, it only takes a big wave of the old village chief's hand.

The young hunters who stood on the periphery and were in charge of security would immediately escort the young couple who might have problems back to the village and put them under house arrest temporarily.

It was not until the end of the sacred ritual that they were released and set free again.

As for the reason, it is naturally because of the sacred ceremony that is being held on the top of the cliff.

Of course, many more people believe that this ritual is not holy at all, and even a little bloody, which can be called one of the most evil rituals in the world.

Because the participants in the sacred ceremony are a group of children who are not yet ten years old.

And what is even more intolerable is that all the children who participate in the sacred rites come at great risk.

But for the safety of the village for the next year, everyone has to accept that this can be called the most evil ritual in the world.

Soon after, everything was on the high platform that was originally as usual, and suddenly a mysterious force was shrouded in it.

And all the children on the high platform were like they had been subjected to an electric shock, and they all twitched wildly.

Seeing this scene, the old village chief couldn't help but tremble slightly in his heart, although he had seen the same scene dozens of times.

But every time he saw it, his little heart would twitch inexplicably, and he couldn't tell if it was because of sadness or fear.

It seems that the so-called sacred ritual has already begun, but due to the mysterious power, no one standing at the bottom of the cliff can see the scene on the high platform.

Although there were some people who deliberately stayed on the cliff because of curiosity to see what was happening on the high platform.

But when the sacred ritual begins, no matter what kind of person they are, they will eventually fall into a coma.

As for what exactly did they see?

Basically, it's the same thing that the kids on the high platform see the situation.

When that mysterious power comes, all the children's bodies can't help but tremble, and then there is no more, and all of them fall into a coma.

As for the sacred ritual, what does it look like?

So far, no one knows.

What everyone knows is that when the sacred ceremony is opened, everyone's bodies on the high platform will twitch wildly, and the smell is definitely uncomfortable.

Then, all of them would fall into a brief coma, not knowing anything.

Fortunately, the whole sacred ceremony came and went quickly.

Soon after, when the old village chief took heavy steps and slowly walked up to the high platform.

A very strong smell of blood will rush towards you, but the old village chief has already been tested for a long time.

So he didn't hesitate at all, and just step by step, he unswervingly stepped onto the high platform.

And what caught the eyes of the old village chief was only fourteen children who had already passed out in a coma, just seven men and seven women, and finally made up an even number.

It's just that the old village chief's heart was sad, but he just sighed silently.

"Hey!"

Then, after a sigh full of plaintiveness.

The old village chief shouted loudly to the villagers who were still at the bottom of the cliff.

"Fourteen !!"

And as the old village chief's voice came out, the people who were originally waiting at the bottom of the cliff all cried out in grief.

Because, this time, there were twenty-three children participating in the sacred ceremony!

All of a sudden, nearly half of the children were missing.

In the end, no matter whose child is lost, all parents will not feel good.

Those children who survived will have to be attached to them from now on, and the responsibility of those children who disappeared inexplicably will continue to live strong and brave.

As for the parents who may have lost their children, after venting their pain.

I can only go home obediently, silently waiting for the final result.

After all, the children who survived were still in a coma, and even if their parents wanted to take them home, the old village chief would not agree.

After all, the old village chief is still the only doctor in the village, and this is also the norm in the village for a long time.

All this time, it has been carried out for more than a hundred years.

Of course, some people will definitely ask, why such a cruel sacred ritual is still carried out?

This is naturally because there is a hardship in the village that has to be implemented!

Within a hundred miles of the mountain, there are dozens of human villages.

And the head of every village has been warned by a mysterious person.

Let all the people in their village have to perform this sacred ceremony, if there are people in that village who want to cheat and cheat.

What awaits their entire village is doom.

Although the old village chief himself can't tell the reason for this.

But every few years, one or two people in the village, for various reasons, deliberately do not perform this seemingly cruel sacred ceremony.

But it won't be long before an entire village dies.

Even if all the people in this village scattered, the final result was the same.

As for the reason, the old village chief also does not know, after all, no one has ever told him the specific reason.

It's just that in the next village, a person who used to live in the city said it.

Those who live in large cities do not need to perform sacred ceremonies.

And those city dwellers, all of them have a very magical power, which makes them know everything, and they can't hide anything from their big people.

For example, a few years ago, in a small village next to their village, there were people who deliberately did not perform sacred ceremonies when the time came to them.

As a result, an entire village of people disappeared overnight.

According to the man, when the big people living in the city found out about this, they were angry on the spot, and they sent a thousand regular troops, and then killed all the people in the village.

Although there was no way to confirm whether this was the truth of the facts, or just that person's lie, the old village chief still chose to believe his words.

Therefore, although the old village chief was also very heartbroken, he could only carry out the sacred rituals year after year.

As for the real reason for this, only God knows.

Although there is indeed some cruelty in doing this, there is no other way for everyone to live in such pain.

And as long as the sacred ceremony of the year of ten years old is over, everyone can live in good health.

Of course, it's just a matter of living healthy, and if you want to live happily, it's a little bit difficult.

After all, it is still difficult to live happily in this barren mountain.

Not only must you always keep an eye out for all kinds of strange monster attacks, but you must also always be on guard against the raids of those aliens.

The most important thing is to be careful, the good neighbors around are the villagers who live in other villages, although they don't kill people directly.

But they will mercilessly snatch all your food and starve you to death, and they will not hesitate.

And the worst thing is that there were some people who wanted not to send their children to the high platform.

went to other villages to plunder other people's children, and wanted to use other people's children to impersonate his own children, but he was really fooled.

And the village that lost its own child was also punished accordingly.

The couple, who lost their child, met with an accident and died mysteriously.

But just when everyone thought that it was over.

The man who impersonated someone else's child also suffered an accident and died a mysterious death.

And the man's child, after that day, mysteriously disappeared.

So since then, everyone has protected their children to death.

Basically, before the age of ten, you will never let your children suffer a little harm.

And if someone dares to attack their own children, it will definitely be a situation of never dying.

It can even lead to wars between villages.

After all, stealing someone else's child is a very bad thing.

It's also something that no one is allowed to do.

It's just that stealing other people's children has been stopped in this way.

Because everyone knows that it is useless, and all children under the age of ten must go up to the high platform to participate in that sacred ceremony.

No one can escape.