Chapter 248: Sacrifice

The new ruler has said his mind, "Accept your punishment and become my people".

All the six elders went to their knees and showed their respect when they heard Tristan's words. They have all agreed to accept the punishment.

To prove their compliance, one of the elders prepared a simple lottery. A leather pouch was taken out and six gold coins were placed inside, with one of them marked with a scratch.

Immediately after, the elders took turns to reach their hand inside the pouch and grabbed one coin. At this point, they all realized that their life and death would be decided by their luck and a single gold coin.

The elders opened their hands and looked at the coin lying quietly in their palm. Those who saw their coin unmarked quickly turned their heads around, to see who was the unlucky one among them.