Tick!
Tak!
Ding!
The Scales balanced almost instantly as Nephem's smile widened.
"Mr. Cza... The required offering for this deal is quite simple. In fact, maybe even too simple,... you just have to give up an entire country. I don't mean becoming its leader and handing it over to us, but..." Nephem paused.
"Destroying it."
"You will have to perform a ritual that will require you to sacrifice an entire country. That will be the collection for the power you will gain. So, I ask you: do you want to make this deal?" Nephem asked slowly as Cza's heartbeat quickened.
An entire country? Over a billion lives...
This was definitely not what he had expected. But thinking about it, what exactly had this country ever done for him? Nothing. It was practically useless to him.
