That night, during the communal dinner rituals.
The ritual involved a massive plate made of leaves stitched together being placed in the middle. Around thirty people surrounded the plate and ate simultaneously from the same plate.
Hundreds of such plates were scattered around the bonfire that burned on oil, with thousands of warriors feasting around.
It wasn't an ancient ritual, but one that the Decans started once their village was stabilized. They believed that eating from the same plate not only eliminated the possibility of being poisoned by outsiders but also promoted unity.
The actual reason was that such rituals made it easier for Blaze to infect them and take control over their bodies. Not to mention, such 'sharing' rituals also made it easier for people to inherit 'super genes', as Blaze called them.
However, at the moment, a certain group was embroiled in deep discussions.
