The Endless Altar

A few steps forward led them to a massive altar, surrounded by dense forest. The ground was covered with creeping vines and wild grass sprouting from the cracks in the stones.

Tall wooden stakes encircled the altar, connected by sturdy crossbars. Fresh, headless corpses hung from these bars like sausages, swaying gently in the wind as if being drained of their blood.

The blood flowing down the sto