The vast ritual hall had a total of 72 copper pillars in different places.
Carl walked over to one of them and saw that the giant pillar was covered in strange words and oddly shaped totems that looked like some powerful living creatures that he did not recognize. Also, for some reason, when he looked at these things, he would feel his heart waver in fear.
If the great deities that Bryant was talking about looked like these, then Carl felt that he ought to be more wary.
Actually, Carl had been wary all this time and dared not really believe everything that Bryant said. All that about summoning some supernatural being who would give you great powers without requiring you to pay any price…similar scams existed on Earth as well.
That was how scams worked. They preyed on humans’ greed, the
