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Chapter 6: The Altar of Gods
The sky was dark today. Cold wind and rain battered the ground as Max stepped out of the hut. Yet no one seemed bothered by it. The villagers worked as they always did, taking slight cover from the rain but never shying away from getting wet. That shocked him. Life in this place functioned like an anthill.
Several unwelcoming eyes turned toward him, catching Max off guard. Even through the howl of the storm, whispers spread like wildfire around him. He didn’t know what he had done wrong, yet the meaning behind their looks was painfully clear. To the villagers, he was nothing more than another mouth to feed, and that was the last thing they wanted.
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