Chapter 70: Lyria: Passage of the Stains

Summary

• Volga ritualistically sacrifices a Gold, removing their heart with a gauntlet, and gives it to a shaman who throws it into a fire, causing golden flames.
• The protagonist is disgusted by the violent scene with Volga moving on to sacrifice individuals of different colors, causing the fire to change to respective colors.
• Red workers dismember a leviathan, spilling innards and body chains into the sea between the altar and the acropolis.
• Volga continues her sacrifices, uncaring, as the Reds process the leviathan, but they stop once an unusual color, gray, illuminates the area.
• Sigurd denounces their enslavement as Volga sacrifices him, causing him to fall, only able to utter "Hail…" before dying.
• As the protagonist fears their own impending sacrifice, they notice a strange movement beneath the leviathan's chest, like something emerging.
• Volga hesitates before attempting to sacrifice the protagonist, who pleads with her, mentioning someone named Ephraim's daughter, leading to Volga's hesitance turning into a refusal to kill.
• Suddenly, chaos ensues as a 'demon', or a deadly creature with two blades, bursts from the leviathan, attacking the shamans and spreading terror.
• More demons follow, and carnage unfolds with the demons decimating the shamans and terrorizing the work crews.
• Darrow is revealed as the figure behind the emergence of the 'demons', showing his face as he howls amidst the firelight.