There is something...
The method these people use on living sacrifices is that first they would wake them up and feed them some meat for a couple of days after the sacrifice gets in a better shape, they would skin him alive and place the skin of the sacrifice at the feet of the statue, after which it would be given to whoever would be the strongest member among all of them.
A couple of wounds would then be made on the body of the sacrifice and he would slowly bleed to death, after which they would proceed with the normal method of paying tribute to their God.
The same procedures are done two to three times each week, so the hunting parties go out in turns and search for demons, beasts and human sacrifices.
After Jayden was buried inside the ground, they all returned to their normal works, everything went on like usual even the death of one of the hunters didn't affect them too much.