The Returning Men (Part-1)
On a mild mid afternoon, under the sight of the setting sun, Alexander personally sacrificed the bathed and scented bulls and cows under the altar of goddess Gaia's status, staining the white marbled floors red with blood.
While a group of priests right next to him chanted various religious phrases, glorifying Alexander and his deed and pleading Gaia to favor Her son even more.
Many in the crowd too joined in the prayer, the resultant voice reverberating across the whole city, making the entire atmosphere buzz with religious zeal.
This act of sacrificing animals, in addition to appeasing the gods, also had considerable political significance.
For the act of slaughter could definitely be viewed as a metaphor for Alexander 'killing' Tibias.
After all, Tibias's sacred animal was a magical bull possessing some characteristics of a cow.
And now two such beasts lay dead at the goddess's feet.