I Am An Offering
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Han Sen pulled the broken sword out of Red Cloud's hand and swung it across the face of the statue. A deep furrow was gouged into the statue's face, and blood started to leak from it. The statue didn't move, however. The statue wasn't as hard as Han Sen had expected, though. After a few more of those strikes, the stone statue's head fell off.
The severed neck of the statue gushed blood, but it was just a statue. Where the blood came from, Han Sen had no idea.
Strangely, once Han Sen cut off the head of the statue, it didn't behave like the Blood Eye Evil God had upon being decapitated. Instead of getting stronger or fighting back, it simply died.
Han Sen examined the statue again to confirm what he thought he saw. The statue was dying. It dried up like a withered plant. It looked somewhat like a bergamot flower. The stalk and its flowers were dark red. The stone head that had been lopped off was the plant's largest blossom.