Chapter 377: [Bonus chapter] Hard to Breathe

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ELRETH

The crowd below her in the amphitheater bubbled like a boiling pot with shock and unease.

Elreth raised her hands. "I understand that the Rite is rare, but the time has come to acknowledge that the disformed do not lack, they add to the Anima. Their purpose is unique—the chance to pursue that as an established tribe is not only their right, but it benefits all of us—"

"If the prophecy is even true! It was given by a disformed! Very convenient!" a voice called from the crowd.