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Sin—the deed exclusive to humans, guided by their conscience. Sins were created along with laws, and as a result of sins, punishments were introduced and reinforced.
Punishment came in many different forms, often adhering to the principle of “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” where the consequences matched the gravity of the crime.
A criminal would pay a fine that matched their offense or endure imprisonment according to the severity of their transgression. Of course, the most heinous crimes led to eternal imprisonment and even regular corporal punishment.
The Eurasian Empire enforced life imprisonment for the worst criminals, but it didn’t employ the death penalty. The reason for that was simple—death was too light of a punishment for those kinds of people, and not painful enough.
A cold wind blew from the north. This desolate, frozen land had never had a warm gust of wind in the history of the continent, not a single flower blooming from this soil.
This land was considered lifeless, but ironically enough, there were more people living here than one might imagine.
“Am I seeing things?” asked Karl.
“What’s up?” replied the other guard.
“Look over there. Aren’t two people walking this ...
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