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Chapter 24 - Chapter Twenty: Among the Feathered Serpents

Circa 1000 CE – Mesoamerica

High atop the Temple of Kukulkan, the priests waited for a sign.

They got Marcus, landing after a gacha-assisted leap across two pyramids.

He was mistaken for Quetzalcoatl—and didn't deny it. He helped build aqueducts, ended a drought, and taught new ways of farming. But when a volcanic god demanded sacrifice, Marcus refused.

"You don't need blood to be remembered," he shouted, his voice echoing across the jungle. "Only purpose."

He faced Tezcatlipoca in a trial of strength and wisdom—one that took place in dreams and storms.

He won.

And when the volcano settled, a new statue was carved in white stone. It bore no face.

Just the inscription:

> "The One Who Interferes."

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