Quote Originally Posted by AziraSyuren View Post
I don''t know if the Ancients were aware of that, and even if they were, the only other option was to sacrifice half of the newly-sown life on the planet, leaving them in the same situation. That would've left them culpable for that too lest they destroy Zodiark at a later date, something which they probably couldn't have done due to being tempered (unless Hermes lost his mind again LMAO) and would've just caused the Final Days to continue anyways.

That also would've left Venat a lot more justified in the Sundering, so it might've been better for the narrative.
Are you talking about the 3rd sacrifice? Where are you getting half? Afaik the only reference we get to that is Hythlodaeus saying they’d sacrifice a portion of the new life. Not half.