When a god died, there were arrangements to be made afterward.
Though such "aftermath" had never arisen in the thousands of years of this civilization's current era, as the Cecilians liked to say—society was progressing, times were changing, and unprecedented things were bound to happen in this age. From the multinational funeral held after the Goddess of Magic "passed away," to the worldwide public opinion campaign following the Fall of Gods, to the shifts in the international situation after the Dragon God's demise, the experts specializing in matters related to gods had spent the past two years either holding funerals for gods or on their way to hold funerals for gods—gods could die, and this was gradually becoming common knowledge among mortals.
This was probably the most important result achieved by the Divine Authority Council since its founding.
Of course, the "death" of the God of Reverse Tide differed somewhat from the previous examples. Of the gods involved in those cases, the other two aside from the God of War had actually returned to this world in some form. Though they had experienced "death," what had died, strictly speaking, had been their Divine Half-Bodies. But Reverse Tide... was probably truly dead.
The quarantine perimeter had been established, and no idlers would disturb this area. Milmina, who had descended here in her divine form, could therefore loosen up a little. She carefully examined the remains of Reverse Tide, then began sketching layer upon layer of profound Rune Arrays through the surrounding air while muttering to herself, "The Divine Authority Council's work is much easier now. Problems like dealing with a god's aftermath can be handed directly to 'Senior Advisors' like us. Back when mortals had to handle it themselves, the scale of it all was enormous..."
As Amun examined the land