The holy spring flowing from the Holy Hall wound through the flower-lined waterways of the city. Its splashes leaped joyfully, dancing rainbow-like motes through the air. The fountain statues in the square spouted bright, oil-slick streams from fish mouths, while holy citizens crossed the plaza carrying baskets and herding sheep.
From time to time, barefoot Angels in white robes passed through the crowd. They smiled and greeted the people, traced crosses over their chests, and asked after the state of Heaven. Occasionally, they exchanged pleasantries among themselves, sharing amusing stories from the universes where they worked.
Countless universes shared one Heaven, but not every Angel had Administrator privileges. The vast majority of Angels were still files within a computer, like antivirus programs. Only the major Angels led by Lucifer were like programmers sitting in front of the computer.
In other words, only Archangels were unique. Newly born Angels could not divide themselves into countless incarnations and projections to manage universes. That was why Heaven continuously produced new Angels, because the number of universes was also constantly increasing.
Whenever a universe was added, newborns emerged from the Holy Spring. Most of them first went to inspect the newly born universe, then took posts in Heaven's relevant administrative departments, specifically handling maintenance work for certain universes.
The Archangels, meanwhile, remained stationed in Heaven, though they also sent countless incarnations and projections to various universes. Newly born Angels were mainly responsible for the stability of churches and faith, while Archangels had to maintain the proper order and structural stability of the universes themselves.
Mortals could use special runes established by Heaven and particular methods of channeling power to summon different Angels. But Magic Circles that summoned Archangel projections were usually far more complicated than those used to summon newly born Angels. There were