Inside the God of War Great Cathedral in the capital of Azure Star, the Teleportation Gate had opened. Ding Dang and the other four were saying goodbye to the "children." Monina and Eva whispered together for a while. In the end, Monina seemed to want to leave behind a parting gift, so she rummaged around in her clothes for quite some time before pulling out a tiny pendant. "Oh right, Eva, keep this as a memento. Who knows when we'll be back next time."
Eva immediately looked both surprised and delighted. She carefully accepted the ordinary-looking pendant and held it against her chest as though it were a priceless treasure. "Goddess, thank you for your gift. I'll treasure it forever..."
Lei's beard trembled with excitement. "Oh, today is truly a glorious day! The Church has gained another epic holy relic!"
There was no doubt that although Monina had simply pulled that pendant out at random, Lei had already decided to enshrine it as a Church relic. Sooner or later, that pendant strung on cotton thread would be reverently placed in a cathedral on Azure Star for countless worshippers to bow before, while the four words "Glass Factory Five" on its base shone brilliantly beneath Azure Star's sunlight.
After spending so much time with the God Race Cops Five-Man Team, I was no longer surprised by this sort of thing. Religion was just that strange. Along the Timeline, it possessed an incomprehensible magnifying effect. An ordinary, even laughable beginning would always become bizarre after being amplified by time and faith. Like that pile of scrap metal Little Crow dug out of Europe during the days when she had an upset stomach—it had now become the Crow God Sect's sacred treasures. Apparently, only big shots of Church Knight commander rank or above