Amid a burst of light, the mermaid girl Itris was the first to step onto the platform of the Train Station.
"Wow!" The mermaid girl looked up at the towering ceiling, then at the white pillars around her, then down at herself. She had already become a Mana-Less mermaid.
But when she turned around, she heard the patter of footsteps emerging from the white mist behind her. First came green feet, then thin legs, a huge head perched atop blue robes, two green ears, and a triangular oversized nose.
"So? Are you utterly awestruck by the sight of my divine body?" Seeing the stunned look on Itris's face, the thing asked proudly.
Seeing that this so-called god was merely a scrawny goblin, the mermaid girl could not help but feel puzzled. "Why do you look so inconspicuous in your own Divine Kingdom?"
"Hey! Listen to you—I just... I just haven't recovered yet!"
The old goblin explained, "I, Mogruke, have roamed the world for tens of thousands of years. I'm no longer as concerned with appearances as those new gods!"
"Really? You really are a god?" The girl shifted her tail fin and wriggled to the goblin's side, looking down at him. "Then why is this Divine Kingdom..."
"Being Mana-Less is the rule here. Only that can prevent other gods from coveting and spying upon it!" The old goblin nodded. "If not for that, your Sea God would have snatched it away long ago. After all, squeezing other gods out of their Divine Kingdoms is Her specialty."
"Sea God..." At the mention of her own deity, the light faded from the girl's eyes again.
The mermaid girl recalled what he had said once more. Leviathan had usurped the divine throne.
Mogruke closed his eyes, raised his head, and said with a