Human King · Goetia

At this moment, on the bleached Earth, Goetia, the King of Men who had been patrolling the seven Lostbelts from the outside world, was utterly shocked.

As the mastermind behind the previous Incineration of Humanity, he had not been completely claimed by death after being defeated by Chaldea.

Created by the Mage King Solomon as a spell designed to protect humanity, as well as a collective of the Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars—

And as the existence known as the Beast of Humanity: Pity, his immortality was extraordinarily powerful.

After his defeat at Chaldea's hands, he had once again awakened from Solomon's corpse.

Because, at the end of the final battle of the Incineration of Humanity, after speaking with Fujimaru Ritsuka, humanity's last Master—

He had realized that he still loved humanity.

It was only because, compared to ancient humans, modern humanity's desires had seemed far too ugly to him—

That he had become disappointed and launched the great magecraft known as the Incineration of Humanity.

He had wanted to use the energy from humanity's thousands of years of history to travel through time to the moment of Earth's birth.

To become that planet's absolute ruler and create more perfect humans.

However, after realizing that he still loved humanity, and seeing humanity's shining qualities in Fujimaru Ritsuka, humanity's last Master—

Once he had returned to the world through his immortality—

He had not undertaken any further major actions.

He had merely wanted to quietly observe what sort of ending humanity would ultimately reach.

Yet he had never expected that, not long after returning to the world and observing humanity on Earth—

The vague Humanity Freeze he had once glimpsed through the incomplete Clairvoyance granted by Solomon's corpse would so abruptly descend upon Earth.

After the seven Lostbelts that sought to contend