In the first month after the miracle descended, Goblin World completely took on a different look.
Imperial City changed first.
At the center of the palace square, a temporary shrine appeared the day after the miracle vanished.
Several old men had built it overnight out of wooden boards and cloth, and inside stood a crude clay statue.
Black robes, a blurred face—it looked exactly like the phantom from the miracle.
Though extremely simple, it was filled with sincere devotion.
On the first day, only a few dozen people came to pray.
They knelt before the shrine, pressed their palms together, moved their lips, and repeated the name "Supreme God Enzoth."
Some cried, some kowtowed, and some placed the most valuable things they owned before the shrine as offerings.
On the second day, several times more people came.
Some put up sheds beside the shrine, some began selling incense, candles, and offerings, while others volunteered to maintain order.
Seeing the shrine's incense offerings gradually flourishing, some people could no longer sit still.
On the third day, a group of merchants approached the old men and said they were willing to fund the construction of a real temple and recast the deity's golden body, but the management rights would belong to them.
The old men hesitated before agreeing.
How could a crude clay statue represent the supreme deity?
A week later, Imperial City's first "Supreme God Temple" was completed.
It stood on the eastern side of the palace square, covering three hundred square meters, with stone walls and an Ironhide roof. Above its main entrance was carved that blurry black-robed phantom.
It was not grand, but it had already become one of Imperial City's landmark buildings.
On the day the temple was completed, thousands gathered outside its entrance.
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