Inside the Imperial Palace, Halu, the new emperor of the Goblin Empire, stood atop the Imperial City's Stargazing Tower.
The Stargazing Tower was the highest point in the palace, and from there, he could see the entire Imperial City.
He saw the Angels in the square, the Goblins kneeling throughout the streets, and the pillar of light descending from the clouds.
Halu's fingers trembled at this suddenly appearing "divine miracle."
He was a Goblin in his early thirties. His father, the former emperor, had died two years ago—the very day the Supreme God descended.
The old emperor had died of natural causes, but the new emperor had always felt that his father's death was connected to the so-called Supreme God's Court, even the Supreme God himself.
His father had ruled for thirty years and worked tirelessly, raising the Goblin Empire's standard of living and technological advancement to another level.
Then the Supreme God arrived, claiming he could resolve the world-ending crisis and save the entire Goblin World.
And all he required was a little insignificant faith.
To save the world, his father had agreed to spread the faith throughout the empire and recognize the Supreme God Church as the empire's sole official religion.
His father had originally intended to personally cultivate a "blade" capable of controlling faith, allowing him to rule the Goblin Empire more effectively.
Thus, he had chosen Augustus, that upright and incorruptible judge, to be that blade.
But in the end, that blade had bitten back.
As his father's illness worsened, divine authority had gradually overwhelmed imperial authority!
He had originally intended to govern diligently, but by the time the empire passed into his hands, he had already been stripped of real power.
Halu was deeply dissatisfied, but he did not dare say it aloud.
The world-ending