When Edward arrived before the enormous altar, this was the scene he saw.
By then, he had roughly guessed how the Numinous Episcopate intended to replace the Sea God. Simply put, they were using the artificial God of Death's high level of existence to forcibly corrupt the Sea God Kalvetua, turning it into the artificial God of Death's "shape."
Afterward, the faith that the believers of the Rhos Island placed in the Sea God would naturally become faith in the Grim Reaper, and the additional faith would accelerate the artificial God of Death's "resurrection," allowing it to become the true Grim Reaper.
In that case, the sea serpent would, in a sense, become an avatar of the artificial God of Death. Wouldn't Edward's online class plan go down the drain?
His gaze quickly searched the crowd, trying to find Danitz. Unfortunately, there were too many people here, all with their heads lowered as they devoutly recited prayers. He really couldn't find him in such a short time. "That guy hasn't been affected and turned into a devout believer too, has he?"
"Phoenix, if that rift closes, can you take me to those ruins?"
Edward received no answer to his question. Turning to look, he saw Phoenix staring straight at the coffin, intense desire welling up in its pitch-black pupils.
"..."
Edward silently moved a few steps to the side, distancing himself from it.
But the desire in its eyes vanished as quickly as it had come. "What did you just say?"
Edward asked in return, "What were you looking at just now?"
"That coffin... no, the place that coffin connects to. There seems to be something extremely important to me there!"
Was it talking about... the artificial God of Death?
Higher-ranking beings of the Death Pathway exerted extremely powerful suppression