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"Through one man's disobedience, the many became sinners."
The Astral World, the Eternal Blazing Sun's Kingdom of God.
This was the source of calamity, the heart of endless flames and sin. Like a continually collapsing vortex, it dragged countless lives into its dark, fathomless abyss.
The Mythical Creature whose feathers seemed forged from flame and gold had been caught off guard. The True Creator and the Devil worked together with impeccable coordination. The Devil's shadows cut off the prayers of the people of Intis and prevented his divine revelations from reaching his believers' ears.
Of the true gods of his adjacent pathways, one was pinned down by Abyss at sea, forced to defend his believers' nation and prevent that filthy sea of blood from further devouring arable farmland and normal seas. Otherwise, their land would produce no grain in the future, and the ocean would remain unsuitable for marine life and fish to reproduce for a long time. The gods of the Northern Continent would all find themselves a head below the Earth Mother!
The Outer Deity did not even hide in his Kingdom of God when fighting in the War of the Gods!
He had simply placed his kingdom of sin upon the sea with such composure, disregarding the souls within and the existence of the Kingdom of God itself. He let it continually erode reality and expand its influence, driving malice and the tides, using this to hold back every true god who had anchors to protect!
The Devil tore away one of the Eternal Blazing Sun's wings, damaging his symbolism and power. The Monarch of Decay casually tossed these things down. The golden rain of blood and the wing fell into the swirling shadows, as though another sun had already revealed its light upon the pitch-black