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"Intis's economy is declining. A decline on this scale may require state intervention. Employment is falling too..."
The True Creator let His thoughts wander. The country's situation was largely stable, and the Church's change of personnel was nearly complete, so He had found a rare moment to observe Intis's current circumstances, while also using the people's prayers to understand changes in the market. Because of the change in faith, some devout believers who could not accept it had chosen to depart along with their faith, while most people in Intis cared more about whether the Church of the Creator would be any better than the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun, or worse.
The answer, for now, was that the Creator's Church was better.
Although people were quite receptive to the idea that evildoers went to hell and those who did good went to heaven (they even cheerfully felt that this was only right), revealing the existence of Beyonders had indeed caused some panic within the country. Fortunately, the Church's control was sufficiently firm. While clearing nest after nest of Demonesses out of Trier and the rest of the country, it had also shut down many clandestine Beyonder gatherings in one sweep.
The Church used Beyonder methods to assess these unaffiliated Beyonders. Those of suitable character were recruited as auxiliary members for further observation, while the unsuitable ones were reduced to their original components on the spot, bringing large quantities of characteristics and Beyonder items under the Church's management.
This measure disrupted Intis's normal Beyonder ecosystem, uprooted the eyes and ears of numerous hidden organizations, and almost completely cut off unaffiliated Beyonders' channels. However, it also successfully maintained public order and made the Beyonder world public and standardized, turning it from urban legend into common knowledge.
The Church now