Devout worship rose in succession, growing larger and larger in scale, until even the members of the Sea God Society believed it to be true, expressing from their hearts their loyalty to their faith.
The believers awaited the inspection and assessment of their god, a day they had long anticipated.
An invisible radiance shifted from the statue and was absorbed by the Evil God with outstretched arms, who closed his eyes and emitted a pleasured moan, muttering to himself.
"Pure and unrequited faith, delectably delicious, far tastier than those greedy ones..."
The Evil God could not help but laugh aloud; with the aid of their faith, his power grew once again, and simultaneously, his thinking became clearer than ever before.
Unlike the murky delirium of Hell, with its constant intense desire for destruction, he gradually came to understand everything and began to see this world clearly.