Meanwhile, far away from dungeons, a very different scene was unfolding.
In the holy cathedral city of the Empire of the Divine Goddess of Light, a massive white cathedral stood at the very center of the city. Calling it a building felt almost like an insult to its grand architecture. It towered over everything around it, so large and overwhelming that it was closer to a mountain than a structure built by human hands.
Vast stairs, one in each cardinal direction, stretched from the city floor all the way up to the cathedral's entrance, rising for nearly a full kilometer. Upon these stairs, countless figures could be seen kneeling, bowing, and pressing their foreheads to the stone in worship. Their bodies formed long, unmoving lines, all facing upward toward the same sacred sight.
At the very top of the cathedral stood a statue of otherworldly beauty.
