The Living Shadow disappeared.

And so, the threat was thwarted once again once and for all; Michael entered and exited the Veritas with all of the ones that were being set up for Judgment, his brother, Lucifer, especially, already in custody and unable to escape the hand of the holy archangel. "Thank you, Michael!" Tina cried, already knowing exactly what it means whenever Michael appeared. Once again, by submitting to the enemy at the correct time, they destroyed themselves and left the Veritas safe. "We will keep the Golden Rose safe, as proof of our exchange!" It was a shame how it had to happen, but Tina was not worried. Instead, she would return to her peace knowing that the Veritas was also again at Peace and the criminals were being hauled off by Michael, thus effectively ending all of the Veritas' enemies all at once.

"Consecration."

Long after the many threats to the Veritas emerged from the realms beyond, tainting the pure and holy land with sin and evil, a large tree sprouted up in the center of the Courthouse, standing taller than any pillar and greater than any column. It towered above the thrones and the seats, but stood prominently in the dead center of the Courthouse, and branched into the stable foundation all around it, assimilating with the design. The roots would bind the Courthouse to the ground and the branches would shelter and intertwine with the architecture and infrastructure, assimilating with the 24 seats that encircled the crystalline courtroom. This tree, which was shining and glittering as crystal, would emanate a vibration that was the sound of the voice of the Great Mind, which spake unto the powers, authorities, officials, judges and general lawkeepers of the Veritas about the threats and sudden terror that struck.

"Order In The Court."

This was a call out to the Royal Servants, the $yndicate; The Veritas' royal army, which had been in training and in cultivation for quite some time, gathering up as many members as possible and teaching them the law to uphold in righteousness, purity and truth for the law and stability of the Veritas as a whole. It was about time for them to take their place, and for many matters involving the Courts and the Judges to be discussed.

The Royal Servants of the Veritas, known also as the Veritas Brigade, secretly as 'The $yndicate' would fill the Courthouse, each of them taking their positions in front of their respective thrones and judiciary seats that were prepared for them once they were summoned. They gazed up in awe and honor at the enormous crystal tree that was keeping their once broken establishment upheld and upright. Where these Judges would have either become or already were Valparaiso Denizens, this single tree that kept their establishment upright is the only thing keeping them from degenerating back into Lawlessness along with the Valparaisans that were out and about, wherever they had been, and the degenerate lawless order that ran rampant in the sinful universes of worlds beyond which caused them to lose hope and faith for so long whilst waiting for the coming of The Lord. When 'Order' was called, they obediently bowed their heads and closed their eyes, as though they were praying, which they were. They consecrated themselves as they knew they should, and hadn't done for quite a long time, due to having given up hope and relinquished their laws to the Lawless land's anarchic rules. Rending their hearts for what was to come; Order being restored, the $yndicate would each wait patiently in their respective places for the crystal tree to give them the command.