The Magic Array that imprisoned the Witch Puppet was made of gold.
Because Marvin believed that gold was very likely one of the materials for creating a Magic Array.
Gold, which can be used as money and for making Magic Arrays, one can never stockpile too much of it.
Other churches were probably also in a rush to acquire gold.
The United States of Aurous, which had triggered a gold rush, was very likely to take off with this trend.
To tell the truth, Marvin had no good feelings toward the United States of Aurous at all.
A group of outsiders had seized the land of the indigenous people and relied on advanced weaponry to slaughter them en masse, which was a disgustingly low act that was contempitble.
But this conformed to the natural law of survival of the fittest and the natural rule of the jungle.
Therefore, Marvin had no intention of condemning their actions; he believed that one day, the massacred indigenous people would rise and resist.
If they didn't have weapons...