“Hope.”

Sungyoon felt his heart lift a little bit when he heard that word. Humanity was facing an existential crisis, and this word was the bright sun shining its light on humans.

“It's a word we need more than ever now.”

“Mmm!”

Emily, Tim, and Grace felt the same way.

No, every Connector felt like that. They savored the word.

“The magicians went through all kinds of hardship to make the seed of hope. They didn’t have food or water. The only sustenance they had were the occasional monsters that flew toward the city. They survived by eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the monsters. The magicians lived a substandard life even when compared to us, who could gather a variety of foods in the Great Labyrinth.”

The water and plants existing inside the Great Labyrinth were imbued with powerful magical energy. Therefore, humans couldn’t eat anything from the Great Labyrinth. If normal humans did that, they would die; magical energy would run rampant in their digestive system and crush their organs. If Connectors did it, they wouldn’t die, but they would suffer from a stomach ache and a reduction in physical strength. Since the descendants of Planote had nothing else to eat, they...