The apostles were invincible and Grid was a god—this was the general public perception. It was also a play on words using the fact that Grid’s identity was a god, but it was more referring to his actual strength.

It was after the Great Human and Demon War. People had witnessed the invincibility of the apostles from various angles. Additionally, Grid won victory after victory that was delivered in real time due to the epics written. Of course, Grid’s actual win rate was very low, but… he had always benefited, so he seemed to always win from a third party’s point of view.

To the public, it meant that Grid and the apostles were close to being invincible. They couldn’t be distinguished from the Absolutes of dragons, Baal, Hayate, etc., and they were recognized as being part of the same hierarchy. Nevertheless—

“Will it be okay?”

“It looks too dangerous.”

The people were concerned about the safety of the apostles. It was an unavoidable limitation. People didn’t understand the invincibility of an Absolute and they couldn’t even judge it. They made the mistake of recognizing the apostles as Absolutes, while easily thinking about defeat.

There was a reason for it. The environment surrounding Piaro was fire and ashes. It was hot, black, and empty. There was no energy of life from the sky and the ground.

Clatter clatter.

A ghost horse walking in the night sky circled overhead like a s...