Before Chi-Woo arrived at Liber, the angel Laguel had told the seventh recruits after finishing their selection process, “There’s no need for you to save that World. We don’t even expect that much.”

The goal of sending the recruits was to normalize the situation at Liber so that it was possible for one to even wish for the salvation of Liber. But what was the standard for that? It was simple. Just like how the sun set, the moon rose, and water flowed downward, a world could ever only be saved by a single hero. Of course, there were exceptions, but this was usually the case, and one could say that Liber was the exception to all exceptional cases. When the Celestial Realm learned of Liber’s situation first, they laid down their greatest card—Choi Chi-Hyun. But in the end, they judged that it would be difficult to settle the situation on Liber even with Chi-Hyun, and without much choice, they began their attrition warfare.

Of course, this tactic of wearing down their enemies by pouring thousands of heroes that could each save a World to just one planet seemed incredibly inefficient. Furthermore, the heroes they sent never showed significant results. It was like they were pouring water over a poisoned well. Nevertheless, they couldn’t simply wash their hands off the matter. The fact that it was a galaxy-level danger meant that the issue could balloon into a force that could later target the Celestial Realm. Thus, simply put, the recruits’ goal was to help Liber...