Adventure, exploration, research, investigating, and scouting—these were all words with different meanings, but in a wider scope, they could all be lumped together in one category. There was one word that could encapsulate all those different words at once: expedition. The act of going far away to fight for a goal.

It was important to differentiate between ‘going on an exploration’ and ‘going on an expedition’. Compared to an expedition, an exploration happened frequently and on smaller scales. On the other hand, an expedition was usually done by a specific number of people above a certain tier and happened rarely. In accordance with this, Chi-Hyun had summoned only heroes at gold tier and above since the team wasn’t going on some small exploration in the vicinity of the city, but an expedition, which they had to pour a lot of time and effort into. In short, an expedition was something not anyone could do.

But there was one important point to focus on here. Currently, humanity succeeded in establishing itself in the holy city, Shalyh, and was acknowledged by the Cassiubia League. Humanity wasn’t a proper fourth faction on Liber yet, but with the way things were progressing, it appeared they would soon become a force that could exert considerable influence across the planet. While they were still working hard to reach this goal, though, the level of authority a faction wielded wasn’t infinite. Like money and merits, it could also run out. Thus, this expedition could be called a test of sorts for humanity. It was a test to see whether humanity could establish itself as a powerful faction and had the qualifications to wield greater authority...