“It’s about the forces behind the two types of beings.” 

Zelit scowled. He didn’t expect to hear this from the leader of the fifth recruits; the words ‘forces’ and ‘two types of beings’ in particular piqued his attention.

“By two types of beings…do you mean the cursed ones who had gone mad and the broken ones?”

The hero nodded.

“There were different forces pulling the strings behind the scene?”

“Yes,” the hero said while gasping for air. “What do you think is the reason why the mutation happened in the first place?”

Zelit paused, stopping himself from calling the hero’s statements nonsensical. “Based on what you said …” After organizing his thoughts, Zelit asked, “Are you insinuating that the mutations were artificially fostered rather than a natural occurrence?”

Someone was purposefully bringing about these mutations, and there was a power overseeing the cursed ones and the broken ones respectively.

“Why? For what reason?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” the hero said in a low voice. “To expand their army.”

“So that they can keep us in check?” Ru Hiana asked, and the hero laughed a terribly self-deprecating laugh.

“Of course not,” he stated firmly. His voice grew weary as he continued, “Why would beings coming to this world with such tremendous power care about weaklings like us? We don’t even have the right to stand on this World’s battle stage, nor do we warrant a lick of their attention. That’s the reality.” In other words, even if all the recruits from the Celestial Realm and the natives of Liber came together, anyone would be hard-pressed to call them a formidable force in...