[You have used Gate Formation.]

The targeted area was the earth, but there was a notification message that followed up.

[The power of the Old One, who is eager to conquer your homeland, still remains in the area. But please be happy. The Old One has been spotted, and it’s beginning to flee from the region.]

By the time I returned to the military headquarters, Hephaestus was dead. His corpse was a mess as if he had been beaten up by a herd of angry wild dogs. Since others had taken away his items, he would have been wandering around hell naked by now. His head would be intact there. Everyone would have realized that nothing could escape from the battlefield.

[You have completed the command ‘Secure Human Corps.’]

[The order to attack your homeland, which was under the jurisdiction of Doom Caso, has been suspended. The battles here will be handled by the Lunea Clan.]

Yeon-Hee approached me through the bustling chaos. The defeated soldiers had either scattered or surrendered, and the spoils were being collected from the bodies and ground.

“My quest...