Chi-Woo left his room and returned to the restaurant. Eshnunna’s request was simple. She wanted him to gather all the recruits in one place because she thought she had something that could help them. Chi-Woo had been away from the meeting for some time, but the situation hadn’t improved at all; the heroes’ conversation was going nowhere, and they were still arguing about the same topics, namely how long they were going to keep waiting without doing anything, and whether they should at least prepare some countermeasures.

Chi-Woo interrupted the meeting and guided the heroes to a small building next to the mansion as per Eshnunna’s instruction.

“Why is she suddenly telling us to go there?”

“Let’s go along with it this time. I’m also curious why we were told not to set foot in there without permission.”

The building they were going to was a place that Eshnunna had warned them to not enter carelessly. When they opened the door, they saw a woman standing alone in the center of a spacious room.

“Welcome.” Eshnunna bowed, revealing the large statue hanging on the wall behind her. It was a statue of a beautiful goddess, lit up by the silverish moonlight and wrapped all over in stems; on each stem was a blooming, reddish-black flower that looked like it would start dripping blood at any moment.

“Is this a place of worship?” Zelit asked while looking around his surroundings.

“It’s not much for a temple, but it is meant to serve the master of all gods, Elephthalia,” Eshnunna replied.

“Elephthalia?” Zelit furrowed his eyebrows. “I heard Liber reached its current state because the goddess Elephthalia became crazy and put a curse on this World. Why would you worship a mad goddess?”

“I suppose that’s the Shahnaz clan’s point of view. There are certainly some who think that way. However, my opinion is slightly different.”

“Hey, so why did you tell us to come?” the impatient Giant Fist asked bluntly. Since he had come right after arguing passionately in a meeting, he wasn’t...