**Unknown Universe, Zero World**
Zero is an enormous world. Unlike other worlds that prefer to divide themselves into smaller universes, Zero focused on expanding its celestial body with some internal dimensions within it.
This design made it a planet the size of a star, a paradise for life within it. The life inside had a higher potential for growth...
Unfortunately, the inhabitants were not enjoying this paradise due to an invader.
Life within the planet was extremely sensitive to invaders. After all, Zero was a planet that had nearly been destroyed...
Every time a being from outside the planet entered the world, the life within did everything possible to exterminate them.
Sadly, this time they couldn't kill the invader, as he possessed a power that shook the world itself...
This caused the world's leaders to take the situation seriously. Everyone remembered that terrible being who almost destroyed their world, the one who killed more than half of the world's total population...
"There's no mistake, it's the same as 100 years ago."
At a round table, the leaders of each race gathered. As members of the world council that governs this world, they were deeply concerned and anxious.
Especially the leader of the Elven race. As the race that suffered the most during the catastrophe 100 years ago, he was the first to order the execution of the invader. Unfortunately, the troops he sent for extermination were annihilated...
"Could it be a mistake? Are you sure it was that malevolent energy?"
The Dwarf leader asked, filled with doubts and sincerely hoping it was a mistake. That malevolent energy killed many, and his people suffered greatly. The thought of facing that evil again made him tremble involuntarily.
"Of course I'm sure! I verified it myself!"
The Elf leader gritted his teeth. When his soldiers didn't return, he sent another search team, and what they reported nearly made him faint from shock. Unsatisfied, he even checked the records of the lost soldiers, and their names started disappearing one by one. Likewise, all records of their existence began to vanish as if those soldiers had never existed. If they hadn't been blessed by the gods, they might have forgotten the existence of those soldiers altogether...
There was no doubt—it was the chaos, attacking the world again. But this time, unlike last time, the Hero of the Void no longer existed...
"...."
The declaration caused everyone present to furrow their brows in silence...
A hundred years had passed, but they still hadn't found a way to combat and destroy that malevolent energy that devoured the world. All they could do was delay its effects, but eventually, it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed...
"A hundred years have passed since the World War. Although we won, we lost too much and still haven't recovered from our losses. We are weaker now, and I don't think we can withstand another war of that magnitude."
The Beast leader sighed. As a race with a low birthrate, each beast was precious and valuable. Even after 100 years, their population hadn't recovered. If they were to go to war again, their race might face extinction...
"Fortunately, there are still no signs of Abyssal soldiers. Any ideas on how to confront this new calamity?"
Finding a solution to the chaos was impossible. Even a hundred years ago, they relied on a miracle to survive. Still, the Beast leader had hope and looked toward the Human leader...
The Trinity Church—fortunately, his expectations were met.
"We already have the answer. Last time, the Hero of the Void saved the world. Perhaps we should create a new miracle."
"Oh? Of all the people in the world, I never thought the Church would say these words... Wasn't it always their creed that the world would never again give birth to another miracle like the Hero of the Void? Wasn't it supposed to be that the world's luck ran out with that miracle?"
The Dragon leader mocked. Because the Hero of the Void was a human, the Church took advantage of his noble sacrifice and spread throughout the world that the Hero of the Void was nature's miracle, and that the world would never see another hero like him again. This made the Church's authority the highest in the world. Even after the gods abandoned the world, the Church remained, solely due to the fame of the Hero of the Void...
And due to the Hero of the Void's overwhelming strength, everyone who survived the war agreed with these words. Even the Seven Sages agreed with them—no one could surpass the Hero of the Void.
Since then, there had been no more heroes, as everyone who appeared was compared to the Hero of the Void, and this disqualified them from being called heroes...
But now that the Church itself was saying they needed to create miracles, the Dragon leader didn't believe it, even sneering coldly. After all, the Church wasn't the only one to benefit from the Hero of the Void's sacrifice—his Dragon race did too...
One of the Seven Sages is a Dragon and was also the Hero of the Void's Mount. This elevated the Dragons to the status of a mythical race, companions of heroes, and more.
His already arrogant race became even more so, and the world respected them for it. Wherever a dragon flew, they were revered as immortal creatures.
Thus, it wasn't in their interest for more heroes to appear. Dragons would not lower themselves to be the mounts of the weak...
"There are no lies in my words. The world is incapable of creating another miracle."
The current Pope responded calmly. His words were both true and false. Heroes appear from time to time, proving that the world's luck and destiny hadn't weakened—in fact, they were stronger. However, it was true that the current heroes couldn't compare. Even so...
"Are you contradicting yourself? If the world can't create another hero, then where are we going to find one?"
The Dragon leader was being sarcastic, and this, of course, didn't go unnoticed by the other leaders, who looked toward the Pope, awaiting his response. Naturally, the Pope responded calmly, a smile forming on his elderly face...
"Who said the miracle is from this world?"
"Huh?"
Everyone's eyes widened in shock. They were intelligent and understood what the Pope was implying...
*Bam*
However, just as they were about to ask and clarify their doubts, the door was suddenly thrown open, and a middle-aged man hurried in...
He was dressed in a golden cloak with a symbol of £ on the back. Given the horns on his head, it was obvious he wasn't human...
"Sage Augustus? What's going on? What brings you here?"
Everyone at the round table turned their heads, curious to know who was bold enough to dismiss the guards and enter this room where the world's leaders were deliberating...
However, when they saw the golden cloak, everyone calmed down, even the Dragon leader adopted a humble attitude and gently asked...
This was Augustus, one of the Seven Sages who fought alongside the Hero of the Void, so even among the Dragons, he was revered, and the younger generation idolized him...
"I heard that 'It' has returned."
"That's right, Sage Augustus."
Augustus, as a survivor of the world war, had spent his life on alert for the return of that evil to the world once more.
So, at the slightest indication, he would be the first to rise again. And of course, the Dragon leader did not refuse and told him everything that had happened...
Augustus listened in silence, confirming its authenticity. He knew this day would come...
He clenched his fist, and his aura grew heavy. This was bad, very bad...
As a Sage who fought shoulder to shoulder with the Hero of the Void against the chaos, he knew how terrible that energy was and how powerless they were against it...
It couldn't be defeated. Mortals were mere insects, and even the gods feared it. There was only one being who could stand against it, the one who saved the world with his death...
"We must bring him back... We need the Hero of the Void."
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TN: Oops sorry for the delay i was so lost reading a manhwa