At that time, Cosmos had not yet appeared.
A thousand years ago, when the war had just ended, the Hero who defeated the Demon King had not yet established the Kingdom of Mithra.
Since the Kingdom of Mithra did not yet exist at that time, Cosmos, the fortress city under the kingdom's jurisdiction, naturally had not been built either.
Thus, back then, the region where Cosmos now stood was actually the dwelling place of a Beastmen Race tribe.
"The Dark Temple that sealed Lilith the Evil God fell directly into the tribe of our Beastmen Race ancestors, alarming the Saintess of the tribe at the time."
"The Beastmen Race Saintess then sought guidance from the Goddess of Life through prayer. After some time, it seemed the God Race decided to have the Goddess of Life oversee the temple and seal it again."
"Originally, the God Race seemed to have planned to exile the temple back into the cracks between worlds. But after Supreme God Omnis reshaped the world, it had become far sturdier and more stable than before. There were no longer any cracks in the world, only the 'walls' separating the Divine Realm, Human Realm, and Demon Realm."
"Under such circumstances, exiling the temple would at most send it to the Divine Realm or the Demon Realm. It would not solve the problem."
"Therefore, the Goddess of Life, who was responsible for guarding the temple, exiled it into an independent pocket space. Our Beastmen Race priests then guarded the area around that spatial node as well."
Iris revealed this ancient secret, one unknown to anyone else, and Shien finally understood somewhat.
"I think I get it." Shien nodded as he spoke. "Later, Hero Mitra established the kingdom and claimed this place as his territory, building Cosmos, this fortress city,