At the very same time the S-Class Heroes were holding a meeting at the Hero Association.
In the vastness of outer space, a colossal object moved slowly forward like a ship sailing through the ocean known as the universe.
It was a spaceship.
An extraordinarily enormous spaceship.
The entire vessel was made of metal and machinery, purple-black in color and so massive it resembled a city, blotting out the sky and sun.
This gigantic spaceship was slowly making its way through outer space.
Its destination was the sapphire-blue planet—Earth.
"Have we finally arrived?"
In one of the ship's war rooms, someone stood before a massive screen, gazing at the blue planet displayed upon it and murmuring as if in a dream.
He was a man clad from head to toe in heavy armor, with only a single eye.
With that lone eye, he stared intently at the planet on the screen, his voice carrying a trace of emotion.
"Twenty years. I've finally reached this planet."
The emotion in his voice was called anticipation.
Having spent twenty years traveling from the farthest reaches of the universe to Earth, he was expecting something.
The three subordinates standing behind him understood that better than anyone.
"Lord Boros."
The first to speak was an alien with the appearance of an octopus.
Addressing the one-eyed overlord before him with respect, the alien spoke.
"Can that planet called Earth truly fulfill your expectations, as the prophecy foretold?"
Anyone could hear the deep skepticism in the octopus-like alien's voice.
And he was not the only one. The other two aliens thought the same.
"Geryuganshoop is right."
An alien with a humanoid build but the appearance of a carnivorous plant spoke disdainfully. Its blue head was covered in fangs, and even its pair of arms were like the