Unfortunately, things rarely went in the ideal direction.
"Hen?! Why would you?!"
"Come on, Cosmo, you know it. For a mission like this, sending ordinary people in would just be sending them to their deaths. Their lives would only be used to stall the Herrscher... That wouldn't be a good thing for them."
Listening to Cosmo's shout, filled with anger and confusion, over the comms, Hen dodged the Herrscher's attacks and replied helplessly.
"But they still shouldn't have just..."
"Enough, Cosmo. Being afraid of death is only natural... Especially when it's a Herrscher. Even Fusion Warriors like us find it troublesome, let alone them. They don't have the ability to fight back like we do... Or do you think leaving a certain-death mission to them would be a good choice?"
"..."
Cosmo pressed his lips together, unsure how to respond for a moment.
In his eyes, a warrior should fight bravely. Running away in the middle of battle... Could they still be called soldiers of Moth to Fire?
But Hen was right. Sending those ordinary soldiers to fight a Herrscher was sending them to their deaths, so it was understandable that they ran... Yet Cosmo couldn't accept it.
And the people at the top clearly knew it too. Ordinary soldiers simply could not fight a Herrscher, not even with complete equipment. Powerful individuals like Kevin and Elysia could not be everywhere, yet they had still sent ordinary soldiers here... This was outright sending them to their deaths! They wanted to use ordinary soldiers' lives to delay the Herrscher!
Could a Moth to Fire like this... truly protect humanity properly?
For the first time, Cosmo doubted Moth to Fire.
"Haha, but thanks for worrying about me. And I'm strong—at least stronger than you, kid."
"Keep bragging."
Xi Wang's voice drifted in