The statue was in a half-kneeling, toppled posture, its head bowed like a loyal guard.
It was known as the hero.
Every ruin had such a hero. The hero's existence was the final force opposing the ogre race. For countless years, the hero had guarded the ruins, but no one knew when the hero's power had vanished.
When humanity opened the entrance to the first ruin, the power of the ogre race also awakened.
Legend said that when the world fell into panic over the ogres, the hero's power would appear once more... Someone would become a new hero and inherit its power.
The ogre race had built this park inside the ruins in order to deliberately search for people capable of inheriting the hero's power. The other six ruins also had similar facilities.
This was everything Ms. Morian currently knew about the inside story.
The Welfare Officer called Phoenix standing before them was actually one of the Ogre Knights serving under the Emperor of the Ghost Kingdom... The Welfare Officer identity was merely a disguise. Every time Phoenix came, it was actually to observe the hero's power awakening.
"It seems this isn't the place." After observing the statue for a moment, Phoenix finally turned around.
Ms. Morian hesitantly asked, "My lord, this...?"
Phoenix said calmly, "Not long after the Rebel Army's attack this time, His Majesty sensed a fluctuation of hero power, but couldn't determine its exact location. For now, knights have been dispatched to every ruin."
The revival of the hero's power?
Does this mean we're about to enter... the official storyline?
Ms. Morian was secretly delighted, but her expression remained normal. She even asked tentatively, "My lord, it has already been half a year since the last child entered the park. Should we consider recruiting a new