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"What? It has something to do with El, the Hero of God? How is that possible?" Shasha covered her mouth, her eyes wide with disbelief.
If Grandpa Noska hadn't said it—the man everyone in the area recognized as a scholar—she would have assumed it was more nonsense.
Even the others found it hard to believe.
They could hardly be blamed. The Ten Heroes who had emerged over the past few years stood at the height of human esteem, more respected than the leaders of some powerful factions.
Each was immensely strong. Every one of them protected several important cities against invasions by monsters and the forces of Hell.
Some traveled from one end of the world to the other, fighting wherever Hell's influence appeared. Their deeds had become known to all humanity.
And earned its respect.
El, the Hero of God, was one such figure.
After the mysterious Guardians stepped into the public eye, El had come forward as the face of the new era. He led powerful Guardians across the world, battling the Dark Fallen Ones and the Destruction Faithful wherever he went. Rumor even had it that he had slain an immensely powerful True Destroyer, though no one knew whether that was true.
Then there was Roxie, the blond beauty and disciple of Benedict I, Pope of the Nature Church, and Dirax. She, too, was one of the mighty Ten Heroes.
Called an incarnation of the Goddess of Nature, she led the Nature Church Guardian Knights from