Haruki lay still, his body cold, his breath shallow. The figures of his classmates moved like shadows above him, their voices fading into the distance.

Unblessed. Useless. Forgotten.

As he listened to their chatter, the voices of the so-called "heroes" chosen to save this world, Haruki clenched his fists. They had no idea what was really happening. They thought they had been summoned for glory, to be heroes for a grateful world. They didn’t see the truth behind the king’s flowery words and empty promises. But Haruki had heard it all when no one else was listening.

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The king had no intention of treating them as human beings. To him, they were weapons—tools of war to be used against the Demon God. Every race wanted to use these heroes like nukes, each one ready to sacrifice them in the name of their own survival.