Cain understood that the problem before them was not a lack of strength. At this point, the forces of the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe actually held a slight advantage. Their warriors were powerful, their techniques and cosmic power impressive, their artifacts fearsome, and their combined might was leaving deep and dangerous wounds on the Champions of the Root, which constantly forced them to heal.
The true problem was trust.
Someone needed to enter the Heart of the Root itself—march into the world-sized tumor, slaughter the endless spawn covering its surface, clear a path for the golden hand of the Matrix, and deliver a decisive blow that would weaken the world-sized tumor and allow the Universe Will to push the abomination back.
