Leveling with the Puppets

'There is no hope for humanity in this era. But if we can try again! if one of us can try again, then we have a chance. Soma, be the one to carry this burden for us. Be our ray of hope.'

The era of humanity ended when the ceiling of the tower was broken and the Rankers saw the 'true' sky for the first time. That led to a fight between humanity and the outer gods in which humanity in which humanity was soundly defeated.

But they did not lose hope.

Using whatever power humanity had left, they decided to send one of their representatives back in time to prevent the apolitical future from happening.

This was how Soma came to the past and he only had one goal in mind - to prevent the future from unfolding the same way as it did last time.