"Strong enough… to destroy the entire planet?"
Even though it has been more than a week since Athena and Evangeline concocted their unexpectedly simple plan, Van still had no idea why all this preparation and distraction was necessary. According to their intel, the only one that would prove to be a challenge was Sarah's grandfather, Clark Hearst.
Other than that, there will only be the enhanced humans as well as one Platinum-rank Explorer from another country guarding the place where they are being produced-- the place that their group would be infiltrating.
Even Athena herself told Van that with the right plan, even he by himself could conquer the country's Circle. He just had to kill Clark before he could detect him as they do not know the extent of his powers.
So the reason why they weren't doing just that… was because Hermes's body would explode if handled wrongly? What does that even mean?
Here we go folks