@seiaxen She gave him a charm that supposedly will stop his abilities from working and will reduce the amount of damage he receives from an attack. She did say he would be a hero after this, but I think that's more due to him eliminating a corrupt and vile hero who is abusing his position to get...
Never read the novel, but somehow I'd find it more interesting if the Black Dragon wasn't the actual target of the device, but nations considered enemies of the country that built it. BD tried to stop the country from activating it, and while that country was losing, they decided to do a hail...
@ShionSinX I think what some people mean is this feels like an axed ending. I know that the story keeps going on, I've been reading the web novel online, but even I feel like how this chapter was made feels like they are axing this.