Our Heroes: A Star-Sea Adventure with Kids in Tow

Erdogan, a Romani captain who roams the star sectors, has a poor aptitude for his people's telepathic abilities. He is cautious, optimistic, stubborn, resourceful, and adventurous. He has his limits: sometimes he plunders ill-gotten gains from bad people, but never preys on the weak or children. He has a sense of justice, though he doesn't look like a good person.

Before the Republic of Ankarle in the Third Sector invaded Earth, Erdogan was just an ordinary smuggler and unlicensed passenger-ship captain. During a voyage smuggling people, he unexpectedly acquired half of a mysterious triangular artifact. When he learned that it came from the Traversers, the only god-tier civilization in the Milky Way, he became determined to uncover its secrets and embarked on an adventure.

During his escape at the beginning of the story, he discovers an Ankarle child, Ka Tuke, hidden in a cargo container. From then on, he sets off on an adventure solving mysteries while looking after a child. Through one twist of fate after another, he also meets many like-minded companions.

After facing one crisis after another and escaping death several times, Erdogan gradually uncovers the secrets of the triangular artifact. He discovers that, through his many adventures, the artifact has given him the mission of fighting an evil force bent on destroying the world. He also gradually learns of the vast conspiracy behind the Conquerors' invasion of Earth.

When he learns the truth that the ultimate darkness, the Star Eater, will eventually descend upon the world, he seeks to give his companions a chance to survive by his own means, and to outlast the apocalyptic prophecy the leader and prophet of the god-tier civilization made for the entire sector.

Familiar heroes from mythology will appear in the later part of the novel, including the Great Sage and Nezha. In the end, Erdogan will join these heroes to save our world.