OH MY FUCK it’s just clicked and now I’m not confused anymore. Most video game manhwas take place in MMORPG video games where the player is interacting with other players. This game is a hero collecting battle strategy game. So you collect all the hero’s, level them up and strategise. Where it starts to get confusing is the leader devotion thing. As far as I know like mana potions and stuff, love must be kind of like a cultivating thing. The more “love” you put towards your empire the stronger they get. And in a lot of cultivating games you get the option to walk the path of the enlightened or the corrupted. The difference is that MC actually FR loved one of his hero’s and poured actual love and dedication towards him. He confessed in the game??? And idk??? Maybe the game manipulated the words. Also unclear if all the hero’s are actually sentient this whole time. This is kinda like video game ORV.