I guess it's time for some painful info gathering.
Also, the volume cover is really clickbait lol, this guy isn't even main antagonist material but somehow got on the cover.
For Humanity's Strongest you could actually feel the stakes and that guy appeared early. These guys meanwhile are just foils for the MC and to show that the goddess' followers are crazy.
It only feels like they play a bigger part because chapter releases are spread out. They're the villain of the week at most.
I'm prepared for the later parts of the volume to be slower paced.