After the sandstorm had raged for who knew how many hours, the sand filling the sky finally fell silent once more.
Between heaven and earth, there was nothing but chaos.
More than half an hour after the sandstorm ended, an arm suddenly stretched out from beneath the sand. Fireworks of Romance then painstakingly dragged someone out as she crawled free from the sand herself.
—This was perhaps the most terrifying sandstorm she had ever experienced.
It was as if heaven and earth had overturned, as if a Sage were reforging earth, wind, water, and fire, returning everything to chaos.
Fortunately, it was all over now.
After crawling out of the sand, before the vicious sun overhead had yet to emerge, Fireworks of Romance lay exhausted on the sand for over ten minutes.
The several hours when the sandstorm struck had been incredibly difficult. Although she had racked her brains and managed to save both herself and someone else, she herself had been worn out terribly.
"There's still almost a day and a half left... Hmm?"
Just as Fireworks of Romance was planning her next steps in her mind, she suddenly sat upright and looked vigilantly into the distance.
Several figures had appeared atop a nearby sand dune at some unknown point. Fireworks of Romance was certain that the sand dune had been empty just a second ago; those figures had appeared there with startling abruptness.
Not only that, several tents that had already been set up and a half-burned campfire had appeared on the sand dune alongside them.
"A desert mirage... an image from the past?"
After staring in that direction for a while, Fireworks of Romance was somewhat uncertain.
After all, that sand dune was only a few hundred meters away. There was no reason for her to have