(Heartfelt thanks to 'Ice Beacon Moonborn,' 'True Dragon Tiger King,' 'This Guy Actually,' 'Mo Yu Linshang,' 'I Am a Descendant of the Great Tang,' 'Seabed Weeds,' and 'World's End Ballad' for their tips!)
"Fight against this world?"
Noah raised his head.
Looking at Rubia's cold expression, Noah did not think that the current Saint was joking.
In other words, Rubia was completely serious about fighting against this world.
Could that be Rubia's goal?
Had Rubia entered this Spirit Sword Dance Festival in order to fight against the world?
But why?
As though she clearly understood Noah's doubts, Rubia spoke directly.
"The way this world currently exists is wrong. The system in which the five great Spirit Kings rule the world, bestow blessings upon it, and govern both the human world and the Elemental Spirit World is no longer suitable for this world. Therefore, I must set the world upon its true course."
When she said this, Rubia's tone was more serious than it had ever been before.
Yet Noah still frowned.
"What does that mean?"
"It means exactly what it sounds like." A frightening gleam flashed through Rubia's eyes.
"Everything in this world survives by relying on the Spirit Kings' power. Such a world is undoubtedly flawed. Where there is dependence, conflict will arise. No one knows when the Spirit Kings, who have always sustained this world, might destroy it instead. When that happens, humanity, which can only survive by relying on the Spirit Kings' power, will be annihilated along with the world, utterly unable to resist."
"So we must rise up and fight!" Rubia's voice was more impassioned than ever.
"For the future of the world, we must drag those Spirit Kings, who hold the life and death of the entire world in their hands, down from their pedestals!"