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"Mm..."
When consciousness returned to her mind, Rubia immediately understood her current situation.
Clearly, she had fainted.
And it had happened when the Cursed Gear Crests across her entire body had begun to backlash.
Once she understood that, only one question remained in Rubia's heart.
(Am I still alive?)
Cursed Gear Crests covered her entire body.
No one understood better than Rubia what consequences would arise when such a massive number of Cursed Gear Crests began to backlash.
Rubia knew that she should not have survived.
Even though she had endured the side effects of the Cursed Gear Crests all this time, once every Cursed Gear Crest on her body began to backlash at once, there was absolutely no way she could live.
In fact, before she had lost consciousness, Rubia had already prepared herself for death.
She felt no fear toward that.
If she feared death, Rubia would never have implanted so many Cursed Gear Crests into her own body.
All Rubia felt was regret.
Regret that she had failed to fulfill her wish.
With that regret, Rubia had lost consciousness and quietly awaited death.
Yet waking up once more left Rubia unusually bewildered.
When she opened her eyes, the first thing that entered Rubia's sight was an aged ceiling.
Rubia almost immediately understood the situation.
She was no longer in the sanctuary where the battle had taken place.
That sanctuary had been through two high-level battles. There was no way such an intact ceiling could have remained.
Therefore, Rubia had been moved elsewhere.
By someone's hand.
Rubia abruptly sat up.
The moment she did, a voice reached Rubia's ears.
"Are you