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The people who appeared before them were none other than Ren and Rubia.
"You..." Noah voiced his surprise.
"What are you doing here?"
There were still many questions to ask, but this was undoubtedly the first one.
After all, Noah, Claire, Linse, Fianna, and Alice had no idea why they had suddenly been transported out of the True Shrine, much less anyone else.
Yet from Rubia's earlier words, it seemed that the Calamity Spirit Princess had been waiting here all along for Noah's group to appear.
How had Rubia known that Noah's group would appear here?
She looked as though she had known in advance that Noah and the others would suddenly be transported here.
In fact, Rubia had indeed learned beforehand that Noah's group would be transported here.
"Though it may sound ironic coming from me, I was once a Spirit Princess who served the Spirit Kings." Rubia spoke calmly.
"After you entered the True Shrine, I received a revelation that a gate leading to the True Shrine would open here. That is why I waited here."
"I was also found by Rubia afterward," Ren answered.
"Having detected that a gate to the True Shrine was about to open here, Rubia feared that Otherworld Darkness might flow out of it. To bolster her forces, she came to find me herself."
Rubia had not only sought out Ren. She had also found Lili and Muuya.
Those two girls appeared to be aboard this airship as well.
However, Lili was controlling the airship, while Muuya, after Noah had decisively defeated her in the Spirit Sword Dance Festival, seemed to have developed