After obtaining the Holy Tower Temporary Badge, Saine quickly got in touch with Nataya and Yuli.
Nataya was also at the Fortress Main Base, but unlike him, she was currently lying in a patient room in the Rest Area.
Three months ago, when the Space Fortress had carried out indiscriminate bombardment over the central region of the Akale Plain, Nataya had been positioned quite close to the plain's center.
As a result, she had unfortunately been severely injured by the Energy Beams that swept down from the sky.
Since Yuli had been inside her Constructed Magic Puppet, although the puppet itself had also suffered serious damage, she herself had come to no great harm.
Like Nataya, many knights and magicians were currently lying in the Rest Area of the main fortress.
Fortunately, the native creature legions of the Gumo Plane could no longer gather any respectable vital force, and their will to fight had completely collapsed.
Otherwise, given the Dark Flame Holy Tower's reserves, it would not have been able to sustain another battle force comparable to the great decisive battle on the Akale Plain.
The instant Nataya saw Saine again, tears surged uncontrollably into her eyes.
She had thought Saine had already perished and had even prepared herself to become a widow.
However, before Nataya could pour out her feelings to Saine, Lunna, who entered the patient room right behind him, caused Nataya—still hugging Saine—to freeze in place.
"Who are you?" Nataya instinctively held Saine tighter, like a little girl clutching her favorite toy.
It was not that Nataya had poor eyesight and failed to recognize her best friend.
It was simply that, after the double crisis in the Underground World, Lunna's appearance had undergone earth-shaking changes.
The person before her had only the faintest one-percent connection to the