"Mm..."
Hearing Yae Sakura's extremely faint voice, Kallen could no longer suppress the emotions in her heart.
Without hesitation, she rushed forward and tightly embraced the pink-haired shrine maiden.
"Kallen?"
"Sakura! You're finally awake!"
Carefully supporting Yae Sakura's back and helping her sit up, Kallen's eyes were filled with concern and joy.
"Sakura, how are you feeling now? Are you uncomfortable anywhere?"
"I'm sorry... Kallen... It was all my fault..."
Reaching out, Yae Sakura's fingertips gently brushed across Kallen's dirty face, stained from the earlier battle. Though her voice was weak, every word brimmed with deep apology and self-reproach.
Feeling the icy touch on her face, Kallen could no longer hold back her tears. They slid from her eyes.
"No! Sakura! This isn't your fault!"
However, just as this touching moment of lilies in bloom unfolded, Sakura interjected into their conversation in an almost indifferent tone.
"Kallen, don't forget the promise you made."
With that, her thoughts stirred. Using her authority as the supreme commander of the Undead Legion's conquest of this World Bubble, she decisively issued an order, summoning the Spectral Dragon that had been lurking deep within the Sky Garden Bamboo Forest to come receive them.
Undead troops were absolutely obedient to a necromancer.
Therefore, even though Sakura only possessed the command authority granted by Moros rather than being a necromancer herself, the Spectral Dragon still carried out her order without fail.
Sakura did not have to wait long. In merely a minute or two, a cold and powerful aura swept in like a tidal wave, permeating the entire Yae Shrine and making both Kallen and Sakura feel pressure rising from the depths of their souls.
Before they could fully understand the source of that aura, a deep, majestic dragon roar suddenly exploded, echoing throughout the Yae Shrine.