In a special facility within the depths of the manifold in the Kandrian Empire, Bodhisattva Maitreyi opened her eyes after what felt like an eternity.
For a moment, she simply found herself staring at the plain white ceiling while the sterilized air reeked of an intensive care unit.
She simply stared at the ceiling, lost as to where she was.
Then she remembered.
She was in a battle.
She was in a battle in the very epicenter of the Beast Domain.
A battle against the eldritch chimera.
A battle they were losing.
Not even the Dawnbringer's extraordinary power allowed them to decisively secure victory against human civilization's greatest enemy.
However, she recalled what she last saw in the battlefield shortly before she departed, having finally run out of stamina.
She saw the Devil break through to the Transcendent Realm.
