—[Avatar Form]!
A pale golden radiance appeared before Soren's eyes as he looked down from the air at the mire, roughly a kilometer across.
It lay near a valley, far from where the oozes gathered. However, the construction of Port Nyanzaru could not accommodate such unpredictable creatures, so they had been exterminated around the previous year.
There were no longer any traces of oozes in the mire, only a few small animals at most. Yet now even those animals were gone. Almost no living creatures could be seen within the area of abnormal gravity. The only thing he could sense was the abundance of earth elemental energy here. Casting Transmute Rock to Mud here should considerably improve the spell's effect.
"Found it!"
After surveying the area, Soren finally discovered the source of the problem.
It was a mud pit invisible to the naked eye, somewhat like a swamp. A powerful energy field lay beneath it. The connecting passage was probably right here.
—"Alter Space [Divine Ability]!"
With a surge of golden radiance, Soren used his divine power to break through the illusion concealed by the Material Plane. Overlapping space appeared before him, revealing a deep, dark rift.
To find out what was happening, he would have to enter it.
"This is a land of buried treasure.
This is a wall against all enemies.
This is the grave of the greedy."
The Elemental Plane of Earth was a solid plane composed of rock, dirt, and stone. Unwary and unprepared travelers could find themselves buried alive in this enormous, solid tomb, their lives ending as they were crushed. Their pulverized remains served as a warning to anyone foolish enough to dare follow.
Despite its solid, unyielding nature, the Elemental Plane of Earth varied in hardness, ranging from relatively soft soil to