Warm yellow light illuminated Shade's face, his entire body. At that moment, Shade could even imagine that this light would illuminate this street, this city, this world.
The descent of the night curtain was the fear of all civilization, but the light of civilization drove away the darkness:
"This is civilization. This is light. The light of civilization."
In an instant, steam seemed to rise behind him, while Spirit and Elements within his soul surged wildly:
"No, not yet!"
But the stirring of that moment unexpectedly subsided just like that, and Shade did not obtain the Enlightenment Spirit Rune.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened them and exhaled, the radiance of brilliant lights seemed faintly reflected in his gaze.
Because he had seen more, understood more, and learned more, the Outlander knew that civilization was absolutely not so simple. And because he understood the weight of civilization, he could not obtain that heavy Spirit Rune through the stirring of this single moment alone.
"The firelight of civilization has lit up at this moment, but civilization is far more than this brief brilliance."
Shade closed his eyes again, trying to firmly etch that scalp-tingling sensation from a moment ago into his memory.
He did not regret failing to condense his feelings toward "light" and "civilization" into a Spirit Rune just now. It would have been such a waste to use civilization here. He wanted more.
"Oh!"
Unexpectedly, someone bumped into him while his eyes were closed. Shade's heart jolted, completely breaking free from that illusion of having seen through all of civilization at a glance.
He hurriedly reached out to check his wallet and belongings, but everything was still there. The other person seemed to have truly only bumped into him.
Standing at the mouth