Ms. Sherry Wen, the "Thorn Sister," was a God Descent Body cultivated by the Nature Church. She was also an ascetic.
Her eyes bore continuous thorn patterns that had even seeped beneath her eyelids. Of course, during the Battle of Sikar Mountain, because Iluna had performed outstandingly and the evil god had immediately been suppressed by the Moon God summoned by the "God Summoner," the Nature Church had ultimately not used the Divine Advent Ritual. After all, the enemy people had faced at the time had not been a god, but an undead evil creature born from a Level 0 Relic.
As for the barefoot ascetic in rough linen before him, if Shade had guessed correctly, he should have been a God Descended Body cultivated by the Sun Church for the Old Man with the Lantern, God of Sun and Earth. Otherwise, there was no explanation for how he could, like Shade, directly touch the sludge flowing across the ground without relying on any power.
Even Iluna, who was still aboard the airship, could not do that.
The bearded ascetic nodded but offered no comment on Shade's words:
"I merely came to assess the situation. Though I also possess Earth Power, I cannot purify this twisted and mad land. Tonight, it can only be handled by you and that venerable soul."
He had used the singular here:
"There are believers of the evil god atop the mountain. They intend to use tonight's events to make important preparations before the evil god descends. You must prepare yourself to face the evil god's power."
"I've seen plenty of evil gods' power."
Shade said with a smile, then asked him:
"If that deity truly descends upon Randall River Valley in the near future, during the season when the first Randall Flower blooms, what