In that instant, it was as though golden flames ignited around Shade, forcing Iluna beside him to keep backing away. She watched in astonishment as the sludge beneath Shade's feet rapidly evaporated as though scorched by fire. Even the pitch-black Stone Pillar slowly transformed into an earthy yellow under the indescribable power bursting from Shade.
The previously calm lake of lava stirred, columns of fiery magma erupting upward one after another, to the extent that Iluna began to worry that the Heart of the Earth would be swallowed by the lava.
But the change lasted only a few dozen seconds. As the fluctuations of power around Shade subsided, filth once again filled the Heart of the Earth. Shade, his eyes still closed, turned around. When he let out a long breath and opened his eyes with his whole body trembling, the seventeen-year-old girl saw the golden light slowly fade from his pupils. She was actually a little afraid of those eyes.
Outlander, you have absorbed the divinity of the earth.
When the mother goddess departed, the untended earth gradually warped and fell apart. Yet the earth still nurtured all things in the mortal world. All things that came from the earth and ultimately returned to it would eventually come to understand the power of soil. It came not from faith, not from fear, not from respect. This power itself was already here.
You have listened to the story of the earth. You have learned of the miracle of the earth.
Outlander, you have obtained the spell—Active Mud. Grant activity to creations of soil and stone, fill the missing parts of living bodies, and make them part of those bodies.
Outlander, you are now completely immune to all effects from Mad Earth. You have obtained Earth's Blessing: while standing upon the