"I can only express my gratitude with words now. Go, Mr. Hamilton. God must have other arrangements for you. I look forward to your next visit."
Lady Thorn also bid Shade farewell and saw him to the elevator door behind the Shadow Wall. As he went upstairs, Shade was still wondering what God wanted from him this time, though there was little point in such speculation. When he reached the tightly shut door on the 2nd Floor, he bent down and forcefully pushed it open.
Warm light shone upon Shade from that tall figure. A gaze filled with compassion and maternal affection watched him. Once Shade had stopped in the proper place, God spoke:
"I sensed some of your doubts. It seems that, through that particle of sunlight, you realized that you possess an exceptionally high talent for the power of the Sun."
Shade had not expected God to summon him for this matter.
"Yes. Whenever I encountered other forms of Sun Power before, I always vaguely had this feeling. I think there must be a reason for it."
Shade hesitated for a moment.
"Everything gained has its cause. Do you know what that cause is?"
God smiled without answering, instead extending a hand toward Shade once more. The warm light became somewhat cool and clear. The golden radiance at the fingertips of that sacred body turned into silver brilliance as it was passed over, and that strand of silver light entered Shade's body.
[Outlander, you absorbed the Moon Aura of the Moon Ancient God.] [Thaumaturgy "Moon Fire" has undergone a further sublimation. All existing traits have been comprehensively enhanced.]
Shade looked in disbelief at the hand God had withdrawn.
"That was the Power of the Moon!"
He was certain that no myth or legend had ever recorded