After wrapping up her first five-day journey across the snowfields, Ivette entered part of the completed map into the Soul Brain as a backup, then returned to Ice Hammer City.
Amid Sara's warm greetings, she returned to her hot spring courtyard deep within Snow Smoke Manor, while also remembering to probe a certain room at the very deepest part with her mental power.
But she did not see Frost Hua, which left her slightly disappointed.
She had wanted to ask how that little girl had been carrying out her stated mission of spreading the goddess's glory since they had last parted.
After thoroughly relaxing in the hot spring for a while, night fell. Ivette changed into a comfortable cotton bathrobe, returned to the warm inner room, and lazily lay down in the middle of the thickly carpeted chamber. Her consciousness sank into the mental domain that belonged solely to her, constructed upon a foundation of Faith Element.
Her mental domain was still a pure white expanse, with little decoration, appearing vast and empty.
Ezra's existence as the Thunder Apostle took the form of a lightning symbol constantly crackling with blue-white arcs, making it especially eye-catching. Surrounding that main symbol were several dozen comparatively bright golden points of light, scattered like stars. Those were the holy emblems and basic-function sacred statues that had been placed throughout the area.
Even finer were the dust-like golden particles of light permeating the space, perceptible only by gathering mental power. Every particle represented the soul of a believer devoutly praying to the Silver Witch.
Now that she had become increasingly proficient in using Faith Magic, Ivette had clearly come to understand its advantages.
Though its main advantages were still the same old three.
First, it could create apostles, turning them into elite troops and capable