Then the phantom of the Weeping Madonna slowly spread her arms, as though embracing the entire world.
Her immense divine consciousness, towering a thousand feet high, shattered within the pure-white space!
It became a shower of crystalline light, like warm spring snow, pouring without reserve into Lin En's still-weak divine core of ash.
"May your ashes rekindle this world..."
This was the last of her essence, absolute control over the land of Fog Town, and, above all, her final concern for the town and the trust she placed in him.
As the rain of light fell, the mental space gradually became transparent.
Lin En stood quietly, feeling the sacred power within him surge, filled with compassion and the will to protect.
He did not make his usual snarky comments to himself, nor did he rejoice wildly at the enormous benefits about to fall into his hands.
Lin En gazed into the void, his expression more solemn than ever before.
As a modern man, he could not make some grand divine vow like, "I would die for all living beings."
But he had his own way of making a promise.
"I may be a Wild Deity who stumbled into the job..."
Lin En silently answered the will that had already dissipated:
"But when you take someone's payment, you handle their troubles."
"Besides, you even gave your life for this."
"Rest assured... I'll do everything I can to protect Fog Town and your believers!"
The moment Lin En made that promise in his heart, something changed.
The silent mental space was forcibly torn apart by a piercing series of system alerts!
``` [Ding!!!]
[Host detected receiving new Deity Authority!]
[Divine core fusion progress: 10%...50%...100%!]
[Fusion complete!]
[Congratulations, host! Successfully absorbed the authority of compassion!]
[Reconstructing the system's underlying laws...]
[Class progression tree