Each element that existed around was covered with more aether, as if coating it and improving its quality. In response, the elements tended to congregate in this area, too, even if the pace was very, very slow.
If she didn't know the area had been dead for a long time, she would've thought this patch of land and this spot absorbed the aether from the region.
However, it was more likely that the bit of aether and life left behind congregated to this spot, condensing through the years of accumulation.
And why would it accumulate here? Obviously, because of something special.
It was not easy to 'swim' by even a few meters here. There was naturally a resistance to foreign objects, not to mention it felt like there was a whirlpool made of mud around her.
Moving by a single inch consumed mana and energy—elemental and physical. Still, she persevered and headed in the direction where the energy was densest.
