Loamwalker

*Trod the unbroken path.*

## Summary

A high-quality F-Grade movement skill that Zac gained from the level 35 skill quest of his Hatchetman class.

The skill has synergy with Hatchetman's Spirit and his Dao Seed of Trees and Fragment of the Bohdi.

Manually upgraded to [E] Earthstrider during in his time in the Twilight Ascent.

## Skill Quest

Loamwalker (Class): Walk a thousand kilometers touching the earth. Reward: Loamwalker Skill (0/1,000) **Book 1, Chapter 58**

Loamwalker (Class): Walk a thousand kilometers touching the earth. Reward: Loamwalker Skill. (983/1,000) **Book 1, Chapter 79**

* Finally, he was surprised to see that the Loamwalker hadn’t progressed at all since he got it. He wasn’t exactly sure how far he ran yesterday, ... And walking on a mountain should constitute touching earth in any sense of the word. After a brief hesitation, he took off his shoes and threw them into his bag. **Book 1, Chapter 64**
* And Ogras didn’t know it, but his solution would also help him progress his other class skill for **[Loamwalker]** through all the running. **Book 1, Chapter 75**
* He was very close to completing the quests for both his **[Loamwalker]** skill and **[Forester’s Constitution]**, and he felt it would be better to complete those skills when he was alone. **Book 1, Chapter 79**
* Finally done with everything, he set out toward Port Atwood, but after only an hour of walking, he was once again interrupted. This time, it was his **[Loamwalker]** quest that was completed. **Book 1, Chapter 80**

## Skill Location

**Soles of Both Feet**

* Eagerly, he checked the skill out, and as he expected, this time, it was a fractal that went on his legs. More specifically, it was two identical fractals that were placed on the soles of his feet, directly touching the ground below. **Book 1, Chapter 80**

## Skill Window

Loamwalker – Proficiency: Middle. Trod the unbroken path. Upgradeable. **Book 2, Chapter 71**

Loamwalker (Late): Trod the unbroken path. Upgradeable. **Book 4, Chapter 90**

## F-Grade Early Proficiency

Move a few meters with every step.

* Zac didn’t hesitate and immediately infused the new fractals with energy. As he stood still, he noticed no difference, but when he took a step, the world turned blurry for an instant. Afterward, he found himself standing two meters away from his original position. The skill actually increased the distance he traversed somehow. **Book 1, Chapter 80**
* After a while, he was forced to stop using the skill, as the consumption of Cosmic Energy was quite high. **Book 1, Chapter 80**

## F-Grade Middle Proficiency

Move 15 meters with every step.

* ... he kept trying various things. Between the stairs and the long talks with the abbot, he felt he’d gained a deeper understanding of the Dao, and he was trying to incorporate it into his fighting style. Not only that, but he also needed to test his improved Dao Seed. ... He needed to know the effect of adding it to various skills. His experimentation had an unexpected result, as his movement skill **[Loamwalker]** gained a level and reached Middle mastery. It was almost instantaneous after he incorporated his Dao of Trees into his steps, clearly showing what the criterion for the upgrade was. **Book 2, Chapter 71**
* Zac realized that his energy consumption decreased by quite a bit when he infused his legs with the Dao of Trees. It wasn’t to the point that he would be able to use it nonstop for hours, but it helped with one of the largest downfalls of the skill: its high energy consumption. **Book 2, Chapter 71**
* As for the effect of the upgrade itself, it was a simple upgrade to the range of the skill. At Low mastery, each step could take him a few meters forward at the most, but after it improved to Middle rank, the range improved to around fifteen meters. **Book 2, Chapter 71**
* The downside was that the further he walked, the higher the consumption was, and to use the skill to its maximum effect was quite costly, even with the empowerment of the Dao. **Book 2, Chapter 71**

## F-Grade Late Proficiency

Move 50 meters with every step.

* Zac had sensed a few improvements during the battle, ... As expected, he saw that **[Loamwalker]** had reached Late mastery, and even **[Nature’s Barrier]** had improved a step as well. He wasn’t quite sure what made the skills suddenly evolve, but he was happy to take it. Both had been subject to lava before they broke through, perhaps that was a clue to push the two skills one step further? **Book 4, Chapter 55**
* He activated **[Loamwalker]** and moved straight through the battlefield, each step bringing him over fifty meters away. **Book 4, Chapter 94**

## F-Grade Peak Proficiency

Move 100 meters with every step and can take one step in the air.

* ... and one skill after another took a step forward over the following hours [while in the Dimensional Seed]. **[Loamwalker]** was next, finally reaching Peak, ... **Book 7, Chapter 50**
* The evolution to Peak mastery of **[Loamwalker]** was more interesting. The largest detriment to that skill was how it was bound to earth, but that rule was finally being loosened at Peak. The upgrade didn’t give him the power of flight, but he was actually able to take one step in the air with the skill. True to its name, the skill still needed loam to walk, and **[Loamwalker]**’s solution was actually to form a small patch of floating grass beneath his feet. **Book 7, Chapter 50**
* Unsurprisingly, the downside of the newfound ability of his movement skill was the cost of Cosmic Energy. Air-walking once cost more than ten times the amount compared to taking a step on solid ground. **Book 7, Chapter 50**
* but reaching Peak mastery in the skill had improved the speed even further, allowing Zac to push through the minefield with only minor wounds. **Book 7, Chapter 53**

## Commentary

* He suddenly was pretty happy that he didn’t spend a few days to grind in order to buy **[Steps of Gaia]** from the shop. He only lacked five thousand coins for the skill by now and could now use them to improve other things instead. **[Loamwalker]** was clearly some type of movement skill, just like **[Steps of Gaia]**. **Book 1, Chapter 58**
* Initially, he thought that it teleported him small distances, but he noticed that the movement wasn’t instantaneous. Next, he guessed that he got super speed while he moved, but he felt that wasn’t quite right either. He tried swinging an axe while he moved, but the movement was far quicker compared to his swing. It was as though the earth moved around him rather than him moving on the earth. **Book 1, Chapter 80**
* He also tried jumping and running, but as soon as he stopped touching the ground with at least one foot, the effect disappeared. **Book 1, Chapter 80**
* He wouldn’t be able to do magical feats such as strolling in the air as Rydel did, but the skill would be quite convenient in battle. He could keep moving between targets deceptively fast, and use the skill for both ambush and retreat. **Book 1, Chapter 80**
* Zac took a few quick steps backward with **[Loamwalker]**, allowing him to cross over a hundred meters almost in an instant. **Book 1, Chapter 87**
* He expanded the blades to five meters and, in conjunction with [**Loamwalker]**, created huge swathes of death in the main group of wolves. Every step moved him a few meters into a new group of wolves, ... **Book 1, Chapter 90**
* Over the countless battles during the month, he had mostly mastered his movement skill and could freely move within a few meters of his position with a speed that almost looked like teleportation. It had a huge effect on his kill speed in conjunction with his enlarged edge, but it also cost a substantial amount of Cosmic Energy. **Book 1, Chapter 90**
* **[Loamwalker]** had an amazing effect, but it was his most draining skill. **Book 1, Chapter 90**
* Zac himself was pretty nimble nowadays with the help of **[Loamwalker]**, but it was nothing compared to the demon and his shadow dancing. **Book 1, Chapter 107**
* Suddenly, the ground cracked under the feet of the large Zhix as it exploded into motion. It blasted toward Zac, almost matching the speed of himself when using **[Loamwalker]**. **Book 2, Chapter 13**
* Zac stood out even further as he walked around barefoot, as he refused to lose the ability to use **[Loamwalker]** with this many powerful people around. **Book 2, Chapter 19**
* He actually also had a pair of shoes that only had a few straps instead of soles, allowing him to freely use his **[Loamwalker]** skill while wearing shoes, ... **Book 2, Chapter 53**
* A few of the scouts tried to keep track of him, but Zac finally managed to shake them off with the help of **[Loamwalker]** and his superior physique. **Book 2, Chapter 65**
* Zac was elated, as the movement skill was integral to his fighting style. **Book 2, Chapter 71**
* That thing [the Star Ox] had been exceedingly dangerous, and if he didn’t possess **[Loamwalker]**, he would have perished from its devastating beam. **Book 2, Chapter 95**
* The ground cracked under his legs as Zac used **[Loamwalker]** the moment he saw an opening in the silver river swirling around him, ... **Book 3, Chapter 15**
* The Ratman possessed a Dexterity-based class, and it desperately tried to dodge Zac’s pursuit. It even used its tail to change direction mid-leaps, but in the end, it wasn’t enough to escape from **[Loamwalker]**. **Book 3, Chapter 40**
* It [an energy attack] was also much faster than Zac was, even when utilizing **[Loamwalker]**, so in the end, he was forced to stop and erect his defenses. **Book 3, Chapter 67**
* The first part [referring to Profane Seal] was a short-distance teleportation, allowing him to move even faster than when using **[Loamwalker]**. **Book 4, Chapter 24**
* It was the second skill to reach the apex, and Zac would have thought that he would evolve **[Loamwalker]** or **[Axe Mastery]** before he pushed that skill to Peak mastery. He did use his movement skill almost constantly in his human form, whereas he had barely used **[Nature’s** **Punishment****]** more than ten times. **Book 4, Chapter 41**
* He was in his own forest [referring to Hatchetman's Spirit] now, and being one with the surroundings pushed the efficiency of **[Loamwalker]** to new heights, making him seem like a forest spirit that flitted back and forth amongst the illusory trees. **Book 4, Chapter 87**
* ... Ogras panted a bit with exertion. He had taken them a shocking distance in a quick succession of teleports, something that Zac’s current attainments of **[Loamwalker]** would be unable to do. **Book 4, Chapter 96**
* Zac frowned and tried to follow using **[Loamwalker]**, but he was for some reason unable to shrink the distance with his skill. Was it the sword pillars that messed with his mobility somehow? **Book 5, Chapter 23**
* One surprising skill that benefitted [sic] from the Dao Fragment [Bohdi] was **[Loamwalker]**. Not only did it increase the distance he could travel with each step, especially inside forests, but Zac even felt a mysterious energy rising from the ground and entering his body with every step. The energy was an earthy brown when he looked at it with [Cosmic Gaze], and he guessed it was earth-attuned energies. **Book 5, Chapter 34**
* He pushed forward to rush out of the laboratory, but his eyes widened in alarm as **[Loamwalker]** refused to activate. Only then did he realize that he was in outer space, whereas the skill needed to be connected to the earth to work. **Book 5, Chapter 40**
* It was the downside of **[Loamwalker]**; the skill didn’t do him much good while in midair. **Book 5, Chapter 84**
* A few of his skills, like **[Forester’s Constitution]** and **[Loamwalker**], were still stuck at Late proficiency, and this might be a good place [referring to the Volcano Jungle] to practice those skills. **Book 6, Chapter 15**
* Secondly, there should be limits on distance. Zac could only move one hundred meters with **[Loamwalker]**, and Ogras a few times that distance if he pushed himself with his shadow warp skill. **Book 6, Chapter 51**
* **[Loamwalker]** was not an actual teleportation skill like Ogras’ shadow-walk, ... **Book 7, Chapter 52**