It had been a while since the Roots of the Veritas had been lifted from that Lost World. Primalpha, who had long since been reborn, had been gaining power from the Crystal Tree as well as amplifying its power within himself to grow ever stronger. Where he was once merely a small, tiny fetus-like creature, after the Crystal Tree was fully restored, the Crystal Gem that was this being had now grown to his full, true form...

His eyes burst open from within the Crystal Tree, shining brightly and illuminating the darkness of the Depthsroot with his shining crystalline eyes.

"... I have Awakened..."

As soon as the eyes of the Earth God had opened up, energy would concentrate in their line of sight shining just as much a crystal hue as the eyes themselves. It was a beautiful blue, and would, over the entire village of the Depthsroot, loom over the city like some sort of eerie massive energetic Titan.

Though crystalline and pure on the outside, what could be seen in its translucent form was a great and powerful darkness being contained by the purity of the crystal. It almost looked like it was sick.

It had two faces; one of a Woman and one of a Man, and harbored Four Arms, two of which belonged to the Man and the other two belonging to the Woman. This was the Grand Golem of the Earth God, the Shinsanity of Earth... Though, whatever plagued it on the inside seemed to have be causing it pain. It groaned furiously, staring down at the Depthsroot; that old city that had been consumed by the Reality and forged into the Dusk many many moons ago... The remnants of which resided deep underground in the roots of the Crystal Tree. There weren't many people that still lived there, but those that did found it to be quite the refuge; that is... Until they gazed upon the Grand Golem...

The Michiogre.

Those that had been living in the ruins of the Depths ever since it had been integrated with the Reality had been biding their time... Waiting for the chance to rise from the underground. After all that occurred up above, that with the Dusk becoming the Veritas and the Depths having been further pushed into the ground, they spent all of their days training... Waiting for when they would rise again and take the Dusk for themselves.

Many of them bore witness to what had occurred between the Primalpha and the Allmaster before the move, and were tired of being cast into the shadows whilst all the super powered godly beings destroyed their land and home. When Unicron first struck... Then Medusa... It ravaged them so severely, they could not recover, forced to live in the shadow of the Dusk. But the roots of the Crystal Tree are what kept them alive. And thus, that is how they became the Depthsroot and rebuilt... Even if only slightly, they certainly rebuilt. But now, the creature that lived inside of the Crystal Tree, watching over them, as it had done before, protecting them... It had gone silent for a long while for reasons they did not quite understand. In that time, they felt it only necessary to prepare themselves for whatever it was that was going to hit them...

And so, it did. The Michiogre. Out of nowhere, it appeared like a bolt of lightning, staring the unwary villagers down with its great, two-faced head. They had never before seen something this large and this menacing loom over their fortified city, and now they were in a panic.

"What... WHAT IS THAT!?!?!" someone cried, "IT'S LARGER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER CREATURES WE'VE HAD TO FIGHT DOWN HERE!!!"

Due to being trapped underground, they naturally had to defend themselves against monsters and such, which was one of the primary reasons why they had to train with weapons and even build up a fortified city from the Roots in the first place... But never had they ever seen anything like this before. It struck fear into their hearts; fear like they hadn't known since the Unicron attack. It was like it was happening all over again... Yet, this time, in a different fashion... But in the same exact method. Almost like it were the same person looking down on them with those condescending eyes... The essence of the same being.

The sleeping Earth God that had just awoken from its slumbering recovery could feel the tension in the air; all the essences of life that were releasing their energies into the air... He could feel their life force being drawn into a negative state. Their fear, their anger, their anguish... It was like he could feel their very DNA, the several generations of long since passed that endured not only the most recent travesties of the clashing worlds, but of the ones from days of yore as well. He could feel all life; Present, Past and Future, and could see that his advocate, the Grand Golem that was meant to be his great Shinsanity of Earth... Harbored something foul within. "Calm yourselves, vigilantes of the Depthsroot," he called out with a mighty voice into their minds,before finally fully emerging from the tree. His body had become strong and large, boasting pride and fortitude, unlike his meager and frail body that once was before the move. Because the Crystal Tree was strong, and so was the Veritas, now cleansed of Insanity, so too were the gods that ruled over the Veritas, having been restored to their true strength.

"I am Primalpha, the Tsuchigami."

"I will protect you."

Primalpha was connected to all life, and with that power, he would be able to soothe them, as well. He raised a hand that would calm their spirits, causing the roots to settle and the aura of life that radiated from all living beings to be put in a trance-like calm, yet still retaining their free will and consciousness.

"Listen to me, for I will not fail you. The Grand Golem, this creature looking down upon you... It is the Michiogre, the Shinsanity of Earth. Under my jurisdiction does it fall, yet inside of it there is a grave illness it keeps contained." He looked to his people, the remaining men of the Depths and of the former Reality and some, even of the early or late Dusk and said, "We must help it. I will restrain it so that it does not harm you. But in return, I seek your assistance."

Tsubake, having appeared just before Primalpha's speech so that he knew what was going on, would stand in the midst of the crowd with a goofy grin of excitement on his face, like he was just itching to get started. He'd turn to one of the townsfolk and wave, "Hey. How's it goin?" It was like he was completely oblivious to the dangerous threat looming over, even though he could clearly see it and feel its great power. He knew what was going on, at least up to this point, so he wasn't afraid. In fact, he was ready for some action. He'd been waiting a long, long time for this... And it was about to be a BLAST!!!

The townsfolk of the Depthsroot were all shocked and amazed at the appearance of the Earth God from its slumber, after having been in stasis for so long. "Look, the Tsuchigami is back!" someone shouted. "He's come to save us all!!" They would all want to call out their praise in a hysteric manner, some still frightened about the Michiogre that loomed down over them, but all were rather quickly calmed by the life-soothing energy that Primalpha released over them, effectively sedating them so that they could listen clearly and calmly to his words that rang through their very beings.

Meanwhile, the man in the crowd whom Tsubake talked to, would turn to him and stare at him in a bit of confusion. No one else seemed to notice his random appearance, somehow, but this guy was definitely sure he wasn't there before. "Um... Hi?" This guy was a little too excited to be here. Didn't know why he was, considering this was probably a life-threatening situation, but... To each his own.

Anyway, the rest of the Rogues would shout out random questions from the crowd, wanting to know more about what Primalpha was saying and what they were going to do about the Michiogre. "What do you need of us, O Tsuchigami?! I will be happy to serve you and take down this foe!" Many others randomly chimed in with their agreement, not wanting such an oppressive being standing over them so. "What must we do?!"

"Can we kill it?!"

"LET'S KILL IT!!"

Let's put him in the Tree!"

"FEED HIM TO THE TSUCHIGAMI!!"

"Chain him to the ground and use his life source as energy!!"

Everyone turned to that guy, staring at him for a moment, then began to clap a bit, calling out their agreement; "Yeah! Yeah, good answer, good answer!!" They would all look up to the Tsuchigami to see what he had to say about all of their suggestions, as well as what they were actually going to do.

Primalpha awaited the response of the people in the underground, who seemed to respond with acceptance and praise to him. That was good; this meant that they would all be able to work together to make quick work of this adversary. "Good. Now that I see you are accepting, I will--" he paused after hearing the shouted out suggestions of the crowd, not finding any of them to be suitable to his own personal wisdom about how to deal with such foes. He would have to explain this to them so that they understood why it was wrong for them to do.

"Killing this creature will not stop its plague inside; in fact, that will only make it stronger and able to consume it more quickly. If we kill the being itself and not the darkness within it alone, the darkness will take the place of the existence that once would have been the Shinsanity of Earth, making it a 'Shinsanity' no longer and naught but a full on 'Insanity of Earth.' What we must do is extract the plague beforehand. If we place it inside of the tree whilst it is still infected, the infection will spread into the Tree itself and Insanity may once again overrun the Veritas. And then, from the Veritas will it spread to all the other worlds, which we do not want to occur EVER again."

Primalpha had extremely vivid memories of being trapped within the Insanity. In fact, there were still some remnants of it lurking about the Lost World, which had been messing around with it for reasons unknown. They were swirling in their own madness and it was started to overcome their very functionality. That was not going to happen to the Veritas, however... Not by the watch of Primalpha.

"... I do, however, like the thought of that last idea," he had to admit with a smile on his face. "In fact, that's the best option I've heard all day." Without any sort of hesitation at all once he had the best course of action would roots from all around shoot from the ground, the ceiling (which was also made of roots), and the walls of the cavernous underground city to snatch up and immediately bind the Michiogre by all four arms to strap them down to the ground like chains. Two would ensnare his neck tightly, securing the head in place so that it could not move and so it would be choked at the same time, sufficiently bound by Depthsroot, herself.

"I will use these roots to suppress its power, then allow for each of you villagers to acquire some of its strength. You will be blessed with power over the Earth, and with it, the ability to rebuild your city and protect it as you see fit. You will be known as an Earth Tribe that will practice the Discipline of the Earth and teach those who come your way with it, as well. This shall be who you are; Depthsroot, the Tsuchigami's Tribe. I will watch over you here whilst I send one of you as a disciple up to my Temple in the Dawn, where you will gather others and teach them the arts of the Earth, as well as master your own power that I am giving you."

He would gaze into the four eyes of the two-faced monster, feeling a bit sorry that it was merely infected with something internally that it could not bear to erase from itself of its own strength. This would end up being for the best...

"... Once we have stripped it of all its still useful energy and it has been blessed within you all, I will sacrifice all of the energy I have acquired in my form to destroy the sinister darkness that we will leave behind and bound. In that, I will become the new Shinsanity of Earth and the remnants of my energy will assume a different form, creating a new Earth God." This was the master plan for erasing the Michiogre for good, as well as the darkness that was inside of it.

"Alright. I will be relinquishing its energy unto you. After I have done that, I will prepare my attack that will obliterate it completely, sacrifice my own form to become its new form and rebirth myself as a new Tsuchigami in the process. If it begins to rear up whilst I am preparing, use your powers to fight it. If it gets to be too much, I will focus more of my strength to bind it, but it may take me longer to use my technique. Be on the ready, Depthsroot."

He extended his fingers wide, causing the energy around the Michiogre that was binding the darkness inside to spread out, and with a clench of his hand into a fist would that same spread energy seep into each and every one of the Depthsroot citizens, granting them all the power of the Shinsanity of the Earth.

"Now. You all are blessed with the power to move the earth with your being. Be it your mind, your heart, your body or any other part of you, something about you will bring the earth to your dominion. For some, it may be the same, such as moving rocks and large boulders. For others, it may be different, such as molding clay or causing tremors. For some, even, it may even deal with growing vegetation. However, all of you have this power over the Earth to use as is best in tune with your own beings, to make it easier for you to unlock your powers. Use them henceforth not only to defend yourselves, but to also grow and prosper in the underground. Make crops. Make shelter. Some may be skilled in smithing metals, and others may be good at forging minerals. There are many facets of the Earth and all of them are in one of you somewhere. Look inside yourselves and find the answer... And now I..." he would close his eyes, starting to focus his energy within himself, "... I will begin my part in all of this..."

With more of his focus being put on himself and gathering his own energy, less would be placed on the darkness that would be left behind of the Shinsanity of Earth. Hopefully, not enough where it could get free...