Ansu sat alone in a gray pavilion within the Sea of Consciousness.
Kanzaki Rei’s mindscape was vast—so vast it was hard to believe it was rely a sea of consciousness.
But that endless expanse also carried an overwhelming oppression of supre elevation.
The Sea of Consciousness—
was also the manifestation of the mind.
To glimpse a person’s mindscape
was, in so sense, to glimpse what kind of being they truly were.
And what Kanzaki Rei’s sea of consciousness made Ansu feel now—
was that he was no longer human.
But so great existence overlooking the mortal world,
disdainful of worldly dust.
Clang—
Clang—
Clang—
Forging truly was a rciless killer of ti.
Kanzaki Rei ordinarily didn’t simulate forging in [Future Simulation].
So complex equipnt pieces required more than an entire day to forge.
Like the one in his hands right now.
Under the scorching burn of [Molten Sanctified Fla]—
the tal before him rippled like water.
It was a flawless long robe,
its surface shimring with jagged, layered waves of light.
As the flas receded—
groove-like patterns erged across the entire robe,
like the folds of a brain.
Though made from alloy and iron,
the garnt was astonishingly soft.
Almost unnaturally supple—
Even carrying the bizarre sensation of touching exposed cerebral matter.
[Indra Brain Robe]
Though he had not taken Indra’s corpse—
Kanzaki Rei had removed his brain.
According to the secret scriptures of the Living Crucible Church,
different parts of different class-holders
could be used in forging and refining equipnt.
The Brain of an Erudite.
The Eyes of an Observer.
The Living Muscles of a Warrior.
The Brain of a Mage.
The Skeleton of a Defender.
...
Through specialized secret thods,
these could be forged into living equipnt with extraordinary properties.
The world called such things—
Evil Gear.
But in the end—
it was only another form of power.
Kanzaki Rei had no aversion to such things.
As for why he hadn’t forged equipnt this way before...
Simply because his level hadn’t been high enough.
And once it was—
he hadn’t had enough ti.
After all, it was only upon reaching Level 2 Blacksmith
that he gained:
[God-Tier · Perfect Forging Heart]
Before that,
he hadn’t possessed truly complete forging formulas.
Attempting Evil Gear forging had been unrealistic.
Now—
with raw materials in hand—
he naturally could.
[Indra Brain Robe]
Equipnt Tier: Second Tier
Forging Effect: Indra Living BrainWhile wearing this equipnt, one may directly comprehend knowledge this brain learned in life.
Forging Effect: Water-SoftThis equipnt is as soft and fluid as water.
Forging Effect: Focus DomainWhile wearing this equipnt, entering a state of ntal concentration becos easier.
Enchantnt Effect: True Eye TowerThe wearer gains the True Eye Tower within their Sea of Consciousness, enabling observation of reality.
This was the Brain Robe Kanzaki Rei had forged.
For knowledge-type equipnt like this,
raw attack and defense were not the focus.
Unfortunately—
Second Tier lacked truly powerful alloys capable of granting stronger knowledge augntation.
There was only so much forging effects could achieve.
Putting on the gray robe with its unnaturally soft texture—
Kanzaki Rei’s consciousness re-entered his mindscape.
The first thing he saw—
was the palace he had built for Ansu.
Ansu looked up at him.
Kanzaki Rei resembled a god,
gazing over the Sea of Consciousness
as though inspecting the mortal realm.
Ansu rolled his eyes and clicked his tongue.
Internally, he cursed Kanzaki Rei’s smugness a few tis—
Though said nothing aloud.
His temperant wasn’t bothered by such things.
Kanzaki Rei ignored him.
In a single instant—
he arrived before a tower wrapped in clouds.
[True Eye Tower]
The enchantnt effect of this robe
was almost like the mindscape structure granted when certain classes reached Level 5 mastery.
Kanzaki Rei had directly gained
a new Sea of Consciousness structure.
[Eye of Truth: See reality hidden beneath fabricated concealnt.]
For breaking falsehoods,
seeing through disguises,
shattering illusions—
It should be quite useful.
As for how powerful it truly was...
Even Kanzaki Rei couldn’t say.
At minimum—
it definitely could not see through the concealnt of the Unsolvable Riddle.
Which ant there were certainly things in the world beyond even its sight.
At the end of the day,
this was rely an enchantnt effect.
A mindscape structure.
Nothing absolute.
Tap.
In an instant—
Kanzaki Rei arrived inside the tower.
At the sa ti,
his real-world eyes slowly opened.
His pupils glowed,
faintly white.
His gaze swept through the room.
Nothing unusual.
Then—
he spread out his perception.
Shhha—
The instant his perception unfolded—
every class-holder of Level 3 or above in the City of Silent Darkness lifted their heads toward the sky.
They all felt an overwhelmingly powerful perception sweep over them.
It was so bright—
it almost felt visible.
Then just as quickly—
the light vanished.
Huuu...
As this wave of perception passed—
Kanzaki Rei saw the land itself as slightly dimr than normal sight revealed.
Darker.
And in portions—
stained with purple-black corruption.
So this...
was the Abyssal erosion Indra’s research had described.
His suicide had partly involved Kanzaki Rei.
But aside from the fate of death—
the subjective reason Indra chose suicide
was still his discovery of an Abyssal problem he could not solve.
Erosion and corruption were polluting Hollow Valleys...
And now—
Kanzaki Rei saw it with his own eyes.
His perception continued extending.
Toward Luluvi and the others.
They had already been fighting for a full day and night.
Once an Abyss Rift opened—
Abyss creatures poured out endlessly.
Until the Rift closed on its own.
If an adventuring party ran out of stamina,
or lacked strength to handle the monsters—
the kingdom would take over.
And all remaining spoils
would belong to the state.
It was a trendous source of revenue.
Most small and dium adventuring parties—
Even those in alliances—
could never kill every Abyss creature.
But...
Shumi’s party this ti
was astonishingly fierce.
Though these were Fifth-Tier Abyss monsters—
the sa level as they were—
they kept killing relentlessly.
Without pause.
Only the mage seed tired,
recovering mana.
This Rift should continue for at least another three days...
As Kanzaki Rei thought this—
his gaze turned toward the Abyss Rift itself.
Normally,
humans could not enter an Abyss Rift.
An imnse repulsive force prevented it.
As though the Abyss’s laws themselves declared:
You may not go upward.
But if one entered the Abyss through a Rift—
that ant moving upward.
And by the law of the Abyss—
upward was downward.
Entering the Abyss through the Rift
was equivalent to leaving the Abyss through the Rift.
And so—
no matter how one approached it—
entering through a Rift was impossible.
Looking inward revealed only darkness.
But now—
through the True Eye Tower—
Kanzaki Rei saw sothing beyond the Rift.
On the other side—
Eyes.
Watching.
They were looking at Luluvi.
Watching Shumi.
...
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