Besides using Class Ascendants for live forging, Kanzaki Rei also knew quite a few alchemical formulas.

Certain organs from Class Ascendants could also be used as raw materials.

When it came down to it—

Harvesting materials from monsters and harvesting materials from Class Ascendants followed the same principles.

In fact, Rei occasionally cut off some of his own organs to refine potions.

Infinite regeneration made that a non-issue.

He was never lacking in supply.

Back on Earth, he had once fantasized as a child that if he had infinite regeneration, he could get rich by selling hearts or kidneys.

Just childish imagination.

And now...

He could actually cut up himself and run a self-sufficient production line.

Honestly, even if he were forbidden from farming monsters from now on, Rei figured he could probably make a fortune simply by harvesting his own vital organs and selling them to heretical alchemists.

That would likely earn quite a bit.

Now, holding the eyeball in his hand, Rei was already evaluating what kind of potion it could become.

A secret medicine for the Observer archetype.

Using this as material—

He could refine a potion capable of permanently and drastically increasing perception range.

At the same time, while holding the eye, Rei’s senses spread through the surroundings.

Severing the tether immediately had not only been to obtain it as material—

But also to cut off its connection to the main body.

Because this was the first time Rei had felt a genuine sense of danger—

The feeling of nearly being seen through.

The other side possessed a God-Tier Talent too.

And not merely that—

A Tier 9 Observer with a God-Tier Talent.

Rei had genuinely worried it might pierce through Unsolvable Mystery.

Cutting the link immediately had been the safest choice.

Lately, the high-level beings he had encountered were becoming more and more absurd.

Ansu.

Aegmisa.

Lottie.

And now this Tier 9 Observer.

Even if it was separated from him by some unknowable distance—

Even if they existed practically on different dimensions—

Suddenly—

The eyeball in Rei’s hand moved.

It turned...

And looked at him.

Shhh—

Rei’s fingers clenched slightly.

Instantly—

Countless black streaks manifested through the surrounding void.

[Sixth-Tier Arcane Magic — Morloin Lock (LV 501)]

Clack—

An arcane spell based on encryption principles.

The black streaks interlocked over the eyeball like a woven prison sack.

Sealing it—

And layering encryption over encryption.

Yet even through those countless seals—

Rei could still feel that gaze reaching him.

"It’s still observing me."

He frowned faintly.

An ominous intuition stirred in his chest.

Shhh—

In the next instant—

Rei arrived in a black cavern.

With a casual gesture, he drew flames and burned away the bat-type monsters lurking inside.

Then after a brief moment of thought—

He spoke a wish aloud.

And as he made that wish—

He pushed God-Tier — Unsolvable Mystery into unrestricted full activation.

"My wish is this—"

No one knows of my existence.

Shhh—

Under Unsolvable Mystery’s fully activated state—

Rei became like something that did not exist in the world at all.

Even those looking directly at him would not know his name.

Would not know his identity.

Even Ansu, within the sea of consciousness—

Fell into confusion.

He no longer knew whose sea of consciousness he inhabited.

...

Unsolvable Mystery concealed all information about Rei.

And yet—

Even in this state—

The wish he had just made...

Did not come true.

Which meant—

There was still someone who knew of his existence.

And this was not the first time Rei had used this wish.

In countless future simulations, he had used it repeatedly.

Before this, the feedback had always been immediate fulfillment.

This time...

Someone still remembered him.

"Heh..."

"As expected of a Tier 9 Observer."

Skyflow Style — Fourth Form: Oblivion Void

Rei vanished again.

Disappearing into the Void itself.

Yet even in that state—

He could still feel an extraordinarily deep gaze sweeping through the Void.

Searching.

Scanning.

But fortunately—

When Rei emerged from the Void—

The wish had finally been fulfilled.

...

The forgetfulness brought by Moonstar Intent, combined with the erasure of Unsolvable Mystery—

Only through both together

Did he finally erase the other party’s surveillance completely.

And this wasn’t even direct eye contact.

It had merely been—

One eyeball seeing him.

"What a nuisance..."

Rei recalled the scene he had just witnessed.

The Eye of the Fallen Abyss had extended countless branching limbs.

And the worlds its eyes reached were far beyond just the Land of Hollow Valleys.

Rei took the eyeball out again.

The eyeball, larger than his entire body, stared back at him.

His thoughts moved slightly.

Wind currents surged.

In an instant—

The eye was sliced into fragments.

And the sensation of being observed disappeared.

After verifying again—

Yes.

He was no longer being watched.

And these fragments—

Could all be used as alchemical materials.

Which also meant—

Directly hunting these eyes...

Was entirely feasible.

Within the future simulation, Rei remained for another day.

One after another—

He saw two or three more eyes escape into the present world through different Abyss rifts.

Though not every rift sent an eye into reality.

Every rift had an eye pressed against its opening, observing—

But only a small fraction actually crossed over.

What rules governed their arrival—

He had no idea.

But—

Rei captured every one of those eyes.

And in doing so—

He developed a method to seize them

Without being discovered.

He opened his eyes again.

Exiting future simulation.

Rei moved instantly.

The distant eyeball hadn’t even reacted—

Before it exploded.

BOOM!

Technique: Delayed Casting

Rei had cast the spell beforehand.

And after releasing the magic—

He himself had already entered forgotten disappearance through Oblivion Void.

The eye never even perceived Rei’s existence—

Before Rei’s attack struck.

It exploded outright.

Shhh—

And immediately after blowing it apart—

Rei collected the eyeball remains in an instant.

...Why did I suddenly do something this reckless?

I just robbed a Tier 9 Class Ascendant...

But...

What’s done is done.

Shhh—

After obtaining the eye—

Rei fled at top speed.

Returning at once to the City of Silent Dusk—

To his room layered with restrictions.

...

Two days later—

Rei swirled a vial of potion in his hand.

The permanent Extreme Perception Secret Medicine had been successfully refined.

Though only a Third-Tier potion—

A single bottle increased base perception range by 20,000 kilometers.

And if his Alchemist level rose further—

Higher-tier versions of this potion would extend the range even more.

And there wasn’t just one bottle.

From this single eyeball alone—

Rei had refined 12 bottles.

Even accounting for resistance—

And diminishing efficacy from repeated use—

It could still raise an ordinary Tier 3 Class Ascendant with a mere 5-meter perception radius

Into a powerful observer with 150,000 kilometers of sensory range.

Just the perception stacked from potions alone—

Already rivaled Luluwi’s current perception range.

"This risk..."

"Was worth it."

Joy from the harvest welled back up.

And with it—

A trace of greed.

Perhaps...

He really should capture more of these eyes.

Eyeballs from a Tier 9 Observer—

Were truly priceless treasures.

In the simulation,

He had caught three in a single day.

He should have caught even more.

A hint of regret stirred over his earlier momentary cowardice—

But suddenly—

A tidal wave-like chorus rose in his heart.

It was as though countless people across the world—

Were calling his name.

A strange sensation.

The first time Rei had ever felt it.

Yet he understood with perfect clarity—

This was the omen

That he could advance

To become a Tier 6 Cryptic Scholar.