Chapter 14: New Changes
'Honestly, no matter how many times I see it, I just can't get over how terrifying that old man is. Then again, can I even call him 'alive' at this point? I talk to him so casually, but is he really something that can be considered... human?'
Adam muttered to himself as he watched Roland lead the way to the meeting point for today's training. Over these five years, he hadn't done anything particularly noteworthy; all he could do was learn the basics of this world and refine his eyes.
And so far, with the help of the power of his unique Shiniso ability, through visual training alone, he was able to train his eyes to do a lot of useful things.
『Eyes of the World: These eyes could perceive the flow of energy, allowing the user to interact with things that were invisible and even develop an affinity for them. However, due to the continuous and passive effect of Resolve of the Unbroken, the user had trained his eyes to push beyond their previous limits. Now, the user could see through walls, detect organs, locate poisons inside the body, identify hidden traps, and most importantly, perceive the shape of a person's soul. As a result, the user could decipher what kind of magic someone wielded, see their personal information, gauge their lifespan, and, to some extent, read their mind by witnessing the shape of their thoughts』
These were the general functions of the Eyes of the World, the result of five years of relentless visual and mental training. Being a grown man trapped in a newborn's body had been both a physical and psychological torment. With so many limitations, the only thing he could truly refine during those years was his sight, leading to the mastery he now possessed.
Yet, despite all this progress, his feelings toward Roland were... complicated. Not because he saw him as a threat to his harem-making plan, far from it. If anything, Roland had been a constant presence in his life, talking to him, taking care of him, and teaching him about the world.
By all accounts, someone like Roland should have been considered family.
But there was one problem, one truth about Roland that Adam had to come to terms with.
When he looked at him, when he really looked at him using his special eyes, there were no organs, no blood, no bones...nothing remotely organic. Instead, Roland was made entirely of a strange, liquid metal, eerily similar to mercury from Earth.
Here, this metal was called Karperul, a highly toxic substance, deadly to biological life. If ingested, it could poison the body. If cut by it, the effects were far worse.
Why?