I Gain a God-Tier Talent Every Level

Chapter 379

The White Tower of the Hollow Vale was a key location within the Moon Sea.

Seeing a rare Level 8 Scholar here... was only natural.

A Level 8 class evolver...

Even across an entire sea region, you might not encounter more than one or two.

If there were ever a situation where more than two Level 8s gathered in one place, it would mean something major was about to happen—something capable of shaking the entire world.

One time, it had been when Anzheng fought desperately to ascend to Level 9.

Another was during Lottie’s simulated Moon Phase ascension ritual for Aeltimi.

Only in those two cases had Kanzaki Rei witnessed multiple Level 8s at once.

...

As for encountering a Level 8 in the real world—outside of simulations or trials—

Aside from Anzheng, this was the only one he had seen.

[Time of Death: 65 Years]

His life was already like a candle flickering in the wind.

Even a Level 8 Scholar only lived around 500 years.

He didn’t have much time left.

If Kanzaki Rei simply watched him a little longer... he would die on his own.

There was no need for combat.

There wouldn’t even be any evidence linking his death to Kanzaki Rei.

Rei simply stopped.

And stared.

Like a statue, unmoving, he stood there, gazing from afar for a long time.

At last—

The figure in the room drew a delicate, exquisite dagger into his hand.

His eyes were filled with loss and despair.

Just from his gaze, it was clear—

He had already lost the will to live.

All that remained was the desire to die.

Pfft—

Blood stained the pristine scholar’s robe.

The fine, sharp dagger slid effortlessly into his own abdomen.

Suicide.

His time had come.

His life ended here.

A Level 8 Scholar—

Without struggle, without resistance, without any dramatic conflict—

Simply chose to end his own life.

"What a pity."

Three minutes passed after he took his own life.

Only then did Kanzaki Rei step into the room.

He observed the corpse of the Level 8 Scholar up close.

"Kid."

"You’ve really become a lot more ruthless."

Kanzaki Rei responded calmly in his mind, "What are you talking about, Ansu?"

"His death has nothing to do with me. He just happened to commit suicide in front of me, and I happened to witness it."

Ansu let out a cold laugh. "You know exactly how he died."

"You might fool me—but you can’t fool yourself."

Kanzaki Rei didn’t take those words to heart.

Instead, he directly picked up the storage pouch from the corpse.

Not a bad haul.

Effortlessly taking down a Level 8 class evolver—

It felt no different than killing a stray dog on the roadside.

Still... it had been a little too easy.

Logically speaking, a Level 8 should possess extremely sharp instincts.

If his lifespan was being reduced like that, he should have sensed something.

But until the moment of death, he showed no reaction at all.

In the end, he simply accepted it.

Calmly.

A Level 8 Scholar.

Kanzaki Rei touched the corpse.

At the same time, a radiant stone formed in his hand.

[Enchantment Stone · Tower of True Sight]Enchantment Effect: Grants the wearer a mindscape structure capable of perceiving deeper truths.

This was the enchantment stone formed from the corpse of a Level 8.

Though...

This wasn’t the first time Kanzaki Rei had obtained it.

In fact, it wasn’t the first time he had killed this man.

He had simulated arriving at the Hollow Vale many times.

And every time he found this scholar—Inda—

The outcome was the same.

"Kill the innocent. Trample lives weaker than your own."

"Heh..."

Ansu’s voice echoed in his mind.

Kanzaki Rei felt a trace of irritation.

Level 8—weak?

And besides, the man didn’t have many years left anyway.

More importantly, this divine artifact was crucial to him.

"The reason he chose to kill himself... is because he saw a truth he couldn’t accept."

"And I’m the one who can change that truth."

"He traded his life so I could alter that terrible future."

"That’s not unreasonable, is it?"

Ansu only laughed coldly. "As long as you can convince yourself, I don’t have any objections."

"But you’d better realize sooner or later just how cruel you’ve become."

Shing—

A document appeared in Kanzaki Rei’s hand—the very report the scholar had been reading.

It was an observational report.

The entrance to the Falling Abyss was losing its long-standing balance.

And once that balance collapsed—

The Hollow Vale would begin to fall into the Falling Abyss.

The entire island would descend together.

Then, even the sea would follow—

The entire Moon Sea would eventually transform into a Falling Abyss.

That was the future he had seen.

In several decades, the Moon Sea might become a bottomless descent.

Any life that failed to escape in time...

Would fall endlessly into the abyss.

Forever sinking deeper.

However—

Kanzaki Rei just happened to be here to save the world.

If he completed the ritual for the Deep Layer, this entrance would change—from leading to the Falling Abyss, to leading into the Deep Layer.

Naturally, the Moon Sea would no longer face the fate of becoming a Falling Abyss.

He was solving the problem.

Taking a little compensation in return...

Wasn’t excessive.

Calling him cruel—wasn’t that a bit much?

Kanzaki Rei didn’t consider himself cruel at all.

Instead, he picked up the divine artifact on the desk—

The Book of Answers.

A divine artifact granted by Yog.

This scholar had been one of Yog’s favored.

His profound research into the Abyss and outstanding contributions to Abyssal studies had earned him that recognition.

The Book of Answers was said to be a branch of the legendary Omniscient Codex.

The Omniscient Codex was rumored to contain all known knowledge in the world—and Yog knew everything written within it.

Though the Book of Answers didn’t contain all knowledge, it could reveal how to find the answer to any question written within it.

In this world, simply knowing how to find an answer already saved immense effort.

Kanzaki Rei took the Book of Answers.

He also took the storage pouch.

Shing—

Behind him, the figure of an elderly man with hollow eyes and a faint beard slowly materialized.

Why kill him?

Not just for the artifact.

By killing him, Kanzaki Rei had gained the undead of a true Level 8 Scholar.

If he were truly cruel, he could have slaughtered everyone in the city and turned them all into his undead...

He didn’t take the corpse.

After all, he was a peaceful and kind person.

At the very least, he left the body intact—allowing the White Tower to discover his death.

That, in itself, proved he still possessed human conscience.

Kanzaki Rei left the White Tower.

And beside him now—

Walked an old man with hollow eyes.