"By touch and taste, by scent and sound.

No chaos placed, on hallowed ground."

The golden ring came into existence as it rotated around the black panther in Siderius' dark mind space. It solidified and became real.

The ring attached itself onto the belly of the panther. At the same time, Siderius' perception became sharper.

[PSYCHOSIS -3]

[YOU HAVE ABSORBED THE ESSENCE OF YOUR MUTATION]

[PERCEPTION +1]

[S.Y.S.T.E.M.]

[USER: Siderius 'Snow' Satterblade]

[ ATTRIBUTES ]

|Strength: 7 (+1)|

|Agility: 4|

|Perception: 8 (+1)|

|Stamina: 7|

|Endurance: 6|

[WITCH HUNTER RANK: OCULUS EXTIMA II]

[ALCHEMIST RANK: SILVER II]

[SIGILS SLOT: 3/3]

[SIGIL: <VERTIGO>; <PARAVE>; <DISPELLERA>]

[MERCURY EXTRACT: 200/200]

[SALT EXTRACT: 200/200]

[PSYCHOSIS LEVEL: 100/150 (-10)]

[TOXICITY LEVEL: 0/125]

Siderius opened his eyes. His golden irises flashed before calming down into a pair of ordinary cat eyes.

Completing the first ring had gained him an additional point in Perception. He had also completely absorbed the essence of the Deer Anabolism Tonic, gaining one more point in Strength.

Each low-grade development Tonic had a limit of three points increase in attributes. The Deer Anabolism had served its role to the fullest and lost its potency. It was no longer effective.

After seven, each point felt much more impactful than before. Previously, his increase in perception only fixed the weakness of this body. But now, it has been enhancing it to a super human level.

The slits in Siderius' eyes stayed narrow. They focused on a cup on the table far away. Everything became blurry based on its distance to Siderius, only the cup showed up crisp, sharp and stood out from the rest.

In Siderius' head, he could 'feel' the distance between him and the cup. It wasn't an estimation like how humans usually do. It was a detailed map between Siderius and the cup.

"3.45 meters..." Siderius mumbled.

He grabbed a coin and tossed it in the cup. The coin landed perfectly in the middle of the cup.

Siderius knew exactly what the distance was. All he had to do was match the power of his throw. He didn't need to calculate it either. Everything came intuitively like a part of his brain.

"Interesting. I have acquired the stereopsis trait of split-pupil eyes. Slit pupils are excellent at judging short range distances. They can visualize the distance vividly. Almost like a three-dimensional map in their head.

Human stereopsis is more balanced with a well-adjusted perception focus at all ranges but not as detailed and precise as a cat's eyes. Or in this case, the eyes of this constructed panther. I wonder..."

Siderius stood up and walked to the window. He looked out to the scenery outside and focused on a very far away tree. The tree remained detailed but wasn't 'marked' like how the cup was.

"Too far for it to be effective. My eyes retain the ability to observe objects in the far distance but can't focus on them. There must be a range limit to this ability."

Siderius walked to the open courtyard of the castle and picked a tree. He focused his eyes on it and 'marked' the tree. The tree became extra detailed in his eyes and he gained its exact distance from himself.

"Begin within 3 meters. More or less similar to where the cup was. Now let's extend this."

Siderius stayed focused on the tree and slowly walked backward. The distance between him and the tree slowly increased as his mind calculated automatically.

"4 meters. 5 meters. 6 meters... 18 meters."

Siderius' back touched the inner wall of the castle. The courtyard at best had a length of around 23 to 25 meters. The tree was in a corner of the courtyard.

Siderius felt he could extend the distance further and the tree would stay focused. But he had run out of space.

"Let's go outside."

Siderius went out of the castle and picked another tree with a lot of empty space around. He began the estimation again. This time started at 18 meters.

"18 meters. 19 meters. 20 meters... 30 meters. 31..."

When Siderius went out of the 30-meter range, the marked tree became blurry and the distance visualization in his head disappeared.

"30 meters is the limit. That is much better than I thought."

Slit pupils commonly only had this type of enhanced perception around 5 to 10 meters. Combined this with the effectiveness in all ranges of a human's pair of eyes, the focus ability of the pair of panther's ears was increased from short range to medium range with a maximum distance of 30 meters, around 100 feet in total.

"I should name this ability for the ease of focus... Hunter Focus seems suitable. With Hunter Focus, my precision with ranged weapons should reach an entire new level in medium to short range."

Siderius blinked and the scenery in his vision returned to normal. The tree stopped being highlighted and returned to its usual focus. The three-dimensional map in his head disappeared.

Siderius clenched his fists tightly, feeling the strength in his body.

"I have also completely digested the effect of the Deer Anabolism. It should no longer work on me anymore. Now I need to switch to the next Anabolism."

Agility was his weakest attribute. Because of his timing and precision, he could outplay a lot of his enemies. But if they were faster than him, any amount of strategy would go out the window.

He needed to get himself fast in the shortest amount of time.

There were two reasons for this. One was for his own development, obviously. Second was to prepare for when the Royal Treasurer found out what happened in Mucktown and the reaction of the Royal Court. Siderius doubted that they would send a Lesser Witch or Major Witch to deal with the likes of him.

So to get through this threat safely, all he needed to do was gather enough strength and showed enough strength.

"Germort had a lot of Tears. The Tears are raw magic. They are different from Magic within a witch and Dark Aether. But I bet I can still use it to create that seal...

An Agility Anabolism Tonic and that seal are what I need the most right now.

I also need to make sure Santa Roberto falls in lines and actually begins to generate wealth for me."

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