The more Adalbert looked, the more alarmed he became.
The construction of the ascension organs within Ian's body was completely different from that of ordinary Ascenders. Not only were there several additional structures, but the Origin Matter circulation formed between them was also remarkably harmonious—clearly a specialized version refined through optimization.
The section called "Extreme Domain" in the notes was the core of this optimization.
With Adalbert's technical expertise, he could tell at a glance that this was an enhanced version clearly superior to the ascension techniques commonly used today. Its technical difficulty lay in the fact that every "Extreme Domain" required hundreds or thousands of experiments, and each person's optimal region was different.
In other words, without practicing the Meditation Method and enhancing one's own computational power, in present-day Terra, perhaps only a prophet like Ian could repeatedly trial and err his way to finding the construction points for his own Extreme Domain.
But even with the Meditation Method, unless one was a genius, it would be difficult to open it through one's own strength... It required an extraordinarily deep understanding of one's own body.
Besides that, the Aether Crystal in the boy's left hand made the Undead Monarch researcher feel as though his eyes were deceiving him.
"An Aether Furnace Core?! A biological Aether Furnace Core?!"
Half-crouched beside Ian, Adalbert cried out as he reached out to examine Ian's cyan crystalline left arm. "And it's been miniaturized to this extent—Light's Embrace above, aside from an Ancient Dragon Core, you actually have an Aether Furnace Core too?!"
The Ancient Dragon Core had indeed shocked Adalbert deeply, but when he considered Ian's identity and who Ian's teacher had been, his shock could not help turning into remembrance and a sigh. That was clearly the final legacy the First Knight had