Gauss stood there dazed for a long while, then let out a long breath.
He quietly took in the tremendous changes to both his mind and body.
First of all, the entire world seemed to have been polished bright, becoming clearer and more vivid.
He felt as though he could see every detail: the veins in distant leaves, sunlight refracted through dewdrops, and the paths of dust motes drifting through the air.
This had nothing to do with perception.
Rather, his thinking and his brain's ability to process information had both been elevated to a whole new level.
Simply put, the "hardware"—his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears—remained at the same level as before, but his software had been upgraded and optimized.
Now, when he looked at the spell model for the 2nd Circle Spell [Shaping Magic: Clay] at the center of his mindscape, the structure that had once seemed complex and even somewhat difficult to understand appeared clear. It flowed more smoothly and stood out in sharper detail.
He was certain that if he learned this 2nd Circle Spell all over again, he would save a great deal of time.
His mental power had also increased, and it had even undergone a qualitative change.
He closed his eyes. At the nudge of his thoughts, his mental power slowly flowed outward.
It left his body and touched the real world.
In that instant, he suddenly "saw"!
Even with his eyes closed, he could see all around him in every direction, as if from a god's-eye view.
The feeling was indescribably strange. It was as if he had gained a pair of "eyes" on a mental level—not sight that relied on reflected light, but a kind of "spiritual vision" based purely on the perception of mental power.
But after observing for only