2249 - Sovereignty Note
"The Note of Supremacy uses Nascent Space Beast Crystals?" Robin shook his head. "In my previous words, I was talking about the Note of the Flood. Each Note of the Flood will operate with the power of 7 Nascent Space Beast Crystals, and over time, I want you to compress the array and expand it to operate on 9 or 11, or even more!"
He then continued: "I know it will be difficult. We currently have a method to compress solid objects made from crystals to 1% of their original size using the space path, but the arrays, cannons, and other components must also change and grow larger. That is the challenge, but I believe you will be able to do it without increasing the size of the Note of the Flood too much, as it is built for speed and individual engagement."
"...Also, I want you to assign a team to build a battery from Beast Bones and their hearts to accommodate a massive amount of energy extracted from the crystals inside the vehicles. These batteries will open up new horizons for you in manufacturing ground cannons, mobile arrays, larger field hospitals, and nearly countless applications... If you need help designing the battery, create a preliminary design and send it."
"..." Zara nodded several times, on the verge of tears.
This happened when she first sent her father the designs for the Sovereignty Note—he crushed all her dreams in that same condescending way. Yet, by the end of the session, she had truly benefited greatly, and the project gained an enormous boost.
This is happening again.
"This concept is about the Note of the Flood and the auxiliary batteries. What about the Note of Destruction and the Note of Supremacy?" Zara returned to asking.
"We now have a number of Young Space Beast Crystals." Robin showed a big smile. "Modify the array in the Note of Destruction. The central crystal will be a Young Space Crystal, surrounded by 40 Nascent Space Crystals to serve it, enhancing and stabilizing it. That should be reasonable."
"One young... and forty nascent?" Zara shook her head vigorously. "What kind of vehicle will carry all that?!"
"You'll find a way, Zara. You always have. And if the path is blocked, contact me, and I'll open it for you. I always have." Robin spoke with confidence. "The Note-5 family is what will open the universe before us, and it's what we'll use to fight Beyond the Universe... spare no effort on it!"
He then continued, "Similarly, the Note of Supremacy vehicle must carry an Adult Space Beast crystal, surrounded by at least 300 Nascent Space Beast crystals. We already have a number of Adult Space Beast corpses lying outside The Gate for you to take bones and scales from. I can give the incoming Law Dominators some extra money, and they will bring you what you want."
"The Note of Supremacy... It will contain an Adult Space Beast crystal and 300 Nascent crystals?" Zara looked down slightly. "What kind of Array can accommodate this energy? What kind of cannons will it use? How deep must the feeding Arrays be... What kind of opponents will it fight?!"
"..." Robin stared at his daughter for a few moments. "I have been asking too much; I realize that now." He then turned back to gaze calmly at The Gate. "Form a team from all the cities of Sky Opener, have them rack their brains, then bring them here. I will lead this project myself."
"...Understood." Zara bowed her head further.
She wanted to scream that she was up to the task, but no—no one could bear the responsibility for something like this!
For a few moments, silence returned to the place. Zara wrung her hands in helplessness, and Robin furrowed his brows, deep in thought about something.
Amidst this tense atmosphere… Peon turned to Theo and spoke in a low voice: “…Did our Father say he wants to operate the Note of the Flood vehicle using the cores of Nascent Space Beasts?”
“Is that all that surprises you?” Theo laughed quietly. “Didn’t you hear him mention the Note of Destruction and the Note of Supremacy?”
Peon was puzzled. “Oh, was something said after that?”
In truth, everyone around Peon—even Caesar—was staring at Robin and Zara with strange expressions.
Those numbers and these words were utterly alien to them. They had come to check on the old man and lift his spirits, so why were they suddenly hearing about such impossible things?
An Adult Space Beast? …Isn’t that a creature capable of fighting a Behemoth? The crystal of that being was going to be placed inside a vehicle?!
“…” Caesar furrowed his brow deeply.
He had always known his father was a madman who dreamed of things no one else dared to imagine, but this was simply too much!!
After another moment of silence, Robin very calmly used his spiritual sense to pull out a small box—the Sun Seal Box—placed it on his lap, and opened it.
After a brief inspection, Robin showed a faint smile and took something out.
It was half a cubit, from the fingers to the elbow, the elbow joint. An extremely black arm that seemed to seal off the sunlight, surrounded by a piece of cloth that had been cut with it... It was still dripping heavy blood, as if it had been severed only now.
"This...?"
None of those present had attended the battle; they did not know what this represented.
What the Arm of the Executioner represented.
But just by looking, just by the aura... they could sense that it was something dangerous, something terrifying!
After taking out the arm, Robin placed it beside him, then cast a long glance at the box, and did not take out anything else.
Then he closed it and slid it toward Zara. "Here are all the crystals the Father Tree collected during the battle, hundreds of thousands of them. There are dozens of Young and adult crystals, and also the Executioner's crystal."
Then he continued: "I want you to examine it, then place it in the vault on Planet Donara so you can take whatever you want from it at any time. At the same time, it will be close to me so I can summon it through spacetime in case another Executioner comes. Everything inside it is available for you to use in the Nota Family Program as much as you wish."
"Everything?" Zara received the box with extreme caution. "What about the Executioner's crystal? I..."
In this box was a fortune that could not be bought with all the riches of the universe!
“…” Robin’s expression froze. “Study it carefully. The Executioner’s Crystal will be the engine of the Sovereignty Note-5.”