2250 - The Status of Creatures
"...The Executioner Crystal will be the engine of the Sovereignty Note vehicle." Robin spoke with extreme coldness, as if the blood in his veins had frozen.
"What..." Zara covered her mouth with her hand.
An Ancestor's crystal? The crystal of a beast that once destroyed the universe? One that could kill Law Dominators like flies? That was going to be placed inside a spaceship?!
If they succeeded in building the Note of Destruction-5 vehicle, powered by a Young Crystal along with 40 Nascent Crystals, it would indeed be the most powerful vehicle the universe had ever known. It alone could dominate battles and lead wars against the Millennium Empire.
Not to mention the Note of Supremacy-5 vehicle, which, theoretically, would possess a terrifying power that had never been in anyone's hands except high-level Law Dominators.
But the Sovereignty Note...
Zara sighed again; all the initial designs would only find trash to drown in.
"Hold on, Father." Theo stepped forward from the midst of everyone, and while shock and astonishment appeared on the faces of those around him, Theo was the only one who possessed a hint of awareness. "Have you forgotten something here?"
Then he continued, furrowing his brows: "Weren't you planning to distribute all those crystals as Penetration Stabilizers for a World Calamity? You even said you were building an Array for me and my brothers to use the crystals of Adult Space Beasts as stabilizers."
"...?!?!" Caesar and Peon's eyes widened to their limits. Something like that exists?
Then Theo continued: "And when you were explaining the power of the Note Family to Zara, you said you might consider bringing more crystals, or scrapping the whole idea, and that's your right." Then he added with confusion: "But why would you give up the only Ancestor Crystal you have? Won't you keep it for yourself?"
His father had never said he intended to use it as a stabilizer, but that was obvious, and nothing else made sense.
Only his father deserved that stabilizer, only he would be able to use it as it should be!
"..." Robin's cold expression shifted to anger, then to embarrassment.
Then he repeated with a twisted expression: "...Just a soldier if she worked for the Court, and just a maid if she worked for the Pantheon... I heard those words from that entity, and Blokan, Althera, and Morgana heard them too, and even the late Asr heard them."
"...That accursed woman who drove me to the brink of death and killed one of my allies before my very eyes, just a soldier, a maid, just a hired hand wandering the Void between the universes with no purpose, she is nothing." Then he clenched his teeth. "And that nothing said more than once that the Group of the Transcendents created her, they created her!!"
He then looked at Theo with anger and embarrassment. "How in the hell can I stand against that group when I'm using something they made as a stabilizer for my power? A stabilizer that will remain in my body even when I'm in my dominant state. How can I hold my head high before them when my strength depends on something they created to be a servant? A servant!!!"
*Bang*
In the end, Robin found enough strength to slap his thigh.
"..."
The slap was weak, but it echoed in the hearts of everyone present, making their hearts tremble and forcing them to look at the ground as if they had done something wrong.
"...." Robin felt he had gotten too worked up, then looked ahead again and let out a long sigh. "Anyway, the idea of using the crystals of the Reapers and the Executioners is erased from my mind. Neither I nor my sons will use anything that limits our progress, nor will we use anything that is looked down upon by any other creature... As long as one creature stands before another, no one should surpass me, and no one deserves to look down on me!"
"Yes...!!" Rufina raised her hands and shouted with enthusiasm, but she slowly lowered them and fell silent when she noticed the silence around her.
“…..!!” Robin’s children and grandchildren raised their heads once more, and their hearts, which moments ago had trembled with fear and a sense of humiliation, began to quiver again—but this time, they trembled with fervor, glory, and power.
What words these were!
If he told them to go attack the Behemoth Anteras right now, they wouldn’t hesitate!!
“Hoo~” Theo let out a long sigh. Every time he thought he had grown accustomed to his father’s grand words, he was forced to reconsider. “What will you use, then? Planetary and Stellar Cores? …They’re not bad either.”
“But not good enough.” Caesar furrowed his brows. “I give them as gifts to good officers and obedient wing commanders!”
“….!” Theo turned to Caesar with a forced smile and eyes wide open, like a mother telling her mischievous son to shut up.
Of course, he knew that the quality of stellar cores as stabilizers was nothing to aspire to, even if they were the pinnacle of stabilizers in the universe. But given their father’s current state of mind after what had happened, they should have kept silent and waited. Perhaps he would reconsider after a few months, or even a few years!
"Leave this matter for now. We still have over ninety years until the promotion..." Robin gritted his teeth. "I'll think of something... I'll think of something..." Then he seemed to be trying to calm himself down. "At least those arrays that use crystals as stabilizers will be installed in the vehicles and won't go to waste. Haha... heh..."
Then he turned to look beside him seriously, abruptly changing the subject. "And you, you ungrateful thing."
"...?" Caesar pointed to himself.
"Who else here is ungrateful?!" Robin raised his voice slightly. "The Grave Empire destroyed the Millennium Empire, subjugated one, and is dealing with the last one, but you're still fighting just one. Aren't there four others in your sector? That sector isn't adjacent to the Sorcerer Behemoth for it to affect him, and Kailis doesn't care about external influence because she's already under its influence. That's why many powers have emerged in Middle Sector 100. How long are you going to drag out this mission of yours?"
"Hey, hey, hey, that's not fair. Don't compare me to the Grave Empire!" Caesar took a step forward. "At the beginning of the sector conquest era, I was always the one advancing. News would reach me that he was pulling his hair out every day because of me. He's nothing special!"
"Did I say that?" Robin furrowed his brows even more. "Whether your leadership abilities are better or worse than Aru's is not my concern. You've been slacking off ever since you learned that Nihari would be promoted in Mid Sector 99. Look now at the gap that has appeared between the cradle and the grave after all these years!"