2305 - Man of Light
“……….?”
Renara turned toward the source of the sound and saw a man made of golden light. His features weren’t entirely clear, but she recognized that voice without a doubt.
“Your Majesty?”
“In the flesh!” Robin laughed and looked at his glowing hand. “I mean, in presence and energy.”
“What are you doing here? This place is exclusive for breakthroughs into the Law Dominator Realm! I…” Renara took a step back, but soon smiled and shook her head. “It seems my eagerness to showcase the Law of Energy Transformation before Your Majesty has made me see things that aren’t real.”
“I’m more real than you, girl, hehe.” Robin pointed upward toward the sun. “I used the Sun of the Path of Truth as a medium and injected my consciousness into it to appear wherever the sun is.” Then he looked around. “This place is more colorful than they say…”
“The sun came from you?” Renara was greatly astonished. “You can manipulate this place too?!”
“Nothing is difficult for the Master Laws within the universes. With some focus and planning, everything is possible.” The Man of Light, Robin, placed his hands behind his back and began to pace slowly. “This place reminds me of something… especially that vast blackness before the threads appear… hmm.”
"The Sun... the Path of Truth?" Renara repeated. "Wait... before the Sun appeared, I was in a pitiful state, and then—" She then gripped her head tightly for a few moments before looking at Robin. "Did you help me achieve a breakthrough?!"
"I helped you focus a little and accelerated the inevitable. Your breakthrough and conclusions are all your own." Robin smiled, then paused and turned toward her. "In truth, I learned something from you today."
"...You helped me break through, and then you say you learned from me." Renara smiled. "I don't need this false modesty."
"I'm serious." Robin raised his head and began observing the thickest rope among those present. "The Law of Energy Transformation, huh? A fitting name, and even if it weren't, you discovered the law, and you have the right to name it."
"....?" Renara was greatly surprised. "I'm the first to discover it?"
"Yes." Robin nodded. "I won't lie to you; even I didn't know something like this existed in nature." Then he continued slowly. "I can see the patterns of natural energy itself. They are extremely simple, as simple as water, or even simpler. Most of its patterns are dedicated to helping bind energy to other laws, contributing to the movements of the natural environment, and also helping us, the practitioners, use it freely."
"It is made to be used." Robin shrugged. "So, subconsciously, like everyone before me, I imagined that the Law of Energy was useless, and that the other laws, with all their levels, were the things that could be used to transform and utilize energy. As for energy itself, it is stagnant like water and earth, and will only change with a catalyst, which is the law."
Then he gestured with his head toward the thick rope. "But that thing over there shatters everything... It is a law that moves energy with ease, whether inside the user or inside the target. If energy has a law, that is it. As for the energy patterns I see, they have nothing to do with the natural Law of Energy, just like someone looking at the components of water and seeing its simplicity, while being unaware that behind it lies an entire path that utilizes that simplicity."
"So..." Renara's eyes widened further. "This thing I'm breaking through with right now is the natural Law of Energy?!"
"..." Robin stared at the rope more intently. "Let's keep the name Energy Transformation as it is. The Laws of Water allow you to use energy to simulate the form and properties of water, and you can create water at a certain temperature, but that thing over there will not allow you to create energy—no one can do that... It only controls it and transforms it, just as you named it."
He then stared at the Rope more intently, trying to imprint every engraving and every pattern in his mind. "I just find it strange that it is a Heavenly Law, yet it is not a Minor Law, nor does it have any Minor Laws beneath it. It exists entirely on its own. Whoever masters it will master Energy Transformation in general, and whoever fails will have no other chance with a lesser Minor Law... Strange!"
"...It cannot be classified as a Master Law, of course. Nor is it Fundamental or any of the other classifications, because it has no Minor Laws. And it is certainly not one of the concepts at the level of blood or the Codes of Creation... So what is it?"
"..." Renara smiled. "I am glad that I was able to give Lord Human some questions to ponder."
"....." Robin nodded several times with a smile, then turned toward her. "Let me give you a question then: Do you intend to follow me to the end?"
"....?" Renara was puzzled by the question.
She, technically, had submitted to Caesar and worked under his command for centuries, and Caesar is the Marshal and Robin's son, so she is undoubtedly a subordinate of Robin.
Nevertheless, she is an informal subordinate of his—she has sworn nothing to him and has never received direct orders from him.
Renara held Robin's gaze for a long moment, looking into the eyes of the man who had helped her rise from an ordinary Nexus State to a breakthrough today, becoming a Law Dominator… Then she nodded.
"I see no reason not to continue."
"Are you sure?" Robin showed a wide smile.
Renara furrowed her brows slightly. "What exactly do you want?"
"In truth, Renara, based on the power of the law and the level of boundary elevation you gained from the first time, I believe that when your breakthrough is complete, you'll be able to contend with someone like Hedrick when he was also a low-level Law Dominator. Simply put, you'll be invincible as a low-level Law Dominator, and one of the two strongest in the entire universe at that level."
"……" Renara showed a wide smile, looking satisfied.
But her smile was interrupted by Robin's words.
"However, I want to make you the undisputed strongest. What do you think?"
"….?!" Renara furrowed her brows tightly. "Please speak clearly!" Her heart was pounding fiercely.
"I will lift your limits completely. Hmm, let me put it in terms you understand: a Law will grant you 100% Support, and every law in the universe will do the same. What do you think?" Robin showed a wide smile. "It's simple and can be arranged, but after that, I'll need you to be my complete subordinate, obeying my every command without question, moving as a spearhead wherever I order you without debate… Can you do this, Renara?"
Then he quickly continued to persuade her further: "I realize this came very directly, and I understand it might take time to thi—"
*Thump*
Renara dropped to one knee.
"Do it if you can, and bring The Oath."