Chapter 2538

2538 - Haste

"Alright now, don't look at me like that. You can't blame me for not giving the orders to commit those major sins." Robin waved his hand a few times when he noticed Theo's look. "The pursuit of power aims for peace, and conquest aims to spread ideas, but one must set limits for oneself so that the means preserve its ultimate goal and does not deviate from it... Activating those relics would undoubtedly be a breach of limits!"

"I'll keep searching." Theo shrugged. "Perhaps we'll find one somewhere that doesn't require human sacrifices." Then he looked into his father's eyes. "But keep in mind this could be a big problem if we face one of the Four Great Powers."

"...." Robin nodded.

It doesn't make sense to believe that the relics found with the defeated powers are the only ones discovered, and it doesn't make sense to believe that someone like Darvion couldn't afford a few billion to sacrifice with ease, let alone a few hundred million, especially since the beginning of his war period in Mid Sector 101!

But why didn't he bring out any weapon of that level during his fight against Hedrick?

In fact... he did.

Not all relics are swords from Eternal Sanctuary. The Cosmic Elder, for instance, found Seraphim among them—an awakened weapon from Eternal Sanctuary—and he also found the local planetary Displacement Gear of the Seventh level... and perhaps he found more and kept them somewhere safe.

There are ancient reports of planetary equipment emerging from these relics, the weakest of which tells of an exceptional planetary equipment of the Fifth level emerging, and that weapon was used against Hedrick.

There are also people who took out awakened weapons and could not control their satiety, and they ended up dead with the weapons lost somewhere.

But the Four Great Powers certainly know what they are dealing with, and Intiras and the Syndicate in particular don't seem to be the gentle type or the kind that cares about the sacrifices... The number of planetary equipment pieces and awakened weapons they possess is unknown.

But what is somewhat reassuring is that the number of those who can use those weapons is also small.

Nevertheless... at least their enemies have weapons of this level that they can somehow make use of—while they do not!

"..." Robin nodded while biting his thumb, "Just tell Zara to hurry up with the Primordial Chaos Array, and you find a way to fund it. If it succeeds, we won't need to worry about those ruins anymore." Then he cast a sidelong glance, "And until that day, let's avoid direct confrontation with one of the Four Powers."

He was confident in himself, that he could destroy whatever was thrown at him—even if one Executioner came, or two, or more, he would fight... But his followers and his empire, everything he had gathered and liberated, all of it was at stake.

If those powers truly decided to bring out the heavy weapons, thinking about what would happen to his followers was a little worrying... What if those weapons were used to strike one of his children?

No, no...

Robin shook his head, "Set a target to the east and finish it quickly, then stop. Do not start a fight with the Alliance of Tyranny until our army is fully prepared."

Then he sighed... Perhaps even his current power did not give him complete peace and freedom of decision as he had thought... There were many variables appearing one after another.

"..." Theo looked down, "Understood. I will hurry the work on the Primordial Chaos Array, and I will hurry the completion of Nihari's upgrade preparations..." Then he sighed, "Forgive me, I will hurry to leave before you think of something else for me to do."

In truth, there was something that kept all the empire's factories busy, and that thing was neither weapons nor fleets, but the Interstellar Communications Network.

Now, after the fall of the Buffer Zones, the Interstellar Communications Network had become ready to operate across the entire controlled region, and all the fleets and Generals, east and west, could make use of it and coordinate together.

So a device was being distributed not only to every Note-class spacecraft, but also to every inhabited planet under their control, and to the massive asteroids in between to strengthen the signal.

Communications had always been one of the empire's strongest characteristics and one of the reasons for its victories, and this must continue.

Another matter that required urgency...

Theo turned and moved quickly toward the glass door to escape, "Hmm?"

Then he raised an eyebrow slightly.

At that moment, an Instant Space Gate opened near the door, and out of it came a massive person with fur on his skin and gentle features... it was Shaddad.

Theo then turned behind him again with narrowed, suspicious eyes.

"What?" Robin defended himself, "Can't I summon my disciple without plotting something big?!"

"Is that so?" Theo's eyes narrowed further.

"No, never, it's a personal matter." Robin looked away slowly, "...I think..."

".....?!" Theo's suspicions multiplied.

But at that moment, the door opened and the rough voice came, "Shaddad has come to meet the Master."

"Ahaa, my dear disciple, come sit." Robin tried to ignore Theo completely and pointed to the seat in front of him.

"Excuse me, Your Highness." Shaddad barely passed by Theo without touching him, and approached his seat with a big smile and a reassuring, cheerful face.

"Hey!" Theo's voice came from behind him, "Don't let him drown you in another big mission, you already have the responsibility of spreading the Fifth Training Path!"

"Tsk." Robin waved, bang, and Theo found himself standing in front of the glass door looking frustrated.

Then after a few seconds he sighed and opened an instant portal himself and left.

"...." Shaddad saw that, and stared at Robin's face, "Did I interrupt something?"

"No, no, forget about him." Robin waved, "He worries about silly things, haha." Then he stared at Shaddad's face, "Actually... I brought you here today to reward you!"