Chapter 315: Laws of the World

10th Ring, Sector 1; it was a massive tower, with entrances on all floors, directed outside. Espers flew in from the Walls, carrying the injured as they entered through the various entrances. Flying within were Espers with the Unranked Skill, Regen, giving first aid to the injured before transferring them to other wards depending on the severity of their injuries.

On the topmost floor of the building, positioned on the same level as the city walls was an open room. There existed a berth on it, customised to suit the person lying over. It was a middle-aged lady who was slightly gaining in on age.

After suffering an injury to her brain, she had fallen unconscious. Even before, when she returned to the city from her mission, she had already fallen unconscious. Before she lost consciousness, she placed some mental inputs in her head using her aura, willing her psychic energy to fly towards her destination while unconscious. That was how she arrived.

After getting ample treatment, she was placed on this floor, to see if the atmosphere would force her awake. Seated before her was a young adult, his demeanour graceful, carrying with it a hint of pride.

But, a gaze at his eye proved otherwise, for it suffused with wisdom that could only be gained from the vicissitudes of life. Faint symbols swirled around, creating sparks in the air before seeping into the lady.

It was a treatment process that would heal the injury to the mind. Standing beside him was a nurse, her gaze poised, not once looking at the floor. Most of her attention was trained beyond the walls, listening to everything that happened there.

"Ahera, concentrate on the task at hand. This is important for your future." The youthful-looking man spoke, his voice gentle, but suffused with authority.

"But, I am a Warrior. And, Deific Inference is completely unrelated to me." The girl, Ahera spoke, pouting as she dared not disobey, grudgingly looking at the sparks in the air.

"Do you wish to follow in the footsteps of Ancestor Light?" The youthful-looking man continued to speak nonchalantly, as if he was unrelated to the matter.

"Yes," Ahera turned serious, the playful demeanour in her eyes was replaced with all seriousness. She clenched her hand into a fist, the veins popping on them.

"Relax," The youth-looking man smiled, his voice automatically making Ahera enter a state of absolute relaxation. Her eyes even began to droop, fluttering towards completely closing until he spoke another line, "If you are always serious, your face would develop wrinkles."

"Smile cheerfully; if you smile, even the Frenzy Beasts might fall for you. The option for peace lies before you; you have to firmly grasp it. Cuteness is justice; that is this world's singular absolute law." The youthful-looking man spoke it in all seriousness, without a hint of embarrassment.

Ahera rolled her eyes, placing her palms on her puffed cheeks as she spoke, imitating his tone, "I'll be so cute that the Floating Spiders wouldn't resist gobbling me."

"…I can see that happen," He didn't retort, accepting her satire. Seeing his silence, Ahera just turned around to gaze at the wall when he spoke again, "Observe this."

Before she could protest, he continued, "Deific Inference is the sole Unranked Skill that delves in the domain of the Mind. To develop our Skills, we have to comprehend them. The greater our comprehension of them, the more they are effective when we activate them. This comprehension treads on the domain of the Mind."

He turned around, his tone serious, "Our understanding of the domain of the mind is superficial at best. But, Deific Inference is our key to unlocking the mysteries of the domain of the mind. After all, this Unranked Skill is continuously evolving as we study and enrich it. Unlike the other Unranked Skill, Deific Inference is an incomplete Unranked Skill, despite already being perfected by Ancestor Light."

His tone turned solemn, "The day we grasp and tread the domain of the mind is when Deific Inference completes its evolution."

He then pointed at the sparks lingering around him, "Each spark is my collision of thoughts as old ideas are destroyed while new ideas bud from them. I am also using these sparks to infer and feed information to her to heal and jolt her mind awake. It is a troublesome process only because my skills are lacking. If I understood it better, I would have been able to wake her up instantaneously."

"But," Ahera said after a moment of thought, "How is this related to me. I am not contributing anything by being here. In fact, I am hindering you."

Before he could sigh and reply, Ahera's eyes lit up as she thought, speaking in a hurry, "If I observe the workings of Deific Inference, I could gain some understanding of the domain of the mind. When I comprehend my Skills in the future, I would be able to comprehend them faster and proceed to levels deeper than my peers."

"Yes," The youthful-looking man smiled, "That is why I want you to observe. Besides, the greater the knowledge you accumulate, the more helpful it is for your attempt at Tier 6."

He sighed, "Do you know why, despite being superior to the Frenzy Beasts, we have a lower number of Ancestors? And why, despite being inferior to us, they are producing more Ancestors?"

Ahera shook her head. The youthful-looking man glanced at the lady on the berth, his expression turning sour for a moment, "It is the sheer difference in quality. Our requirements to complete a breakthrough, the number of memory fragments we have to collect in the Mental Realm, the solidity of our Heart/Brain Crystal upon evolution, they are all higher than the Frenzy Beasts."

"How can that be possible? Don't we have the same Para…" A psychic arm hurriedly blocked her mouth as sweat covered the youthful-looking man's forehead. Immediately shielding the two of them, he transmitted his voice through his psychic arm, "The next time you speak about it, even I wouldn't be able to guarantee your life. I might wield a lot of authority but, rules are the rules. Understand?"

"Yes," Ahera bowed in shame, "Sorry, Dad."

The youthful-looking man sighed as he retracted the barrier, continuing with his treatment, "This higher breakthrough requirement also decides the quality of the evolved Wisdom/Frenzy Parasite. And, that quality directly correlates to the potency of the Skill Nurtured."

"The first three evolutions are probably the easiest and the simplest. Anyone can become a Tier 3 being with a bit of effort, unless they were peerless idiots. But, attaining Tier 4 is a multitude of times hard. Restrictions will be imposed to signal a breakthrough completion." His voice turned sharp, "It is as if our evolution criteria is decided by the laws of the world."

"The Laws of the World?" Ahera was shocked, "Something like that actually exists?"

"Why do you think they never existed before?" The youthful-looking man laughed, "If you place a paper in the fire, it burns. That is a law. An unsuspended object in the air falls to the earth. That is also a law."

"But, that is…due to gravity…" Ahera was cut off by the youthful-looking man's smile, as if her remark was exactly as he had assumed she would say.

He flashed his teeth, having fun with the conversation as the intensity of sparks around him tripled, "The laws of physics are what humans have inferred from nature through countless observations and experiments. But, most of them are incomplete, as our research is still ongoing. The same applies to other fields too."

"One such law we found out was a restriction in the Mental Realm when you try to breakthrough to Tier 4 and beyond. You have to absorb experience fragments a certain number of times than the one you entered with. Only then will you be qualified to exit the Mental Realm." He sighed.

"Such a restriction exists?" Ahera exclaimed, shocked at the information.

The youthful-looking man continued, "And, humans are more enriched and endowed in all factors than the Frenzy Beasts. So, the experience fragments we possess are greater, meaning we have to obtain as many from the Mental Realm. This raises the difficulty tremendously, after all, it is a multiple of the amount we possess. And, you know how shitty multiplication works for bigger numbers, right?"

He continued to speak, "But, if we manage to succeed, our future is proportionally brighter. The greater the requirements, the greater the rewards. There are many such restrictions, added together, they limit the number of ancestors we could produce. But, as such, our Ancestors are terrifyingly powerful."

His voice turned dangerously low, "This is why Ancestor Dawn, Light, and Reef have been progressing in strength even now, despite most of the Frenzy Beast Ancestors having hit their limits ages ago."

"Every Ancestor of humanity has yet to hit their limits while there exist only two individuals among the Frenzy Beast races like this: Warlord, and Sheep." He gazed at his daughter, cheering her, "You have a shot at Tier 6 not because of some heaven-defying innate talent. It is because the requirements you will face to attain Tier 4 will be the highest among humanity, even surpassing Madam Light."

"Grandma Atika…?" Her eyes widened, filled with a sense of worship and fear. "I can become someone like her?"

"The possibility is not zero," Her father smiled, ruffling her hair. The sparks around him further doubled, almost filling their surroundings. He looked at the sleeping lady, "Looks like she's about to wake up."

"I only know these details because I'm the most advanced in developing Deific Inference. In this aspect, I will surpass Ancestor Light in a couple of decades." His gaze turned sharp, "And, I can say this with assurance, Ahera. You will become someone the Frenzy Beasts wouldn't even dare utter the name of."