Chapter 1393: The Hidden hand
BAM. BAM. BAM.
Robin kept slamming his head into the thick palm tree — one he had reinforced with soul forceso it wouldn’t break easily under the sheer force of his frustration. He kept pounding, even after the pain should’ve convinced him to stop.
"...Is this some kind of ancient ritual?" the blind old man raised an eyebrow, frowning in vague amusement.
"No. I’m just a competitive, masochistic human being," Robin gritted his teeth, voice trembling with emotion. "When I hear about someone better than me... I feel the need to punish myself a little."
He was nearly in tears.
The idea that his opponent was using a master law — not just any, but Causality itself, one of the most terrifying and absolute forces in existence — had been haunting Robin’s nights for weeks. And now... it turned out that man had reached the sixth stage in it?
It was too much.
That old man had casually mentioned that Sevar already held grudges with several Seventh stage users back when he was only a fifth-stage Causality user — That means he fought behemoths when he was still a World Cataclysm!!
And then said he "settled the disputes" and withdrew when he reached the sixth stage?
"Settled the disputes"? What did that even mean? That phrase was obviously just a polite euphemism... a diplomatic way for behemoths to save face after being humbled.
It was clear now — Sevar had simply bullied them into submission. Like a seasoned elder ruffling the hair of misbehaving children and telling them to leave quietly before he slapped them silly.
...But the real question burned in Robin’s mind: