Free Web NovelChapter 54: Chapter54-Authority vs Law
The Crowned Witch stared at John with a grave expression.
The warning she had just given was not meant as blame. She only wanted John to understand the severity of the situation.
After all, she knew very well that John had not intentionally drawn that faceless projection here.
With a serious expression, the Crowned Witch said, "I hope you remember the difference between ordinary skills and high-level Laws.
"Law is not like an ordinary skill. When an ordinary skill is used, it only leaves behind residual traces of mana. Most of those fluctuations can be concealed through sufficiently advanced barrier runes or concealment items.
"But Law is part of the underlying operating rules of this world.
"Especially high-level Laws such as space, time, fate, and death. Once they are mobilized, they leave behind traces in the foundation of the world itself, similar to coordinate echoes.
"That faceless projection did not find you through ordinary detection. Nor did he forcefully shatter the Witch Council’s barrier to enter.
"He locked onto this area directly by following the coordinate echo you left behind when you used Spatial Law.
"That is why he was able to bypass the outer shell of the barrier and send his projection into this manor."
This was also the most dangerous part. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
If John continued to use Spatial Law without any concealment, then next time, another projection—or even more projections—would appear to hunt him down.
And perhaps, just as the God Hunter had said...
At this point, the Crowned Witch’s expression became even colder.
"The next one that comes may not be only a projection."
Her words were not baseless.
John had used the power of Spatial Authority before, and that had given the Crowned Witch a basis for her judgment.
In her mind, she had already guessed that John had mastered some extremely high-level Spatial Law.
Precisely because of that, he was absurdly powerful.
But the danger he carried was equally enormous.
John also realized the seriousness of the matter. He immediately asked, "Is there any way to conceal the coordinate echoes caused by high-level Law?"
The Crowned Witch shook her head.
"To completely hide such traces is almost impossible.
"That kind of power exists at an extremely high level. Ordinary concealment methods cannot cover it at all.
"However, there is one method that can wrap Law fluctuations beneath ordinary skills, class systems, and barrier refraction.
"It cannot erase the traces, but it can make them blurry, scattered, and difficult to locate.
"If handled properly, those hunters from beyond the realm will not be able to easily lock onto your exact coordinates."
As she spoke, she waved at the Mirrorrealm Witch.
"Help him rearrange the manor’s barriers first."
In order to prevent the God Hunter from assassinating John again later, the Mirrorrealm Witch suppressed her displeasure and personally dismantled the manor’s original three-layer barrier.
Then she reshaped it and added an extra layer of mirror-realm refraction to the outermost layer.
The new barrier could not only block the detection of other powerhouses, but also refract high-level fluctuations erupting from within the manor into ordinary mana fluctuations.
This way, even if John used Spatial Law inside the manor in the future, his coordinates would not be exposed as openly as they had been just now.
...
The Crowned Witch looked at John.
"If you need to use Law in the future, it would be best to do so inside this manor. That will reduce the danger considerably."
John took a deep breath, his brows tightly furrowed.
He realized that this problem had to be solved.
Spatial Law was currently one of his strongest trump cards.
Whether it was for movement, slashing attacks, escape, or combination techniques with the Space Sever sword, it was impossible for him to avoid using Spatial Law outside forever.
But if every use of Spatial Law attracted a hunter on the level of the one just now, then it would no longer be merely a trump card.
It could also become a source of danger that might backfire on him at any time.
Just as John was thinking, the Mirrorrealm Witch, who had finished arranging the barrier, suddenly flashed and appeared in front of him.
Before John could react, the Mirrorrealm Witch directly took his hand.
The next moment, John felt as if his entire hand were being sliced apart by tens of thousands of tiny glass shards at the same time.
This was no longer simple pain.
It was as if an extremely intricate barrier structure was being forcibly engraved into his skin, flesh, and mana flow nodes.
That agonizing sensation, where he could neither live nor die, lasted for a long time before slowly fading.
John was already covered in cold sweat.
He lowered his head and saw an almost invisible silver mirror pattern on the back of his hand.
The Mirrorrealm Witch said coldly, "I just placed a miniature reflective barrier on your hand.
"This barrier cannot erase the mark that thing left on you, nor can it completely hide the Law inside your body.
"But it can continuously reflect the signal released by that mark within your body, causing the signal to weaken as it rebounds back and forth before finally escaping.
"To put it simply, it can reduce the risk of that thing accurately locating you again. frёewebηovel.cѳm
"But this is only a temporary measure.
"If you still want to use those Laws outside in the future, you must learn how to truly hide the traces of Law.
"That is all I have to say. Take care of yourself."
After hearing this, John was silent for a moment before finally nodding.
"I understand. Thank you."
The Mirrorrealm Witch rolled her eyes in irritation.
Clearly, she was still grieving over the mirror space that had just been destroyed.
At that moment, the Crowned Witch suddenly spoke.
"If you cannot find a suitable method on your own, I do know of one way that may help solve your problem."
John’s Spirit stirred, and he hurriedly asked, "What method?"
The Crowned Witch continued, "There is a special area in Axis City.
"That area was not prepared for adventurers like you, nor is it a place for adventurers to kill monsters and train.
"Its true purpose is to allow cultivators of Axis City like us to enter and comprehend Law before reaching the demigod realm."
Hearing this, John’s Spirit stirred again.
The demigod realm she referred to corresponded to Lv.250 when converted into player levels.
On the Crossbridge Continent, before reaching Lv.250, everyone improved through experience, classes, equipment, and bloodlines.
But after breaking through Lv.250, further progress could no longer be achieved by relying purely on accumulated experience.
To continue advancing, one had to comprehend or develop a Law that belonged uniquely to oneself.
Law was the lower form of Authority.
Only by mastering a Law could one truly gain the qualifications to touch the threshold of God-Rank.
It was no exaggeration to say that Law was the dividing line between ordinary powerhouses and demigod powerhouses.
At that moment, the Crowned Witch spoke leisurely.
"Looking across the twelve seats of the Witches’ Round Table, including the Mirrorrealm, Thorn, Stargazing, Ashen, and Bone Witches before you—
"We all gradually formed the embryonic forms of our respective Laws only after undergoing training and tempering inside that dungeon."
