Strongest Hammer God novel Chapter 926

"That sounds pretty secure," Kyle answered. "However, I always tell you what you should tell the others, which means you know the contents of my messages. Isn't that a weak point?"

"It's a necessary evil," Major Sovignor answered. "Telling the senders how to encode the message themselves means spreading the way it works to a multiple of people. More people means more security risks. Besides, every leader of any base has sworn a strict oath. If we betray Humanity, we will die. We could also force every member to swear this oath, but this might create resentment. Such an oath is difficult to bear."

Kyle scratched the back of his head. "Can't you just use a Formation Array?"

"Every Formation Array has a design, and that design can be compromised. Formation Arrays can't swear oaths. A compromised person will share one message. A compromised Formation Array will spread countless before someone finds the injected flaw," Major Sovignor explained.

"I guess so," Kyle answered. "Anyway, sorry for getting distracted and asking all of these questions."

"Doubts are natural," Major Sovignor transmitted with an even voice. "There's a lot of pressure on your shoulders. Any error you make might have devastating consequences."

Kyle just nodded. "Probably."

"We should get back to the actual topic," Major Sovignor transmitted. "Are you willing to exchange some of your Military Merits or will you save them?"

"Actually, I'm not sure," Kyle transmitted. "I've gone through the Fourth Refinement, and I've realized that it's not that easy to keep operating at peak efficiency. I don't think I will be of much use during my Fifth Refinement."

"That is not an issue," Major Sovignor transmitted. "Every Advanced Sage receives a free attempt for the Fifth Refinement, and if they fail, they get another free attempt after some centuries. The Fifth Refinement is difficult, but it is also the most valuable for Humanity."

"How come?" Kyle asked. "Advanced Sages can already advance. A Spirit Lord should be more valuable than a Fulfilled Sage."

"Aside from the few Ascendants, Spirit Lords are our most important line of defense," Major Sovignor answered. "The vast majority of Spirit Lords will never become Ascendants, which means the Domain Realm is the Realm in which our members reach their peak and contribute the most."

"The level our people reach as Sages essentially dictates how much they can contribute for the remainder of their lives. For Humanity, the advancement bonus a human receives after becoming a Spirit Lord is the most important of all of them. That's why everyone gets a free try, and if they fail but keep contributing very well, they will receive another one. Otherwise, they have to exchange Merits."

"Makes sense," Kyle transmitted. "So, I get a free try, right?"

"Yes, you don't have to exchange any Merits. However, if you accept the free attempt, your Emblem will tell us about the state of your Refinement. It's to stop people from claiming that they're still in the middle of their Refinement to gain more free time. Usually, we don't tell them about that function of their Emblem and use this opportunity to gauge the loyalty of our soldiers, but I don't want you to be the victim of an investigation. The fewer people look into you, the better for all of Humanity."

"Thanks for telling me," Kyle answered. "By the way, is there some kind of arena or hard room? I want to practice swinging my hammer during my Refinement, and I want something I can hit."

Major Sovignor slowly shook his head. "Creating such a room requires hard metals, and we barely have any. The only fitting place would be a Fort, but only soldiers on duty are allowed to enter one."

Kyle looked with a bit of surprise at Major Sovignor, and he felt like he saw Major Sovignor show some shame or embarrassment.

The reason for Kyle's surprise and Major Sovignor's embarrassment was clear.

Humanity couldn't even offer a hard wall.

Even though the Forward Bases had walls, they were used as a medium to keep the Connections and Nodes of their Formation Arrays stable. They were not supposed to be hit.

There were also no prisons or any rooms fortified with hard materials, aside from the Forts. Everything was fortified with Formation Arrays, and hitting a Barrier Formation Array consumed its Energy.

Kyle felt like he was in some kind of weird dream in which the concept of hard walls didn't exist.

This was the first time Kyle had been in a place that didn't have something he couldn't destroy.

On Earth, there were stone walls everywhere, and even if they were not enough, there were also steel beams. In the Tertiary World, there were powerful ores, fortifications, castles, and even if they were not enough, there was also the big black wall that Star Genesis had built.

'Humanity is poor as fuck,' he thought. 'No metals. No Law Wells. No methods that help with the Major Laws of the Aspects. Weapons are super expensive as long as you don't have a Metal Affinity. Sure, there are Demon corpses, but they decay with time. I could technically burrow into the Corpse Mountain and go ham there, but I might attract a bunch of powerful Demons, and since I'm not on duty, Humanity won't back me up.' 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

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