Lightning Is the Only Way

Some seconds passed in silence.

"By the way," the Opposer said. "You can probably also guess now why the old bastard and I are enemies."

Gravis was a bit surprised when he heard that. He had expected that they had some enmity because of something that had happened previously, yet his father said that he could guess it now?

Surprisingly, finding out why his father and Heaven were enemies was more difficult than finding out why death existed. But after some seconds of thinking, Gravis felt like he found the reason.

"You're a humongous storage of Energy without a key to open it," Gravis said.

His father smiled. "Well done. You always were a smart kid," the Opposer said.

Gravis felt happy to hear his father praise him.

"After a certain time," the Opposer explained, "I have reached a Realm that no one had reached before me, but the old bastard had noticed it too late. At that point, I was able to resist his influence. Obviously, I can't tell you exactly how I did that since that would definitely force him to act against you."

"So, after I was able to resist his influence, I became the strongest magnet for Energy in the whole world. Yet, since the old bastard can't kill me, he can't access my Energy. As you said, I'm a huge storage room of Energy that the old bastard can't access. So, he tried to kill me with everything he had. This created our enmity."

"Honestly, though," the Opposer said while furrowing his brows. "I don't know if the old bastard is truly unable to defeat me or if he is only acting like he can't. After all, I am an incredible source of attraction for Cosmic Energy. It could also be that he can kill me but just wants me to become fatter."

Gravis' insides shivered. He couldn't hear worry from his father's voice, but he was pretty sure that he felt his father worry. This was the first time in his life where his father appeared like he didn't have full control over everything. That possibility hadn't even crossed his mind.

The Opposer sighed something that Gravis hadn't seen before. "Actually, around five days ago, I felt like I fell into the old bastard's scheme."

"What do you mean?" Gravis asked with worry.

the time when

Gravis said. "I totally forgot about the time dilation. It actually feels bizarre that six years have passed for me while only two days have passed for you. By the

the Opposer explained. "Energy doesn't have a will, but lightning

it did what it could do best: destroy. Your Spirit was too weak to resist the overwhelming power of

He had expected that he had died back then but hearing it from

bastard hadn't

in a couple of seconds. Then, it would have ascended and would have

that time, it would already be too late for the old bastard. The old bastard decided that around 50% of his power would be in lightning and if the manifestation absorbed that, the old bastard's power

have just killed the old bastard and then the manifestation. After all, I'm more of an all-rounder. Lightning is only a small part of my power. Like this, I would have finally achieved what I've wanted

An enmity that had existed for 50 billion years or the life of only one of thousands of children. In Gravis' mind, he guessed that he

"But I didn't want to lose you," he said, his sad and warm tone shaking Gravis' insides again. "I fell to the schemes of Heaven and had love dictate my judgment. I always believed that

the same thing I have avoided to feel for my entire

of emotions. On one hand, he felt happy that his father loved him this much, but on the other hand, he felt guilty that his father wasn't able to achieve his goal. Maybe it would have

made my decision, and I don't regret it. Don't

as he looked into his father's

injured me. My decision to choose your life over my enmity just made everything return to how it was

of this. If anyone ever reaches my Realm, they can only be weaker or equally as strong as me since we

keeping your full strength. So, while there is a

Gravis' eyes. He had never felt much fatherly love from his father, but everything had changed today. His father had chosen him over his lifelong goal. He had often doubted that his father even loved him, but today, he

felt for him. For the first time in a long while, Gravis felt genuinely happy. His victory against the lower Heaven had made him feel excited, but

father," Gravis said with some

him. "Don't mention it. You're my son, and

remained silent for a minute as Gravis enjoyed the closeness to

"You managed to kill one of the bastard's children without ascending! No one has ever managed to