Lightning Is the Only Way

It took several days for Gravis to tell his children all about his background. Usually, it wouldn't have taken so long, but same with Orthar, his children just asked one question after another. It seemed like they were quite curious about the workings of the world.

In their area, they had been the most powerful hegemons, but as soon as they met Gravis, they realized how big the world actually was. Tribes, Kingdoms, and Empires were completely unknown concepts to them. Beasts were congregating and working together in such a large number?

"This is also why you have such an incredible affinity towards lightning," Gravis said with a smile. "My goal is to fight Heaven in the future, which is why I have ignored all other elements and completely focused on lightning."

The three of them were lost in thought. By now, Aris had completely opened up and was just as curious as the other two. He had also accepted Gravis as his father and even felt proud of him. His father was "only" a Lord, but he had already managed to kill level two Kings. This was incredible.

Gravis had also demonstrated his other powers to them and explained how they worked. These were his children, and he wouldn't keep anything secret if it helped them learn something and grow more powerful.

Seeing that they stopped asking questions, Gravis could finally explain the next thing. "Now, let me tell you something about Battle-Strength in the Lord Realm."

The three perked up again, especially Aris. He was the one most hellbent on becoming powerful.

"Starting at the Lord Realm, every level up quadruples the power of your body. This is double the amount of growth of being a Spirit Beast. Think about this for a bit and realize what this means in terms of abilities to fight one level above yourself," Gravis said.

They remained silent for a bit, but then, all three of them look with confusion at their father. "Father," Cera said, "if the power gap is so wide, how were you able to fight someone three levels above yourself? Doesn't that mean that their bodies are 64 times more powerful than yours? You wouldn't even be able to react to anything. Additionally, your attacks wouldn't be powerful enough to injure them."

Gravis nodded. "Exactly. Fighting three levels above yourself as a Spirit Beast is a major difference from fighting three levels above yourself as a Lord. Now, let me break down how I managed to achieve that."

"First of all, you all now know that I am a human and that I have the weapons of a human. This means that I have a Spirit and Lightning that is about equally as powerful as my body. Additionally, since I'm in the Unity Realm, I can move my power around. This means that if I concentrate my whole power into one part, for example, my body, it would be three times as strong."

"If we take this strengthened body as a baseline, the enemy is no longer 64 times as powerful as me, but only a bit over 21 times," Gravis said.

"21 times still seems impossible," Yersi said from the side with furrowed brows. "The opponent is still faster than you can even react, even if you use the pre-dodging technique."

Gravis nodded. "Exactly. That's where the Laws come into play. Laws are the biggest factor that decides your Battle-Strength from now on. A Law represents the natural workings of the world, which, if you can understand it, you can manipulate. Look at this, for example."

Gravis was still inside his weak body while his other, more powerful ones, were hovering in the sky. "Let me demonstrate one of the Laws I know," Gravis said as he stood up.

BANG!

Gravis charged forward with his full speed but only used his physical body. His speed was fast, but not really that fast. It was a bit above average for a Low-Rank Spirit Beast.

speed is only a bit above average for my

The three nodded.

me

BZZZ!

lightning movement. This raised his speed to be a little above

about as fast as a beast one level above myself," Gravis said. "Now, I will perform

BANG!

of his feet as he got shot forward. "This short acceleration makes me a bit faster than the average High-Rank Spirit Beast. If we take the difference for Lords into account, this

nodded as they

at this,"

BZZZZZ!

of lightning came out of his back as he shot forward with an insane speed. The three of them almost couldn't follow his body. This incredible acceleration shocked

a level one Lord, just this Law would increase

BANG! BZZZ!

in front of them as

shock. "This was a combination of the lightning acceleration and the Law of Lightning Speed. This is close to being as fast

smirk, "due to me being a human, I can triple my speed by focusing all of my power into my lightning.

the Law and some additional fine-tuning of my other abilities, I managed to close the speed gap. Of course, I can't continually use this. After all, moving so fast

attack?" Yersi asked. "It's good that you manage to close the speed difference, but you

and I have also told you how I have acquired this lightning. This lightning can also be understood and used by others.

BANG!

lightning exploded in Gravis' hand to demonstrate its power. "Punishment Lightning by itself is already a little more than an entire level stronger than my own level. This automatically elevates my attack without me even needing

issue would be that my lightning would run out before killing a Lord three levels above myself. That's where my other

technique? Which one?" Aris asked with a sparkle in

Gravis nodded.

BZZZ! BZZZ!

needed to reload my lightning to show you the full effect of my technique," Gravis said. He had simply

Shing!

will use about 80% of my lightning.

of them looked at Gravis

BZZZZZ!

have such an insane resistance to lightning, they would have become nervous. Yet, they could still feel