Lightning Is the Only Way

The Inquisitor immediately exploded with anger.

"GRAVIS!" he shouted into the horizons with fury.

The Inquisitor had just made a difficult choice. He had decided to break the rules for the first time in his life for the greater good. Yet, just like Commander Rime's initial intervention, his gains had become void. However, he had already committed to his choice, and he couldn't back out now. Gravis must die!

The Inquisitor hadn't intended to fight Gravis directly. Fighting him directly gave Gravis a chance to survive and become even more powerful. The Inquisitor was sure that he was more powerful than Gravis, but he couldn't leave anything up to chance. He had to kill Gravis no matter what! It was for the greater good of the Icy Pride Empire!

Yet, Gravis seemed to have already anticipated that the Inquisitor would attack him. The control of the situation had escaped the Inquisitor's grasp, and now, he either had to find Gravis or wait for him here. Then, they would fight under Gravis' conditions, not his.

"How!?" the Inquisitor said to himself in rage, making the watching squad fearful of the future. They had no idea what they should do. On the one hand, Gravis had been willing to go to the Empress and confess to his actions. This didn't make him a traitor.

On the other hand, the Inquisitor had only wanted to protect the Icy Pride Empire from danger. Gravis' conduct and mindset didn't fit the usual beast and left a lot of room for uncertainty. The beasts weren't able to judge his personality based on their own experiences since Gravis simply didn't act like a beast.

What were they supposed to do? None of the two beasts were in the wrong here. Without a leader among the squad, they couldn't decide on a course of action. Should they help the Inquisitor and inform the defensive line? If they did that and Gravis managed to kill the Inquisitor, they would be next.

Should they help Gravis and report this to an Emperor in one of the close Empires so that they could intervene? If the Inquisitor saw them doing that, he might double-down on his actions and kill them so that no one could stop him from eradicating the danger to the Icy Pride Empire.

It didn't matter what they chose. Both choices could lead to their deaths. So, in the end, they made the only correct choice, which was to not choose at all. They would simply stay here and do absolutely nothing. This was the only way they could guarantee their survival.

their lives. Yet, the Inquisitor quickly looked away, closed his eyes, and shook his

opportunity to kill the traitor.

Inquisitor thought back to his interactions with Gravis over the past minutes. When had Gravis managed to escape? The Inquisitor had kept a close watch on him, so when

and when Gravis had left. The Inquisitor had seen that Gravis could transform into

I only thought that this was part of his attack, but most of his power must have been gathered into one of the lightning bolts that shot into the distance! I don't have an affinity for lightning,

have survived anyway. Additionally, they had talked for so long that Gravis had easily escaped the range of his senses.

would return in about four hours. Even though I despise him, I am certain that he wouldn't lie

the Inquisitor's eyes narrowed as a

wait,' he thought with

Had Gravis known that the Inquisitor would attack

No.

he probably wouldn't attack him. Yet, Gravis had felt a feeling of danger from the Inquisitor ever since Gravis had said that

from the Inquisitor. Yet, as soon as Gravis announced his decision, the Inquisitor started

understood the Law of Danger, and by understanding it, he also knew what it did. The Law of Danger would inform Gravis of any potential danger to his life, just like its name suggested. In order to judge something as dangerous or not dangerous,

the power of the being or force. If someone weren't powerful enough to be a

intent of the being or force. If someone had no malicious intentions towards Gravis,

threat to Gravis and had malicious intentions would the Law of Danger inform Gravis. In his fight against Jessy, her copies had not been a danger to him since they were too weak.

see through any feints. If an attack looked powerful but was only there to force Gravis to move in