Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis had arrived here with grand plans in mind, but everything just kept crashing down as soon as he realized how hard it actually was to comprehend a more powerful Law. He had managed to comprehend a level two Law, the Law of Suppression, but that was a Law that didn't require any level one Laws to understand.

Gravis hadn't attempted to understand a proper level two Law yet, and just thinking about the level three Law made him nearly despair. There was so much from so many different aspects to understand. He was sure that not everything he had considered would be part of the Law, but some of that stuff surely would.

Gravis sighed and looked at the ground with a troubled expression. 'Where do I even begin?' he thought.

Now, Gravis could understand why so many level five Kings never managed to become Emperors. He didn't even know what he needed to understand in order to comprehend even some Initial Laws. It was like he was completely blind.

'I'm lucky that father gave me an initial direction with the Hard Pure Law,' Gravis thought as he remembered his conversations with his father.

'Wait a second!' Gravis thought as he remembered something specific. 'Hadn't father said that he didn't want to tell me the categorization of Laws so that I don't try to only go in one direction? He also said that the Initial Laws are more important than the later ones.'

Suddenly, Gravis chuckled bitterly. 'I get it. So that's why you have told me about the Composition Law but not the others.'

Gravis sighed again. "I've been truly stupid."

His father had said that the Composition Law was one of the most powerful Laws in existence. Such a powerful Law, obviously, wasn't easy to comprehend.

What was Composition?

It was the Law that explained how Energy transformed into different matter and forces. All matter was made up of Energy, and by understanding the Composition Law, one understood how an entire world was created.

'I have tried to understand how to create an entire world,' Gravis thought with a bitter smile. 'I am pretty sure that is way beyond my ability at the moment. Father told me about this Law because it's absolutely impossible for me even to attempt to understand it.'

'He also said that I shouldn't aim for any specific, more powerful Law, but just try to gain understanding with as many Initial Laws as possible. I shouldn't set such a powerful Law as my goal but should just aim to understand one Law after the other.'

Gravis punched himself in the forehead to regain his bearings. 'If I understand ten Laws, I might not have the fitting Laws for a Low-Rank Law. Yet, if I understand 100 Laws, the chances are high that I have enough for several Low-Rank Laws. As long as I understand as many Initial Laws as possible, the Low-Rank Laws will come naturally!'

aim for understanding. As long as I look at everything

Right now, he

Gravis properly started his 100-year-long

three entire months to understand and categorize all the crystals on the mountain range. After he was done with

of the mountain range were so powerful that not even he was able to destroy them. Yet, there were also parts that were made up of weak

or two materials, but this one had many different

a Law Comprehension Area,' Gravis thought. 'If this mountain range weren't so special, it probably wouldn't constitute as

weeks into trying to understand the mountain range,

Law," Ferris said with

up when he heard that. "Already?" he asked

comprehended a lot of Laws. I can learn a lot of the hidden concepts

sense. What did you manage

laughed loudly. "I learned the Law of Steam!"

times in confusion. "How?" he asked. "You have the fire element. Isn't steam part of the water

also thought that learning this Law was a bit too easy, but when I thought about it

lot of them have the water element. So, it happened quite often that my fire clashed with their water, creating steam in the process. Without me knowing, I have learned

chin in thought. "Huh, that actually makes a lot of sense," he

comprehend a new Law, and this one

because I've been too hellbent on learning more about fire. I've ignored a lot of the level one Laws and only

even funnier? By comprehending the Law of Steam, I managed to understand something about fire that I hadn't managed to comprehend in the past 50

"So even seemingly opposite Laws can allow someone to comprehend something about the other one." Then, Gravis looked at the mountain with furrowed

help me at all in combat as long as my opponent doesn't use steam. Yet, this Law gave me insights into a Law that is very useful to

a couple of times in surprise. "Huh," he simply uttered, "if you put it like that, it sounds like there is no wrong Law to

said. "The more you understand, the more you learn about the world, and the more you learn about the world, the more powerful you become. There is

and then turned back to the mountain. "I will continue

want to talk right now and simply waved him off. "No problem. I'll also continue. Just tell me if you want to go somewhere else, but I honestly don't

a nod as he continued