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!'

As long as I look at everything

Gravis thought as he randomly grabbed another crystal. Right now, he wasn't aiming for a specific

with that, Gravis properly started his 100-year-long journey

and categorize all the crystals on the mountain range. After he was done

destroy them. Yet, there were also parts that were made up of weak stone that even a Lord could destroy. As soon as Gravis started experimenting on

up of only one or two materials, but this one had many different kinds of stones all over. Additionally,

Area,' Gravis thought. 'If this mountain range weren't so special,

to understand the mountain

a Law," Ferris said with a smile as

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

a lot of Laws. I can learn a lot of

What did you manage to comprehend?" he

Law of Steam!"

asked. "You

that learning this Law was a bit too easy, but when

water beasts in my life, and naturally, a 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 a lot about steam during

"Huh, that actually makes

it? It's been a while since I've managed to comprehend a new Law, and this one came way easier than most of

looked with thought to the sky. "I think it's because I've been too hellbent on learning more about fire. I've ignored a lot of the level one Laws and only looked at fire, which

the Law of Steam, I managed to understand something

for a bit. "So even seemingly opposite Laws can allow someone to comprehend something about the other one." Then, Gravis looked at the mountain with furrowed brows. "That means it's also

all in combat as long as my opponent doesn't

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

isn't," Ferris said. "The more you understand, the more you learn about the world, and the

back to

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 mind. Staying here has proven quite

do," Gravis said with a nod as he continued probing the