Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis fell into thought after he got the go-ahead to kill the Inferno Emperor. Of course, Gravis wasn't so stupid that he would search for him now. The Inferno Emperor had already had the ability to fight a level above himself as an Emperor even before he had understood his level three Law.

Gravis could also infer how powerful the Inferno Element was. Since it was the equivalent to his Punishment Lightning, it meant that the Inferno Element would be just as powerful. Even if Gravis managed to comprehend the Hard Complex Law and created a new armor, his armor would need to be around two or three levels higher than the Inferno Emperor to withstand such an attack.

Gravis' most powerful weapon was his Will-Aura and his Law of Suppression. With that, he would be able to slow the Inferno Emperor by over 80% if he were only one level higher than Gravis. This would allow Gravis to securely kill him if there were only a one-level difference.

Yet, that was considering if Gravis' Will-Aura continued to grow at the same rate as it had been up to this point. If his Will-Aura didn't increase, the Inferno Emperor would only be slowed by about 50%. That might prove to be an issue since Gravis couldn't allow himself to get hit.

'Additionally, I don't intend to increase my Realm for the next 96 years,' Gravis thought. 'The Inferno Emperor has a straight path to the next world now, and it's even possible that he will ascend in the next 96 years.'

Gravis sighed as Ferris looked at him in confusion. 'If I immediately increase my Realm, I might be able to catch up to him and kill him, but that would sacrifice this opportunity to understand more Laws, which is more important for my future path.'

Gravis took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He didn't like this decision at all, but it was better this way. 'My path is more important than revenge,' Gravis thought.

"Understanding more Laws is more important than revenge," Gravis said.

The Empress nodded. "That's the correct choice. As long as you become more powerful, you can always take your revenge."

Gravis nodded back, but inside he was thinking something else. 'I already have an idea to get my revenge anyway, but I need to ascend first,' he thought.

Ferris looked at Gravis with interest as Gravis shook his head to push the thoughts of revenge out of his mind. It was time to ask the Empress something much more important.

"Are there any news regarding our Kids?" Gravis asked nervously.

The Empress felt that it was a bit weird that Gravis said "our", but she ignored it. "All of them are still alive and doing well. In actuality, their Battle-Strength has become rather impressive."

"Oh?" Gravis asked, excited now. His kids were impressive, even for the Empress' standards?

but they have all managed to comprehend a Law already. That is quite

a Law at their age? That was

they comprehend?" Gravis

don't know," the Empress

Gravis asked in

ask," the Empress said with a

didn't care about their offspring, but he also couldn't fully empathize with that mindset. Well, at least he

doing well encouraged Gravis more. His children were outstanding, and as their father,

we came here for

is it?" the Empress

that will allow me to make even more powerful equipment," Gravis said. "For that

want to go to

Gravis nodded.

proposal. "As long as you don't fight anything, I don't have a problem with that, but you need to be careful. The bulwark is not under my control, and I won't spend any resources

nodded. "That's all I

has changed. Your new status is no longer fitting

he would die. "What?" he asked in

This wasn't a punishment. A Pre-Ascender's time was valuable, and keeping watch over

now, and you should think about increasing your Realm and ascending to the next world. Keeping watch over a King for

one hand, the Empress was right, but on the other hand,

what he should do, Ferris turned to Gravis. "What

the Empress would have groaned if she hadn't had to uphold her royal demeanor.

axe doesn't take away time from cutting wood," Gravis said, eliciting confused looks from

axe is,' he thought helplessly as he realized

my exact situation? He has

said. "Nearly everyone is only interested in ascending. He may not be

chin in thought. Then, he turned to Ferris. "What's your goal in life,