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?

are all less than ten years old, but they have all managed to comprehend a Law already.

eyes widened. All of them had already understood a Law at their age? That was truly impressive! When

they comprehend?" Gravis

know," the Empress said

Gravis asked

don't care and didn't ask,"

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

news that his children were doing well encouraged Gravis more. His children

for

it?" the Empress

even more powerful equipment," Gravis said. "For that Law, I need to learn about the

"You want to go to the bulwark,"

Gravis nodded.

with that, but you need to be careful. The bulwark is not under my control, and I won't spend any resources to convince the Empress of the Bulwark Empire.

"That's all I

changed. Your new status is no longer fitting to keep watch

had just heard that he would die. "What?" he asked in shock. "What have I done wrong?" he asked, almost

A Pre-Ascender's time was valuable, and

"Your status is different now, and you should think about increasing your Realm and ascending to the next world. Keeping watch over a King for nearly a century is

but

do, Ferris turned to Gravis. "What

like this, while the Empress would have groaned if she hadn't had to uphold her royal demeanor. A Pre-Ascender

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

what an axe is,' he thought helplessly

take away any cultivation time in the higher world," Gravis explained to the Empress. "Isn't he in my exact situation? He has just barely reached the qualifications

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

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