Lightning Is the Only Way

Aris was fearful as he felt something touching his heart. He had never felt so close to death before. If Gravis wanted, Aris would be dead right now.

"I concede. You're more powerful than me," Aris said slowly.

Plop!

Gravis came out of the cut he had entered from and cleaned himself off the blood. Then, he floated in front of Aris and looked him deep into the eyes.

"Aris, you need to learn several things," Gravis said. Aris only remained silent as he listened to Gravis' words. "In actuality, you have made the same mistake I did."

Aris, Cera, and Yersi were surprised when Gravis said that he had also made a similar mistake.

"Just like you, I had charged through one Realm after the other. I thought that everything would continue working out for me as long as I continue tempering myself. Yet, that is not the truth."

"Why am I still a level three King after such a long time? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Do you think I'm just not able to become more powerful?" Gravis asked.

Aris took a deep breath. "In the beginning, yes, but I don't believe that anymore," he said.

Gravis nodded. "Everything changes when you become an Emperor. The Empress and the Grand Elder have explained these things to me, and now I will explain these things to you."

By now, their mindset had completely changed again. Gravis had shown that he was still much more powerful than them. This meant that his words were worth their weight in gold.

Gravis explained to them how old the average Emperor was and how many Laws they had managed to comprehend in that time. He also explained to them how many more Laws an average Emperor would be able to learn with their Law Comprehension experience in comparison to them.

"In short, if you continue going at this speed, you will sooner or later become weak in comparison to others in your Realm. You must take long breaks to comprehend Laws between fights. Otherwise, your Law Comprehension will continue to fall in comparison to your Realm," Gravis said.

"In the last 100 years, I have fully concentrated on only understanding Laws. I didn't do this because I couldn't get any more powerful. I did this in order to keep my foundation solid. If we ignore my Punishment Lightning, I would know enough Laws to reach the average of a level two Emperor, and that's after spending a full century on them."

having used my three

just like they always had. Looking at Gravis' monstrous Battle-Strength and knowing that this would be the average Battle-Strength of a level two Emperor felt terrifying. Every opponent of them at

most powerful weapons in the fight, after all. One shouldn't forget that he could still use his Punishment Lightning, which also included the Lightning Crescent, and his

one before, but I now know that they are very terrifying. A level two Law is incredibly powerful, and if you don't know at least double the Laws of such an opponent or a level two Law yourself, you will die. Keep in mind that

remained silent

not trusting

trust my companions!" Aris said with power, not happy that Gravis said that he

head. "That's not what I meant. What I mean is that you should trust in their experience and judgment. You are no longer young, but in comparison to other level five Kings, you are still young. They

you should have met a lot of inexperienced and stupid Lords. Yet, that is no longer true for Kings. Every King has managed to comprehend at least one Law and

you ever seen the power of an Inquisitor?" Gravis asked as he

three of them

is what I meant," Gravis said. "Every experienced King has seen an Inquisitor go into action at least once. Additionally, why are there so few Inquisitors? Is it because no one wants to be an

be an Inquisitor, including us. It's the best position

not able

were told that we were

either one level two Law or, at least, ten useful level one Laws. You need to be in the

so bad if you are able to rely on your companions' experiences. If you lack experience, you can simply trust the judgment of someone that has the experiences.

you decided to ignore their words. You believe them to

have acted just now," Gravis said. "I have met quite a few powerful Kings on my journey to here since they kept confusing me with you, Aris. When I showed them

at his children. It

tell you how they reacted. After realizing that I'm Gravis, not Aris, every single one of them immediately fled, and I could even feel the nervousness inside them. All these level five Kings didn't dare to disrespect me even a little bit, and that's because they know

they know what it means when someone manages to kill an Inquisitor as a

to your companions, you decided that an Inquisitor couldn't be as powerful as

three would be dead right now, and why? Because you didn't trust in the experiences of your

powerful than you, and I've managed to kill one when I was half your age. Even if I just scratched my balls for a hundred years, I would still be