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."

said. "If we ignore my Punishment Lightning, I would still be able to kill every level five King in this world. I had no problems in defeating you while not having used my three most powerful weapons. Yet, that is only the average for a level two Emperor. The most powerful King

three kids thought about these things and grimaced. Everything that Gravis said made sense and that was why they didn't like it. They thought that they could continue 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 that Realm would be

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

don't know at least double the Laws of such an opponent or a level two Law yourself,

silent

are not trusting and listening to

with power, not happy that Gravis said that

I meant. What I mean is that you should trust in their experience and judgment. You are no longer young, but in

Every King has managed to comprehend

Inquisitor?" Gravis asked as he

three of them shook their

meant," Gravis said. "Every experienced King has seen an Inquisitor go into action at least once. Additionally, why are

to be an Inquisitor, including us.

why were you not able to

looked to the side. "We were told

right. To become an Inquisitor, you need to have comprehended either one level two Law or, at least, ten useful level one Laws. You need to be in the

have enough experience. Yet, that is not so bad if you are able to

is. Yet, instead of listening to the words of your companions, who have seen an Inquisitor, you decided to ignore their words. You believe them to be beneath

how you 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 that I was Gravis, how

at his children. It was

I could even feel the nervousness inside them. All these level five

manages to kill an Inquisitor

an Inquisitor couldn't be as powerful as

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

kill one when I was half your age. Even if I just