Lightning Is the Only Way

What could possibly have happened that it stopped Orthar from ascending? The only two things Gravis could think of were Meadow or Heaven interfering. Yet, if Heaven interfered, Orthar wouldn't be alive anymore. Keeping troublemakers alive was not something that Heaven usually did.

"What happened?" Gravis asked.

"Someone contacted me, telling me that you were still in this world and that I only had to wait for you to reappear," Orthar said.

"Did you know that voice? Was it Meadow?" Gravis asked.

"It was not the ruler," Orthar said. "It was a male voice. His voice radiated with an indescribable feeling of authority and power. When I heard his voice, it felt like existence itself was talking to me. When I heard him, my entire being rejected his voice. It was like my being couldn't acknowledge that someone like this even existed."

"Oh!" Gravis said. "That was probably my father."

"Your father?" Orthar asked. "You have told me that he is impossibly powerful. Yet, is he so powerful that he can even see my actions from your homeworld?"

Gravis nodded. "Father watches over me when I'm in another world. He does that to ensure that Heaven doesn't pull something sneaky. He knows that we are companions and informed you to wait. Since he contacted you, it also means that he has probably agreed that you can come home with me."

Orthar remained silent for a while. "So, I have come into contact with one of the two most powerful beings in existence," Orthar commented quietly.

"Eh," Gravis said with a dismissive wave. "He's not so bad. I'll introduce you to him when we return to the highest world."

Orthar wasn't sure if he actually wanted to meet the owner of that voice. His whole being told him that he shouldn't come into contact with that person. Orthar felt that if he came into contact with the Opposer, he would have broken a taboo. It would feel like he had done something unforgivable.

Gravis noticed Orthar's subtle change and groaned. "Oh, come on," Gravis said. "Father is just a human. Meanwhile, you have an incredible amount of tentacles, and there are eyes all over your entire body. As far as I see, you look like the one that someone wouldn't want to meet."

Yes, Orthar's appearance had changed. Instead of only having eight tentacles, Orthar was basically oozing with many thin and long tentacles. Additionally, there were a ton of eyes all over his body.

"Man, if I didn't know you, I would think that you look like-"

Gravis suddenly stopped.

Yes, there had been another being that looked similar to Orthar.

grew interested. He hadn't expected

"why have you chosen

tone in Gravis' voice transmission. Gravis didn't sound like his usual, friendly self. Instead, he sounded highly suspicious, like

an Emperor, I have decided to let

like he wanted to discern if Orthar was speaking

all, hadn't Azure chosen a similar form to a human's for the same

Gravis said.

know something about why this form makes me feel closer to the

please, which was something that beasts didn't really do. Apparently, he had gained quite some experience in acting like a

sighed again. "It's logical that this form makes you

very similar to Heaven," Gravis

a ton of eyes. This strange and unnatural aspect of having so many eyes made them

surprised. He had no idea how Heaven actually looked like, but he had subconsciously taken a similar

was thinking about his appearance, Gravis also noticed other things. Orthar's cold and logical mindset in managing a power also resembled Heaven's conduct. Orthar only looked at the gains with no care for any feelings

Heaven, Gravis

lower Heaven. The lower Heaven had acted like

Heaven. This middle Heaven followed its ancestor's orders like they were holy decrees. Following orders without thinking for oneself didn't fit

Orthar seemed more similar to the

them followed cold logic. Both of them used every means to get as many gains as possible. Additionally, both of them were incredibly good at scheming. The highest Heaven was so good at scheming that not even Gravis' father, the Opposer, could see through

schemes, or is this just a coincidence?' Gravis thought. 'It's very possible that Orthar truly only chose this form to become closer to the Laws, but it's also possible that he has been specifically created by Heaven to make

close friend that's very similar to Heaven, I may develop some feelings of understanding towards Heaven, which makes it more likely for me to forgive it for its past conduct.

threw his suspicions out of the

ascending. There is no way that father wouldn't have noticed if Heaven did something. Additionally, Heaven had no idea to which world I would go to. Father has chosen the world, and he only told

it," Gravis said. "I

sure what Gravis meant with that comment, but he remained silent.

in the past 600

Gravis about all the

there were no Ultimates left. There were two level five Emperors, and both of them didn't count as Ultimates. One of them was Orthar, and the other was the