Lightning Is the Only Way

Morus' mind recovered instantly as his old personality returned. Gone was his reverence towards Gravis. Now, he was able to see Gravis for what he was.

The over 700 years of being a servant appeared inside his mind. The 700 years of having no freedom felt terrifying to him. He had wasted 700 years under someone else!

Gravis had already fully prepared himself for the inevitable battle. Every single beast that had been freed from Gravis' Life Ring previously had wanted nothing but his death. Being stripped of one's own will was not something that someone could take easily.

Morus' eyes narrowed as killing intent radiated from him. Then, he looked with cold eyes at the distant Gravis.

Yet, instead of speaking or attacking, Morus remained silent for several seconds. He was only glaring coldly at Gravis.

But then, he relaxed and looked evenly at Gravis. "You have not thought this through, Gravis," Morus said coldly.

Gravis only smirked. "I have had this plan for several centuries now, Morus," Gravis said. "I know that you have a high chance of killing me, but if you didn't have this chance, I wouldn't have freed you. You should know that I require genuine tempering since you should also know me pretty well by now."

Morus harrumphed. "That is not what I have meant."

"Enlighten me," Gravis said slowly.

"Being under someone else's suppression and control for so long truly makes me hate you. Yet, I know your power. If I were to attack you out of rage, I have a possibility of death without any potential reward. What do I get out of our fight?" Morus said.

Gravis raised an eyebrow. "There is something to that, yes, but are you just willing to walk away like that?"

use-cases you had come up with when you decided to release me, right? Either I had to fight you or avoid

else is there for you to choose?" Gravis

as he lifted his right claw. "You have forgotten something. I have a bellyful of anger and hatred towards you bottled up deep inside of me. Yet, if I fight you, I might very well die. Then, wouldn't I die filled with

of this hatred. I want to hurt you, but I might not have

said with a smirk. "What method do I have to hurt you

Gravis had no idea what Morus meant, but then his eyes widened

had committed a

knew nearly everything about him. This meant

me, but what about your offspring?" Morus asked with a voice of superiority. "What if I just went

Morus was faster than Gravis. If

had heard from Orthar about his children was that they had been level one Emperors. Becoming level two Emperors would already be amazing in such a short time, but they couldn't possibly be level three Emperors. Additionally, Morus was above-average for

eyes as he looked with killing intent at Morus. "If you do that, you will forfeit your life, and you know that," Gravis said. "As soon as I see you trying to flee, I will search

have been under your control for 700 years, and that hatred is so powerful that I want to resolve it, even if

He knew that was a possibility, but he had banked on the fact that Morus was

not doing it, Morus?" Gravis

with a smirk. "You believe yourself to be in control far more often than you actually are. This is a weakness of yours. You believe yourself to be safe in the core of the continent since no one would get anything

emotions? What if a beast wants to make a name for themselves and kill the legendary Gravis? Maybe there is a fanatic group among

think very logically and rationally, but not everyone thinks logically and rationally. Some beasts just follow their feelings, and if they feel threatened by your mere

the middle of the world, are you not banking on your own luck? Are you not banking on the fact that no beast has any interest in killing