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?"

head. "These are the two use-cases you had come up with when you decided to release me, right? Either I had to

else is there for

anger and hatred towards you bottled up deep inside of me. Yet, if I fight you, I might very well die.

if I simply flee like this, I won't ever be able to get rid of this hatred. I want to hurt

method do

what Morus meant, but then

had committed a horrible

him. This meant that he

of expression and smirked. "You are powerful enough to resist me, but what about your offspring?" Morus asked with

and helplessness. Morus was faster than Gravis. If Morus wanted to flee, Gravis had no way to stop

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 a level three Emperor. His children would have no chance against

will forfeit your life, and you know that," Gravis said. "As soon as I see you trying to flee, I will search for the next level two Emperor

and that hatred is so powerful that I want to resolve it, even if I die. Not everyone is as rational as you, Gravis. Sometimes, beasts do something that is damaging to themselves

he had banked on the fact that Morus was still rational. After all, Morus

are you not doing it, Morus?" Gravis

Gravis," Morus answered 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 out of

his surroundings. "Yet, what about emotions? What if a beast wants to make a name for themselves and kill the legendary Gravis? Maybe there is a fanatic group among the sea beasts that believe you to still be part of the land beasts' camp, even though

are your death. You think very logically and rationally, but not everyone thinks logically and rationally.

has any interest in killing you even though there are countless beasts? Are you saying