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?"

"These are the two use-cases you had come up with when you decided to release me, right? Either I had to fight you or avoid a fight with

there for you to

towards you bottled up deep inside of me. Yet, if I fight

claw. "Yet, if I simply flee like this, I won't ever be able to get rid of this hatred. I want to hurt you, but I might not have the power to hurt you, but

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

meant, but then

committed a horrible

knew nearly everything about him. This meant

of expression and smirked. "You are powerful enough to resist me, but what about your offspring?" Morus asked with a voice of superiority. "What if I just went to the southern territories and killed your offspring? What

Morus was faster than Gravis. If Morus

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

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

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

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

not doing it, Morus?" Gravis asked

are. This is a weakness of yours. You believe yourself to be safe in the core of the continent since no one would

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

challenge, but two are your death. You 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 existence,

not banking on the fact that no beast has any interest in killing you even though there are countless beasts? Are you saying that there isn't, at least,