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?"

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

there for you to

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,

his left 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

do I have to hurt you immensely without battling

what Morus meant, but

had committed a

everything about him. This meant that he also

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

with fear, panic, rage, hatred, and helplessness. Morus was faster than Gravis. If Morus wanted to flee, Gravis had

Emperors. Becoming level two Emperors would already be amazing in such a

that," Gravis said. "As

I have already accepted my death?" Morus asked. "I have been under your control for 700 years, and that hatred is so powerful that I want to resolve it,

his teeth. He knew that was a possibility, but he had banked on

are you not doing it, Morus?"

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 a fight

there is a fanatic group among the sea beasts that believe you to still be part of the land beasts' camp, even though you

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,

your own luck? Are you 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, one idiot among