Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis sighed. He knew that Arc wasn't lying when he said that the reason why he helped Gravis was simply that he wanted to. Yet, it still felt a bit lackluster to him.

"You could have just let me go on without this Law," Gravis said. "I already had no animosity with you."

Arc only chuckled slightly. "Does it really matter?" he asked.

"Doesn't it?" Gravis asked. "This concerns your life."

"It does, yes," Arc answered. "Yet, when you are standing before an opponent that you can beat but isn't a danger to your life, do you not wish for that opponent to be a bit more powerful?"

"You mean tempering?" Gravis asked. "You don't need tempering."

"No, I don't," Arc said, "but I want to. I haven't fought someone in billions of years. I almost forgot what it feels like. The thrill of feeling one's death to be only a single mistake away. I haven't had this feeling since I went through my specialized will tempering."

"We are destined to fight, Gravis," Arc said. "I don't want to fight you since I have no reason to fight you. Actually, I like you, Gravis. You're a person that's very similar to me, and I respect your mindset."

"I can decide not to fight you, Gravis," Arc continued but then sighed. "However, you need to defeat me to gain freedom. No matter how much you don't want to, you will still decide to fight me as long as you chase freedom. This is unavoidable."

"I know that you also don't want to fight me, Gravis. However, you have no other choice. You might have the choice to not fight me, but that choice might as well not exist. The death of one being won't deter you from grasping true freedom."

"So, when you inevitably fight me, I want this fight to be memorable, no matter who comes out victoriously."

"Gravis," Arc said heavily and with sadness as he looked into Gravis' eyes. "Promise me that you won't challenge me until you know the Law of Sentience. Otherwise, even in my weakened state, you will not be an opponent to me."

Gravis also took a deep breath as he listened to Arc. Gravis knew that Arc wasn't lying. Arc was unfathomably powerful, and even in an incredibly weakened state, he was still so overwhelmingly powerful. If Arc were allowed to use all his power, Gravis couldn't win, no matter what he did. Gravis' longevity would have long passed over a million years, which meant that powerful Star Gods would already attack him.

the Law of Perceived

nodded. "Correct. I will be restricted to using the Law of the Living World, and you need an equally powerful Law to counteract that. Additionally, you need this Law as your Avatar, and since you chose freedom as your Avatar,

but I only know a single emotional Law, the Law of Apathy. I haven't comprehended

nodded. "Your issue with

up. "It is?" he

the Emotional Laws means getting lost in the emotion. However, your two sides are similar

My lightning and I often do the same things, but for different reasons. I'm honest because I don't want

but not entirely," Arc said. "It's more about how you feel in a given situation. When someone many times weaker than you attacks

gives you a present, you might feel delighted and happy, while your lightning

Gravis asked

restriction on it. In short,

attacks you, your lightning becomes angry, but you become calm so that you can deal with the issue as logically and efficiently as possible.

you learned your one and only Emotional Law was when you summoned the mindset of your lightning without interfering. Sadly, this is no

impossible. Frankly, the only way you can understand Emotional Laws in this

"So, as long as the problem with my lightning persists, I will have no chance

"There are some solutions to your issue, but all of them have different prices. Obviously, I can't tell you since that is something that you need to find out and decide by yourself. Every solution has a major disadvantage for either one or both of

the lake absentmindedly as

were only Gravis involved, he would have no issues in feeling calm, safe, and free due to his different Laws of Perceived Reality. Yet, in this circumstance, Gravis felt like

constantly being suppressed by Gravis, and if Gravis decided to feel great now, it would only draw even more animosity from his lightning. Gravis' lightning was not his

myself in two?' Gravis thought. 'The obvious solution would be to create a completely new body for my lightning to free

all my lightning powers. Second of all, I would need to know the Law

when critical decisions come, we will fight with each other until

suppressed one after that. My lightning has the right to