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.

presume the Law of Sentience is the fusion of the Law of Perceived Reality and the Law

to counteract that. Additionally, you need this Law as your Avatar, and since you chose freedom as your Avatar, you

but I only know a single emotional Law, the Law

with your lightning is

"It is?" he

Arc confirmed. "Comprehending the Emotional Laws means getting lost in the emotion. However, your two sides

things, but for different reasons. I'm honest because I don't want to flee from the truth, but

but not entirely," Arc said. "It's more about how you feel in a given situation. When someone many times weaker than you attacks you, you often find it amusing or feel pity while your lightning feels

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

Gravis asked in

restriction on it. In short, you want to feel

Empathy, and Humility. When someone attacks you, your lightning becomes angry, but you become calm

of your lightning without interfering. Sadly, this

can understand Emotional Laws in this state is by sheer

my lightning persists, I will have no

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

looked at the lake absentmindedly as the weight

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 he would be running away

great now, it would only draw even more animosity from his lightning. Gravis'

split myself in two?' Gravis thought. 'The obvious solution would be to create a completely new

would lose access to all my lightning powers. Second of all, I would need to know the Law of True Life. Lastly, I would need to, at

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

I would be the suppressed one after that. My lightning has the right to freedom, but so do