Lightning Is the Only Way

"I killed some beasts," Mortis answered.

Gravis narrowed his eyes inside Arc's clearing.

"How many?"

"…A couple," Mortis answered after a pause.

"How many!?" Gravis asked again.

"I don't know. I didn't count," Mortis answered with annoyance. "Like maybe 40 or so."

Gravis furrowed his brows. "And they are probably all Immortal Kings?" Gravis asked.

"Most of them, yes," Mortis answered.

"Why?"

"Because they interrupted my Law Comprehension or didn't allow me to trade for their resources," Mortis answered. "You know that we need to go to multiple different places to comprehend the Soft Pure Law, and most of them just stopped me and said that this was their territory."

"So, I killed them," Mortis said.

Gravis scoffed. "What? Are you the Opposer? Is your solution to everything just killing?"

"What's wrong about that?" Mortis asked in annoyance. "Your father managed to become powerful this way. It's a proven method."

"Yes, but back then, the concept of Karmic Luck either didn't exist, or father had a normal amount of Karmic Luck. Instead, in your case, if you manage to anger even one powerful person, the chances are high that this person would want to kill you," Gravis explained.

"So? Then I just wasn't powerful enough," Mortis said coldly. "If I die, I die."

"You gotta give yourself enough time to become powerful!" Gravis shouted angrily. "You can't expect a rabbit to walk into a crocodile's mouth and then saying that it wasn't powerful enough. No, it wasn't that the rabbit wasn't powerful enough, but that the rabbit wasn't smart enough!"

"Are you calling me stupid?" Mortis asked with a freezing and threatening tone.

"No, but you're acting stupid!" Gravis shouted. "You are part of me, and I know that you are definitely not stupid, but your idiotic pride that says that giving even a small inch means being inferior makes you do stupid things!"

others? Remember Byron? Remember Morus? Remember Narcissus? You are part of me, and I'm very susceptible to

was you, not me,"

shouted back. "So, learn from my mistakes so that you

actually agreed with Gravis. He knew that he had fucked up big time, but he didn't want to admit it in front of the

but now, Mortis was stuck in this shitty prison while

beasts. He wasn't allowed to leave this place. He wasn't allowed to

stuck sitting there, doing absolutely

been worth

No.

beasts, he would have already finished the Soft Pure

stuck on their current Realm and comprehension

over ten more minutes. Gravis was always on the aggressive side, while Mortis was on the defensive side. He knew that he had committed a mistake, but he

well what Mortis was thinking. After all, Gravis was the blueprint for

weak that you can't even admit that you have

you dare call me weak!"

questioning yourself? Do you believe that conviction in your belief is a strength instead of a weakness?"

Mortis didn't immediately answer.

by admitting a mistake. Your Battle-Strength won't decrease. The only thing that will happen

mistake is growth, not regression,"

Gravis was right, but it was so very hard to admit his mistakes. If it were anyone else, Mortis wouldn't find it difficult. He would simply say nonchalantly

in front

to be a weaker version without any courage to face

the other Gravis was the

still didn't answer

and disadvantages, Mortis,"

Then, Mortis' eyes shone.

in this category compared to Gravis? Specifically this weakness allowed him to be superior to Gravis in

and wasn't Battle-Strength

the more powerful version of Gravis. It was just that in some very specific situations, his mindset was not

mistake. I shouldn't

smiled brightly. "No problem. Now, do you need any

I already finished 3,500 of those. 1,500 years isn't so long, and it might be better to just finish it instead of trying