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

you, not me,"

you!" Gravis shouted back. "So, learn

had fucked up big time, but he didn't want

become powerful, but now, Mortis was stuck in this shitty

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

stuck sitting there, doing

it been

No.

had just decided to ignore some beasts, he would have

be stuck on their current Realm and comprehension while watching their longevity

Mortis argued for over ten more minutes. Gravis was always on the aggressive side, while Mortis was on the

what Mortis was thinking. After all, Gravis was the

that you can't even admit that you have

dare call me

about your personality? Will you forever be stuck in your way without questioning yourself? Do

Mortis didn't immediately answer.

down by now. "You won't be injured by admitting a mistake. Your Battle-Strength won't decrease. The only thing that will happen is that you have admitted a mistake. The pain of jumping over your stupid pride will transform into motivation to never

is growth, not regression,"

a while. He knew that 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

front

version of himself that was supposed to be a weaker version without any

he be admitting that the other Gravis

noticed that Mortis still didn't

disadvantages, Mortis,"

Then, Mortis' eyes shone.

weaker in this category compared to Gravis? Specifically this

still more powerful than Gravis in Battle-Strength, and wasn't Battle-Strength the most important?

more powerful version of Gravis. It was just

said finally. "I made a mistake.

problem. Now, do

Mortis said, making Gravis furrow his brows again. "My sentence is 5,000 years long, and I already finished 3,500 of those. 1,500