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!"

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

was you, not me," Mortis

Gravis shouted back. "So, learn from my

up big time, but he didn't want to admit it in front of

better to become powerful, but now, Mortis was stuck in this

this place. He wasn't allowed to summon any

sitting

it been

No.

just decided to ignore some beasts, he would have already finished the Soft

and comprehension while watching their longevity shrink and shrink. It

minutes. Gravis was always on the aggressive side, while Mortis was on the

what Mortis was thinking. After all, Gravis

you so weak that you can't even admit

call

forever be stuck in your way without questioning yourself? Do you believe

Mortis didn't immediately answer.

having calmed 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

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 that he had

in front

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

he be admitting that the other Gravis

Mortis still didn't answer

disadvantages, Mortis,"

Then, Mortis' eyes shone.

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

still more powerful than Gravis in Battle-Strength, and

of Gravis. It was just that in

Mortis said finally. "I made a mistake. I shouldn't have killed

smiled brightly. "No problem. Now, do

brows again. "My sentence is 5,000 years long, and I already finished 3,500 of those.