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!"

often has it happened that I underestimated others? Remember Byron? Remember Morus? Remember Narcissus?

was you, not

me, not you!" Gravis shouted back. "So, learn from my mistakes so that

time, but he didn't want

his way was better to become powerful, but now, Mortis was stuck in this shitty prison while Gravis had

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

sitting there, doing

been worth

No.

beasts, he would have

Realm and comprehension while watching their longevity shrink and shrink. It was basically damaging their

was on the defensive side. He knew that he had committed a mistake, but he just couldn't admit it to his

was thinking. After all, Gravis was the blueprint

weak that you can't even admit

call me weak!"

your way without questioning yourself? Do you believe that conviction in your belief is a strength instead of a weakness?"

Mortis didn't immediately answer.

decrease. The only thing that will happen is that you

a mistake is growth, not regression," Gravis said with

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

front of

that was supposed to be

be admitting that the other Gravis was

still didn't answer

disadvantages, Mortis,"

Then, Mortis' eyes shone.

Gravis? Specifically this weakness allowed him to

than Gravis in Battle-Strength, and

more powerful version of Gravis. It was just that in some very

mistake. I shouldn't have killed

Now, do you need any

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