Lightning Is the Only Way

It took quite a while for Mortis to calm down.

In fact, it took several days.

However, when he finally calmed down, Gravis immediately smiled and contacted Stella.

"Hello, honey! How's it goooin?" he asked.

In the eastern continent, Stella, who was currently in a cave with burning walls, opened her eyes and looked at the front with a smile.

"Honey?" she asked with a smirk.

"Yes," Gravis answered, "we are a couple. Why not give each other cute nicknames?"

Gravis couldn't stop his smile as he talked with his lover.

"I prefer calling you Gravis or dummy if you do something stupid," Stella answered with a smirk.

"Oh, don't hurt my fragile feelings, honey," Gravis answered with a melodramatic tone. "If you continue like this, I might go into a cold room and stare into a corner for some years, just playing with some knives."

Stella had to laugh at the image.

"So, what happened?" Stella asked. "Why did you contact me?"

"Well, I want to talk to you," Gravis answered. "That's literally the entire reason. I do what I want, and, right now, I want to talk with my cute honey!"

Stella chuckled a bit again. "Honey is sweet, not cute, dummy," she answered.

"You are honey, and you are both," Gravis answered self-righteously. "You can't warp the truth."

Stella giggled a bit again. She had been so focused on comprehending Laws that she had totally forgotten how it felt to be with Gravis.

She didn't mind delaying her Law Comprehension for some couple-time.

While Gravis and Stella were talking, Mortis gritted his teeth.

'He's wasting time again!' Mortis thought with hatred. 'How can he feel so much happiness while I feel so distraught and pressured!?'

When Mortis felt the feelings of love and happiness radiating off Gravis, his hatred exploded again, drowning out all the feelings of happiness.

'Gravis!' Mortis thought with gritted teeth.

Mortis' goal was reaching supreme power, and he focused his entire life on this goal.

Yet, a guy who only used power as a means to an end while not taking it seriously was gaining power faster than Mortis!

were in Mortis' shoes. They would think that everything was unfair and that the other person didn't

Mortis wasn't

acknowledge that it was unfair, but he realized that it wasn't the world that was unfair nor that it was

more like Mortis lamented that his way of

was what he

Mortis didn't hate Gravis.

No, he hated himself!

as Gravis, even though they were

need power! I need more power!'

was happening, Gravis sighed

conversation short,"

into a concerned look. "Oh, it's fine. I understand your current situation. Just contact me again later when

was currently filled with hatred and self-loathing,

you, too,"

cut off the connection

'This sucks!'

fought against the Black Demon, just like Gravis, but he hadn't been nearly as effective, even

grief for Mortis. He knew the same Laws but wasn't able to

instead of calming down, Mortis' hatred

in comprehending Laws!'

Battle Style is not

even has the time to

'Why!?'

is it

I be as

'What am I lacking!?'

his saber, and his attacks became

released some practice slashes in the beginning, but by now, he was going all out. Kilometers of land around him were turned into nothingness as Mortis unleashed all

and it only became deeper and

sitting with his head in

teeth. 'What the fuck is wrong with you, Mortis!? I swear, if you don't calm down soon, I'll fucking beat the shit out of

Gravis wouldn't think like this, but Mortis' emotions were

the same time, Mortis was going crazier and

inferiority inside him were transformed into pure anger, making

Mortis' Energy was decreasing,

his attacks started to

hatred,

BOOOOM!

Suddenly, Mortis stopped.

gritted his

use is a useless level three Law of Anger!?' Mortis thought

a fucking level three