Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis sat down and gathered all the different insights of all the different element-specific Battle Laws he had comprehended.

Then, he isolated the element-neutral aspects of these Laws, leaving about 33% of each Law behind.

All of this only took Gravis a couple of days.

After that, Gravis looked at the best aspects of the remainder, leaving behind only about 15% of the different element-specific Battle Laws.

This took Gravis a couple of weeks.

However, that still left far too much. After all, 15 times 14 was 210. This meant that Gravis had to reduce the Laws yet again.

This time, it took Gravis a couple of years. It took so long because Gravis had to test the effectiveness of the different aspects and compare them to each other. He also had to see if these aspects could work with each other.

In the end, about 10% of each Law was left. He only had to reduce it a bit more, but it was already proving to be quite challenging.

The next refinement took Gravis nearly 50 years, and 9% were left.

Still a bit too much.

By now, Gravis had reached a point where he didn't want to give up anything. All of these things were absolutely top-notch, but he couldn't have duplicates for the same concepts.

The next refinement took Gravis 500 years, and he was left with about 8% of the insights.

'Just a little bit more!'

The next refinement took Gravis nearly 5,000 years, but in the end, he was done.

He had created a blueprint for his Law.

'I had to give up so much good stuff,' Gravis thought with a sigh. 'However, only the best things are left!'

'Time to finish the Law!'

Gravis took out his saber and tried out many different concepts by swinging his saber. He knew that these concepts all made sense and that they fit together, but they didn't really create a whole. He needed to fuse the aspects together.

As Gravis tried every possible attack he could do with his saber, he tried to make the connection between them as smooth as possible, which was not easy.

Gravis even felt like his concentration was being used up at a terrifying rate. His mind was going through an uncountable number of calculations every instant.

Another 5,000 years passed, and Gravis became much better at condensing the Law.

'Over 10,000 years for a Form Law,' Gravis thought with a bit of frustration. 'That's way too much!'

Gravis was only a single step away, but that step was impossibly hard to take.

Everything had already perfectly clicked into place, but there was one spot between two different concepts that just wouldn't flow smoothly, no matter how much Gravis tried.

It was like these two concepts couldn't be incorporated.

'I mean, I have a different concept from a different Law that I could insert here, but I like this one way better. I don't want to give up this one!'

to make it fit,

passed, Gravis grew more and more

isn't this working!?'

should

absolutely perfect! There is absolutely no

this work!?'

should do anymore, which made him decide to check out some other Laws. Maybe something could make the

went through all his Laws and, after a while, just randomly tried them

SHING!

uttered

become a bit smoother

in making progress? It's actually ironic. Form Laws require a perfect control over everything so that I move accurately every time, but

did Gravis

three

over their attacks in exchange for a powerful

Rage a bit more as his saber started

the Law of Rage, controlling his

the other attacks and concepts lost synchronicity, but that one aspect that had caused Gravis so much trouble

that he was onto something here and checked out some other

three Law of Calm during the other segments, and, sure enough, they

'Perfect!' Gravis thought.

strength, they would cancel each other out, but Gravis didn't do

could incorporate these two

perfectly gotten used to using these Emotional Laws as support for his attack. He even incorporated the Law of Apathy into his

the Law of Empathy was useless. An attack with a saber had nothing to

again. Swinging his saber

like he was traveling

through a

was all around

around him was a desert, representing the Law of Rage. The Law of Rage had already destroyed everything, leaving

this illusory land, Gravis saw a tranquil ocean that didn't move. It almost looked like

and the desert were separated by a

this didn't really fit. The only word Gravis could

his right hand and moved it a

SSHH!

the desert flowed over the cliff, creating a smooth

smiled and looked at his surroundings

were

One was the desert.

One was the ocean.

And the last one?

last one was

eyes widened as

BOOOOM!

BOOOOM!

second but immediately had to