Lightning Is the Only Way

Chapter 1000

"Arc, are you truly only helping me because you want our fight to be enjoyable?" Gravis asked, looking at the horizon.

"Why not?" Arc asked. "It would be boring otherwise."

Silence.

"Arc, are you not afraid of death?" Gravis asked.

"Death, huh?" Arc repeated with a distracted voice.

"Death is a distant concept for me, Gravis. I see death all around me, but I never felt like the concept had anything to do with me. It's like watching an animal. I'm not an animal, yet I know a lot about the animal."

"So, while I do know that death might even come for me, I don't feel like it will."

Silence.

"Isn't that how nearly everyone thinks?" Gravis asks.

"I guess so," Arc said with a slight chuckle. "Anyway, isn't it normal to temper yourself on your path to power? I haven't tempered myself in a really long time. What makes our fight any different from normal tempering?"

"The difference is that I don't want to kill you," Gravis answered, looking at Arc.

Silence.

Then, Arc sighed.

"I know," he said. "I also don't want to kill you."

"Sadly, there's nothing we can do. You need my Energy to become a Star God, and you won't give up your dream of freedom for my life. We both know that."

"The thing that forces you into this decision is my Creator, and you're not powerful enough to resist him yet. For now, you have no other choice but to follow his will," Arc explained.

Gravis also sighed.

"I know," he said with a bitter voice. "I might perceive myself as free, but that is only perceived reality. In physical reality, I'm not free. That's why I need power."

"See?" Arc asked with a smirk. "So, why ask that question? You can't change anything about physical reality anyway. You're a couple Realms short."

Silence.

"But why are you helping me, though?" Gravis asked again, looking into Arc's eyes. "Every living being has the drive to survive, and by helping me, you are specifically going against that drive. You are pushing me out of a burning pit by jumping into it. You can just decide not to jump into the burning pit. No one would fault you for that."

"We are friends, but we are not so close that we would sacrifice our lives for each other."

"So, why? Why continually walk closer to your death?"

Silence.

More silence.

"You misunderstood something, Gravis," Arc said with a neutral voice. For once, his voice didn't sound chipper or lighthearted.

Instead, it sounded serious and emotionless.

"You said that every living being strives for survival, but that isn't the case."

Gravis furrowed his brows at Arc.

"Living beings don't strive for survival but for life."

Gravis lifted an eyebrow.

living. Don't forget that there is a

life that's worse than death

push a being too far into darkness, they will

"Tell me, Gravis."

I living

heard these

feel in Arc's

one world, unable

being around beings that know enough about the concepts of the Cosmos to

highest world was entirely

highest world that

the Laws that the highest Heaven knew, except for the Major Law

the Heaven's Magnates and

about this higher

the Major Law of

had been Exar, who knew the Major Law of the Dead

the Major Law

didn't know the

know the Major Law

was integral to understanding

ten billion years of being

Arc was not free.

could truly connect with except

feel any love for

his family, and the highest Heaven, even if he didn't like the

highest Heaven had

Whom did Arc have?

Gravis.

would

Gravis realized that Arc wasn't truly as carefree as

of unchanging

prefer a battle

Arc?" Gravis asked, looking

smiled bitterly and slowly shook

time. Seeing someone else grow and teaching them about the world might appear interesting to you, but it

at

when you have been in isolated darkness for an eternity, even the smallest glimmer of light shines as bright as a

in Gravis' heart, but he wasn't able to decipher it

Empathy? Sympathy? Sorrow?

Gravis wasn't sure.

that he didn't like

mortal danger. If you survive, it will be a cherished memory, and if

"Is that it?"

the back of his head awkwardly

could phrase

made Gravis

must life be

lives with basically no

people envy the Heavens and want to be

Heavens want

the sky with furrowed

Heaven that forced Arc

like the highest Heaven, I

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