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.

is surviving, but not living. Don't forget that there is a famous phrase: I'll make you live a

life that's worse than death is surviving,

far into darkness,

"Tell me, Gravis."

living

shook when he heard these

feel in

trapped in one world,

beings that know enough about the concepts of

was entirely different from being trapped in

highest world that knew all the

the highest Heaven knew, except for the

a single step separated the

what about this higher

Major Law of the

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

know the Major Law of

know the Major Law

the Major Law of Perceived

Laws was integral to understanding

ten billion years of

Arc was not free.

not have anyone he could truly connect with except

didn't feel any

had his wife, his family, and the highest Heaven,

Heaven had the

Whom did Arc have?

Gravis.

Gravis would

wasn't truly as carefree as he made himself

of unchanging loneliness had

that situation, someone might actually prefer a battle to the death over

Gravis asked, looking

and slowly shook his

want to make the most of my time. Seeing someone else grow and teaching them about the world might appear interesting to you,

looked at the

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

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

Empathy? Sympathy?

Gravis wasn't sure.

only thing he did know was that he didn't

if it puts you in mortal danger. If you survive, it will be

"Is that it?"

of his

could

words made

life

and situations can create terrible lives with basically

the Heavens and want

want to be just

looked at the sky

essence, it's the highest Heaven that forced

like the highest Heaven, I can't put all the blame

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