For a while, Gravis and Mortis remained silent.
Now that they knew the power of the Law of Sentience, they started to question everything that had happened to them in this world.
The highest Heaven knew the power of the Law of Sentience.
The Opposer knew the power of the Law of Sentience.
Arc knew the power of the Law of Sentience.
This meant that they knew exactly how a fight between Arc and Gravis would look like.
So, why did they all act the way they did?
It made no sense.
Gravis looked at Mortis.
"I think things are not how they have been told to us," he said.
Mortis nodded solemnly.
"I refuse to believe that none of the three beings involved in this could overlook something like that," Mortis said. "Something smells fishy."
Gravis also nodded. "It's too weird. A lot of the things father told me don't seem to add up."
Mortis looked through the roof of the cave with cold eyes, directly at the sky.
"Do you think he lied to us?" he asked.
Gravis also looked at the roof of the cave.
Silence.
"I'm not sure."
Mortis nodded.
"There's not enough information to make a clear judgment," he said.
Gravis looked at Mortis.
"Then let's get enough information."
SHING! SHING!
Then, the both of them teleported away.
In just a couple seconds, the two of them reached Arc's clearing.
They didn't need to use Arc's emblem to come here anymore.
They could go wherever they wanted.
SHING! SHING!
Gravis and Mortis appeared a couple meters away from Arc, who was bathing his feet in his lake with a smile.
Silence.
"Don't you have some questions?" Arc asked with a smile as he turned to them.
Gravis' brows furrowed.
"Why have you helped me in comprehending the Law of Sentience?" Gravis asked.
Arc laughed a bit.
question before, Gravis," Arc said. "My answer is
loneliness in this world. I get that you are tired of
and hummed a
help me in comprehending the Law of
Arc slowly stood up.
guy, but I'm not a saint," Arc said. "Every
his eyes. "Is that why you helped me? Is
hum. "In a sense,
"Elaborate."
original reason. Remember when you asked the question of why I helped you for the first time? It was just
help you, which is true. I also told you that I want our battle to
me, Gravis, were my thoughts from back
Gravis thought back.
a second, he remained
said. "I'm allowed to use my higher
Gravis' eyes shone.
Energy storage are basically infinite," Arc continued. "It would be impossible for you to win
single strike, I would immediately recover to my peak
about how a fight between them would go in that
the fight would be
However, everything had changed.
Gravis didn't jump to any
my issue
Gravis ask
two key factors of
"If I could read your Emotional Laws, I would have been able to foresee it, but I couldn't. You're
did you think I would have solved my
expected you to find the easiest solution,"
is the easiest
chuckled a bit. "That question shows me that you still haven't thought
his brows. "Is that
is to deal with the source of your disconnect
what is the source of that animosity between
knew the
had gone way past my bottom line, but I spared it to prove that I am free, that I am able to make my
were you free when you made that choice?" Arc
free?' Gravis
of a
middle Heaven precisely because
choice, and he
wanted to kill the middle
Of course!
to kill the middle
Yet, to prove…
when Gravis'
the side, Mortis furrowed
come to the same
said with a smile. "Were you
a deep
"No," he answered.
"Why not?"
Gravis answered. "Freedom is doing what I want to do. Yet, at that moment, I didn't do what I wanted
I spared the middle Heaven, I was neither free nor true to
it, I would have been free. After all,
nodded. "Exactly. You thought you understood freedom back then, but if you truly did, you would have comprehended the True Law of Freedom, not the level four version. Your knowledge regarding freedom still wasn't complete, and
yourself as well. Would people generally consider
appeared on Gravis'
"They would."
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