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
get that you are tired of living for so long with
and hummed a bit.
did you help me in comprehending the Law of Sentience?" Gravis
Arc slowly stood up.
not a saint," Arc said. "Every
his eyes. "Is that why you helped me? Is there
hum. "In a sense, but
"Elaborate."
also haven't lied about my original reason. Remember when you asked the question of why I helped you for the first time? It
true. I also told you that I want our battle to be
Gravis, were my thoughts from back then incorrect?" Arc
Gravis thought back.
second, he remained
not sure, let me add another piece of information," Arc said. "I'm allowed to use my higher world as
Gravis' eyes shone.
and Life Energy storage are basically infinite," Arc continued. "It would be impossible for
kill me in a single strike, I would immediately
a fight between them
the fight would be
However, everything had changed.
Gravis didn't jump to any
issue with my lightning by creating
Gravis ask
Mortis was one of the two key factors of why
been able to foresee it, but I couldn't. You're not made of pure
you think I would have solved my issue?" Gravis
to find the easiest
the easiest solution?"
that you still haven't thought of that solution.
"Is that solution
is to deal with the source of your
me, Gravis, what is the source of that animosity between you and
the source very
middle Heaven had gone way past my bottom line, but I spared it to prove that I am free, that I am
question, were you free when you made that choice?" Arc
free?' Gravis
of a
all, Gravis had spared the middle Heaven precisely because he was
had had the choice,
Gravis wanted to kill the
Of course!
loved to
Yet, to prove…
when Gravis'
side, Mortis
to the same
realized it, huh?" Arc said with
a
"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 to do. Instead, I went against my own desire to
spared the middle Heaven, I was neither free nor true to
I would have been free. After all, I wanted to kill it," Gravis
"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
your lightning, but yourself as
complex expression appeared
"They would."
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