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 still
want to," Gravis repeated. "However, you have elaborated further by talking about your loneliness in this world. I get that you are
a bit. "You're right. I'm
in comprehending
Arc slowly stood up.
nice guy, but I'm not a saint," Arc said. "Every living being has some selfish
narrowed his eyes. "Is that why you helped me? Is there something you
his chin with a hum. "In a
"Elaborate."
see you as a close friend," Arc explained. "I also haven't lied about my original reason. Remember when you asked the question of
you that I wanted to help you, which is true. I also told you that I want our battle to be exciting. That's also
my thoughts from back then incorrect?" Arc
Gravis thought back.
second, he
information," Arc said. "I'm allowed to use my higher world as an
Gravis' eyes shone.
be impossible for you to win in a drawn-out match. You would need to
if you can't kill me in a single strike, I would immediately recover to my peak
thought about how a fight between them would go
the fight would be
However, everything had changed.
jump
would resolve my issue with my lightning by creating Mortis?" Gravis
Gravis ask
one of the two key
I would have been able to foresee it, but I couldn't. You're
did you think I would have solved my issue?"
you to find the easiest solution,"
is the
a bit. "That question shows me that you still haven't thought of that solution.
brows. "Is that
to deal with the source of your disconnect
is the source of that animosity between you
knew the source very
bottom line, but I spared it
next question, were you free when
free?' Gravis
was kind of a
spared the middle Heaven precisely because he
had the choice,
to kill the
Of course!
loved to
Yet, to prove…
when Gravis' eyes
the side, Mortis furrowed his
to the same
said with a smile. "Were you
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 prove something to
I spared the middle Heaven, I was neither
simply killed it, I would have been free. After all, I wanted to
you truly did, you would have comprehended the True Law of Freedom, not
yourself as well. Would people generally consider that a
complex expression appeared
"They would."
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