Lightning Is the Only Way

Silence.

For several seconds, no one said a thing.

Gravis' friends kept themselves out of this since this had nothing to do with them.

Mortis looked at Orpheus coldly.

Orpheus had betrayed him, and it hurt Mortis deeply.

"Worthless."

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like the entire atmosphere had changed.

These words were spoken coldly and with hate.

Mortis had completely cut off Orpheus from his life.

This betrayal had hurt him deeply, and he had to repay Orpheus for that pain.

One should never forget that, while Mortis' personality had changed a lot, he was still one with lightning.

A betrayal from one of his family members was unforgivable to him.

However, Orpheus was quite clever while apologizing.

He had specifically lowered himself and had shown that keeping the Emotional connection between him and Gravis was important to him.

Severing this connection was enough for Mortis.

If Orpheus hadn't put much value on their emotional connection, Mortis would have found a different way to repay Orpheus for this pain.

One should never forget that Mortis was nice to his friends but absolutely ruthless to his enemies.

If Orpheus didn't feel sufficient pain by severing their emotional bond, Mortis would have grown more powerful until…

He would kill Orpheus.

Mortis was very similar to Gravis but very different in some regards.

However, Orpheus wasn't stupid.

He knew everything about Gravis' and Mortis' lives in the higher world, and he had planned accordingly. He knew that he had to get emotionally invested in Mortis.

Orpheus knew that he had to feel sufficient pain.

Otherwise, he would die.

Could Orpheus kill Mortis?

Yes, he was more than powerful enough.

However, that would bring problems upon problems.

the Law of Sentience

wanted Gravis to become

wanted Gravis to

and even if he managed it, this

knew that if he offended Mortis,

that

seen Mortis like another brother, just like Gravis. In

as he heard Mortis' cold

Opposer didn't say

the three of them, and it was

didn't

own being, and Gravis would let him make his

long as Mortis didn't try to

how

and honesty of the apology. After all, Orpheus went in with a plan that increased

on the viewpoint, one could even argue that this counted as a form

with pain.

with hate. "Don't play this stupid game with me. You know exactly why you haven't drawn my killing intent. You planned for everything,

day forth, you are nothing

another

expected this, but it was still difficult for

to apologize more to Mortis to regain their emotional bond, but he knew

was not

reason why Orpheus had been so afraid of

had just gone over an emotional hurdle, which made him emotionally

told the truth back then, Gravis would have reacted very similarly to

have wanted to kill him,

looked away from Mortis with regret

said anything

rubbing the bridge of

Orpheus if he hadn't apologized in

took away a lot of the

an emotional

Gravis hated schemes.

Gravis commented after

I don't want to lose

to come clean but want to keep our

give up on our connection. Our connection is more important to me

Gravis sighed with frustration.

the lower world, we wouldn't have met another time in our life," Gravis said. "You knew that, which was why you didn't do so. In essence, you could even say that

Orpheus didn't say anything.

after I returned from the middle world, I would have been forced to abandon you due

the reason why you didn't tell me. The main reason was that you wanted to flee

weakling that flees from any form

because you are too important to me as a

sighed again

and I'm not influenced by the

temple as he tried to

It wasn't easy.

but one shouldn't forget