Gravis and Mortis leisurely walked along the hallway for a while, but eventually, Mortis got impatient and started teleporting.

Gravis groaned and followed Mortis.

However, surprisingly, they only needed a single teleportation to reach the end of the hallway.

It wasn't as far as they had imagined it to be.

By now, the hallway had become narrow again, and the two of them fell into nostalgia.

The narrow hallway and the gate in front of them reminded them of the Heaven's Trial in the lower world.

"Do you think Orthar only has one level for us, or are there multiple again?" Gravis asked.

"Probably as many as he thinks is optimal to make us more powerful. He wants us to become powerful, and we are in his domain now," Mortis answered.

"So, the Cosmos isn't his domain?" Gravis asked.

"You know what I meant," Mortis answered.

"Sure," Gravis answered.

Then, he took a deep breath and readied himself.

"Well, here we go," Gravis said as he pushed open the gate.

The gate wasn't nearly as heavy as the front gate, and it wasn't hard for Gravis to push it open.

When the gate fully opened, Gravis looked at the room behind it.

It was rather small.

It just looked like a small burial chamber, about ten meters wide. There were no lamps or torches in the room, but the room was well lit, thanks to Mortis.

"So, I guess we don't have to fight in this one, which means that there are more levels, right?" Gravis asked.

"Correct," Orthar said from the middle of the room.

Surprisingly, Orthar had been in the middle of the room this entire time, and Gravis had spotted him.

"So, how many are there?" Gravis asked as he and Mortis entered the room.

BANG!

behind Gravis closed

be so dramatic?"

Orthar

confused. The Orthar he had known had

friend he had met in

certainly similar, but this version of Orthar had had billions of years

passage of perceived time, Gravis," Orthar answered. "You don't have to be surprised every time you see me doing something as simple as showing a

you could say that I am simply the version of him after having been alive

I've grown a lot since we parted ways. Just think of it like you have been comprehending Laws for the last couple of billion years," Orthar explained with a calm

just weird, and I'm not used to you being like this," Gravis

way. Without growth, you can't have power. You can become more powerful by staying the same, but that means that

about the number of levels," Orthar said as he looked

Gravis nodded.

talk much since Gravis was basically always

as the time before last

time?" Gravis

one when we comprehended the

forgot about that!" Gravis answered as he remembered the time he

five, right?" Gravis

had there been?" asked

unsure

confirmation? I already gave you your

sigh and looked to the side. "Man, you and Mortis could be best

what about you?"

taken aback

that I could theoretically call friends. Everyone else either doesn't know anything about me, is one of my descendants,

the back of his

said from the side. "We've been friends, and we still are friends, and it will stay like this as long as you

Gravis nodded in agreement.

friends," he said. "Quite

back to the topic," Orthar

Mortis listened to

he looked at Gravis. "You have your

Gravis nodded.

having the conviction

that conviction, which resulted in him stagnating for over a million years. Someone as talented as your brother

"His goal was happiness, and the fact that he managed to bring himself to stop cultivating is a testament to his

did his conviction change?" Orthar

do you

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