Lightning Is the Only Way

"You need to become a level four Star God again first," Orthar answered directly. "I've already prepared your opponent, and you can't win as long as you are not a level four Star God."

"Additionally, don't jump into a fight while feeling this confident. Confidence is good, but you can't commit any mistakes against your next opponent. If you do, you will die, and your suffering will have been for naught."

Mortis only looked at Orthar with fiery eyes, but Orthar's gaze didn't waver.

"He's right, Mortis," Gravis said from the side. "Calm down first. Orthar knows our power perfectly, and he will give us an opponent that will push us to our absolute limits. One wrong move, and we will die."

"After all, if we can't even prepare ourselves adequately for a fight, how will we ever reach the power of father?"

Mortis' gaze went from Orthar to Gravis.

"I won't make a mistake," Mortis said.

Gravis frowned.

"However, I trust in your judgment," Mortis said after he relaxed. "You might see things in me that I can't see."

Gravis' smile returned. "Thanks," he said.

The two of them looked at Orthar again and nodded.

Orthar nodded back.

Then, Orthar vanished.

After that, Mortis and Gravis sat down.

Gravis asked his father for another delivery of coffee, and his father delivered.

"I'm proud of you, Mortis," the Opposer said to Mortis.

When Mortis heard these words, something inside him shook.

"Thanks," was all Mortis said.

His thanks only sounded polite, but all of Mortis' feelings had been summarized in it.

Mortis had felt the deep feeling of pride his father held for him, and his father heard the appreciation in Mortis' voice.

Gravis gave Mortis some of the coffee, and the two of them started talking again.

Sin Monster, and the incredible amount of suffering it

his body near the end, but Mortis managed to survive against so many of them for such a

Mortis said

him. Back then, Gravis had been subject to an ever-increasing load of suffering. This meant that Gravis had also known that it would become harder and

answered. "I could always shout at you, and you always supported me during these trying times. Meanwhile, you have been alone the entire time. I couldn't help you. The

both of them

Suffering to such a

similar levels of it, and they were fine

Mortis

Mortis had fully calmed down again, and he seemingly hadn't changed

was also something different about

was a certain maturity and confidence inside Mortis, which

It was difficult to put

they both

stood up and

of them nodded at each

be for both of them, and they had

preparing themselves mentally, Gravis and Mortis left the hall through the opened

to the next trial

momentum slowly increased as their minds entered a

at

each put their hands on one half

the two of them walked into their new trial, their eyes

no walls, ceiling, or floor in this vast nothingness. The gate they walked through just hovered in the emptiness, and the two of them could see

were simply

It was

just

as the two of them entered, they

of them was Orthar, and the

they saw their opponent, their

not what they had

states immediately dissolved as shock

to your limits," Orthar

can't comprehend several Laws during the fight, you

power, and this trial will

the end, and you will still need to fight some of them

why you

Mortis only barely registered Orthar's words as their minds tried to process