Lightning Is the Only Way

For a second, Gravis' mind remained in a battle-ready state, but eventually, his father's words truly entered his mind.

The current Opposer and the past Opposer looked identical.

The only difference was their eyes.

One pair of eyes had been filled with brutality and a disdain for existence, but nothing had been behind that.

It was like that pair of eyes had only acted on instinct. It was like there had been no actual will or personality behind it.

In comparison, Gravis could see the complex thoughts and emotions in his father's eyes.

Gravis finally realized that the fight was over, and he relaxed.

"Argh!" Gravis suddenly groaned as he grabbed the side of his head with his right hand.

After he had relaxed, he noticed that there were holes inside his Will-Aura, his Spirit, and his Realm.

These things wouldn't endanger him, but he would have to equalize the broken parts with the healthy parts.

Gravis' being stretched over the holes and repaired them by becoming thinner. As a result, Gravis felt his Will-Aura, Realm, and Spirit weaken slightly.

BANG!

Gravis and Mortis fell to the eighth level of the Star God Realm.

Luckily, their Will-Aura had not fallen a level.

And that's when Gravis' Will-Aura increased.

through an extremely long Samsara, but he had also won a fight where he had nearly

and Gravis felt that

BANG!

Will-Aura stopped at the ninth level of the Ancestral

felt was the result of using Brutality," the

that what

Opposer nodded. "Death cancels out Energy, and Energy cancels out Death. Usually, no additional force would be generated by this cancelation, but if your mind is attuned

demonstrate true destruction. True destruction can only occur when Energy completely vanishes,

this peculiar force. You can liken it to two beings exploding and vying for the combined forces of the two of them.

being with the same

is very similar to Death, but it has a purer form of destruction. Death wants to destroy Energy, but this force, which I have decided to call Brutality, wants to destroy everything.

Energy into Death, and to create Brutality, you ground your Death on your being. The two forces clash, and Brutality gets born. Then, you use that form of Brutality to attack your enemy. However,

Gravis, and the two

power, right?" Gravis asked. "You grind Energy and Death together in your Cosmos, creating Brutality, which will then be used as your

nodded again. "Sadly, Brutality is as volatile as it gets, which means that it can't be saved. The only thing I can do is keep a minimum amount of Brutality flowing as

reminded Gravis and Mortis that managing his Cosmos definitely wasn't easy. He truly had to walk the edge between life and death every

allowed the

being he had ever seen. The only reason why Orthar could even resist the Opposer was that the Opposer was literally inside his

like a mighty tiger in a cage, in the basement of a fortified castle with guards. The owner of the tiger was the world's

reached him, but all the other security measures kept it from the owner, and when they eventually met, the tiger

met outside, the owner wouldn't even be able

that he was literally riding a

wanted to get down, but if he got down, the tiger would tear him apart. However, it couldn't injure him while he was

the reason why the Opposer was such a

Brutality.

stronger than

also be overcome by quantity," the Opposer explained. "I can unleash quite some Brutality, but the old bastard has just far too much Energy. On