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.

he had also won

through the roof, and Gravis felt that everything in his surroundings became

BANG!

Will-Aura stopped at the ninth level of the

just felt was the result of using Brutality,"

Gravis asked. "Is that what you called

out Energy, and Energy cancels out Death. Usually, no additional force would be generated by this

this force since Energy can't demonstrate true destruction. True destruction can only

You can liken it to two beings exploding and vying for the combined forces of the two of them. Yet, only one of the two beings knows how to shape this

the end, that being will create an entirely new being with the same mindset

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. Death is not an

clash, and Brutality gets born. Then, you use that form of Brutality to attack

also arrived beside Gravis, and

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

means that it can't be saved. The only thing I can do is keep a minimum amount of Brutality flowing as insurance for the case that the old bastard tries to pull a fast one on me. The remaining Energy and Death can only be stored

easy. He truly

the Opposer to become

powerful being he had ever seen. The only reason why Orthar

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

would be able to tear the owner apart if it reached him, but all the other security measures kept it from the owner, and when they eventually met, the tiger would have already

met outside, the owner wouldn't even be able

say that he was literally

injure him while he was on its back. Because of that, he was

why the Opposer was such a

Brutality.

stronger than Death?"

unleash quite some Brutality, but the old bastard has just far too much Energy. On top of that, he also