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.

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

and Gravis

BANG!

stopped at the ninth level of the Ancestral

was the result of using

asked. "Is that what

no additional force would be generated by this cancelation, but if your mind is attuned towards Death, you can siphon a

since Energy can't demonstrate true destruction. True destruction can

liken it to two beings exploding and vying for the combined forces of the two

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

of destruction. Death wants to destroy Energy, but this force, which I have decided to call Brutality, wants

your Death on your being. The two forces clash, and Brutality gets born.

had also arrived beside Gravis, and

the source of your power, right?" Gravis asked. "You grind Energy and Death together in your Cosmos, creating Brutality, which

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

definitely wasn't easy. He

pain allowed the Opposer to become

had ever seen.

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

if it reached him, but all the other security measures kept it from

the owner wouldn't even be able to

say that he was literally

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

why the Opposer was such a

Brutality.

than

a one-to-one ratio, yes, but quality can 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 top of that,