Chapter 359: Weak Body (2/2)

Gravis' eyes widened. ”It would take that long?” he asked in shock.

The Opposer nodded. ”I've taken your personality into account. Due to your drive, you have a slight possibility to achieve it before you die. Everyone else wouldn't even have that. On top of that, with the uneven ratio, you wouldn't be able to make use of the greatest weapon of the Nascent Nourishing Realm. That would decrease your fighting strength tremendously.”

”What is this weapon?” Gravis asked.

His father smirked. ”I can't take away all the surprises. You'll naturally know when you reach that Realm or fight someone in it.”

Gravis sighed. ”Okay,” he simply said, ”and what does all of this have to do with going to a Natural World? I don't see how that would fix my situation.”

”A Natural World doesn't have humans. It's simply a breeding ground for beasts that will function as tempering for humans later. Therefore, when you enter a Natural World, you won't be able to enter as a human.”

Gravis raised an eyebrow. ”Then how do I get there?” he asked.

”Your Spirit and lightning can go there, but your body can't,” his father answered. ”As soon as you enter, in order to accommodate the rules of the world, your body will dissolve while your Spirit and lightning will enter a fitting body.”

Gravis scratched his chin in thought. ”And since the bodies of beasts are way more powerful than humans, I would be able to deal with my issue?”

The Opposer nodded. ”Exactly. Humans have the most powerful Energy and Spirit out of all living beings. Before you have reached the Unity Realm, you have tempered your Spirit and lightning to the strongest possible level. Therefore, you need a body that is equally the most powerful in its category.”

Gravis sighed again. ”That sounds like it would break the balance. Humans have the most powerful Energy and Spirit, while beasts have the most powerful bodies. Having both the advantages without the drawback sounds too good to be true. Heaven probably won't like it when I break its balance,” Gravis said as he looked out of the window.

”What balance?” his father asked evenly.

”What do you mean with what balance?” Gravis asked back. ”Heaven has created living beings like this, so it probably wanted to create some balance. Wouldn't breaking it make it act directly against me? I've killed a Heaven before, but I'm not so stupid that I would think that I would be able to survive against the highest Heaven.”

The Opposer looked calmly at his son. ”I think you have the whole concept of balance backwards,” he said.

”What do you mean?” Gravis asked.

”The old bastard wants as many walking Energy attractors as possible. He could create only humans that attract the most Energy and no beasts, but then the humans would have to fight each other.”

”He created the humans with weak bodies so that he could make fitting enemies that actually have a chance against humans. If the beasts were too weak, they wouldn't be able to function as tempering. Also, beasts require way less Energy than humans, so it's easier to produce them in massive numbers.”

”The old bastard doesn't care about you having a stronger body. He might even want that. After all, his goal is to create as many powerful humans as possible. Additionally, by going to a Natural World, you won't kill any other humans during that time.”

The Opposer looked at his son. ”So, there is no such thing as an intended balance. There is no such thing as justice and equal chances for everyone. The more powerful you become, the better. The fewer humans you kill along the way, the better. The old bastard doesn't care that you have an advantage over beasts and humans. He only cares about you becoming powerful.”

Gravis listened to his father and changed his thinking. Initially, he had believed that Heaven had created the current situation so that everyone was equal, but, apparently, he had been naïve. It was merely the most Energy efficient way to create powerful humans. Having a human abuse the system would only be a net-gain for Heaven, as long as the human didn't slaughter too many other humans.

By now, Gravis had accepted that he would go to a Natural World. His path was the most important thing, and he would keep advancing.

Yet, it felt kind of weird and melancholic to give up the body that had followed him all his life.

”You don't care that I won't share any blood with you anymore?” Gravis asked.

”No, why would I?” his father said. ”Your Spirit is you. The body, Energy, lightning, and whatever else is just a weapon. As long as your Spirit remains, you are alive, and you are my son. Your Spirit is also what makes you a human, so, even if you have a beast body, you are still human.”

Gravis closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He felt himself resonate with these words. Hadn't he always seen his body as a weapon?

”Also, you've only been in this body for a couple of months. Might as well change it again,” his father said.

Gravis furrowed his brows. ”What do you mean?”

”Remember the fifth trial in the Heaven's Trial? This is the body of your copy. Your old one has been left behind.”