Chapter 459: Complex Threat (2/2)

In the future, the circumstances would change, and Gravis would no longer have access to such powerful ore. After all, the next world wouldn't be another natural world. This meant that, in the next world, Gravis would lose this advantage.

If Gravis relied on that power right now, he would waste a ton of genuine tempering. Also, at some point, there simply wouldn't be any way to gather enough ore to kill his opponents. Could he kill the highest Heaven by dropping ore on it? That was very doubtful.

This meant that this whole ore-thing was a short-term, overpowered ability. One could also call it a cheat. By relying on it, Gravis could quickly reach higher Realms in no time at all, but he wouldn't have gotten the understanding and tempering during that time. So, relying on the ore was more damaging than helpful to Gravis, in his case.

Due to all these reasons, Gravis decided to keep his ore away from him while fighting.

”Grand Elder,” Gravis transmitted as he looked at the Mountain of Pride.

The white ape was a bit surprised that Gravis talked to him. ”Yes?” he asked.

”I would like to request something from you. It might seem senseless in the beginning, but it's very important to me,” Gravis transmitted slowly and politely.

The white ape raised an eyebrow. ”Go ahead,” he answered.

”I would like you to promise me that if I take any of these ore-chunks in a fight, you will send an incredibly powerful beast to kill me directly,” Gravis transmitted. Others shouldn't hear something like this.

The white ape was quite surprised about this request. This request raised multiple questions in the white ape's head. ”Why would I need to send another beast?” he asked.

Gravis sighed when he heard that. This was the question that he dreaded. Obviously, the reason for that was that Gravis could kill the white ape with merely a thought. Yet, if Gravis exposed this power, the white ape might lose his rationality in fear and might kill him directly with a slap. After all, if the white ape took the initiative to attack, Gravis would die before he could even formulate a thought.

The reason why Gravis had asked the white ape and not the Empress was because of the white ape's lightning element. He had no idea if the Empress would go through with killing him if she made such a promise, but he could trust the white ape due to the lightning element.

Yet, the problem was the white ape's complex threat. It was like both of them had a bomb in their heads that could go off instantly if the other so chose to trigger it. Both of them could kill the other one before they could react. Whoever pulled the trigger first would kill the other person without them having a chance to react.

Gravis could kill the white ape with a thought, but the white ape could kill Gravis without him even being able to react due to the speed difference. So, Gravis was not entirely safe from the white ape, even if he had the ability to kill him in less than a second.

And what if Gravis killed the white ape? Then, the Empress would probably kill him. After all, this white ape was the Grand Elder and probably also had quite a good relationship with the Empress. If those two had a fair fight, she probably wouldn't mind, but a Lord killing an Emperor like this couldn't be considered fair.

This whole thing was way too complicated for Gravis' liking. The end goal was to make it impossible for him to access the ore, even if he desperately wanted to.

Gravis thought for a bit, and the white ape got confused due to Gravis' sudden silence. His question seemed to have thrown Gravis into some distress. Yet, why would such a question throw Gravis into distress? It was his request, after all.

Gravis was unsure how to accomplish his goal right now.