Chapter 552: Goodbye to Meadow (1/2)

Gravis only had to laugh when he heard Meadow's answer. ”Come on, just accept the thanks. You have helped me, and I won't forget that.”

”Oh wow,” the harmonious but sarcastic voice returned. ”Your sincerity nearly made me give a fuck. Congratulations! Sadly, you're still a bit off the mark. That sure sucks.”

Gravis only shook his head with a smile. Then, he searched for Ferris with his Spirit and found him looking at a tree. Gravis wanted to ask Ferris if he was ready to return to the Empire, but a different thought appeared in his mind.

Gravis turned to one of the trees.

SSSHHHH!

The entire tree completely vanished into nothingness. It started at its leaves and bark and didn't stop until the entire thing stopped existing. Only when Gravis' Spirit reached a connected root more powerful than all the others did he know that this was the spot where Meadow's actual body began.

”Look at that,” Gravis said with a smirk. ”I can turn plants into dust with only a thought.”

Surprisingly, no snark remark came for several seconds.

”That's actually pretty impressive,” Meadow answered. ”If a part of a plant is destroyed, it can regenerate that part with its Life Energy. Yet, by annihilating the entire thing, all the Life Energy in the world won't help.”

Gravis was a bit surprised when he heard that. ”Does that mean that you hadn't paid attention to the Composition of plants yet?” Gravis asked.

”I never saw a reason in doing so. I can comprehend the Composition of plants anytime I want. I'm paying more attention to the general Life Laws. I was planning on understanding the Composition of Plants a couple thousand years from now,” she answered.

”Speaking of,” Gravis said as he smiled again. ”I want to tell you some theories I have.”

Meadow knew that some of these theories might help her immensely. As a human, Gravis had shown a unique perspective regarding Laws. It was like he was looking at them from a different angle.

”Why?” she asked directly.

Gravis laughed a bit. ”For the same reason why you created that particular tree earlier. I see you as a friend, and helping friends should be natural.”

Meadow thought back to when she had created that tree. At that time, she felt like helping Gravis. She hadn't had any particular reason in doing so. She simply did it because she wanted to, which was weird and new to her.

Due to Meadow's incredible power, it was hard for her to create genuine connections with beasts. Every beast was always insufferably deferential in front of her, which automatically made her despise them. Didn't these beasts have any backbone?

Meanwhile, the very few beasts that were powerful enough to reach her level couldn't deal with her unique way of expressing herself. In their eyes, Meadow was speaking and acting like some brute. Her aggressive jokes angered them, and her refusal to take anything serious made them look down on her.

In truth, Meadow hadn't had a friend in a very, very long time. But now, Gravis considered her his friend, and based on her own actions, she probably also saw him as a friend.

For the first time in a long while, Meadow actually didn't feel bored or apathetic.

WACK!

Suddenly, she used one of her roots and slapped Gravis away. ”Fuck! Your pussy shit has infected me! Are you trying to attack me with your level three Law of Being A Little Bitch!?”

Gravis only laughed loudly as he sat at the bottom of a powerful tree. Obviously, the ”attack” had only been playful and wasn't nearly powerful enough to even hurt him.

Ferris perked up and looked at Gravis. After realizing that Meadow and Gravis were only bantering, he continued to look at more trees.

”I'll take that as a yes,” Gravis said while chuckling.

Meadow didn't say anything.

”Anyway,” Gravis started. ”As you probably already know, one level one Law might open the path to several level two Laws. For example, there might be a Law related to how trees often use their branches as whips or something. Is there such a Law?”

”Yes, there is,” Meadow answered curtly.

Gravis nodded. ”You have probably already combined that level one Law with other level one Laws to create some kind of level two Law related to the offense of plants, right?”

”Yes, I did,” Meadow said.