Chapter 561: Tirade (1/2)
Aris was fearful as he felt something touching his heart. He had never felt so close to death before. If Gravis wanted, Aris would be dead right now.
”I concede. You're more powerful than me,” Aris said slowly.
Plop!
Gravis came out of the cut he had entered from and cleaned himself off the blood. Then, he floated in front of Aris and looked him deep into the eyes.
”Aris, you need to learn several things,” Gravis said. Aris only remained silent as he listened to Gravis' words. ”In actuality, you have made the same mistake I did.”
Aris, Cera, and Yersi were surprised when Gravis said that he had also made a similar mistake.
”Just like you, I had charged through one Realm after the other. I thought that everything would continue working out for me as long as I continue tempering myself. Yet, that is not the truth.”
”Why am I still a level three King after such a long time? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Do you think I'm just not able to become more powerful?” Gravis asked.
Aris took a deep breath. ”In the beginning, yes, but I don't believe that anymore,” he said.
Gravis nodded. ”Everything changes when you become an Emperor. The Empress and the Grand Elder have explained these things to me, and now I will explain these things to you.”
By now, their mindset had completely changed again. Gravis had shown that he was still much more powerful than them. This meant that his words were worth their weight in gold.
Gravis explained to them how old the average Emperor was and how many Laws they had managed to comprehend in that time. He also explained to them how many more Laws an average Emperor would be able to learn with their Law Comprehension experience in comparison to them.
”In short, if you continue going at this speed, you will sooner or later become weak in comparison to others in your Realm. You must take long breaks to comprehend Laws between fights. Otherwise, your Law Comprehension will continue to fall in comparison to your Realm,” Gravis said.
”In the last 100 years, I have fully concentrated on only understanding Laws. I didn't do this because I couldn't get any more powerful. I did this in order to keep my foundation solid. If we ignore my Punishment Lightning, I would know enough Laws to reach the average of a level two Emperor, and that's after spending a full century on them.”
”Just think about it,” Gravis said. ”If we ignore my Punishment Lightning, I would still be able to kill every level five King in this world. I had no problems in defeating you while not having used my three most powerful weapons. Yet, that is only the average for a level two Emperor. The most powerful King in existence only knows as many Laws as a level two Emperor. Quite the contrast, isn't it?”
The three kids thought about these things and grimaced. Everything that Gravis said made sense and that was why they didn't like it. They thought that they could continue just like they always had. Looking at Gravis' monstrous Battle-Strength and knowing that this would be the average Battle-Strength of a level two Emperor felt terrifying. Every opponent of them at that Realm would be so overwhelmingly powerful?
Of course, that was not entirely true. Gravis had not used his three most powerful weapons in the fight, after all. One shouldn't forget that he could still use his Punishment Lightning, which also included the Lightning Crescent, and his Will-Aura with the Law of Suppression. If he used these things, his Battle-Strength would be insane, even for an Emperor.
”Emperors are terrifying,” Gravis said. ”I haven't fought one before, but I now know that they are very terrifying. A level two Law is incredibly powerful, and if you don't know at least double the Laws of such an opponent or a level two Law yourself, you will die. Keep in mind that every Emperor knows at least one level two Law and a ton of level one Laws. You can't even think about fighting someone like that as you are now!”
All three of them remained silent as they listened to Gravis' words.
”Now,” Gravis said, ”onto your next mistake. You are not trusting and listening to other beasts on your level.”
”I trust my companions!” Aris said with power, not happy that Gravis said that he didn't trust them.
Gravis shook his head. ”That's not what I meant. What I mean is that you should trust in their experience and judgment. You are no longer young, but in comparison to other level five Kings, you are still young. They have seen a lot more than you or even me.”
”When you had been Lords, you should have met a lot of inexperienced and stupid Lords. Yet, that is no longer true for Kings. Every King has managed to comprehend at least one Law and went through the mandatory procreation. They have remained in this Realm for hundreds of years, and in that time, they have seen a lot.”
”Have you ever seen the power of an Inquisitor?” Gravis asked as he looked at the three of them.
All three of them shook their heads.
”This is what I meant,” Gravis said. ”Every experienced King has seen an Inquisitor go into action at least once. Additionally, why are there so few Inquisitors? Is it because no one wants to be an Inquisitor?” Gravis asked.
”No,” Yersi said as she said her first word ever since meeting Gravis again. ”Everyone wants to be an Inquisitor, including us. It's the best position for tempering and also the safest. We can move around as we want and fight whom we want.”