Chapter 613: Complex Elements (1/2)

Gravis' first stop was to understand the Soft Complex materials. He needed to get his defense in order and complete the Complex Laws. Right now, he had enough time to entirely focus on them. He had nothing to do but comprehend Laws, and this would be the perfect time to comprehend Laws that required a lot of time.

Since Gravis had already comprehended the water part of the Soft Complex Laws, the next thing he wanted to check would be the liquid metals and fire. Sadly, Gravis couldn't find the liquid metals very quickly.

So, he decided to mine.

He dug a hole in the ground and used his Composition Law of the Earth to stabilize it as much as possible so that it didn't simply collapse.

With his power, digging far into the earth was not hard at all. In no time at all, he was already several kilometers underground. As he dug further and further down, he felt the gravity around him increase. It was also getting hotter, but none of the two things were an issue for his power.

After digging for 1,000 kilometers, Gravis could really feel the effects of gravity and heat. At this depth, even a Lord would have problems surviving. Yet, he continued digging.

At 5,000 kilometers, even some Kings would have issues surviving.

At 10,000 kilometers, Gravis felt like he was close to his breaking point. The heat warped the surroundings as he was surrounded by a ton of magma. Gravis didn't really care about the hole and let the magma just flow out in a volcanic explosion. Hundreds of kilometers of the area around the hole were destroyed, but that didn't matter.

As he reached this depth, he looked around for interesting materials. The magma itself was already an interesting material since it was very different from normal fire or earth. It was like a combination of fire and earth, which interested him quite a bit.

For the next 20 years, Gravis checked out all the interesting materials in the ground. He also found his liquid metal, but it was hard to discern which of the metals was actual liquid metal and which material was simply so hot that it melted.

Yet, in these 20 years, Gravis made quite some headway. In actuality…

BOOOOM!

'Interesting,' Gravis thought with a smirk. 'So, even magma has a kind of Composition Law. This is interesting indeed. Magma does not count towards any of the Material Composition Laws. Additionally, it also doesn't count towards any single element.'

'This material does not conform to any category of Law I know. I wonder how that works?' Gravis thought as he looked around.

'Well, if it doesn't fit into any category, it's probably a new category that I don't know yet. I think it's some kind of elemental fusion Law, maybe? Though, since I can't control earth nor fire, it's hard to find out.'

Gravis scratched his chin but suddenly stopped. 'Wait. There was something before that fit that category.'

Gravis' eyes shone. 'Steam! Steam is also a fusion between water and fire and doesn't conform to anything. That one Lord with water affinity managed to comprehend it back then and control it. Ferris also managed to comprehend it.'

'Does that mean that one only needs to have one affinity of a material that has two or more to control it? If a water affinity beast and Ferris can control steam, a fire affinity or earth affinity beast should be able to control magma. Of course, only if they know the applicable Law.'

Gravis looked at the magma and tried to manipulate it. He couldn't transform or control it, but he could destroy it with his Composition Law.

Suddenly, Gravis' eyes widened. He had expected the magma to turn into dust or Energy, but it actually turned into something else.

In front of Gravis, for just a split second, he had seen a solitary fire and a rock. Yet, as soon as they came into contact with the surrounding magma, they turned back into magma.

Whoop!

Gravis grabbed a chunk of magma and returned to the surface. When he arrived at the surface, he summoned the chunk of magma.

BRRRR!

The surroundings blurred as the hardened magma on the surface turned liquid again. This chunk of magma was so incredibly hot that it burned things even kilometers away.

Then, Gravis turned the chunk of magma back into fire and earth.