Chapter 624: Element Neutral Temperature Laws (1/2)
Many years passed as Gravis tried to comprehend the Law of Cold. He already had an excellent base to comprehend it since he had comprehended the Law of Heat, the Composition Law of Water, and the Composition Law of Darkness, surprisingly. Gravis hadn't thought that the darkness element was related to cold, but it was, apparently.
Thanks to these three Laws, Gravis could extrapolate a lot of workings of the Law of Cold.
Yet, his progress was still slower than his progress when he had comprehended the Law of Heat. The reason for that was that, back then, he had been able to create heat. Here, he couldn't create cold. He could only observe the already existing cold.
After 20 years, Gravis still found a lot of new facets of the Law of Cold.
After 40 years, Gravis was sure that he could see most of the Law.
After 60 years, Gravis saw that he was close to understanding it.
BOOOOM!
And after 65 years, Gravis managed to understand it.
Every other beast would become envious if they heard that Gravis managed to comprehend a level two Law in only 65 years. This was not a Law that had level one Laws as a base, but one which had to be understood all at once. The same thing was true for the Law of Heat. Just because Gravis managed to produce it with fire and wind didn't mean that it needed these two Laws to be understood or created.
'Finally, I got it!' Gravis thought with excitement. 'It took quite some time, but this should be the base for a level three Law. I expect that the Law of Heat and Law of Cold can fuse to become the Law of Temperature.'
'The Law of Cold is not much more useful than the Law of Heat since it simply does the same thing, just in an opposite way. The only effect it would have on an enemy is that they would need to spend a lot of Energy to keep themselves warm.'
Gravis scratched his chin. 'I mean, sure, if I fought someone two levels above me, this Law would be terrifying, but I'm not fighting someone only two levels above me. Sure, it would also have a restrictive effect on someone four levels above me, but I need to use Energy to keep the Law running. In such a fight, I can't spare that Energy. I need all of it for my speed and offense.'
'Well, it doesn't matter,' Gravis thought with a smirk. 'I'm not here to immediately increase my Battle-Strength, but to give me a solid foundation for the future. With this Law, a new path has opened before me. Now, I have the prerequisites of understanding another level three Law.'
Gravis looked at his surroundings. 'Though, I still need to use up a lot of time to get to the threshold of understanding the Law of Temperature. I have already been in seclusion for over 300 years. This seclusion has been so long that I have been in this seclusion for 60% of my entire life. It sounds terrifyingly long, but somehow, it doesn't feel that long. It's like I have only entered seclusion like 50 years ago.'
'It actually feels weird. I have only spent about 17 years or so in the highest world and only around six or seven years in the lower world. Yet, I have been in this world for over 480 years by now. This contrast is absolutely insane.'
Gravis looked down at the ground. From up here, he could see insanely far into the distance. He could even see the end of the continent.
Gravis looked at the world for several minutes until he turned his gaze to the sun. 'I should be able to reach the sun now. My Law of Cold allows me to weaken the cold around me. But first, I need to load up my Life Ring again. I've used up nearly all the Energy inside it.'
After going back to the ground and reloading the Life Ring with Energy, Gravis shot into the sky again. As soon as he reached a distance of 12.000 kilometers, he felt the difference that his new Law made. Gravis didn't need to waste as much Energy as he was recovering, even at such a distance.
At 15.000 kilometers, he used just as much Energy as he was recovering.
At 20.000 kilometers, he was using up a lot of Energy.