Chapter 825: Younglings (2/2)

”Why are you so powerful?” a small monkey called from the elephant's ear.

”That requires a lot of explaining. Do you want to hear all of it?” Gravis asked awkwardly.

Everyone started to nod, but as the elephant began nodding, the others had to cling to dear life so that they wouldn't fall off. All of them could fly, but they still acted like children. Gravis found that spectacle adorable.

”Sure,” Gravis said. ”Depending on if you're human or beast, there are seven or six categories that determine your power. These categories also become fewer the more powerful you get.”

”Seven categories?” a fish asked. ”I thought there were only two categories: Realm and Battle-Strength.”

Gravis scratched his chin. ”Well, yes, but I was being more specific. One is your Realm, and the other six all relate to your Battle-Strength.”

Gravis paused a bit and noticed that the younglings were listening intently.

”Your Realm is the most significant factor, as you probably already know. No matter how powerful your Battle-Strength is, you can't fight someone an entire Realm above you.”

”Not even you?” Aeri asked.

”Not even me,” Gravis answered.

”How powerful are you?” the elephant asked with a deep voice.

Gravis smiled awkwardly. ”Didn't you want to know what makes someone powerful? Did you already get bored of the question?”

The elephant moved back a little bit like he had been admonished.

Gravis was confused for a second, but then he realized that his tone had been far more aggressive than he had wanted it to be. ”Oh, I'm sorry,” Gravis said quickly. ”I hadn't meant to sound so aggressive. You see, I just came out of a Law Comprehension Session, and I hadn't had much contact with others during that time.”

”So, please bear with me if I sound more aggressive than normal. I will try to keep it in check,” Gravis said.

”Oh!” the monkey said as he jumped up. ”You are like Big Johnson!”

Gravis blinked a couple of times. ”What?” he asked.

”I haven't seen it myself, but I heard that Big Johnson is always easy to anger when he returns after a long time. Everyone warned us that we should be careful when talking around him. Big Sis always told us that it's simply an effect of comprehending Laws for too long.”

Gravis was a bit surprised. 'So, I'm not the only one who has that issue?'

”I guess so,” Gravis said. ”You know, when you constantly comprehend Laws for so long, you easily get lost in them. You lose focus of who you are and only see power. You start becoming easily irritable and start attacking others after the slightest sentence that could be seen as a provocation.”

”Wow, that sounds bad,” Aeri said.

Gravis was surprised again. These were beasts, right? Weren't they supposed to chase power above everything else? If Gravis said any of these things to a beast, the beast wouldn't see any problem with it. After all, they didn't have many feelings of attachment.

This was definitely weird.

However, for now, Gravis simply accepted that these beasts were different from normal ones. They seemed more akin to humans in a beast body, based on their conduct.

”So, which question do you want to be answered first?” Gravis asked them. He tried to keep his tone as friendly as possible.

The younglings looked at each other. ”How powerful are you?” the elephant asked.

”Well, right now, I can fight four levels above myself safely, but I might also be able to win against someone five levels above me. However, I haven't tried it yet,” Gravis answered.

”Woooow!” the group said.

”How are you so powerful?” the monkey asked.

Gravis smiled a bit and began telling them about the categories that determined Battle-Strength: Body, Energy, Spirit, Will-Aura, Laws, and Creativity. Creativity included techniques and the usage of Laws.

After several minutes of teaching, Gravis got the hang of it. Arc had been right. Gravis didn't need any teaching plan. The questions just kept on coming, and Gravis simply had to answer them.

Time passed, and the younglings warmed up to Gravis.

They talked like this for several days.