Chapter 961: Gravis vs. Mortis (2/2)
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Even though Mortis had already summoned his saber, Gravis was still beating him without a weapon.
Gravis' attacks became even more powerful as he started to create serious injuries on Mortis' body that consumed his Life Energy.
This brawl had transformed into an actually dangerous battle.
BRRR!
Mortis summoned some Magma that shot at Gravis, but Gravis shot a faster beam of Magma back at the attack, canceling it.
”You truly are a fucking idiot,” Gravis said coldly. ”You need to convert your Divine Lightning into Magma, which wastes a ton of Energy. Additionally, you don't have Void Lightning, which makes your Magma even weaker than mine!”
”I have the physical superiority!”
”I have immunity towards Divine Lightning!”
”I have the greater Energy storage for everything that isn't lightning!”
”Even my Spirit is more powerful than yours since you're just my fucking Avatar!”
”Accept your place!”
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Gravis continued attacking Mortis.
Mortis was unleashing one Element after the other, but Gravis always countered them easily. Mortis might have Gravis' memories up to a certain point, but Gravis was used to fighting in a versatile battle style while Mortis always went for offense.
Mortis was becoming weaker and weaker, and his Life Energy eventually reached a critical point.
Meanwhile, Gravis was still full of Energy and Life Energy.
Mortis' cold mind fell into a sea of frustration.
He was helpless.
He couldn't do anything.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Gravis continued punching, and eventually, Mortis' Life Energy completely ran out.
Any injury he received right now might kill him.
BANG! BANG!
Gravis broke Mortis' chest again as he crushed his organs.
Mortis felt his mind becoming weaker and weaker.
”Accept your place or die!” Gravis shouted.
Mortis' mind became calm at the moment of his death.
'Accept my place or die?' Mortis thought calmly. His thoughts were distant like he wasn't the one being beaten to death right now.
'What's the difference between those two things?'
'It might as well be the same thing.'
'Fine, kill me.'
'What's the point of living if everything suppresses me?'
'I don't care anymore.'
BOOOOM!
WHOOOOOM!
Suddenly, a beam of Brilliance appeared that bathed Mortis' dying body in healing light. Mortis' Life Energy immediately refilled as all his injuries healed.
Gravis stood up, cleaned his hands, and took a couple steps back.
Then, Gravis smiled happily at Mortis.
”There, happy now?” Gravis asked.
Mortis' mind was confused for a second.
However, all his rage and hatred had vanished, and his mind became clear.
This made his comprehension ability return back to its peak, and he immediately understood what had happened.
”You're truly acting like an idiot sometimes,” Gravis said with a sigh. ”You see how I'm doing better against an opponent that perfectly counters you one time, and you immediately assume that I'm more powerful than you.”
Mortis continued lying on the ground, looking at the sky.
”If the Black Demon's defense had only been a slight bit weaker, you would have killed him in a single strike. Meanwhile, I would have needed to fight a bitter battle against him. After all, your offense is far superior to my own.”
”Then, you get shocked when I comprehend the Law of Freedom before you,” Gravis said as he shook his head. ”Of course I comprehended the Law of Freedom before you! Even though everything I have said to you just now was a lie, it is true that my situation allows me to have more freedom than you.”
”On top of that, freedom is my goal, not yours. It's only natural that I'm going to comprehend freedom before you.”
”Yet, instead of looking at everything objectively, your mind was consumed by hatred and self-loathing.”
”Have you forgotten the very phrase we use more than any other?” Gravis asked. ”Advantages have disadvantages, and disadvantages have advantages.”
”If you simply thought about it, you would have realized that, while I have a greater affinity towards freedom, you have a greater affinity towards Suppression. It was only a matter of time until you comprehended the level six Law of Suppression.”
”On top of that, you managed to comprehend an Emotional Law just now. The only Emotional Law I managed to comprehend after your creation was the Law of Empathy, and that was entirely thanks to Stella.”
”You managed to take the first step towards our emotional independence, something I didn't manage to do. However, instead of seeing that you are superior in that, you only get angrier.”
Mortis continued looking at the sky, his mind calm but going through a ton of thoughts.
”And the fact that I comprehended the level six Law of Suppression just now is supposed to change that?” Mortis asked.
”Yes,” Gravis answered.
”However, you were the one that taught me the Law of Suppression,” Mortis said calmly.
”If our situations were reversed,” Gravis said, ”I wouldn't have been able to comprehend the Law of Suppression. I would have probably immediately killed myself to exert the last remaining bit of control over my life that I had left.”
”Your personality does not have such a great affinity towards the more positive emotions and freedom, but it has a greater affinity towards the negative emotions and suppression. Just because you haven't made the necessary progress yet doesn't mean that you won't comprehend them in the future.”
Silence.
”I don't know what to think anymore,” Mortis said calmly.
”So? You don't need to,” Gravis answered. ”Just go with the flow and adapt to whatever happens. That's how I comprehended the Life Laws and the Law of Freedom. I didn't force anything and just did whatever interested me.”
”When you let your mind relax for a bit, you will notice that a lot of problems don't seem as bad or complex anymore.”
Silence.
”Anyway,” Gravis said with a smile. ”I'll go now. Just think about what I've said. You don't have to follow it, obviously, since freedom also means allowing others to be free. It's your own decision if you want to follow my advice or not.”
”Also, I'm sorry for saying all these things, but you should already feel my guilt and pain for saying these things.”
”Sadly, it was the only way I could get you out of this slump of yours.”
”So, I hope you can forgive me for that.”
”Anyway, gotta go, bye!”
Gravis waved at Mortis and teleported away.
Mortis simply continued staring at the sky, unsure of what he should think or feel right now.
”The level six Law of Suppression, huh?” Mortis said to himself.
”Gravis said he wouldn't have comprehended it in my place, and as far as I can tell, he was actually honest when saying that.”
Then, Mortis did something that he hadn't done ever since he was created.
Mortis laughed a bit to himself.
”Now that I think about it, Gravis was right when he said that I have several aspects where I'm superior.”
”Oh, what an idiot I have been.”
After saying that, Mortis became quiet as he only looked at the sky.
'Is putting myself under pressure really what's stopping me from becoming more powerful?'