Chapter 985 - 985 – Pushover (1/2)

Gravis remained sitting on his throne alone for several minutes as he just thought about his options.

'I have no idea what I can do better. I've already tried everything, but it just wouldn't work. Yet, there has to be a solution, and it should have something to do with Humility.'

'Humility, huh?' Gravis thought, unsure of what exactly it meant.

Gravis was pretty sure that he had used Humility as well as possible up to now. After all, he had allowed everyone to underestimate him, not showing his power at all.

'Yet, that has also not helped me much. The marauders still killed me. Even fleeing is impossible due to the powerful beasts that surround this area.'

Gravis continually scratched his chin in thought. 'What to do? What to do?'

BANG!

The roof of the castle was blown apart as three Unity Realm Cultivators looked at Gravis from high up.

”Would you have ever believed that this day would come?” the young man in the front asked with an arrogant voice.

Gravis didn't answer as he continued thinking.

Seeing that Gravis hadn't answered, the young man sneered. ”Are you denying reality, oh great king?” he said with a sneer. ”Do you believe us to be beneath your notice? You might have an impressive Battle-Strength, but you can't fight all three of us at once while still being at the Initial Unity Realm.”

Suddenly, Gravis perked up. ”What did you just say?” he asked in surprise.

”Are you deaf?” the young man shouted. ”I said, as long as you are in the Initial Unity Realm, you can't fight the three of us. So, do the smart thing and capitulate. Don't force us to kill your entire Kingdom.”

Then, Gravis' eyes widened in realization.

'I see!' he thought with excitement as he finally cracked another part of the puzzle.

'They think I am in the Initial Unity Realm. However, how is that even possible? My Will-Aura is far stronger, and I'm also at a higher Realm. So, either I should appear as someone without any Cultivation to them or as someone far more powerful.'

'Yet, these guys are not idiots. They wouldn't believe that I am a mortal. In fact, in both cases, they would become incredibly wary of me. After all, this would only show that I'm far more powerful than them.'

'However, even when seeing me, they are still arrogant and believe me to be in the Initial Unity Realm. How would that be possible?'

'The Law of Humility!'

Gravis silently smirked to himself.

'This body already knows the Law of Humility, and it's passively activating it to make it seem like I'm in the Initial Unity Realm.'

But then, Gravis sighed.

'Sadly, I still don't know how I'm supposed to use this to my advantage. After all, I can't control the usage of the Law of Humility. Theoretically, if I had the control, I could just appear like an Energy Gathering Cultivator in front of the Marauders, making them ignore me.'

'Yet, I can't control it. I always appear to others like I'm in the Initial Unity Realm.'

'So, what can I do?'

”Stop wasting my time!” the young man shouted with frustration. ”Do you capitulate or not!?”

Gravis looked at the young man with absent eyes.

'Humility, huh?'

'Well, I don't fully understand Humility. Otherwise, I would have already comprehended the Law. Therefore, there have to be facets of it that I just don't know yet.'

'You want Humility? I'll give you the most extreme form of Humility!'

'I'm going to become a pushover!'

”I capitulate,” Gravis said.

The three Unity Realm Cultivators were shocked when they heard that.

”Could you repeat that?” the young man asked in surprise.

”I capitulate,” Gravis repeated. Then, he stood up from his throne and walked down.

In the end, Gravis sat in one of his own advisor's seats.

”You are the king. This Kingdom is yours, and I will follow whatever you say,” Gravis said.

The young man looked at Gravis with a complex expression.

”I had already heard about the downfall of the South-Cold Kingdom a week ago,” Gravis continued. ”I knew that you would have three Unity Realm Cultivators in just a couple of days.”

”Yet, instead of attacking you while you were still building up your strength, I killed everyone that knew about it and waited here for you. I have killed your genius in the past due to my own greed, and it has brought me now to my downfall. Karma has been sown, and I have to reap it now.”

”There is no reason in resisting the power of Karma. I have committed a sin, and I must pay for it now.”

”I realize this now, and instead of committing another sin by fighting you, I decide to sacrifice my own status and life to right this wrong.”

”Go, sit on the throne. This Kingdom is yours,” Gravis said as he bowed to the three Unity Realm Cultivators.

The Unity Realm Cultivators talked to each other with voice transmissions.

Some seconds later, the young man sat down on Gravis' old throne and looked down at Gravis.