Chapter 1180 - 1180 – Conviction (1/2)
Gravis and Mortis leisurely walked along the hallway for a while, but eventually, Mortis got impatient and started teleporting.
Gravis groaned and followed Mortis.
However, surprisingly, they only needed a single teleportation to reach the end of the hallway.
It wasn't as far as they had imagined it to be.
By now, the hallway had become narrow again, and the two of them fell into nostalgia.
The narrow hallway and the gate in front of them reminded them of the Heaven's Trial in the lower world.
”Do you think Orthar only has one level for us, or are there multiple again?” Gravis asked.
”Probably as many as he thinks is optimal to make us more powerful. He wants us to become powerful, and we are in his domain now,” Mortis answered.
”So, the Cosmos isn't his domain?” Gravis asked.
”You know what I meant,” Mortis answered.
”Sure,” Gravis answered.
Then, he took a deep breath and readied himself.
”Well, here we go,” Gravis said as he pushed open the gate.
The gate wasn't nearly as heavy as the front gate, and it wasn't hard for Gravis to push it open.
When the gate fully opened, Gravis looked at the room behind it.
It was rather small.
It just looked like a small burial chamber, about ten meters wide. There were no lamps or torches in the room, but the room was well lit, thanks to Mortis.
”So, I guess we don't have to fight in this one, which means that there are more levels, right?” Gravis asked.
”Correct,” Orthar said from the middle of the room.
Surprisingly, Orthar had been in the middle of the room this entire time, and Gravis had spotted him.
”So, how many are there?” Gravis asked as he and Mortis entered the room.
BANG!
The gate behind Gravis closed violently.
”Do you have to be so dramatic?” Gravis asked.
”It does that automatically,” Orthar answered with a polite smile.
Every time Gravis saw Orthar smile, he felt confused. The Orthar he had known had never smiled, but then, Gravis remembered that Orthar had changed.
This Orthar was no longer the friend he had met in the middle world but the highest Heaven.
They were certainly similar, but this version of Orthar had had billions of years to gain experience.
”You've become accustomed to the uneven passage of perceived time, Gravis,” Orthar answered. ”You don't have to be surprised every time you see me doing something as simple as showing a smile.”
”As I've said previously, I'm not a different person to the Orthar you knew. If you were to differentiate us, you could say that I am simply the version of him after having been alive for a very long time. Your version of Orthar would have eventually become me since he is me.”
”So, don't act like you don't know me. In fact, I'm still the same Orthar, except for the fact that I've grown a lot since we parted ways. Just think of it like you have been comprehending Laws for the last couple of billion years,” Orthar explained with a calm voice.
”Sorry, it's just weird, and I'm not used to you being like this,” Gravis said.
”People change, and that's normal,” Orthar answered. ”I designed them that way. Without growth, you can't have power. You can become more powerful by staying the same, but that means that your adaptability will be severely lacking. You will only be powerful in one situation and helpless in a hundred others.”
”Anyway, you asked about the number of levels,” Orthar said as he looked at Gravis and Mortis.
Gravis nodded.
Mortis didn't really talk much since Gravis was basically always asking the very things Mortis wanted to ask.
”The same as the time before last time,” Orthar answered.
”Time before last time?” Gravis asked with confusion.
”We also went through one when we comprehended the Major Law of Humility,” Mortis commented from the side.
”Oh, right! I nearly forgot about that!” Gravis answered as he remembered the time he had been in the body of some ruler in the Unity Realm.
”So, five, right?” Gravis asked.
”How many levels had there been?” asked Orthar.
”Five?” Gravis asked, unsure about the question.