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Chapter 524
The Inquisitor immediately exploded with anger."GRAVIS!" he shouted into the horizons with fury.
The Inquisitor had just made a difficult choice. He had decided to break the rules for the first time in his life for the greater good.Yet, just like Commander Rime's initial intervention, his gains had become void. However, he had already committed to hischoice, and he couldn't back out now. Gravis must die!
The Inquisitor hadn't intended to fight Gravis directly. Fighting him directly gave Gravis a chance to survive and become evenmore powerful. The Inquisitor was sure that he was more powerful than Gravis, but he couldn't leave anything up to chance. Hehad to kill Gravis no matter what! It was for the greater good of the Icy Pride Empire!
Yet, Gravis seemed to have already anticipated that the Inquisitor would attack him. The control of the situation had escaped theInquisitor's grasp, and now, he either had to find Gravis or wait for him here. Then, they would fight under Gravis’ conditions, nothis.
“How!?" the Inquisitor said to himself in rage, making the watching squad fearful of the future. They had no idea what they shoulddo. On the one hand, Gravis had been willing to go to the Empress and confess to his actions. This didn't make him a traitor.
On the other hand, the Inquisitor had only wanted to protect the Icy Pride Empire from danger. Gravis’ conduct and mindsetdidn't fit the usual beast and left a lot of room for uncertainty. The beasts weren't able to judge his personality based on their ownexperiences since Gravis simply didn't act like a beast.
What were they supposed to do? None of the two beasts were in the wrong here. Without a leader among the squad, theycouldn't decide on a course of action. Should they help the Inquisitor and inform the defensive line? If they did that and Gravismanaged to kill the Inquisitor, they would be next.novelbin
Should they help Gravis and report this to an Emperor in one of the close Empires so that they could intervene? If the Inquisitorsaw them doing that, he might double-down on his actions and kill them so that no one could stop him from eradicating thedanger to the Icy Pride Empire.
It didn't matter what they chose. Both choices could lead to their deaths. So, in the end, they made the only correct choice, whichwas to not choose at all. They would simply stay here and do absolutely nothing. This was the only way they could guaranteetheir survival.
The Inquisitor looked with anger at the squad, making them fear for their lives. Yet, the Inquisitor quickly looked away, closed hiseyes, and shook his head violently.
‘What have | just done?’ the Inquisitor thought with shock and pain. 'I have just considered killing these members of our Empireto secure my opportunity to kill the traitor. They have done nothing wrong and have only been pulled into this situation. Killingthem wouldn't make me any better than the traitor.
The Inquisitor thought back to his interactions with Gravis over the past minutes. When had Gravis managed to escape? TheInquisitor had kept a close watch on him, so when had Gravis replaced himself with a copy of himself?
The Inquisitor couldn't be faulted for not noticing how and when Gravis had left. The Inquisitor had seen that Gravis couldtransform into lightning, but he hadn't known about Gravis' ability to split into multiple versions of his. He couldn't have possiblyanticipated something like that.
‘The lightning bolts after the explosion!’ the Inquisitor realized with widened eyes. ‘Back then, | only thought that this was part ofhis attack, but most of his power must have been gathered into one of the lightning bolts that shot into the distance! | don't havean affinity for lightning, so | can't judge the power of the lightning accurately. So that's how he managed to flee!’
The Inquisitor felt incredible frustration as he realized that he had never been in control of the situation. It didn't matter what hechose. Gravis would have survived anyway. Additionally, they had talked for so long that Gravis had easily escaped the range ofhis senses. Now, it was all up to Gravis.
'He said that he would return in about four hours. Even though | despise him, | am certain that he wouldn't lie about somethinglike this,’ the Inquisitor thought.
Then, the Inquisitor's eyes narrowed as a cold gleam could be seen in them.
"Fine, I'll wait,’ he thought with battle intent.
Meanwhile, Gravis was many kilometers away. Had Gravis known that the Inquisitor would attack him?No.
According to Gravis's guesses about the Inquisitor's personality, he had judged that he probably wouldn't attack him. Yet, Gravishad felt a feeling of danger from the Inquisitor ever since Gravis had said that he would kill Commander Rime.
In the minutes after killing Jessy but before confronting Commander Rime, Gravis had felt no such feeling from the Inquisitor.Yet, as soon as Gravis announced his decision, the Inquisitor started radiating an intense feeling of danger.
Gravis had just understood the Law of Danger, and by understanding it, he also knew what it did. The Law of Danger wouldinform Gravis of any potential danger to his life, just like its name suggested. In order to judge something as dangerous or notdangerous, the Law of Danger took two criteria into account.
One first one was the power of the being or force. If someone weren't powerful enough to be a threat to Gravis’ life, they wouldn'tbe a danger.
The other one was the intent of the being or force. If someone had no malicious intentions towards Gravis, they also wouldn't bea danger.
Only when the being or force was powerful enough to be a threat to Gravis and had malicious intentions would the Law ofDanger inform Gravis. In his fight against Jessy, her copies had not been a danger to him since they were too weak. Because ofthat, the Law of Danger had only been triggered by her true body.
In terms of combat-usage, the Law of Danger would help Gravis locate his enemies and see through any feints. If an attacklooked powerful but was only there to force Gravis to move in a different direction, Gravis would be able to know that now.Additionally, if the enemy appeared helpless but had a powerful trump card, Gravis would also know that.
However, in comparison to the Law of Suppression, Gravis was sure that the Law of Danger wasn't nearly as rare. A Law wasthe understanding of a concept, and to understand such a concept, one needed to have a lot of experience with it.
Every being at Gravis’ level had had a plethora of encounters with danger. Gravis guessed that, besides elemental Laws, theLaw of Danger was probably one of the most common ones.
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‘Found it!’ Gravis suddenly thought as his train of thought had been interrupted by something he noticed with his Spirit Sense.Alarge vein of High-Rank Nascent Nourishing ore.
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After summoning the ore into his Spirit Space, Gravis quickly went to forging his equipment.
There was no reason to waste any time.