GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?



Bullying is an act of intimidating a person to do something they would rather not do. Or it can be persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person. Ghaster believes that Soverick is a bully. His existence bullies others. He has condemned numerous others to mediocrity just by existing and excelling. 

Ghaster more than anyone else knows the pain of being constantly intimidated by the glory of his brother into constantly training without rest. It is something he would not do if Soverick isn't pressuring him so much. He tried and tried to catch up to his brother all to no avail. What's worse is that he has to continue hearing about Soverick's greatness everywhere he goes. His life has become unpleasant for it.

Soverick knows all of these. He can see it too. But he doesn't care. You can't please everybody so there's no use trying. Whatever you do, someone somewhere will have a problem with you and say you did something bad to them. And he doesn't think what he has been doing is bullying. 

Bullying is done repeatedly and with the intention to gain something from it which could be simply the pleasure of causing pain to someone. His existence might be unpleasurable for others, but he wasn't causing them harm with the intention to gain something from it. Besides that, it doesn't matter even if he wanted to bully everyone else. Bullying is the right of the strong. 

He can bully Ghaster just as the first sage can bully him. Bullying is not right or wrong. It is just a fact of life due to the differences in power. The weak don't have a choice but to be bullied. He is not somewhere complaining about being bullied despite being constantly manipulated to do the sage's bidding. He is always moving forward with the sole aim of becoming stronger. But just for this moment, he will actually enjoy bullying Ghaster. He will cause him pain for the sole intention of gaining pleasure from it.

Soverick divine sense latched onto the momentum of the world. Momentum was then forced into a specific shape as instructed by his mind based on the foundation of his solidified divine sense. Several golden fists appeared in the air around him. These phantom weapons number around a thousand.

"Prepare yourself," Soverick said, then he attacked.

He bolted forward with his numerous golden fists leading the way. Ghaster's eyes widened in fear. He didn't think it was possible. He has never seen such a sight in the competition. People have used phantom weapons sure, but not like this. They are not as powerful and they are not as numerous. Phantom weapons are aids to others, not actual things that can threaten his life.

He didn't stay idle. He sped forward to engage Soverick. He roared and roused all the lightning within him. Then he channeled it and as much world power as he can manage into his blade. He swung down his blade at the incoming tide of fists. A massive wave of lightning was ejected from the blade in his hands. This massive wave struck the golden fists and resulted in a massive thundering explosion.

The explosion rocked the world. It was loud and it was bright. He was too close to it so he wasn't spared from the blast. His mind blanked out as he slammed face-first into something. When he came to, he was flying backward instead of forward. 

Then his flight was rudely interrupted by the wall of a building. The wall cracked with the force of stopping his flight. It groaned as fragments fell from it to the ground. But the damage on the wall cannot be compared to the damage to his body.

He was moving forward so fast but he collided with something that had a higher momentum than him. The momentum was so great that it forcefully killed his speed and sent him back the way he came. It is why his mind blanked out. It is commendable that he came to mid-flight. But he would have regained consciousness when his back smashed into the building sending jolts of pain through his body. 

He tried to stand but failed when a searing pain cut through his mind as well as his body. It was worse than everything he just experienced combined. He opened his eyes with a lot of effort. His mind felt sluggish but he was able to comprehend what he saw. Soverick was standing in front of him using his sword to stab his chest. That's what's causing the mind-numbing pain and general body weakness.

Soverick said to him. "Thanks for the feats and blade. It is very generous of you."

He doesn't even know how he ended this way. He was attacking but now he is dying and Soverick is thanking him for the weapon. His bloodline ability helps him to slow the world down and accelerate his thoughts and yet he can't figure out what happened during the last clash. He seemed to have lost the weapon somewhere in the transition between attacking and being skewed to a wall. 

"You are not bad for someone who is not a king. You even performed better than some kings. You have potential. You really do. But you are naive and ignorant. Whining and complaining won't do anything good for you. Only strength matters. Pursue strength above all else. Because as you are right now, you are not worthy enough to be bullied by me."

That's the last thing Ghaster heard before his consciousness blacked out for good. Soverick finished him off. He pumped a torrent of energy into the body of his younger brother to make it explode. Ghaster's brand saved him while Soverick took all of his feats. 

He really did try to bully Ghaster but Ghaster died too quickly. He was playing around earlier. But Ghaster died after one clash when he decided to become serious. Ghaster is not worthy bullying material. How is he to be bullied when he can't take a beating? He died without even knowing how he died.