Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis walked behind the group of hunters. His armor was one solid, so it was really difficult moving his legs and arms. He constantly had to concentrate on keeping the obsidian 'flowing'. It was draining, but he also realized that it helped him temper his will.

The hunters in front of Gravis were nervous. They felt Gravis' Will-Aura. They didn't know what a Will-Aura was, but they still felt it. It felt like a wild beast trailed them, waiting for a chance to strike.

Gravis kept walking in silence. He wanted to know more about the world and any essential towns or cities nearby. Sadly, he had to remain mysterious, so he didn't initiate a conversation. He needed to wait for them to start one.

"We will arrive in our village in about two hours. The bandits should come tomorrow. That's the best opportunity to strike them," Sarah said after hours of silence.

Gravis was happy that he could finally talk. "There will be no issue. When they arrive tomorrow, I will bestow death upon them!" Gravis sneered, but the others couldn't see it. "That the bandits exploit your village, shows their weak will and power."

They heard Gravis' disdain but kept quiet. Even if their village was weak, it was still their home. They didn't like someone calling their home weak. Yet, they knew that they lived in a different world than the Earth Spirit.

Sarah continued. "You should not underestimate them. They have three people with tempered skin. Our village, in comparison, only has two, my father and me. If you stop one, we can fight equally."

Gravis felt relief. They only had three people with tempered skin. "I said, I will bestow them death, and I will keep my word. You only need to watch," he commented. "If those bandits are so strong, why wouldn't they attack a bigger human settlement?"

Sarah laughed dryly. "You must be joking. A town has, at least, one individual with tempered skin and muscle. They wouldn't even know how they died. A city would be even scarier. The head of a city must have a fully tempered body, or they wouldn't be able to be the head of a city."

Finally, Gravis got some information about this world. There was no mention of energy gathering realm cultivators yet, so this was probably an area far away from the core of power of this world. He estimated that he could kill anyone with tempered skin. It didn't matter if they had also tempered their organs and blood or not. If the enemy didn't have a strong will, he might even be able to kill someone with tempered muscles.

killed a low-rank demonic beast once, and those can only be killed by people with tempered muscles, usually. Yet, with his

village after two hours. It wasn't very big. From one end to the other, it spanned about a hundred meters. The village was comprised

Sarah furrowed her brows. "The villagers are all outside. This seems

happened and turned white. "The bandits arrived early!" She shouted and sprinted into the village. If the bandits arrived, and she wasn't there as intimidation, they might go beyond their usual

he wanted to do for a long time. He started slowly changing his armor to actually have joints. All this 'sloshing around' of the armor was really draining him. After some seconds, he did some jumps and

continued to run into the middle. Gravis cracked his neck to relieve some tension, and also sprinted to the village. Even though the obsidian armor was heavy, he ran just as

looking at him, but into the village center, where Gravis could hear

imposing black armor charging at them. They screamed and jumped to the side. The

what was happening at the center. About ten people in leather armor, carrying short iron swords, watched in smugness, as three people fought Sarah and a middle-aged

already severely injured and bled

your father, and now even you won't be able to stop us!" Shouted one

one of the bandits fighting Sarah. They

sword and

BANG!

sword broke upon hitting the saber, but that was not the end. Gravis charged through the man, breaking all his bones and throwing him several meters away. With the

were so engrossed in their fight that they didn't notice Gravis until he was already upon them. Gravis formed a fist and used all the accumulated power of his charge to punch the man who spoke

bruise, but his skull and brain were utterly destroyed. The corpse shot into the distance and completely destroyed a wooden hut. Sarah's eyes widened, and the bandits blanched. Gravis knew that the initiative

saber in his other hand, to attack the other person fighting

BANG!