Lightning Is the Only Way

Body City was big. Its walls were made of solid metal and had a height of about 20 meters, and as Gravis stood before the city, he felt like a gigantic wall was splitting the world in two. The walls extended several kilometers to either side, and Gravis could not estimate the city's size behind them. This was an impressive fortress that no one in the Body Tempering Stage could damage.

Gravis walked to the city entrance, where he could see a queue forming. Obviously, it would take a while to get into the city. Gravis simply stood at the back of the line and waited for his turn. It took nearly two hours until he could enter.

"One silver entrance fee," a guard told him with a bored expression.

Gravis fumbled around in his pockets until he found one silver. It was surprisingly hard for him to find one silver since all his bags were full of gold coins. After a while, he found it and threw it to the guard.

"Alright, you can enter," the guard continued narrating boringly.

Gravis was a little surprised since he was still carrying his saber. "Weapons are allowed in the city?" he asked in surprise.

The guard let out a snort like he heard something amusing. "Weapons don't matter. Every city guard has tempered muscles, and our City Lord has a fully tempered body. The only people that can act out of line in Body City are people in the Magic Gathering Realm. And what would someone in the Magic Gathering Realm want from our city? Now, go in!" the guard explained and then shooed Gravis to enter.

'Magic Gathering Realm? This seems to be the name for the Energy Gathering Realm in this lower world. I wonder why they call it magic,' Gravis thought.

Gravis didn't wait any longer and just went into the city. A city really was different from a town. All the guards had tempered muscles, which meant that, theoretically, Gravis couldn't do whatever he wanted in the city. In Wilderness Town, there was no one with his strength, but here, every guard was able to put up an intense fight.

because all this pressure of constant weaklings attacking him was vanishing. Now, there were enough people at his level in the city. If someone

main street, he looked around the city. Every single building was made of stone and had at least two floors. Many shops, guilds, and even arenas littered

all! Anyone able to take on Big Barry? 15 wins with no defeats! You only need to pay ten silver to fight a strong opponent! Where else could you find such

but that did not mean that every fight could help him. A battle in the arena was, obviously, not a fight to the death. It was more like a sparring match. Sparring from time to time was okay, but if he sparred a lot, his will and his feeling for danger would

In Gravis' current position, sparring with someone might help him learn a little, but it was not worthwhile. He had learned a lot from Jeros, and before Gravis had consolidated his newfound knowledge with

by the sheer size. It was a square plaza, and it was over a kilometer wide. In comparison, the central plaza of Wilderness Town was only

Medicinal Pavilion. Apparently, this kind of shop existed in multiple towns and cities. Gravis quickly walked

managed to temper his bones, then only the muscles would be left, and due to

and was immediately assaulted by a variety of smells ranging from herbs to pills. Just by the smell, Gravis could tell that this Medicinal Pavilion was superior to the one in Wilderness Town. Many customers roamed around the store, talking with different employees. Gravis didn't care and walked to a

you?" asked the middle-aged man with

I have an Origin Melon that I would like to sell," Gravis said. He first had to see how

man said in slight surprise. "Would you mind showing me? We need to estimate the quality

relevant?" Even though Gravis asked

with a natural treasure, compared to pills, is that children can also successfully refine them. That's where the quality of the natural treasure comes into play.

his inspection. "Alright, the melon has around 80% natural quality. That's not bad. Sadly, it seemed to have been thrown around in your bag recently, which damaged it a little. Looks like you had a good

was moving around erratically and with his full power when he was fighting Jeros. He had totally forgotten about

gets reduced to 70%. This means that a seven-year-old child could refine it. That's still pretty good. We sell Origin Melons on that level for around 25 gold,"