Lightning Is the Only Way

All participants looked up from what they were doing. Everyone saw the seven people of the Elemental Guilds, and the more knowledgeable ones knew that those seven people were the Guild Masters. These seven were the most powerful people in the Elemental Guilds, and all of them were in the Energy Gathering stage.

Gravis also stood up, yet before he could concentrate on the Guild Masters, Gravis noticed something else.

At the sides of the arena, Gravis could see the heads of some people looking over the edge of the arena to look at what was going on. They had grabbed the side of the arena with their hands and held themselves there to watch.

The people behind them, who didn't have any space to grab the edge of the arena, jumped up continuously to look. They looked like dogs who had ventured too far into high grass and jumped over it to see where they were going. Gravis thought that this looked really bizarre. 'Do they have no shame?' Gravis had also seen Jeros' head appearing for a short time.

Suddenly, one man, who had been able to grab the ledge of the arena, got pulled down, and Gravis could hear a scuffle. Shortly after, Jeros' head had replaced the man's at the edge of the arena. Jeros simply winked at Gravis.

Gravis smiled a little, feeling some embarrassment for the spectator's actions. Then, he shook his head to clear his thoughts and looked back at the Guild Masters.

"Alright, everyone gather at one side of the arena!" shouted an old man with blackish-blue robes.

woman with deep-blue robes took out a crystal ball. The crystal ball looked grey and lifeless. She walked to the middle of the arena and then gestured for the youngsters to come. "Please walk

when he passed the crystal ball, nothing happened.

The crowd of youngsters grew denser at the crystal ball, and now more than one youngster passed at a time. The Guild Master of Water didn't seem to mind.

crystal ball with a sprint. From above, the whole scene looked like

Master of Water released a slight sound of surprise, as the crystal started glowing slightly. It wasn't very bright, and not very many people noticed it, but the glow was slowly increasing. The Guild Master of Water grew more interested in the participants and started watching those who haven't passed yet, with more

progressed, the glow increased even more, and it was shining now like a little star. The gazes of

of Water's gaze focused on a couple of youngsters. 'They're coming!' she shouted in her mind. She felt the crystal ball and how it was close to its breaking point due to its released energy, and she knew, the person she was waiting for would be the next

youngster, carrying a black saber. The youngster ran to the crystal ball, which

you!" the Guild Master of Water excitedly shouted and tried to grab the

WHOOOM!

felt like a massive wave of death and killing intent was released, and many of the surrounding participants were affected so strongly, that they even flew back like a shockwave had struck them. The Guild Master of Water also felt

that this was probably a device

mad with desire. Gravis was not sure what they were after, but being greedily