Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked at the Guild Master of Lightning. "What is it?" he asked, a little friendlier than with the other Guild Masters.

The Guild Master of Lightning noticed and combed his long beard with his fingers in pleasantness. "The first test of the entrance exams are a test of willpower. We normally use Fire Torture Pills for that. Fire Torture Pills inflict suffering on the user, and the possibility of death is very real with those."

"Just spit it out, already. Your mock-calm is disgusting," said the Guild Master of Darkness from the side to the Guild Master of Lightning.

The Guild Master of Lightning didn't seem to take the comment to heart. "Would you be fine with using your Heavenly Pressure as a test regarding will?" he asked directly. The other Guild Masters now had a light of recognition in their eyes. After a while, they all nodded to each other. That was a good idea.

Like this, they wouldn't traumatize some of the participants. On top of that, they wouldn't need to waste 5,000 pills for a test. That was a lot of money, after all.

Gravis thought this idea was interesting, yet, he wouldn't do it for free. "I want Bone-Pills," he said directly.

The Guild Master of Lightning smirked. Gravis did not want to take a loss just to please the Guild Masters. This temperament was very much to his liking. "Don't worry. After the exam, we'll give you all the Bone-Pills you need to temper your bones," he said with confidence.

Gravis felt relieved. The next step of tempering was secure now. "Alright," said Gravis simply. Then, he walked to the middle of the arena, the participants giving him a wide berth. When he arrived in the middle, he sat down, closed his eyes, and released his Will-Aura.

Participants that were closer to him immediately jumped back, and again, the image of the lonely island appeared. No one else stood in a radius of 30 meters around Gravis.

"Alright," came a shout from the sky. The participants looked over and saw the Guild Masters sitting on some kind of wooden bench on a wooden tower. The wooden tower was around ten meters tall, and all seven Guild Masters needed to squeeze together to fit on the tower bench.

The participants had no idea where that wooden tower bench came from, but apparently, the Guild Masters were prepared for every eventuality. The participants fell quiet and looked at the Guild Masters, waiting for instructions. Yet, the Guild Masters were silent for a while. This only increased the tension the participants felt.

the participants didn't

whispered the Guild Master

small as possible. If he didn't have a skin as thick as earth

infuriating!" whispered the Guild Master of Water, squeezed between Hammer and the

flowing hair, the Guild Master of Wind. She showed a playful smile and jumped to Hammer. She landed gracefully on his lap

surprise. Were the Guild

No, they were not.

rock. He didn't dare to move. Any kind of movement could be interpreted as an advance from him, and he felt really uncomfortable right now. He showed that his title of Guild Master of Earth was not just for show, and perfectly imitated a

Guild Master of Earth's lap and dangled her feet down playfully from his knees. She looked like a

assemble!" shouted the Guild Master of Fire. Suddenly, from every side of the arena, seven people each, shot up the stairs, looking at the wooden tower bench with different gazes. The earth disciples looked with envy

earth disciple even showed a covert thumbs-up

out,' thought

Guild Master of Lightning pointed at Gravis. The Guild Masters first, had to test how far their own disciples could go, so they could judge what the cut-off

30 meters, they started getting

into fear, and cold sweat ran down their bodies. Yet, they all continued and reached the 15-meter mark. By now, their teeth were chattering in terror, and the

They were a stalwart disciple of earth and a, normally, calm disciple

not the first time they went up against each

of madness had replaced their looks of competition. It was like Gravis was

Four meters!

Three meters!

Two meters!