Lightning Is the Only Way

The remaining participants looked at the scene in terror. The Elemental Guilds really did not care about their image. They had attacked 4,750 of the most talented youngsters in the surrounding thousands of kilometers. Were they not afraid that their families and organizations would take revenge?

The Guild Master of Wind just nodded in satisfaction like she had finally cleared a mountain of trash, and walked back to the other Guild Masters. The other Guild Masters had, by now, put away the tower bench and stood beside each other. They no longer needed to look from above to judge the participants.

"Did you kill them?" asked the Guild Master of Earth, unsure.

"I don't know," said the Guild Master of Wind back. "I didn't really pay that much attention to them. I just threw them away," she spoke in a giggly voice. "I have no idea if they are alive or not."

The other Guild Masters could only smile bitterly, but there was nothing they could do. The Guild Master of Wind was, by far, the strongest of them.

The participants looked on in awe. Earlier, they had known about the Guild Masters' illustrious status, but only after the Guild Master of Wind acted, did they properly see the Guild Masters' power. Their will to join the Elemental Guilds was higher than ever before.

"I am amazed that you were able to keep up your Heavenly Pressure for this long," said the Guild Master of Lightning as he walked over to Gravis, who had just stood up. "Keeping the Heavenly Pressure up for this long must be very exhausting to you. Do you require a break?"

Gravis narrowed his eyes. 'Another difference between a Heavenborn and me,' he thought to himself. Apparently, using Heavenly Pressure required the use of stamina or energy. Keeping up a Will-Aura, on the other hand, came as natural as breathing.

The Will-Aura is only releasing the inner self to the outside world. One might think Gravis's state without his Will-Aura activated is his normal state, but that was wrong. Suppressing his Will-Aura took more energy than letting it flow out. When Gravis tested the participants, he wasn't even concentrating. He was just resting.

"No, I don't need a break. I need my reward!" Gravis said evenly.

The Guild Master of Lightning laughed. "No worries! You'll get all the Bone-Pills you need after we're finished with the tests," he said with a smile.

"Why not now?" asked Gravis again. He was walking on dangerous territory with that question, and he knew that, but he had to be sure that they would keep their words.

eyes and looked into Gravis' eyes. Sparks seemed to appear between their eyes, and they didn't stop. Gravis couldn't feel the Guild Master of Lightning's will, but he could feel his strength. The Guild Master was definitely stronger

After a while, he sighed, moved closer, and whispered in Gravis' ear.

power, and he was not ready to trust the Guild Masters, yet. "Then go buy some," he whispered

back to whispering. "Why would we buy the pills from

He obviously was rather righteous and honest. If he weren't, he wouldn't have told him openly that he didn't have the pills with him. That was an embarrassment for someone of his

you promised!"

and slight amounts of lightning came out of his body. He gnashed his teeth in frustration and clenched his fists. The participants looked at him in fear, while the other Guild Masters gloated. It seemed like the old "calm" man had kicked

Lightning was wrestling with himself, and he

place," Gravis whispered. "I don't care about the other elements. So, why not give

of Lightning released a sigh and calmed down. "You win," he whispered. "Do you know how

seven more," Gravis

number, his face whitened. "What do you mean,

unhappily at him. "I've already bought 13, so don't complain!" he whispered back in

pills to temper a part of your body? Where would you even get so much money?" he asked in

lots of hunting," Gravis

at Gravis with renewed fervor. If Gravis managed to get so much money from hunting at such an early age, he had to have hunted more than just ferocious beasts. The Guild

you ever hunted a medium-grade demonic beast?" he asked with

mostly thanks to a Formation Array that I had

realized that Gravis had a lot of fighting experience. The Guild Master of Lightning knew which kind of Formation Array Gravis was talking about, and he knew that it only helped, nothing more. The Formation Array alone couldn't kill a

has been fighting lots and lots of strong enemies for a long while, enough to earn over 200

mostly hunt alone or in a team?" he

don't hunt with others," Gravis