Lightning Is the Only Way

The other participants watched Gravis first in surprise, but then in disdain. He was obviously afraid of the fight. Only the very few participants who had seen what had happened that day knew that he actually meant what he said.

"Why not?" asked the Guild Master of Earth. "Don't you want to prove yourself?"

"No," Gravis simply answered. The Guild Masters waited for him to say more, but apparently, Gravis was finished.

"Nothing? Really?" asked the Guild Master of Fire, confused. He was in tune with the element of fire, so he was naturally hotblooded. Who wouldn't want to prove themselves by suppressing someone else publicly? "Well, nothing we can do about it. Let's just get back to our guilds."

The Guild Master of Water didn't want to let the chance slip to give her future disciple a better reward. "You have to fight. We are still in the entrance exams. So, go out there and fight!"

Gravis narrowed his eyes. "You told me I am not allowed to fight in the tournament, and now you tell me I have to fight?" asked Gravis, annoyed. "So, you are just playing around with me as you like?"

The Guild Master of Water got angry again. "Listen here, you runt! We are still in the entrance exams, and if you want to join our guild, you have to follow what we say!" she snarled.

Gravis didn't relent. "And what's that got to do with you? I'm not joining your guild anyway. I have proven myself enough already!" Gravis also grew more annoyed.

She clenched her teeth. "You little-"

"Hey, come over here for a second," said the Guild Master of Lightning and politely pushed Gravis to the side, so they could talk where no one else could hear them. Gravis just looked at the Guild Master of Lightning neutrally.

"Put yourself in our shoes for a second," he started whispering to Gravis. "We need to uphold an image of fairness and justice. You might not care about what others think about you, but to us, it is important due to our position. If we don't quell the disciples' unrest, they might start looking down on us," he explained sincerely.

I get that, but first you tell me not to fight, and then to fight. To me, it looks

and you're right. Could you just do me this little favor? You don't even have to fight really. Just punch him once, and he won't be able to move

but only because you're my future Guild Master," he

"That's the spirit. Thank you! I won't forget this." Then they both turned around and walked back to the others. The Guild

asked the Guild Master of Earth. The Guild Master of Lightning just gave a thumbs-up, and the Guild

stood proudly in the middle like he owned the place. "Alright, who's my opponent?" asked Gravis as he looked around, apparently not

was the strongest of every participant here. Sigur took out his spear

BANG!

gut. Sigur immediately puked out the contents

turned around

to breathe, and his whole body hurt immensely. He vomited a couple more times, and cold sweat was breaking

seen the attack coming, at all. One second, Gravis just stood there, and on the next, he had already buried his fist into Sigur's gut. Gravis' strength was the

looked at the spectacle with slight disgust. Gravis didn't even let the guy posture before he punched him. This was

Master of Lightning sighed. "Can't you win

help in a fight to the death,"

Guild Master of

worthless. Why train specifically for a spar when a spar is

Masters sighed collectively. They knew where Gravis was coming from, but why did he have to be

a spear shot towards him. Sigur had gotten control over his body back and was furious.