Lightning Is the Only Way

It took three days until they arrived at the Lightning Guild. The group was on top of a cliff, and they could see the whole Lightning Guild. It looked simpler than Gravis had thought. There were some stone houses, but not that many, only around 150. The streets were made out of stone but were not particularly impressive.

There were no walls, no gates, no guards. Anyone could just walk into the Lightning Guild and do whatever they wanted. This really didn't look anything like the residence that a hegemon like the Lightning Guild should possess.

"Pretty simple, isn't it?" asked Gorn with a smile.

Gravis could only nod.

Gorn just laughed. "What's the point of having walls, gates, and guards when every single person living here has sufficient strength? Everyone knows each other, and no suspicious people would dare walk around."

Gravis understood where Gorn was coming from. Added security was unnecessary, and everyone could protect themselves. Instead of wasting money on guards and ostentatious looks, they could just use that money to increase the strength of the disciples.

It wasn't that the Lightning Guild was weak. In fact, the opposite was true. The Lightning Guild was famous, and everyone knew about it. No one had the guts to do anything disrespectful here.

homes!" he commanded, and the disciples walked to the edge of the

the left side," said Gorn as he pointed to the Lightning Guild's left side. "You can see the residence area, which takes up around 80% of the guild. This is where you will live from

looked at the residence area and saw a lot of identical-looking stone houses

the middle of the residency area?" asked

his chest. "That's where I live!" he declared

building, which was only one floor taller than the others. It wasn't even broader or longer. It just had an additional story. Was

big plaza," Gorn continued explaining. "In the middle of the plaza, you can find lots of different notice boards. They all offer different missions. You will frequent that

grimaced. "We have to work?"

Lightning Guild is not cultivating greenhouse flowers. Only wildflowers that have proven themselves by weathering storms and have gotten their own resources are

"Then what's the difference of joining

can get you to the peak of the world. If you don't join an organization, you may still find your resources and get further, but you will never be a match for their disciples. Only we know the way to start cultivating the

course, not everyone was happy with that explanation. The new disciples had thought that they could finally rise and get all the resources they needed. Yet, they were confronted with the reality that they still

turned to Gravis. "Due to your new saber, you should take the house right beside mine. You can't always carry it around, and I've seen that you are not used to using two sabers at once. You can just keep

he reached the Energy Gathering Realm.