Lightning Is the Only Way

It had been a little over 40 days since Gravis upgraded his Lightning Seed to 40% Destruction Energy. In that time, Gravis had thought a lot about his fighting style with the addition of lightning and also on the nature of lightning itself.

Yet, what he used the most time on was earning money. Gravis had earned a little over 12,000 gold by now. At some point, missions for high-grade demonic beasts vanished again. It seemed like Heaven didn't want to make Gravis' life too easy. It had probably judged that Gravis had enough money by now.

Gravis wouldn't waste his days in hunting for middle-grade demonic beasts. He would need to hunt about ten of them to earn as much money as killing a single high-grade demonic beast. That would take over a week. Gravis was more content in actually training his Martial Arts and thinking about how to use lightning. But on this day…

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

The only visitor Gravis got was Gorn. He came over from time to time, and Gravis would bounce ideas off of him on how to fight with lightning. Gorn had been fighting with lightning for decades, so he had a lot of experience regarding that. Gorn also told him about how people with other elements fought. Gravis' eyes had been opened at that time, and he got a lot of inspiration.

Gravis opened the door, expecting Gorn to stand before his house with his usual smile. Yet, things seemed different this time. He saw Gorn standing in front of the door, but he looked severe. On top of that, he was not alone. Someone else stood beside him. The person stood even a little bit in front of Gorn, meaning Gorn treated this person with respect.

The person was a white-haired young man. He was actually on the short side, with Gravis being bigger by about ten centimeters. His clothes looked luxurious with a gold-rimmed, white robe and ornate rings tied to his belt. The man showed a friendly smile, but for some reason, Gravis immediately disliked that person.

"Hello, Gravis. May I come in?" he asked in a polite voice. He had directly called Gravis by name without offering his own, so he thought himself superior. Gravis narrowed his eyes, but before he did anything, he saw Gorn looking at him with an absolutely intense, serious look. Gravis knew Gorn, and Gravis knew that Gorn was giving him the strongest warning possible.

polite tone. Gravis was not used to speaking politely, so it sounded a little stiff. In

I don't have tea or similar things to entertain guests," Gravis

and laughed. "No problem. I also don't want to waste too much time," he answered politely and beckoned to the bench on the other side of the table. "Please sit," he gestured politely. Gorn stood behind the man while

who I am." He let that sit in the room

He obviously came here for Gravis, and he probably also had a transcendent status, judging by how Gorn acted around him. Gravis grew interested in what the person

Heavenly Pressure,"

Gravis' eyes. The lie about Gravis being a Heavenborn was still out there, and only Gorn knew the truth. A transcendent status that even the Guild Master of the Lightning Guild had to respect? Someone interested in him being a Heavenborn? There was only

managed to raise a Heavenborn, would be handsomely rewarded by the Heaven Sect. Gravis also remembered the time when Gorn talked to him on the way to the Lightning Guild.

Heaven Sect was probably the most influential presence in the lower world. Also, judging by the name "Heaven Sect", and by them recruiting Heavenborn, Gravis could imagine what kind of sect the Heaven Sect

a sect directly under Heaven. It gathered Heaven's chosen and would probably also follow Heaven's orders and commandments. In Gravis' quest against Heaven, the Heaven Sect would probably be his strongest enemy, aside from Heaven itself. He was still too weak right

realized why he had an innate dislike for the person. The person was blessed with immense karmic luck, while Gravis lacked any karmic luck. Gravis often came in contact with the concept of karmic luck,

hard with ordinary people, but this person

like he saw a scene of a black and white object speaking to each other. One was shining as brightly as the stars, while the other only spread darkness. One was blessed by

wasn't sure if Gravis was a Heavenborn. The person obviously couldn't perceive karmic luck. Otherwise, that person wouldn't have asked Gravis to