Lightning Is the Only Way

"Who?" asked Gorn. He wanted to know who had attacked Gravis. There were not many people who would be able to injure him. It could only be one of the Guild Masters of another Elemental Guild or…

"Jaimy!" Gravis growled with hate.

Gorn sighed. So it had been Jaimy. Gorn almost couldn't believe it. Jaimy had always been such a forthright and nice guy, and he had supported the guild wholeheartedly. Yet, Gorn couldn't doubt Gravis on this. Gorn knew that Gravis was too angry to care about deceit.

"Are you sure it was Jaimy?" asked Gorn with seriousness.

Gravis' eyes narrowed further with a fire of rage. "Are you trying to protect him?" he asked aggressively.

Gorn lifted his hands in a defensive position. "No. Whoever attacked you will be punished! I will give you my full support in taking revenge," he said. "But, I need to know if you can be sure that it was Jaimy."

Gravis' nearly lost control of his rage as he recalled Jaimy's face and what he had said. "I am absolutely sure," he spat.

Gorn sighed to relieve some stress. He knew that the following conversation wouldn't be pleasant. "Alright, but there is a problem," he said carefully.

Gravis' eyes narrowed even further.

"Jaimy and his brother Frank both vanished on the same day as you," Gorn explained carefully.

Gravis inhaled violently and stood up. "Are you actually protecting him?" His Will-Aura was fully released by now, and he compressed it to the smallest possible area. Gorn stopped breathing, and he couldn't move anymore. It felt like he would die if he moved one step.

top of that, he

continued to stare at Gorn intensely. After some seconds, Gorn managed to get some of his wits back. "I have carried you out of the cesspool. I have risked the whole Lightning Tower by supporting you. I

to Gravis, and Gravis almost couldn't control himself anymore. Yet, when Gorn said those words, they felt

Gorn could finally relax again. He felt like he had evaded death just now. The Gravis that he knew wouldn't have acted this recklessly and full of hatred. The

through gritted teeth and sprinted out of the Lightning Tower. Gorn couldn't even react before Gravis was gone, and before he could even start to follow, he heard a loud explosion coming

face your death!" Gravis shouted as he threw a lightning bolt at a house. The house got utterly vaporized, and nothing but ash remained. It didn't matter that it was made

guild got gripped by fear and panicked. They started running away from Gravis and scattered in all directions. "Come out,

he saw Gravis going on a rampage. Gravis was destroying everything around him. Fires started appearing around the destroyed

them clearly. The disciples looked in fear at their home who was

another building. Gorn could only watch helplessly and in sorrow as his whole guild was torn down. He had been the Guild Master for about 40 years, and it hurt him when he saw everything he had built get destroyed. Gorn clenched his fists and only continued watching. Buildings

down the whole guild. All the buildings were destroyed, and only the Lightning Tower and the Exchange Hall still stood in one piece. They were protected by Formation Arrays, and it wasn't that easy

rubble. Gorn only watched calmly. After another two minutes,

to Gravis. "Gravis, you need to calm down! This isn't you!" he

am me! No one controls me!" he

unstable condition! Listen to me," he shouted as he put his hand on Gravis' shoulder. Gravis Will-Aura

lashes out at the closest thing! If anything approaches the lightning, it will destroy it with all its power! Look around," shouted Gorn as he gestured to the

find Jaimy or Frank, and yet, he had still destroyed everything. Gravis saw some disciples outside of the guild crying about their

the same expressions as the villagers in the first village that Gravis had visited. The villagers had looked at the bandits, who destroyed their homes, the same way. Back then, Gravis had killed them in cold blood, because he despised such

his own hands and only grew angrier. He had become what he despised, and his rage transformed into self-loathing. What was he doing? All this lightning was making him angry? If Gorn were right, and the lightning was making him