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.

Will-Aura had increased even further by this setback, and he was compressing it fully. On top of that, he had broken through into the

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

words, "I have given you everything!" Jaimy had said the same sentence to Gravis, and Gravis almost couldn't

he knew wouldn't have

him!" said Gravis through gritted teeth and sprinted out of the Lightning Tower. Gorn couldn't even react before Gravis was gone, and before he could even

vaporized, and nothing but ash remained. It didn't matter that it was made

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

everything around him. Fires started appearing around the destroyed houses, and one house after another

outside of the guild heard them clearly. The disciples looked in fear at their home who was being destroyed right now. Luckily, no one got injured. At least, Gravis seemed to be able to control his rage,

the Guild Master for about 40 years, and it hurt him when he saw everything he had built get

and only the Lightning Tower and the

the rubble. Gorn only watched calmly. After another

he stepped closer to Gravis. "Gravis, you need to calm down! This isn't you!" he shouted at him.

am me! No

have absorbed too much lightning too quickly while being in an unstable condition! Listen to me," he shouted as he put his hand on Gravis' shoulder. Gravis Will-Aura exploded in its full intensity again, but Gorn

destroy it with all its power! Look around," shouted Gorn as he gestured to the whole guild. "You

and yet, he had still destroyed everything. Gravis saw some disciples outside of the guild crying about

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 cruel people who

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