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.

and he was compressing it fully. On top of that, he had broken

his wits back. "I have carried you out of the cesspool. I have

rage exploded when he heard the words, "I have given you everything!" Jaimy had said the same sentence to Gravis, and Gravis almost couldn't control

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 Gravis, in front of

Tower. Gorn couldn't even react before Gravis was gone, and before he could even start to follow, he heard

as he threw a lightning bolt at a house. The house got utterly vaporized, and nothing but ash remained. It didn't matter

panicked. They started running away from Gravis and

on a rampage. Gravis was destroying everything around him. Fires started appearing around the destroyed houses, and one house

that even people outside of the guild heard them clearly. The disciples looked in

Gorn could only watch helplessly and in sorrow as his whole guild was torn down. He had been the Guild Master for about 40

torn down the whole guild. All the buildings were destroyed, and only the Lightning Tower and the

blasted even the rubble. Gorn only watched calmly. After another

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

eyes. "I am me! No

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

power! Look around," shouted Gorn as he gestured to the whole guild. "You have destroyed the whole guild! No one but Jaimy and Frank have hurt you in here! You are lashing out at

rubble that was the Lightning Guild. He couldn't find Jaimy or Frank, and yet, he had still destroyed everything. Gravis saw some disciples outside of the

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 trampled

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 act