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.

by this setback, and he was compressing it fully. On top of that, he had broken through into the Energy Gathering Realm. His earlier Will-Aura

cesspool. I have risked the whole Lightning Tower by supporting you. I have given you everything!

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

had evaded death just now. The Gravis that he knew wouldn't have acted this recklessly and full of

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 from

Come out and 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

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

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

so loud that even people outside of the guild heard them clearly. The disciples looked in fear at their home who was

been the Guild Master

All the buildings were destroyed, and only the Lightning Tower and the Exchange Hall still stood in one piece. They were protected

and blasted even the rubble. Gorn only watched calmly. After another two minutes, Gravis stopped his rampage

need to calm down! This isn't you!" he shouted at him. "You are being influenced by the

turned to him with bloodshot eyes. "I am me!

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,

all 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

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

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

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