Lightning Is the Only Way

The city looked imposing. Gigantic walls that stretched to a height of about 20 meters surrounded it, and Gravis walked closer to touch the walls. They felt incredibly hard, and Gravis was sure that he couldn't break them with his physical strength alone. He would probably need to use several strikes with his weapon while infusing it with lightning.

After touching the walls, Gravis walked away and looked at the city gate from a distance. There was a big sign above the city gate, which spelled "Earth Town". Gravis grew surprised because he had thought this was a city. Apparently, it was just a town.

The town was about as big as Body City, and its walls were even more imposing. If such a fortress counted as a town, then how impressive would a city be? Gravis walked closer to the town-entrance and looked at the guards.

Gravis could feel some Energy coming from the guards, which meant that even the common gate guards of a town in the Middle-Continent were already in the Energy Gathering Realm. This was more terrifying than he had thought.

His eyes narrowed in seriousness. It would be very risky for Gravis to enter the town. He only came here to check on his status in the eyes of the public. Was there a bounty for his head, and if so, how expensive was it? Should he take a stealthy approach or just enter and leave as quickly as possible?

Gravis decided for a stealthy approach and walked towards the entrance of the town in a leisurely manner. Right now, there were no other visitors wanting to enter the town, and Gravis wouldn't need to wait.

"Halt!" shouted one of the guards. "Weapons are not allowed in the town! If you want to enter, submit your weapon into our custody or hide it somewhere."

Gravis narrowed his eyes. 'The weapon thing again?' he thought. In the Outer-Continent, Gravis had enough power to ignore this rule, but here, he might be out of his league. If the guards were already in the Energy Gathering Realm, the elite guards or the town's upper echelon might be in the later stages of the Energy Gathering Realm. Gravis couldn't fight those yet.

Leaving his weapon outside? Forget that! He was a wanted man right now, and not having his weapon with him could spell trouble. Now, Gravis realized why so many towns forbade weapons. It was probably to keep wanted criminals outside of the town. No criminal would feel safe without their weapon.

expression of the guards changed to seriousness and battle

of them. At least, Gravis could be sure now that he was wanted. 'I need to know what I am being accused of and what my head is worth,' he thought to

first level of Energy Gathering, and Gravis' Will-Aura had increased

and fell to the ground, unconscious. Gravis quickly ran forward and inspected the bags of the guards. He quickly found what he

wilderness. He didn't steal anything since they were only some guards and hadn't done anything wrong. They were only doing their jobs, after all. If they posed an actual danger to Gravis, he might not be this merciful, but he was already feeling guilty enough, right now.

took out the

WANTED!

Gravis

disciple of

a picture

Crimes:

Destroyed a Proxy-Lightning Guild

own Guild Master of said Proxy-Lightning

entire fortune

Reward: 1,000 Magic-Stones

that he had, apparently, stolen the entire fortune of the Proxy-Lightning Guild. He did no such thing! After the incident, Gravis had immediately fled and didn't even look at anything else. He was too

of stealing anything? The Exchange Hall still stood in one piece after Gravis' rampage, and he hadn't even entered it! Gravis quickly thought through the situation, and when he realized