Lightning Is the Only Way

"It's not mine. It's from that woman," Gravis answered nonchalantly. He was also bored, and he wanted to get some information from Flern. Maybe that guy would know how long the Formation Array would hold.

"Escura?" he asked.

"Don't know her name. The woman in the sixth stage," he explained.

"That's Escura. Where is she, by the way?" he asked.

"Killed her," answered Gravis.

"What?" Flern's eyes widened. "You killed Escura?"

"Yep. That's her Formation Array," Gravis plainly answered.

"Wow, that's really impressive," said Flern with excitement and respect. "I can feel that you are only at the third level, and you killed someone at the sixth. If I hadn't seen you fight with my own eyes, I would never believe that. Man, you're really powerful."

Gravis lifted an eyebrow. Flern's behavior didn't make much sense in his eyes. "I killed all your brothers. Shouldn't you hate me?" Gravis asked, confusedly.

Flern spat to the side. "If they died in battle, they were too weak. The Fire Guild only accepts strong people, and if they died, it proved that they were not up to standard! I could even say that you helped us weed out the weaklings," Flern explained nonchalantly.

"This makes no sense. Didn't you care about them? Don't you want to avenge them? Is there really no grief in your heart?" he asked.

it, we need to temper ourselves in life and death battles. If we die in a battle, then it was never our destiny to reach the

believe in free will and in changing your own destiny?"

to kill us, it can send a peak Magic Beast, and we would all die. Everything is up to Heaven. If Heaven disapproves of us, we will die. If it does approve of us,

understand Flern's thought process. Flern acted like life didn't matter to him,

Tch," he spat to the side. "If they fear death, how can they put their life on the

fight. If I die, I won't be able to see my family again, and I would disappoint all the people who sacrificed their time and wealth on me. If I didn't fear death, I wouldn't be able to bring out my full potential in a fight. If I fight for nothing, losing wouldn't be an

why are you cultivating? If you value your life, why don't you just

looked to the horizon and watched as dusk was coming. From this height, the sundown looked very beautiful. The layer of clouds was close to Gravis, and the different angle made the whole forest glow in a different light. Gravis could see a

"If I don't become strong, I will always be below Heaven's hand. It has used me before, and I never want this to happen again. I can only

an eyebrow. "You want to become stronger than Heaven? Aren't you a Heavenborn?" Flern

a family, and Heaven is my enemy. I am

thought about becoming stronger than Heaven or even fighting it. That is a lofty goal. I

incredibly angry and narrated everything

couldn't tell anyone. Any one of those secrets could make him the enemy of the Heaven Sect, and

guilt I would feel if I killed someone so close to me, even if it was only on accident. You're really in a tough spot. Killing people of

"Man, even though you have a never before seen talent and can kill people three minor realms above you, I wouldn't want

day. "I know," Gravis muttered. "I don't see any good way out of this situation. I can only repay the Lightning Sect when I reach power on par with

and pain, but I can resolve everything when I finally reach it. I can give the Lightning Sect everything they need, and I can make it the