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.

Didn't you care about them? Don't you want to avenge them? Is there really no

the sky. "We all want to reach the peak, and in order to reach 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 peak. I might also soon die, and I will join my brothers in

you don't believe in free will and in changing your own

bitterly. "How can there be free will under Heaven? If it wants 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, we will be able

Gravis thought about it. He couldn't understand Flern's thought process. Flern acted like life didn't matter to him, and that death was not a failure or the end. "Are all people in the

Flern. "Though we have some people who fear death. Tch," he spat to the side. "If they fear death, how can they

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 issue, which would lower my will and battle intent. The fear of losing something pushes me forward in

confused. "But if you fear losing your life, then why are you

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 mixture of

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 live a life without regrets if I become stronger

than Heaven? Aren't you

have a family, and Heaven is

looked at the sky. "Heaven is your enemy, huh? I've never thought about becoming stronger than Heaven or even fighting it. That is a lofty goal. I admire you for

had happened in the Lightning Guild. When he told Flern about Jaimy, Gravis grew incredibly angry and narrated everything through clenched teeth. When he told Flern about how he had killed Gorn, tears nearly appeared in Gravis' eyes. He tried to keep the grief suppressed, but talking about it opened the

course, Gravis didn't tell him about his unique lightning, his Will-Aura, or his Elemental Synchronicity. Those were secrets that he couldn't tell anyone. Any one of those secrets could make him the enemy of the Heaven Sect, and he couldn't become their enemy, yet.

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 the Lightning Guild would only make you feel more guilty, while at

a never before seen talent and can kill people three minor realms above you, I

see any good way out of this situation. I can only repay the Lightning Sect

give the Lightning Sect