Lightning Is the Only Way

It had been nearly a week since Gravis started living in the Heaven Sect. One would think that Gravis could finally relax in that timeframe since he was not being hunted anymore, but that was sadly not true. When there were quiet moments without a potential enemy to occupy his thoughts, Gravis started thinking about Gorn again.

The nightmares had also started again after they had stopped for a while. When Gravis was on the tree together with Skye, it was bearable since the potential danger occupied his thoughts. At that time, he had no time to think about Gorn. Yet now, having no strong external pressure, Gravis started falling into guilt again.

Gravis felt the pain of the guilt, and he wished that he could turn back the time to make a different decision. Sadly, time didn't work that way, and the only thing that Gravis could do was to do his best to help the Lightning Sect when he was strong enough. But when Gravis thought about the Lightning Sect and the Lightning Guild, he could only laugh pitifully.

"I want to repay Gorn by helping the whole Lightning Sect, yet the only thing I have done until now was killing tens of their disciples. What kind of repayment is that?" Gravis mumbled to himself.

Of course, Gravis knew that he had to kill the disciples that came to hunt him. He knew that he had no other choice in the matter. Gravis would still continue killing his enemies, but that sadly didn't make it any easier. Sure, Gravis could theoretically let them kill him, and they would have gotten their revenge, but would that repay what he has done?

No, there was a difference between revenge and redemption. If Gravis died, then Gorn would have died for nothing. That wouldn't help the Lightning Sect or the Lightning Guild in any way. So, the only goal that Gravis could work towards was getting enough strength to repay the Lightning Sect. Gravis knew that this wouldn't redeem his actions, but it was the most he could do.

He couldn't think of anything else that he could do to redeem himself. He couldn't give up now! There was a way out of this situation! Gravis only had to keep going and keep at it until he reached it. "But it's so hard," Gravis mumbled again.

He could make all this pain and guilt go away if he just gave up. It seemed so easy, actually. Yet, every new day, he decided to keep on going. His family, his own ambition, and the possibility to repay Gorn drove him forward.

difficult, and Gravis managed to grasp it in two days. After that, he grew unoccupied again and decided to go outside with Skye. Gravis could come and go as he pleased, and he decided to spend

a lot of food. Additionally, it had also fought two mid-grade Energy Beasts in those days. Normally, there wouldn't be so many mid-grade Energy Beasts in the

higher Energy density when he had had some time for himself. The closer one got to the building of the Heaven Sect, the higher the Energy density. Inside the building, the Energy Density was around double the average of the Middle-Continent. That was probably Heaven's blessing

strong beasts wanted to remain in this high density of Energy, so they all congregated here. Of course, only the strongest beasts could secure a place. The weaker ones would be driven away or killed by the stronger ones. Thus, the surroundings of the Heaven Sect were

from thinking about Gorn and his guilt. Gravis had also attempted to find out Skye's gender but failed. Birds procreated with their cloaca, and Gravis didn't know enough to judge its gender based on that. He only found it out when he had painstakingly explained the concept of genders

instinct to procreate had not appeared yet. Gravis sighed and wiped the symbols away. "It's 50/50 with or without Skye's input," He

the Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique and five days of running around with Skye, one week finally passed. Gravis had waited for this moment, and he was happy that he could finally do something. Even though he had a lot of fun with Skye, it felt

of course, failed. Even though Heaven had taken a significant loss with Gravis joining the Heaven Sect, it hadn't given up yet. It still tried its best to keep Gravis from finding strong enemies. The only good

Gravis knocked on Aion's office. Gravis waited for a couple of seconds, but nothing happened, so

Aion's office probably didn't need much description since it was just as luxurious as the rest of the building. Yet, what surprised Gravis

laid on some kind of mattress and was bathing in the sun. Gravis had thought that Aion had to

need to stop being so stiff," commented Aion, not looking at him. "You didn't have to come exactly after a week. Why not take some additional days

against that since he was already feeling like he was just wasting his

at Gravis and groaned. Some documents levitated to Gravis, who caught them. Gravis looked through them, and one

are your first targets," Aion

came. "I thought I was supposed to fight criminals two levels higher than