Lightning Is the Only Way

The time passed without much talking as Gravis, and the other disciples, waited for the stronger ones. It took a couple of minutes, but then new people started arriving. The first person that came was at the eighth level of Energy Gathering, and he immediately took out a bottle of pills, ready to throw them at Gravis.

PACK!

One of the disciples that had been here since the beginning grabbed the arm of the new arrival, stopping him from throwing the pills. "What?" said the new arrival but couldn't say anything further as another disciple kicked him in the stomach. He fell over, and the surrounding disciples started piling on him and kicking him while he lay on the ground.

"You idiot! Do you wish for death so much?" shouted one disciple, furiously kicking the downed one.

"I'm sure our brothers told you what happened to the previous ones! Stop seeking death, you fucking idiot!" said another one, increasing the power of his kicks. They were protecting the life of the new arrival from his own stupidity.

Meanwhile, another new arrival at the eighth level readied himself to throw his pill-bottle to Gravis.

RHOOM BANG BANG BANG!

Another hill of disciples piled onto him and, just like the previous one, started fervently kicking the downed disciple. "Fucking stop!" shouted the kicking disciples.

The downed disciples could only cry bitterly. 'That's what I want to say!' they thought as their brothers were beating them.

More disciples started arriving with their pills ready. They had heard what their brothers had told them, but who would believe such nonsense? Some guy at the sixth level of Magic Gathering was beating people two realms higher than him without breaking a sweat? Not even the geniuses of legends could do that!

Like this, nearly every new arrival got taken down to the ground as the number of beatings increased.

PAK PAK

of pills simultaneously. Five disciples at the eighth realm managed to throw their pills at Gravis

"You cowards don't even dare to fight someone several levels below yours. You should feel ashamed

through the locked gates of hell!' It was already too late, and they couldn't stop them anymore. The best

a peculiar scene of hundreds of disciples blocking all paths to Gravis was created. The disciples readied their weapons for intimidation and acted like they were defending their home from invaders. Yet, the "home" they were protecting was Gravis, while the invaders were their fellow brothers and sisters. 'We must protect our brothers and sisters from their stupidity!' they thought, ignoring the fact that they had acted the same way just a

on the five disciples standing at the front. "Alright, you

chos-… a God?" the disciple quickly corrected

BANG "AH-!"

him and scorched his whole body. The disciple had immediately died. Gravis didn't care if they accepted going at him at the same time. Gravis had moved his lightning across the floor until it was under the guy and then detonated

looked to the one that pushed him, but his mind

BANG!

incinerated too, as Gravis used the same attack again. Like this, only three of the five people remained. Most of the disciples at the "defending position" didn't turn around since they were busy defending against an onslaught

fire. They had already guessed that those two explosions

and the long-forgotten feeling of death appeared again. One of them saw lightning creeping towards him on

the side, evading the lightning, and looked back at the explosion that had just happened at

BANG!

on his near-death experience and hadn't watched Gravis. Gravis, of

their minds. 'I'm going to die,' they

BANG!