Lightning Is the Only Way

After some more minutes, Gravis finally spoke up. "So, what are we waiting for?"

The Guild Master didn't change his expression. "For your pills."

Gravis squinted his eyes and spoke carefully. "But, don't you have to inform someone or get them then?"

The Guild Master looked like he understood why Gravis asked such an obvious question. After he understood, he only laughed a little. "I have already informed the elder responsible for the treasure storage," he explained. "You might not know, but starting the Spirit Forming Realm, we can send thoughts with our Spirit. I have long informed him."

"Oh," said Gravis as he finally understood. He didn't know that that was possible starting at the Spirit Forming Realm, but it seemed to make sense. The Spirit was an extension of the user's mind and soul, so it could logically also touch and convey the user's thoughts. "I didn't know."

The Guild Master only smiled slightly. "Well, there's no reason in telling you. As soon as you reach the Spirit Forming Realm, you would know it automatically," he explained with patience. "I know branch manager Aion, and I can guess why he hasn't told you about that before."

Gravis could also guess why. Aion was basically a physical manifestation of laziness. Even talking with Gravis was already too much work for him. Why would he go out of his way to teach Gravis about Spirit Forming?

handed a sack of pills to the Guild Master. After that, the weapons appeared again, and the elder collected them. The elder had an incredibly powerful body, just like Red had, so

the Guild Master. "We can store and retrieve items in our Spirit Space. That's why those

already knew about this application of the Spirit. He had learned that thing back in his

floated over to Gravis, who looked inside. He saw many body tempering pills, and he smiled involuntarily. 'Those should be enough to boost my body to the ninth level. Only about

the highest level of Energy Gathering, yet there was the tenth level above that. That also held true

no one in the Middle-Continent know? Some elders were sure to consume many more pills to test it. In truth, they actually did know about the tenth level of the body. However, there was

weakened by the body. It was rather logical. The element had to pass through the body, and if the body were too strong, too much of

of their element fell from the ninth level of Energy Gathering to the eighth. Of course, thanks to Gravis' Elemental Synchronicity, that was no issue for him. He could just

way to advance. No one would trade their elemental power for physical power. In a different kind of world, the decision might be reversed, but

Gravis as he closed the sack and looked back at

jumped on the back of Skye, who quickly flew off. Down below, the Guild Master combed his beard with his fingers in thought. 'His valiant search for power, his readiness to

shouted at him for killing their brothers. There hadn't been some malicious scheme in the background. Even after all his opponents had died, the Guild Master had still been a nice fellow. It was all just simple and pure life and death tempering. Gravis liked this simplicity and honesty. They might have an ideology that he didn't wholly agree with,

to replan. Initially, he had intended to go to the Earth Guild next to do the same thing. Maybe not as many people as the Fire Guild would be interested in this, but everyone needed

that plan fell flat. Tempering became impossible for him in the Energy Gathering Realm. 'Might as well just increase my realm and bodily strength,' Gravis decided. Yet, there were two issues with