Lightning Is the Only Way

Some hours later, Skye and Gravis reached their destination. Gravis was confused because he saw nothing but a gigantic mountain. Even at their height of several kilometers, he could still not see the top of the mountain. There were no buildings or anything on that mountain, but the map clearly stated that this was where the Earth Guild should be.

Gravis looked up, trying to see the top, but he doubted that the Earth Guild would be built that high up. He could understand building a guild at the height of nearly ten kilometers if it was for the Wind Guild, but for the Earth Guild? Gravis doubted that. "Skye, fly lower," he said, and they started descending. The Earth Guild had to be here somewhere.

They flew along the base of the mountain, not seeing anything unusual for a long while. After they had circled around a quarter of the mountain, which had been a distance of many kilometers, Gravis finally found something. He saw a big cave entrance, over a hundred meters tall. Gravis would've ignored such an entrance if it weren't for the multiple guards in front of it. "So, they're inside a cave."

The guards were around two meters tall and wore earthen-yellow robes. They carried long lances and heavy tower-shields. The shields were about as big as the guards themselves. Gravis imagined fighting someone from the Earth Guild with comparable strength to himself and concluded that it would be frustrating to fight someone like that.

They were probably able to wield those shields skillfully. Even if Gravis' physical power were stronger than theirs, they would still be able to stop him from overwhelming them with attacks. On top of that, their earth element was incredibly good in increasing their physical power.

The enemy would only need to commit a single mistake, and the disciples of the Earth Guild would unleash a devastating counter. Gravis did not doubt the ability of those disciples to stall a fight long enough for their opponent to grow impatient. 'It's an unusual way to fight, but I can see its effectiveness.'

the Earth Guild. The disciples were patient and steadfast. If something encroached on their territory, they would block it with all their might. Gravis guessed that

its territory. In that sense, earth and lightning were similar. The difference, though, was that as soon something came too close

also learned more about lightning. Gravis guessed that the disposition of lightning could be summarized by taking half of the disposition of earth and half of fire. Lightning would act like earth, but when something came too close, it would act like fire. "Huh, this actually sounds

asked himself. 'I don't think so. A year ago, when I just came to this world, I let all those bandits escape that tried to stop me. I

continued thinking. 'On top of that, I also gave second chances to that one youngster from the waterfall and the Lightning Guild disciples. That doesn't seem

fought those disciples from the Lightning Guild that my lightning didn't work properly. My Destruction Lightning of the third level should have been able to kill a lightning disciple of the fourth level. I think I hit two of their disciples with my lightning, but surprisingly, they

quickly forgot because I had bigger things to worry about. Maybe my

harder to control. When those disciples fought me, I didn't genuinely want to kill them, even though they tried to kill me. That was not how lightning works. So

hovering above the cave's entrance for several minutes now, unsure of what it should do. It had noticed that Gravis

beginning, they had been impressed by such a gigantic bird. Skye had a wingspan of about 100 meters, casting a dominating shadow across the ground. The guards had seen several beasts roaming around the nearby surroundings, but this one was the most