Lightning Is the Only Way

The remaining guard grew more nervous as Skye landed, but he would stand his ground. The guild had to be defended! He readied his lance and shield, preparing himself for his death.

Plonk!

Instead, a person jumped down from the bird's back and landed. When the guard saw this, he took a deep breath of relief. This bird was only the mount of someone. That meant that it wouldn't attack. Yet, he was still impressed by it. How powerful would someone have to be to have a high-grade Energy Beast mount? Only someone in the Spirit Forming Realm or someone with a relative in that Realm would have such a powerful mount. The guard wondered who came.

Gravis walked forward, dusting off some dirt from his white-gold robes. By now, he had gotten used to wearing those, even though he still wanted to change to his old style. Yet, he had to wait for a couple more days. In the public's eyes, he was still part of the Heaven Sect, and he should look that way.

The guard noticed Gravis get-up and realized who had arrived. He was quite surprised because he didn't know why someone from the Heaven Sect would come here. The disciples of the Earth Guild were always respectful and never aggressive. It was supremely rare that anyone from the Heaven Sect would come. It was not in the earth disciples' nature to commit atrocities.

When Gravis walked closer, the guard hit the floor with his lance. "Welcome, Heavenborn!" he shouted with respect.

Gravis looked at him and nodded nonchalantly. "Hello. I came to visit the Earth Guild," he explained.

The guard nodded. "Good. Please follow me," said the guard as he started walking into the cave. Gravis followed.

people at the ninth level of Energy Gathering charging towards them. Gravis was not sure what this was about, but the guard knew. One of the new arrivals,

guard hit the ground with his lance again, making them stop. "The bird outside is the Heavenborn's mount. There is no danger,"

to their discontent, even though the two guards were weaker than them. One of the guards stepped forward. "That's good! Even though it was a false alarm, you still did well in acting cautiously. Don't

if everyone was like that. Another thing that surprised him was the reaction of the new arrivals. This was not the reaction that Gravis had

in the Wind Guild, the disciples would probably groan in annoyance and whine about the situation. If this happened in the Fire Guild, they would probably aggressively insult those guards or even beat them up. The Lightning Guild would probably chew them out for judging

differently. The Lightning Guild was disciplined, correct, and defensive. The Wind Guild was unfettered, free, and casual. The Fire Guild was aggressive, uncensored, and hot-blooded. The Earth Guild was respectful, stalwart, and taciturn. Gravis wondered how the other guilds were. He still hadn't

to our Earth Guild," he, basically, declared

not readying up for a battle. "I am not here on official business," he waved his hand dismissively. "I am

relieved. No one of their brothers would die today. Yet, it was also weird that Gravis just came for a visit. The Earth Guild might not be far away from the Heaven Sect, but that was only according to the map of the whole Middle-Continent.

are happy to welcome you, Heavenborn," he shouted again. Gravis reflexively bored one of his fingers into his right ear due to the loudness of his voice. "I shall lead you

thought in annoyance. His decision to not scam the Earth Guild was basically already set in stone. They seemed respectful, direct, and honest, even though they were on the loud side. There surely were other guilds, with a less pleasing disposition. Yet, since he was already here, he might as

of the guards walked off, and Gravis followed. "We pride ourselves in our physical strength and our willpower!" the leader started explaining loudly. "Our Earth Guild believes that only

was interested in the topic. "Yet, do you not learn from your path

didn't change. "If your beliefs change, then your will was not powerful enough. In that case, you

mean with starting again from the beginning?"

serious look. "You must