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.

couple of minutes until they saw several people at the ninth level of Energy Gathering charging towards them. Gravis was not sure what this was about,

with his lance again, making them stop. "The bird outside is the Heavenborn's mount.

they didn't give voice 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 let this false alarm give you a false sense of security!" he

with a lot of impact behind their voices. He wondered if everyone was like that. Another thing that surprised him was the reaction of the new arrivals. This was not

guards or even beat them up. The Lightning Guild would probably chew them out for judging the situation incorrectly.

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.

at Gravis. "Heavenborn, welcome to our Earth

It was kind of weird talking to someone this serious while not readying up for a battle. "I am not here on official

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

ground again with his lance. "Then, we 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

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

the leader started explaining loudly. "Our Earth Guild believes that only a strong will can bring them to power. A strong will includes the persistence in following your path, even if everyone else thinks

the topic. "Yet, do you not learn from your

your beliefs change, then your will was not powerful enough. In that case, you must start from

you mean with starting again

still didn't change. It seemed like nothing could change his serious look. "You must recultivate from the