Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and Skye flew for around twelve hours. Luckily, the Darkness Guild was not that far away. Gravis had set off a day before the Heaven Sect went to the Core-Continent, so his way to the Fire Guild had not been included in the six days Gravis had before the Heaven Sect returned.

With the additional day of traveling to the Earth Guild and the twelve hours of traveling to the Darkness Guild, Gravis only had around four and a half more days to increase his power. He had to become powerful enough to withstand Aion.

Surprisingly, even after twelve hours had passed, Gravis' annoyance with the Earth Guild hadn't decreased but had actually increased. He wondered why that was and quickly found the answer. 'They have encroached upon my territory, and retreating is not according to lightning's disposition. Yet, for now, I have to bear with this annoyance. Annoying me is not reason enough to kill multiple people of their guild. I'll pay them back later.'

Gravis and Skye reached the Darkness Guild without any interference along the way. When Gravis saw the Darkness Guild at the horizon, he could only sigh. "Why is everyone building their guild around mountains?" he muttered to himself.

Several thick and close mountains enclosed the Darkness Guild. It could already be described as a ring of mountains. Gravis actually didn't directly see the Darkness Guild, but the map said it was right there, so the Darkness Guild had to be inside those mountains. That was probably similar to the Earth Guild in make-up.

Gravis saw an open path between two mountains and also saw some people with black robes and black masks standing in front of it. It was evening right now, so it had been quite hard to spot them. Gravis made Skye descend in front of the path and jumped off. After that, he walked down the path.

"Why are you here, Heavenborn?" came an aggressive shout from the front.

Gravis looked up to the shouting guard but didn't bat an eye. "I'm not here, officially. I am only here for a visit to look around," Gravis explained patiently.

"Tch," the guard spat to the side, showing his displeasure. The mask didn't block the mouth. "Don't you know it's rude to visit people this early in the morning? Didn't your parents teach you any common decency… oh wait, I forgot," said the guard with a mocking voice, acting like he had forgotten that Gravis, as a Heavenborn, wouldn't have any direct parents.

to conclusions. "What do you mean, morning? It's evening!"

"We live in the night and sleep during the day. For us, it's early in the morning. How can you not even know something

still remained patient. "Alright, then sorry for coming

him, he noticed that he was more powerful than the earlier two guards. He was probably their leader. "What are you two doing?

Finally, someone normal. This should make it

should drop to your knees and kowtow to your superiors. You are not even worthy of licking his boots! Look at him," shouted the guard while gesturing to Gravis. "Heaven gives him everything he needs, and he doesn't need to do

of the guards is also mocking

been in the Earth Guild. The Earth Guild was filled with, kind of, nice people who only disliked him because they thought he was a Heavenborn. Being hated by someone one deemed

the guards of the Darkness Guild, but that had quickly been replaced by cold indifference. There was no reason to get angry

can I enter or not?" asked Gravis

and this only increased their drive to insult him. Gravis was obviously a pushover. They were not like the people from the Fire Guild, who only wanted to confront strong people. They

but we are currently renovating,' explained the leader, placing a mocking pronunciation on the word 'illustrious'. "I guess you have to go where you came from." With that, he obviously meant that Gravis should

so, you won't let me enter. Is that it?" he asked with

on official business. Can't you understand what we're saying, or is Heaven protecting you from our bad language? Be a nice little sport and return

growing angry, Gravis continued looking neutrally at the guard. "Well, alright. Might as well do it out here," he said nonchalantly. Then, he turned around and jumped on Skye's back. Skye flew up, and Gravis readied his banner again. He had

saw Gravis retreating. It felt great to insult a Heavenborn. A Heavenborn was the favorite child of Heaven and would have a painless life.

BANG!

the ground and vibrated for a while. The guards looked over in shock. What was the