Lightning Is the Only Way

After leaving Skye, Gravis stayed around for a little while longer, though hidden inside the earth. He had to make sure that Heaven didn't pull anything while Skye was unconscious. When Gravis noticed that Skye regained its awareness, he slowly snuck away. He didn't want to hear its cries or see its pain.

When Gravis sneaked away to a sufficient distance, he sped away with his full strength. His ninth level Destruction Lightning, and his physical body made him even faster than Skye. This was an additional reason why he decided to let Skye go. If he fought an enemy that he had problems with, Skye wouldn't even be able to escape since such an enemy would most likely have an even faster speed than Gravis.

The only reason for keeping Skye was that Gravis would feel less lonely, but obviously, that reason was not good enough. Gravis could only sigh. "Am I still too naïve? Was thinking that we could rise to power together naïve? I honestly can't tell," he muttered to himself.

After running for some minutes, Gravis stopped and started thinking about his next steps. He only had to sell the weapons he got from the Darkness Guild. If he managed to do that, he would have enough Energy Stones to reach the tenth level of Energy Gathering.

The only question was, where would he sell those weapons? The Darkness Guild would be the most profitable option since those weapons were tailor-made for people with the darkness element. The issue with that was that the Spirit Forming experts would probably immediately apprehend him. He killed some people who hadn't paid the pills, which was technically against the rules.

What about selling them in a city? Gravis wasn't so sure if that would work. All the weapons he had were made for people in the later stages of Energy Gathering. How many of those would even be around in a city? Probably not that many. If he spent some weeks in a city, he might be able to sell them, but he didn't have multiple weeks. He had to sell them quickly.

Fire Guild? Would be a possibility, but they were rather far away. Nearly five days had passed, and if, for some reason, Aion returned early, Gravis would be in danger. Wind Guild was also a no-go since they were even further away. The Lightning Guild probably wouldn't even accept a trade from him out of spite.

The Water Guild was the furthest guild from here, so that fell through too. The Light Guild was relatively close, but Gravis doubted that they were interested in daggers, shivs, and short swords. If he went there and they weren't interested, he would have wasted about half a day. As Gravis eliminated one possibility after the other, his face started scrunching up.

annoyance. 'Do I actually have to trade with the Earth Guild? I didn't even get my revenge from the last time, and I have to come back and be nice?' Gravis really didn't like this option, but he didn't see a better

helplessness. 'Just my luck. Alright, I'll trade with the Earth Guild. If they don't try some shit this time, I might actually reconsider taking revenge. Fuck,

Earth Guild. He

RAAAAAH!

for two hours, Gravis saw a high-grade Energy Beast bird. It was nearly as big as Skye and circled the forest.

shined a little. "2% Energy isn't much, but if it's already on

he was still several kilometers away, yet contrary to expectations, it immediately turned tail and fled. Gravis' eyes narrowed and followed it. He was faster than the bird, and it would only take around a minute until he caught up. At that point, the bird would be

me of when I first met Skye," he said to himself. There was no one around again, so Gravis went back

CRRRR!

changed to coldness as he watched the bird fly away. "Just like back then, huh?" he sneered to himself. "This won't work

been close to a breakthrough, Jaimy had assassinated him

right now. Nothing would sidetrack him this time! Gravis grew even more vigilant than usual. The next couple of hours would be the best opportunity for Heaven to

fact that Heaven might have sent this beast also worried Gravis. If Heaven were ready for him, it wouldn't need to delay him. If Heaven couldn't do anything to him, it

Heaven to delay me,' Gravis thought and narrowed his eyes. 'Aion returned early! On top of that, I am also sure that Heaven has another contingency plan to delay me further. I guess that if I charge

draining his Energy immensely, but he was prepared to use the Energy storage inside his mind for this. He had to gain as much time