Lightning Is the Only Way

After around an hour of traveling, Gravis finally arrived at his goal. Yet, in that one hour of travel, he remembered something peculiar. "I'm 17 now!" he had said.

Yes, Gravis had been in this lower world for nearly a year, and he recently had his birthday. It irked him a little that there was no one around with whom he could celebrate his birthday, but he only had to remember his goal. As soon as he reached the Unity Realm, he would be back with his family. The thought about his birthday had only been just that, a thought. He quickly focused his mind again at his current goal.

Initially, he hadn't had a reason to go here. Originally, Gravis only had four targets in the Middle-Continent, but his new movement technique made Gravis decide on this new goal.

Gravis looked at the gigantic volcano and the many houses. This was the Fire Guild.

Why did Gravis decide to come to the Fire Guild? To explain that, one would need to understand how the Fire Guild made their money.

Different Elemental Guilds had different specialties in earning money.

The Wind Guild made most of their money by renting or selling Energy Beasts. Of course, such a powerful beast wouldn't let themselves be worked like slaves, so those Energy Beasts were less for transportation or work and more for protection. The people that bought or rented those beasts had to treat them like their ancestors, basically. Otherwise, the beast would get angry.

The Water Guild infused their Life Energy and water into different plants, therefore creating incredibly expensive and powerful natural treasures. The Water Guild made their money by selling those herbs. They were also pretty good alchemists.

The Darkness Guild had the most controversial way of earning money. They ran an assassination business. One must never forget that there were a lot of towns and cities with their own nobles and people with high status. Jaimy's past was an excellent example of that. His clan had been an auxiliary clan of the Lightning Guild, and they had fought long feuds with other such clans. The assassinations of the Darkness Guild were precisely for people like that. Of course, their services were expensive.

worked as healers and protectors. They took many towns under their name for protection and collected taxes. Of course, a sick or injured person could also go to the Water Guild for healing, but their prices were multiple times higher. The reason for that was that the water disciples used their own Life Energy to heal, which exhausted them tremendously. That was why

someone wanted to keep their belongings safe, there

the Earth Guild and Fire Guild. How

needed supremely tempered materials and high control over fire. Of course,

someone who knew how to control the earth and someone that knew how to control fire at the same time. Of course, such a luxury service where two forgers had to dedicate their time to a single item cost just

was fast but looked stupid and left a

that, it was a pain in the ass if there was just a slight elevation in Gravis' path. The grip of his saber, which obviously couldn't cut, was still above ground, which meant that it hit any

guild with his Spirit and found the Guild Master. After he met the Guild Masters of Lightning and

"You might not recognize me with my new look, but I am Gravis. You know, the guy who had

out who he was. Luckily, Gravis' voice transmission came quickly, and a light of recognition shined

changed. You've also reached the Spirit Forming Realm in only a little more than a week. Honestly, if I hadn't seen you fight previously,

came to request the forging of an unusual object. May I enter?"

what Gravis had said. The forging of an unusual object? This would be interesting.

Guild Master,"

seconds later, Gravis got his answer. "Hello, Gravis. You want to commission something from our forge?" asked a

of something as simple as forging. With his Spirit, Gravis looked over at the spot where this Spirit originated and saw someone wearing a