Lightning Is the Only Way

"It's ready. Please come over so we can test it!" a voice appeared in Gravis' head. It was the voice of the Vice-Guild Master of the Fire Guild, who had been forging Gravis' board for the past two days. In those two days, Gravis had remained close to the Fire Guild, relaxing and thinking about different stuff. It felt good to take a break.

"Coming," sent Gravis back as he stood up from the branch on which he currently sat. Gravis stretched himself and then walked over to the Fire Guild. The Vice-Guild Master, together with the visiting Vice-Guild Master of the Earth Guild, was already waiting for Gravis at its border. The Vice-Guild Master of the Earth Guild didn't know about what had happened in the Earth Guild. If he did, he might not have forged the board.

As Gravis arrived, he saw the Vice-Guild Master hold the creation. The board was completely silver with four black wheels. Obviously, they had used a different material for the wheels. Gravis didn't question it. Those two knew more about forging than him, so they probably knew what they were doing.

At the back end of the board, Gravis saw it curve upward. The curvature was a little over 90°, creating a wall, which bent a little over the board's backside. The wall was round, and Gravis could imagine his leg fitting right into it. The height of the wall went to about Gravis' knee.

"It looks amazing," said Gravis with an excited smile. Finally, he no longer had to ride on the shaft of his saber. This board should be able to increase his speed even more.

"Try it first before you praise it," said the Vice-Guild Master with a laugh, though his expression betrayed his feelings. He was obviously happy about Gravis' praise. He threw the board over to Gravis, who quickly caught it.

Gravis was a little surprised by the weight. This thing probably weighed over 200 kilograms. Though, in comparison to Gravis' body, it was not that heavy. The stronger a body grew, the denser its muscles became. Right now, Gravis weighed over a ton. It was understandable that the board was heavy since it had to resist Gravis' weight while moving with insane speeds.

Plonk!

Gravis threw the board to the ground, noticing it bouncing a little bit. The springs were doing their job. Gravis jumped onto it, and the board bobbed a little bit. It made no sounds of cracking or screeching, which showed that it had no problems resisting his weight.

Gravis stood on it and leaned back a little bit. He noticed that it was more comfortable standing on it when he turned his body to the side. Gravis felt his right calf come into contact with the wall at the board's back and felt that it snugly supported him. The wall had the perfect angle to support Gravis' leg. He had no doubt that the board would be able to support his acceleration.

"It's perfect," said Gravis with excitement.

of the Earth Guild, speaking for the first time. "We have fine-tuned it for nearly half a day. If we couldn't even do that, we might as well never

with a smile. "Thank you. I'll try it now," then he looked at them with a questioning look. "Should I try

nodded with

said Gravis and then shot

SCRRRRRR!

leaned backward, and its back hit the ground, creating a grating noise as it started moving forward. Gravis

straightened again. "If you shoot the lightning to the front, the magnetism of it will pull it diagonally up, therefore grating on the ground. You need to summon lightning on the ground so that the board gets

so creative with his lightning's usage. Well, even smart people made dumb mistakes sometimes. Gravis stopped the board and then followed the instructions. He summoned lightning at the ground, a couple of meters

WHOOOOSH!

violently. He lost his balance but managed to keep

SCRRRRRR!

back again. Gravis pushed his

so that most of his weight rested on his left leg, which

WHOOOSH!

he had been prepared. The board shot forward as Gravis remained on it. Slowly, Gravis summoned more lightning, making the board accelerate even more. He was still not used to keeping his balance on the board, but he had superb coordination. In mere

moving far faster than ever before. He also learned how to turn. He only had to readjust his weight to one side, making the board turn slightly. Sadly, sharp turns were impossible since the inertia would

kind of force hindering his body from moving faster. He was a little surprised by that. "Is that the sound barrier?" he said, but his actual voice sounded incredibly weird in his ears. He guessed that he was probably moving too fast to hear the sound of

continued traveling, he felt the force stopping him become stronger.

BOOOOOM!

and the force stopping him vanished. With the force vanishing, his speed skyrocketed. He continued summoning lightning with a