Lightning Is the Only Way

"Let me introduce everyone," said the elder. "My name is Byron." Then he gestured to one of the others. The youngster walked forward and stood beside Byron. "This is Drake. He was once part of the Fire Guild in the Middle-Continent. He fled the Fire Guild when he killed one of his disciple brothers. I won't go into the details since it's personal, but he had a good reason to do that, and I won't fault him for that."

Gravis looked at Drake, and they shook hands. Drake had red hair, yet his eyes seemed sinister. Gravis didn't judge people based on their looks, so he didn't really care.

"Hello, Gravis. I've heard much about you from Elder Byron," Drake said with a cold face, which didn't match his words. "I know that you will be a tremendous help to us."

"Likewise, Drake," Gravis said with a smile.

By now, Gravis was not worried about his Karmic Luck infecting others. Byron came from a different world, and they were here with Heaven's permission. On top of that, the other Heaven surely also kept watch. If this Heaven reduced the Karmic Luck of a member of the Greys, the other Heaven would most likely protest.

As Gravis thought about it, he was actually quite happy. Due to the circumstances, this was probably the first organization where he didn't have to keep his distance from everyone. Finally, he could truly work together with others and build some companionship.

Elder Byron then gestured for another person, who also stepped forward. "This is Creed. He was born in the Core-Continent but never managed to join any Elemental Sect. Sadly, this talent bloomed after he was already too old to join. He has managed to reach the power of average cultivators of Elemental Sects without having ever cultivated an element. Of course, with my Battle Techniques, his strength only increased even more."

Gravis was astonished by this. Battle Techniques that didn't involve elements were supremely rare in this world. Creed had to basically create a whole new fighting style without any guidance. This was really impressive!

"That's really astonishing, Creed. How did you do that?" asked Gravis as he shook Creed's hand.

an average body. Nothing on him looked exceptional. This reminded Gravis of his own looks before they had changed. His looks could have been described

went slightly red in embarrassment. "Hello, Brother Gravis. It's nothing special. I just continued fighting, and everything appeared by itself. I didn't do anything to create my Battle Techniques," he spoke

what fighting style Creed used. "What

against other cultivators in a head-on fight, so I mainly focused on the daggers. I know that ambushing people is not the true way to power, but it was the only way I

patting Creed on the shoulders. He also meant what he said. A fight was a fight. It didn't

little. Elder Byron then gestured to the last two people. Those two people were two women, and now Gravis noticed that they looked identical to each other. 'Identical twins?'

introduced. "They had been in the Water Guild of the Middle-Continent, and they left their guild because of ideology conflicts. You need to ask them yourself

women bowed slightly at the same time. "Welcome, Gravis," they said

sex, so he didn't know

two spoke up. "We don't mind you knowing about our background. You actually need

was surprised that they were so open with sharing their secrets. "Thank you,"

young, so we desired battle-strength instead of support. As you know, water is not cut out for that. Sadly, the Water Guild

the side, while the other one sighed. "It was probably because we were women," the other one spoke up. "You might not know this, but most women are inside the Water and Light Guild. Those two guilds take up over 80% of all female cultivators, while the Wind Guild has another 15%. They

we got less and less opportunities to temper our battle-strength. When we went out to temper ourselves, we even got punished for that. Remaining inside the Water Guild, healing patients, and cultivating plants was not why we started cultivating. When it was too much,

to only heal people and cultivate plants. He wanted freedom, and freedom only came with power. If the same thing

don't need to worry. I won't force you to use your Water Element to heal

women smiled. "Thank you for understanding, Big Brother Gravis," they said at the same time, and Gravis rubbed the back of his neck when he heard them calling him big brother. This was the first time anyone called him