Lightning Is the Only Way

As the door closed behind Gravis, he looked at the front, right into Joyce's eyes. She was standing in the middle of her room, watching him with cold eyes. The lively and bright décor in her room contrasted her stern look. She still had her long purple hair and wore something similar to a summer dress, which also created quite the contrast to her current mood.

They looked at each other for a couple of seconds, one with cold eyes, the other with indifferent eyes.

"It's disrespectful to enter a woman's room without knocking," she said coldly.

"The point of knocking is to announce someone's presence," Gravis said back evenly. "You are in the Spirit Forming Realm and have kept watch over everything. Knocking would just be a useless formality at this point."

Joyce harrumphed. "Customs also have the function of showing politeness and respect."

"Is your self-confidence that fragile that you need a show of respect to feel good about yourself?" Gravis asked.

Joyce felt angry when she heard those words. Yet, she didn't offer a direct rebuttal to that argument. "I don't need that, but you have shown no respect to the Freya Clan as soon as you arrived. You knocked the elders out and even injured my teacher. That you're not knocking only confirms the fact that you don't think highly of my Freya Clan."

Gravis furrowed his brows. "I have waited at the front gate and explained my reason for my visit. If I didn't respect your Freya Clan, I would have just strode in."

"You mean like you are doing now?" Joyce asked with a ridiculing smile.

"Yes," Gravis answered, making Joyce narrow her eyes. "I only held respect for the Freya Clan before I arrived, but after being accused as a liar and invader without any proof, I have lost my respect. I came with the intention to repay my debt to you, but I have been met with accusations and even a direct attack. You also wouldn't feel any respect for the Freya Clan if you were in my position."

Joyce threw her arm out to show that she was enraged. "Ridiculous!" she shouted. "My Freya Clan has not committed any mistake! You walked through the front door after claiming something that no sane person would believe! We were in our right to act as we did!"

stepped through the front gate after it was opened for me without

her teeth. Deep inside, she knew that the Freya Clan had acted incorrectly, but her anger just wouldn't calm down after she saw Gravis injure her

young boy I have met in Wilderness Town," she said coldly. "You are cold, disrespectful, cruel, and have no empathy! I

get angry. To him, all of these words were only the rambling of a child. Joyce might be about as old as him or a little bit older, but she didn't go through even nearly as many hardships as him.

and cruel, I wouldn't have survived," Gravis said. "I can't afford compassion when there are people that are ready to attack my close ones because I spared them. I also can't afford empathy because every relationship I build in this lower world has basically zero

are still more powerful people than you in this world, but you already consider it as a mere step on your perceived staircase to power. Also, close ones?" Joyce harrumphed. "Who would want to get close

even eyes became icy after Joyce said that. She had achieved her goal and managed to push his buttons. The temperature in the room seemingly fell as Gravis became angry. Joyce had difficulty breathing as Gravis' anger

a life and death companion who is currently tempering themselves in

Another step.

consider Lasar as

Another step.

a teacher to me, and I would risk my life

right before Joyce and looked into her eyes. "I consider all of them my friends, and they share this sentiment with me. Additionally, I have a family I love. I have a

felt nervous, but impressively, she didn't look away from Gravis' eyes. "All of these people are incredible talents that won't be stopped in this lower world because they are strong enough

the luxury to remain in an ivory tower, surrounded and worshipped by everyone around them because they don't

WHOOOM!

Will-Aura, and it hit Gravis. Her Will-Aura was a fully condensed normal Will-Aura, which was very impressive for someone at the initial

Joyce

hardships! I have also gone through a lot of pain in my life! The fact that I am very close to having a Unity Will is proof of that! I

world! I have forged many bonds and consider many people as very close friends, yet I still managed to become this