Lightning Is the Only Way

Aris remained silent as he wrestled with his pride. His mind told him that everything that Gravis said was the truth, but he also felt that if he accepted the truth, he would lose. Accepting that someone else was right was always very difficult.

Gravis shook his head again. "Do you guys know what the most important thing is for becoming powerful?"

Aris was a bit surprised by such a stupid question. The answer was obviously power!

"Power itself!" Aris said, surprising the other two. Aris was willing to talk now?

"Power is the goal, not the prerequisite. What do you need to become truly powerful?" Gravis asked.

"Battles and a powerful body," Aris said.

"Half-true, Aris," Gravis said. "You were right with the necessity for battles, but the body part is not as important. After all, your body is already part of your strength, and you can change it however you want. Let me show you something."

Then, Gravis transmitted an image into the heads of his three children.

The three were a bit confused why Gravis transmitted this image. Wasn't this just some weak eel?

"This is the body I had after arriving in this world," Gravis said with a smirk.

Immediately, all three of them were shocked. This had been their father's body at some point? But this body was so weak and full of flaws! The body was slow, fragile, and had nearly no weapons. This body was about as bad as it could get!

"You should have noticed by now that it is possible to alter your body after every evolution. Right now, your instincts tell you to stay in this body and to become as small as possible. Yet, is that the correct choice?" Gravis asked with a smirk.

Before they could answer, Gravis sent another image. "This was my body after the first evolution," Gravis said as he showed them the image of the fleshy eel with an alligator head.

body after the second evolution," Gravis said as he showed them the image of the previous eel with some powerful

was my body after the third evolution," Gravis said as he showed them the image of the

Gravis said as he gestured to himself. "This

had managed to transform such a useless and weak body into such a powerful weapon? The first image didn't even have any

"Yet, I have noticed the weakness of my body and have planned my future evolutions accordingly. First, I needed a weapon, which was

tools. After that, I needed a more powerful defense. Lastly, I created my flexibility and speed. Like

Whoop!

body is built around using one of these. My main weapons are not my teeth or claws. My main weapon is my saber. If your main weapon is not a saber, you might

be similar to a scorpion. What about replacing one of your arms with a heavy club? This club would help you in breaking through

pointed at his head. "Your creativity is

thought as they started thinking about changing

I have asked what you need to become powerful. Battles are one part of the answer, but

Cera asked

nodded. "If you are not willing to risk your life, you won't be able to temper yourself. Your mindset to gamble with your life is what allows you to take such a risk.

come into contact with a true

new things. Right now, you are much more experienced than the you from a

agreed with a nod. They had learned a lot in the

are you getting at?" Aris asked. Yet, he didn't

more things to change about yourself, you are not perfect right now," Gravis said. "Right now, you might not see any weakness in yourself, but your future self would find a ton of weaknesses in

unable to throw away your pride and see the flaws you currently have, your future self won't be able to see your flaws. Does this mean that you are perfect as you are now? If you were,

felt attacked by Gravis' reminder about

feel it?" Gravis asked as he came closer to Aris. "Do you feel the unwillingness deep inside you? Do you feel the frustration with

on Aris' shoulder,

is the enemy. If this feeling wins, you will forever remain at your current level. Allow yourself to grow and to be open to change. If you realize that you have been

hard. If he accepted Gravis'