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.

as he showed them the image of the previous eel with

he showed them the image of the same eel, but with a wider chest and black

finally," Gravis said as he gestured to himself. "This is my body after the

listened to Gravis. Their father had managed to transform such a useless and weak body into such a powerful weapon? The first image didn't even have any resemblance to Gravis'

the weakness of my body and have planned

Lastly, I created

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

a sharp spike at its end? Your arms can hold someone while your tail deals the fatal attack. This would be similar to a scorpion. What about replacing one of your arms with a heavy club? This club would help you in

at his head. "Your creativity is your only

about changing their bodies.

with a snicker. "Back to my original question. I have asked what you need to become

asked with

you to take such a risk. Additionally, I

three of them hadn't considered that before. They were beasts and hadn't come into contact with a true society yet. Such far-reaching planning was not something they had

tell you," Gravis said. "Your future selves will think that your current self is an idiot. You always continue growing, and you also always learn new things. Right

They

getting at?" Aris asked. Yet, he didn't sound arrogant this

and more things to change about yourself, you are not perfect right now," Gravis said. "Right now, you might

you're 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, you

attacked by Gravis' reminder about his bitter

unwillingness deep inside you? Do you feel the frustration with

Aris' shoulder, making

yourself to grow and to be open to change. If you realize that you have been mistaken about something, you shouldn't try to justify your path but try

what Gravis was talking about, but it was hard. If he accepted Gravis' words, it would mean that he had lived his whole life