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.

evolution," Gravis said as he showed them the image of the previous eel with

my body after the third evolution," Gravis said as he showed them the image of the same eel, but with

said as he gestured to himself. "This is

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

have noticed the weakness of my body and have planned my future evolutions accordingly. First, I

me to use tools. After that, I needed a more powerful defense. Lastly, I created my flexibility and

Whoop!

summoned his saber again. "I use a saber, and my entire 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

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 breaking through an enemy's defense. What about both?

head. "Your

of them fell into thought as they started thinking about changing their bodies. Before today, they

need to become powerful. Battles are one part of the answer, but that

asked with

to gamble with your life is what allows you to take such a risk. Additionally, I would like for you to imagine your future selves. In ten years, what would your future self think about you

and hadn't come into contact with a true society yet. Such far-reaching planning was not something they had done

"Your future selves will think that your current self is an idiot. You always continue growing, and you also always learn new things. Right now, you are much more experienced than the you from a

agreed with a nod. They had learned a lot

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

perfect right now," Gravis said. "Right now, you might not see any weakness in yourself, but your

future self won't be able to see your

felt attacked by Gravis' reminder

the unwillingness deep inside you? Do you feel the

put his hand on Aris' shoulder, making his

forever remain at your current level. Allow 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 to adapt it. Take the best things from all paths and mindsets, and you will grow closer to

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