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.

he showed them the

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

gestured to himself. "This is

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

would be a huge eel now," Gravis said with a smile. "Yet, I have noticed the

After that, I needed a more powerful defense. Lastly, I created my flexibility and speed. Like this, all aspects have been

Whoop!

not my teeth or claws. My

at its end? Your arms can hold someone while your tail deals the fatal attack. This would be similar to a scorpion. What about

his head. "Your

as they started thinking about changing their bodies. Before today, they

"Back to my original question. I have asked what you need to become powerful. Battles are one part of the answer, but that only covers one aspect. The most important requirement for

asked

you to take such

were beasts and hadn't come into contact with a true society yet. Such far-reaching

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 year ago. The you from a

and Cera agreed with a nod. They had learned a lot in

he didn't sound

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

able to see your flaws. Does

attacked by Gravis' reminder about his

Aris. "Do you feel the unwillingness deep inside you? Do you feel the frustration with realizing that someone else might be

shoulder,

you have been

Gravis' words, it would