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.

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

them

Gravis said as he gestured to himself. "This is

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

said with a smile. "Yet, I have noticed the weakness of

defense. Lastly, I created

Whoop!

or claws. My main weapon is my saber. If your main weapon is not a saber, you might need to think about changing

scorpion. What about replacing one of your

pointed at his head. "Your creativity

as they started thinking about changing their bodies. Before

with a snicker. "Back to my original question. I have asked what you need to become powerful. Battles are one part of the answer, but that only

Cera asked with

gamble with your life is what allows you to take such a

contact with a true society yet. Such

always learn new things. Right now, you are much more experienced than the you from a year ago. The you

with a nod. They had learned a lot in

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

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

able to see your flaws. Does this mean that you

Gravis' reminder about his

feel the unwillingness deep inside you? Do you feel

his hand on Aris' shoulder, making

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 mistaken about something, you shouldn't try to justify your path but try to adapt it. Take

If he accepted Gravis' words,