Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis only had to laugh when he heard Meadow's answer. "Come on, just accept the thanks. You have helped me, and I won't forget that."

"Oh wow," the harmonious but sarcastic voice returned. "Your sincerity nearly made me give a fuck. Congratulations! Sadly, you're still a bit off the mark. That sure sucks."

Gravis only shook his head with a smile. Then, he searched for Ferris with his Spirit and found him looking at a tree. Gravis wanted to ask Ferris if he was ready to return to the Empire, but a different thought appeared in his mind.

Gravis turned to one of the trees.

SSSHHHH!

The entire tree completely vanished into nothingness. It started at its leaves and bark and didn't stop until the entire thing stopped existing. Only when Gravis' Spirit reached a connected root more powerful than all the others did he know that this was the spot where Meadow's actual body began.

"Look at that," Gravis said with a smirk. "I can turn plants into dust with only a thought."

Surprisingly, no snark remark came for several seconds.

"That's actually pretty impressive," Meadow answered. "If a part of a plant is destroyed, it can regenerate that part with its Life Energy. Yet, by annihilating the entire thing, all the Life Energy in the world won't help."

Gravis was a bit surprised when he heard that. "Does that mean that you hadn't paid attention to the Composition of plants yet?" Gravis asked.

"I never saw a reason in doing so. I can comprehend the Composition of plants anytime I want. I'm paying more attention to the general Life Laws. I was planning on understanding the Composition of Plants a couple thousand years from now," she answered.

"Speaking of," Gravis said as he smiled again. "I want to tell you some theories I have."

Meadow knew that some of these theories might help her immensely. As a human, Gravis had shown a unique perspective regarding Laws. It was like he was looking at them from a different angle.

"Why?" she asked directly.

Gravis laughed a bit. "For the same reason why you created that particular tree earlier. I see you as a friend, and helping friends should be natural."

She hadn't had any particular reason in doing so. She simply did it because she

was always insufferably deferential

herself. In their eyes, Meadow was speaking and acting like some brute. Her aggressive

a very, very long time. But now, Gravis considered her his friend, and based on her own actions, she probably also saw him as

a long while, Meadow actually

WACK!

"Fuck! Your pussy shit has infected me! Are you trying

the bottom of a powerful tree. Obviously, the "attack" had only been playful and wasn't nearly

After realizing that Meadow and Gravis were only bantering,

as a yes," Gravis

Meadow didn't say anything.

Law might open the path to several level two Laws. For example, there might be a Law related to how trees often use

is,"

that level one Law with other level one Laws to

I did,"

that the

I can combine with that particular

more Laws related

you mean?" Meadow asked. Surprisingly, she hadn't made

about wind? There could be Laws in these elements that are used similarly to your Law. If something is similar, chances are high that they can be combined into a new Law," Gravis

Meadow remained silent.

in embarrassment. "Let's take something more obvious, spires! Earth can make spires. Wood can make spears. Icicles are spires. A concentrated fire beam

the hardness of metal, the durability of

as she fell into

bark, earth, and other materials from different elements can create the Composition Law of Medium Pure Materials, different element-specific attack or defense

head gestured to Ferris. "He combined soul with fire. If I hadn't seen that, I wouldn't even have imagined something like this

at the world differently from before. What Gravis had said made a lot of sense, and Meadow might need to change her plan in understanding Laws. She hadn't

given me a lot to

take that as a