Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked at the Law Comprehension Area for the different kinds of fire. Its appearance could only be described with the word apocalyptic.

Volcanoes exploded every couple of seconds, shooting an unreal amount of different kinds of toxic and black gasses into the atmosphere. Other places had some violently burning kinds of trees, which just didn't seem to stop burning. It was almost like these trees could burn forever. Brutal storms of fire raged over the mountains while rivers of lava ran in the crevices.

Gravis could only "see" the Law Comprehension Area's true appearance with his Spirit since everything was just filled with black gas. There were even some kinds of different yellow and purple gasses. Eyes basically became useless in this area.

Some spots were brightly illuminated by the firestorms, while others were utterly dark compared to the bright spots. Gravis guessed that any kind of beast weaker than a Lord would probably not be able to survive in there for more than some seconds.

"Finally, some fire!" Ferris shouted with excitement as his tail wagged crazily.

Gravis smiled. "So? Do you see a difference after learning a lot of other Laws?"

Ferris remained silent for some seconds as he looked closely at the Law Comprehension Area. "A little bit. There are some things that haven't made sense to me before. A good example would be the gasses. Previously, I didn't know enough about wind or air to accurately judge what these gasses do."

"Great!" Gravis said, "So, get to it!"

"Sure thing!" Ferris shouted as he charged into the Law Comprehension Area. It was almost like he was a child in a toy store, which made Gravis smile. Ferris was just too genuine.

Gravis also flew to the first area, which was a volcano at the edge of the Law Comprehension Area. Instead of flying right into it, Gravis only looked at it as he was lost in nostalgia.

"This reminds me of the time when I entered the lower world for the first time," Gravis said to himself with a sigh. "The start of my journey in the lower world was one of the worst times in my life. I had been constantly suppressed. Yet, when I see this volcano, I somehow miss that time."

to his adventures in the lower world. Heaven had constantly schemed against him, trying to stop him from getting any enemies, trying

made Gravis think back to a person he hadn't thought

Gravis said

simple as it had appeared

power but also hadn't seemed to care about the lightning changing him. This

lot of help to Gravis while risking his life. Were the intentions behind an action more important than the action itself? If Gravis were younger, he would have said yes, but now, he saw that

about what had happened and also thought about

would still regret your death heavily. Yet, you knew about the dangers of the temperament of lightning. You knew what could happen and have decided to

fully knowing what could happen. Because of that, I don't regret your death, but I regret that it was me doing it," Gravis said

some more about what he had gone through in the lower world. After some minutes,

of his old friends for a long while. Yet, his emotions weren't nearly

Time allowed people to heal emotional scars, but it also made connections appear more

but it felt less like they were still alive and more like

and also at his new, inhuman appearance. "I'm not that cold and emotionless husk anymore. I even have three beautiful children now. You have probably also all changed tremendously. I wonder if we are still compatible, or have you

"It doesn't matter," he said. "The you from the past doesn't exist anymore. If we ever see each other again, we can

course, Gravis wasn't referring to everyone when he said that. The reason for that was that not all of his friends had been young and impressionable. Joyce, Nero, and Manuel

that their personalities were basically set in stone. Those two wouldn't change much, and Gravis was sure that if he met those two, it would be like nearly

she was a beast. Beasts were very straightforward in general. Meeting her again would probably also be like they had never left each

as he looked at Ferris, who was currently sniffing the air with curiosity.