Lightning Is the Only Way

The time was up!

Gravis' Realm-Stop was over!

Gravis threw one last glance at the Law Comprehension Area and then left towards the Icy Pride Empire with Ferris. It was time to meet the Empress again!

Yet, Gravis felt nervous. One hundred years had passed since he had last seen his children. There was a genuine chance that one or all of them could have died during that time. Tempering was dangerous, and a lot of his friends had passed while tempering themselves, even though they all had an incredible amount of Karmic Luck.

They were on their way to the Mountain of Pride, but before they could reach the mountain, they were interrupted.

"Aris! You disrespected and killed my comrade! Today, no one will be able to save you!" a violent shout suddenly came from the side.

Gravis grew excited when he heard that. Aris was here? Gravis looked around but couldn't find him anywhere. He found the source of the voice, which was a long, green snake. Surprisingly, that green snake was a level five King.

Even more surprising was the fact that the green snake was looking at Gravis with hatred.

Gravis blinked a couple of times in confusion as the snake charged towards him. Then, he pointed at himself. "Me?" he asked.

"Don't play dumb, Aris! Today, I will put you in your place! Your arrogant strutting around has come to an end!" the green snake shouted violently. "It doesn't matter that you have already become a level three King! You might be able to fight a level above yourself, but two levels are between us!"

'Apparently, Aris has caused some trouble,' Gravis thought. He wasn't sure if he was annoyed or proud of Aris at the moment.

"Hey, you got the wrong guy," Gravis said. "Aris is my son."

for a second. But then, it only sneered in disdain. "How weak! You see that you can't deal with me and try to fool me! Your father wouldn't have remained a level three King

the green snake. Staying 100 years as a level five King or level five Lord was

groaned. "Ferris, could you resolve this misunderstanding?"

Ferris asked like he hadn't paid any attention. "Oh, yeah, right!" Then, Ferris turned to the green snake.

became even more shocked. Wait, this wasn't Aris? Was this truly the elusive Gravis that nearly no one had seen in

the green snake said,

BZZZZ!

summoned some Punishment Lightning on his hand. "This should be proof

remotely as deadly as this one! Even

problem for the snake, but Gravis was something entirely different. Gravis had killed an Inquisitor

it wouldn't have known how it died! Yes, geniuses like Aris were terrifying, but Gravis' Battle-Strength was unreal. Gravis was probably the most powerful King in existence! There was a gigantic gulf between the first place and someone that

green snake said politely.

the snake off. "So, you have news about my son? What has he been up to in the last

snake released a nervous breath it had been holding for a while now. "Your son, Aris, has been going around challenging every genius he could find. He never targets average beasts

duel, I wouldn't care. Yet, Aris has used the mindset of my companion

isn't it a weakness? If Aris was able to convince someone into fighting him when they obviously had no chance of victory, wouldn't that fit the style of the world? A weakness

companion. I have lost one of my companions,

enmities. There is no right and wrong in this world. If you want to

snake nodded. "I know

"Alright. Thank you for telling me about Aris," Gravis said with a smile as he waved. "I'll

about Gravis thanking it.

thing," the

he looked at the green snake