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."

second. But then, it only sneered in disdain. "How weak! You see

confusion. Yet, he could understand the green snake. Staying 100 years as a level five King or level five Lord was normal, but generally, beasts shot rather quickly through the

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

"Oh, yeah, right!" Then, Ferris turned to the green snake. "This is Gravis, not Aris,"

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

show me proof," the green snake said, now much

BZZZZ!

on his hand. "This should be proof

never felt any element even remotely as deadly as this one! Even it felt a great danger coming from this element, even though

it. Aris? That shouldn't be a problem for the snake, but Gravis was something entirely different. Gravis had killed an Inquisitor as a

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

said politely. "I shouldn't

as he waved the snake off. "So, you have news

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 but

had been a normal duel, I wouldn't care.

his chin. "Hm, but if a mindset is exploitable, isn't it a weakness? If Aris was able to convince someone into fighting him when they

took a deep breath. "That may be true, but it is still my choice to avenge my companion. I have lost one of my companions, and, in my opinion, I'm entitled to retribution. Of course,

bit. "Enmities are enmities. There is no right and wrong in this world. If you want to do something, do it. Yet, keep in mind that just because you can do something doesn't mean that you can do it without

nodded. "I know

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

snake was confused about Gravis thanking it. Why was Gravis

the green

uttered as he looked at the