Lightning Is the Only Way

The hug continued for several seconds.

"Father, this is getting embarrassing," Yersi said.

"Oh, sure," Gravis said as he let them go. "Sorry, I just missed you so much. Seeing the way that you acted made me fear for your life, and I just wanted to hug you."

"It's okay, father," Yersi said again. "It also felt… nice? To me, I mean," Yersi said, though she felt a bit uncomfortable saying it.

Aris wrestled with himself. He felt like he should also say that it felt nice, but he just felt too embarrassed to say it. Meanwhile, Cera appeared unsure.

Gravis noticed all of their reactions. 'Interesting. Yersi and Aris seem quite susceptible to human emotions, but Cera isn't. Maybe the beast part in her is more dominant than the human part. Well, I can't force her to feel like a human. It's her decision.'

"Now, tell me, how have you been?" Gravis asked with a smile.

"Father, we first need to return to the defensive line," Cera said. "We can't remain here for long. After all, we're Sub-Commanders."

"Oh? Sub-Commanders, eh?" Gravis said with pride. "That's quite surprising. None of you three are the Commanders of this defensive line, even though you are all level five Kings? The Commander must be powerful!"

"Yes, she is definitely more powerful than us," Aris said with a serious look. "If she wanted, she could become an Inquisitor."

"That sounds cool. Introduce me then," Gravis said with a smirk.

The three kids felt a bit embarrassed by their father's conduct, but what could they do? Fathers were often embarrassing to their children, and Gravis was no different.

All four of them returned to the defensive line, and Gravis was quite surprised at what he saw. There were over 200 level four Kings stationed here. There were also five level five Kings in total. One of these level five Kings was probably another Sub-Commander while another one was the Commander.

This defensive line was way more powerful than all the other ones Gravis had seen. However, as Gravis thought about the map he had received from Azure, he could guess why. This defensive line was rather close to the core of the continent. The power of the defensive lines probably increased the closer they got to the core of the continent.

way, surprising and shocking quite a few of them. The ones that didn't recognize him were confused that this level three King was here, while the ones that did recognize him felt shocked that

Gravis' mind, these were all the colleagues of his children, so he needed to appear friendly. He only meant well, but his three kids were still embarrassed by his

lot of greetings, Gravis stood before the Commander. Surprisingly, she looked quite similar to another beast Gravis had seen in the past. She was a cheetah with an incredibly long tail. Additionally, with Gravis' new knowledge about the elements, he could feel the

had taken part in when he had been a level four Lord. The King that had led the invasion back then had looked just like this Commander. Sadly, she had died

Commander saw Gravis and stood up from her lying

smile. "Greetings, Commander.

honor to meet you," the Commander said politely, surprising Gravis' three children. Their powerful Commander was so nice to Gravis?

my three

Sub-Commanders. "Their work is impeccable and their Battle-Strength powerful. It's just that they seem to take some enemies too

and their boss could take all three of them solo. By now, their Commander had put a lot

to show them the error of their ways after they wanted

as she looked at her three Sub-Commanders. "They wanted you to prove your power?"

that's understandable. After all, they haven't seen me in a

and pathetic," the Commander commented as she glared at her three Sub-Commanders. "Have all my

bit fearful

back to Gravis. "Gravis, I have a

"Yes?" Gravis asked.

felt danger in a long while. I miss the feeling of danger, and I feel like I need to remember it. Otherwise, I might get overwhelmed in a fight.

BANG!

full speed and summoned a saber that had a fully pre-loaded Lightning Crescent in it. Then, he

Gravis and her, shooting

eyes. She hadn't expected Gravis to attack immediately, and

her that she would die if she didn't do something. It felt like her life was about to end. She hadn't felt that feeling in

father suddenly burst forward like this. Additionally, they became even more shocked when they saw fear appear for a split-second in

of becoming more powerful," the Commander said slowly as she savored the remaining feeling of fear. "When will I ever feel this feeling again?

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