Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis was quite happy about the incident. His mother had given him the target to get 80% of the retail value, but due to the Average Trading Firm trying to steal from him, he got 90%. Advantages and disadvantages, eh?

"What am I supposed to do now, mom?" Gravis asked.

"First, you need to comprehend a very important Law to take full advantage of your business," his mother transmitted to him. "It shouldn't be very difficult for you to comprehend this Law since you have a very high affinity towards it."

"Oh? What kind of Law?" Gravis asked.

"The Lower Law of Honesty," his mother transmitted.

Gravis remembered that the highest world categorized the power of Laws differently from the middle world. A Lower Law was a level two Law.

"Honesty, huh? What's its use?" he asked.

Gravis' senses were pulled to a peculiar shop. "Can you feel the different aura that this building has? Compare it to the shop you just left."

Gravis concentrated on the aura, and sure enough, it felt different. The building gave off an aura of trust and honesty. "It exhibits a kind of aura of trust," he answered.

"That's what you want to have," his mother transmitted. "The fact that this building is giving off this aura means that the owner of this shop has comprehended the Law of Honesty and got a certificate from the Company Trade Evaluation Department, CTED for short."

"The Law of Honesty has two other related Laws, the Law of Deceit and the Law of Lies. All three Laws have the same ability, which is to make other people trust you. The only difference is how they accomplish to gain that trust."

"Someone with the Law of Deceit can give you half-truths that sound like they are the complete truth. Someone with the Law of Lies can give you lies that sound like they are the truth. When you talked to that stealing employee, have you felt that he was telling the truth?"

to what his mother had said. Back then, Gravis

of Lies, which made you believe that

Gravis commented. "I presume that people with an affinity for one of

answered. "People that know the Law of Lies have a lot of affinity for the Law of Deceit and vice-versa. Yet, people that know the Law of Honesty will find it very hard to understand either of

to scam people, the Law of Deceit or Lies would probably be better than the Law

get a certificate for the Law of Deceit or Lies since that will only broadcast to everyone that you're a scam artist.

get that it is important but imperative?"

people know that you can create a World Weapon but see that you are only a

Weapons? What's that?" Gravis

Middle World Core your father and I have talked about is one of these ores. When you use that as

the point of this higher affinity?"

Laws," his mother answered. "Cultivators from Battle Worlds don't cultivate the elements, but Weapon Laws, which they

several times in surprise. Weapon Laws? There was something like that? Gravis had thought that weapons didn't have Laws since weapons didn't exist naturally. Only

and scratched his chin. 'Aren't humans part of nature

ruffled his hair in exasperation. 'Great, something else I can't properly place. Saying that weapons occur naturally sounds very debatable, and I hate stuff that isn't clearly defined. Just accept it and move on,' Gravis

Gravis transmitted. "I'm going home and

his

and went back

as he entered his room, emotions

from the lower world. For the last month, he had always stayed with his

of the outside reflected off the blue walls, giving the room