Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked more closely at the young man. This was a very specific piece of information that basically no one but his family knew. Yet, there was still a possibility that he overheard Yersi or Orthar talking.

"Yes, I had fun," Gravis said slowly. "But, again, what's it to you?"

"Not much," the young man said, still smirking. "I'm just very interested in you."

"I'm not into guys," Gravis said flatly.

The eyelids of the young man twitched slightly. That comment obviously had an effect on him.

But then, the young man started laughing. "You're really good at this!" he said.

"At what?" Gravis asked.

"At finding just the right buttons to push," the young man said. "You did the same thing when you called the highest Heaven a marauding… you know, to infuriate that middle Heaven."

This guy knew far too much. He even remembered the specific words Gravis had said to infuriate the middle Heaven. Only the present Elders at the time, his father, the middle Heaven, and the highest Heaven, knew that. Gravis never repeated his actual words to anyone since it wasn't really relevant to his story.

"Is this some kind of Law?" Gravis asked. "Some kind of Mind Reading Law?"

The young man chuckled a bit. "That Law does exist, yes, but for you, specifically, it can't be used," he said.

"Why not?" Gravis asked with narrowed eyes.

"Because your mind is full of Punishment Lightning," the young man said. "Not even I can read your mind, at least, not directly like that. I only have way of speaking, facial expressions, and gestures to make my guess," the young man said.

"But that is obviously not enough to guess something so specific," Gravis said.

"That's right," the young man said.

"Anyway, let's stop this little play, Gravis," the young man said. "How about a bet?"

"What bet?" Gravis asked.

"You guess my identity, and I will answer one of your questions. Yet, if you guess incorrectly, you will answer one of mine. Sound good?" he asked.

Gravis furrowed his brows. "Sounds good."

"Then, go make your guess," the young man said.

highest Heaven," Gravis

continued

"To be quite frank,

why was

me means that you are afraid of the highest Heaven,"

only chuckled

a while, he was already in a

man only continued

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

why didn't you stop me?" Gravis asked as he teleported back to

said. "You might be fine with going against your lightning when spiting the highest Heaven, but you

correct. This was exactly the reason why Gravis returned. Gravis wanted

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

simple, actually. It might even surprise you due to its irrelevance to everything," the

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

punish that young trader in the Sky Community like that?" the

was surprised by the question. This question truly seemed absolutely

Sky Community," the young man continued. "Yet, there are ways. For example, you could have simply absorbed the Energy in his Spirit Space, forcing him into the Initial Unity

him there. Tell me, Gravis, why did you decide to punish the young man like that?"

related to

with him,"

sighed. He really couldn't see through this

"Punishing him is a very mixed bag. Yes, he stole from me, and I'm

is important to me, but my own emotions are just as important. The truly fair thing would have been to make him give me everything he

has obviously already sold my Emblem, which means he should have enough money in assets to pay me

the guy will feel the sting of losing his most valuable possession without dying. That should be a bit worse than I have felt back then, which makes it a bit unfair,

interesting?" he said. "It sounds like you are very torn between two things. Tell me, is it

wants to kill him. He went against me, and it says he should die. I don't think that he should die because of

the young man said. "When you kill an entire

"I don't actually want to kill so many beings, which is why I made that trade with the highest Heaven to let the most powerful beasts keep living. Yet, I also don't want to

it's not a hassle and doesn't interfere

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

interfere with

again. "What do you

your lightning. Yet, you are also lightning at the same time. So, even these tiny decisions can have a huge

had become really angry ever since Gravis had spared the middle Heaven. His Law of Freedom allowed him to stay in charge of his being since it was more powerful, but what if Gravis transformed his being from Punishment Lightning into Divine Lightning? Then, the Divine Lightning