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.

the highest Heaven," Gravis

only continued smirking. "No,

he said. "To be quite frank,

why was that your

didn't entertain the guess and played around with me means that you are afraid of the highest Heaven," Gravis said. "And

man only chuckled but didn't

away, and after a while, he was already in

young man only

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

stop me?" Gravis asked as he teleported back to the young man with furrowed

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

was exactly the reason why Gravis returned. Gravis wanted to annoy

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

rather simple, actually. It might even surprise you due to its

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

punish that young trader in the

Gravis was surprised by the question. This question truly seemed absolutely

true that it is forbidden to kill anyone in the Sky Community," the young man continued. "Yet, there are ways. For example, you could have simply absorbed the Energy in his Spirit

simply teleported him to the outside of the city and killed him there. Tell me, Gravis, why did you decide to punish the

related to

him," the young man said. "So, your

see

Gravis said. "Punishing him is a very mixed bag. Yes, he stole from me, and I'm pretty angry about

to me, but my own emotions are just as important. The truly fair thing would have been to make him give me everything he owned at the moment so that the relative punishment would be fitting for

me back. He just has to sell his house, company, or whatever. That would ruin

bit worse than I have felt back then, which makes it

are very torn between two things. Tell me, is it your lightning that is telling you

wasn't required to answer anymore, but these words got him thinking. "My Punishment Lightning wants to kill him. He went

the young man said. "When you kill an entire world just by existing,

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 slow down

it's not a hassle and

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

it truly not interfere with your

again. "What do you

lightning at the same time. So, even these tiny decisions can have a huge impact on your being, even if you

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 would be far more