Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and Yersi were still in shock for some hours. They had not seen this turn of events coming at all. The trio that had been together for around 200 years suddenly split up. Now, only the two of them lived together in this apartment.

Gravis was not sure how he should feel about Orthar leaving. On one hand, Orthar was his closest friend, and he had just left. This made Gravis feel a feeling of loss and abandonment.

Yet, on the other hand, Orthar found something out about his being. So, wasn't this a good thing for him? Gravis' father told him that Orthar was still himself and that he was safe. Wasn't that everything that Gravis needed to know?

Was this any different from all the other times Gravis split off from his friends?

When Orthar left, Gravis started thinking about his other friends again. He thought about them occasionally, but there was nothing he could do, which was why he hadn't asked about them.

'I think this is the perfect opportunity to ask how many of my friends are actually still alive,' Gravis thought. 'Additionally, Aris and Cera have already spent 2,000 years in the higher worlds. They are probably still Immortals, but I hope they are well.'

"Yersi, I'm going to ask father about Aris, Cera, and some of my old friends," Gravis said.

Yersi released a sigh. Now, for the first time, she was feeling the same feeling that Gravis had felt whenever he asked his father about the wellbeing of his friends. She felt the uncertainty. What if Aris and Cera were already dead? What then?

"Do you want to come with me?" Gravis asked.

Yersi waited for some seconds.

"No, I don't think I want to," she said. "Just tell me about it later."

Gravis could understand that decision and nodded. "Sure."

SHING!

And Gravis teleported to his father.

Gravis looked around his father's room, but he couldn't see the Black Magnate anywhere.

"He left," the Opposer said.

"How come?" Gravis asked.

"He can't always remain here with me and decided that he wanted to re-experience the world. A lot of things have changed, and he wants to see if he can find other, like-minded individuals," the Opposer said.

nodded and sat down in

Whoop!

cup of coffee appeared in front of Gravis, who quickly accepted it. "This reminds me," he said.

rent a garden

away into nostalgia. "Usually?" Gravis asked. "This probably has

earth and wood attribute. You need coffee made of the lightning element, which is impossible for you. Unraveling the makeup of a being is not difficult, but transforming it into something completely

first. After that, you need to fuse it

and advanced than the Law

The Opposer nodded.

it then," Gravis said. "That's a bit overkill for just some

Some silence returned.

Gravis said. "Many years have passed, and I

You have far too many beings that you call friends,"

the relatively distant and unimportant ones, his friends from the lower

This is over twice as long as the longevity

friends were either already in the

There was no in-between.

had already died. This left Nero, Joyce, Manuel, Old Man Lightning,

Nero?"

that again?" the Opposer

Trial, the one

thought back and remembered the quiet kid. Even though he didn't pay attention to Nero, the Opposer's memory and perception were still nearly unparalleled. Because of that, he remembered the

quickly checked through space and time and watched Nero's entire life in a single

mixed elemental Sect. After nearly dying in a tempering experience, he decided to slowly comprehend Laws and raise his Realm. He reached the late Nascent Nourishing Realm and realized that

3,000 years of longevity ran out. That was around 20,000 years

he heard that Nero died. Gravis didn't grieve for the dead Nero but for the death of his old acquaintance. He grieved for

end, Gravis wished that he had spent a bit more time with

Gravis sighed and nodded.

Aion?" Gravis

Opposer looked

one Heavenborn that helped me, the lazy

the timestream of the middle world

having achieved the Unity Realm, something that he had never thought would be possible. In the middle world, he was no longer being hunted by