Lightning Is the Only Way

Everyone looked at the new arrival. It was a young man with whitish-blue robes and a saber on his back. Gravis also felt some Punishment Lightning inside of the person, which confirmed his identity.

This was probably one of the Core Disciples of the Punishment Cleaver Sect, the Sect that Gravis would join.

"Junior brother?" Gravis asked. "I'm not your brother yet, so please refrain from addressing me like that."

The expression of the new arrival remained kind, but Gravis could feel some slight changes in him. It was difficult for Gravis to properly evaluate the inner thoughts of someone so many levels above him, but he was sure that this person wasn't as kind as he showed himself to be.

"Junior brother," the man said. "You have already agreed to join our Sect, and with this, you have become my junior brother. As far as I am concerned, you are one of us already, and we need to help each other."

Gravis didn't like that this guy called him junior brother but decided to let him finish his explanation.

"But you can't keep on doing this, junior brother," the man said with a smile. "We of the Punishment Cleaver Sect are kind and respect others, but you are bullying someone weaker than you right now. This is not the way of our Sect, and I know that you are better than this."

"Look at this poor guy," he said as he gestured to Gravis' opponent. "He can only retreat into his shell and hide from you. Do you not feel guilty when you see someone weaker than you cowering before you in fear? This poor guy only made a mistake, and you have punished him enough."

"Let bygones be bygones. People make mistakes, and we shouldn't kill them for every minor mistake they made. Let him retreat and lick his wounds. I'm sure that he will become a better person because of this. Yet, if you kill him, he has no chance to rectify his mistakes in the future. Give him a chance to repay you."

"Kindness begets kindness. Never forget this, junior brother," the man said with a kind tone.

"Eh, yes, yes!" Gravis' opponent shouted. "I acknowledge my mistakes, and I won't repeat them again. I'm sorry for attacking you, but my intent has never been to kill you. I only wanted to gain some justice for my dead soldier."

Gravis looked evenly at his opponent and then turned to the new arrival.

"Come on, junior brother," the new arrival said with a smile. "We are all one big family, and we need to stand together against the armies of beasts. Families bicker from time to time. If every family started killing each other because of a mistake, there would be no families left."

Gravis looked evenly at the new arrival.

Then, he sighed.

"I was mistaken," Gravis said with regret.

"That's good, junior brother!" the new arrival said. "Only when we realize our mistakes can we grow from them."

Gravis looked unamused at the Core Disciple from the Punishment Cleaver Sect.

BANG!

Gravis moved his hand forward, and the spear shot with incredible speed at his opponent.

react, Mortality hit Gravis' opponent's

BANG!

the shield barrier was

CRACK!

it was stuck inside it, half of it behind the shield and

shock at the spear. Gravis' opponent couldn't even process what had happened. Right now, he was looking

Had he survived?

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Gravis' opponent turned into lightning as he was completely consumed. Yet, just a

side of his face lighting up in blueish light

I attributed your mindset to your element," Gravis said coldly. "I preferred a lightning-based Sect because of the mindset that lightning brought with it, but I was mistaken. As far as I can see, you act

learned that mindsets being influenced by the elements was actually not normal. The clerk from back then said

beasts, and beasts had very close connections to the elements. Because of that, their mindset was also fitting to

Gravis was among humans again, he finally saw with his own eyes that this was

to

Bullying the weaker ones?

guy was an entire Circulation above

to kill

attack against someone an entire

Learning from mistakes?

to stage an assassination on Gravis,

Repayment with kindness?

of people. This guy would probably just go to his superior and tell lies about

he hated this Core Disciple even more than his previous opponent. At least the last one was honest with his intentions. It was a normal fight, something

Suddenly, Gravis was the aggressor, and Gravis

I won't join your

at the ground to Roger. Roger was different from this Core Disciple, and Gravis could feel that difference clearly. If everyone in the Punishment

only a guard while this guy was a Core Disciple. Roger was a mask and representation, but this Core Disciple showed the true

that face showed "individual sacrifice for the

glared at Gravis. This guy

back with

There was a 90% chance that Gravis would die in such a fight,

carefully. Going into a fight with a 50% chance of victory was excellent tempering but going into a fight with a 10% chance of victory was far too risky. Gravis would only want to

seconds, the Core Disciple seemingly calmed down and

brother, you are obviously talking

rage and disgust very evident in his voice. He wouldn't want to enter this fight, but he also wouldn't