Lightning Is the Only Way

Liran's world broke down.

His Sect was destroyed, and now his son was dead too?

Why?

Why had all of this happened?

Why was the world against him?

What had he done to deserve this?

"Ahahaha!"

Arthur laughed loudly as he saw Liran's shocked expression.

Pack!

Arthur threw the head over, and Liran caught it out of reflex. In shock, Liran looked down at the head, and the last expression of Surem was still very visible on his face.

Rage, hatred, anger, tragedy, sadness.

There were still wet spots on Surem's face from the tears he had cried. His expression showed pure pain, denial, and anger. It was the expression of someone so angry with the world that they had given up, trying to find solace in death.

Gravis took a deep breath as he saw the head. He wanted to say that this had nothing to do with him, but his emotions disagreed.

Gravis wanted to say that he didn't care, but deep down, he did care. In his mind, Surem's death was a tragedy. Surem was far better than his father, and he had had a great mindset.

However, sometimes, when one lost control over their emotions, all the good things of a person couldn't make up for the emotional mistakes one committed.

Gravis didn't really see Surem as a friend, but he also wasn't a stranger.

Gravis had wanted to stop him, but he also didn't want to force his protection on him.

If they had been closer, Gravis might have forced Surem to stay, but they hadn't been that close.

the end, Gravis had let Surem die since that was his decision, no matter if it was right or wrong. Surem wasn't a little kid. He had been an Immortal

head and

"I have already informed

as over a hundred people

the other Sect Masters. All his attention

surprised that every single Sect Master had appeared. Wasn't there supposed to be some

Gravis quickly found an explanation. 'The meeting,' he thought. 'Liran was supposed to be away for several days but came back after only a couple of hours. The meeting probably hasn't ended yet, which meant that every

Sect Masters looked

the

Sect had been destroyed, but they hadn't expected that it had been this thoroughly destroyed. They had expected ruins and corpses, but nothing

There was only dust.

woman among the Sect Masters said. "Which monster could have so

Master had been involved in this plot. Probably not even half have been involved. Gravis guessed that, at most, 20 would have been involved, and even that

was probably made of people who genuinely wanted to create a home for themselves. However, the

as the minority of selfish Cultivators remained unpunished, the entire Sect Alliance would

concept as with the beasts. The more good and trusting people

"As you see, the Unrestrained Sect has been utterly annihilated, and

but now, we have to make a decision. Is such a Sect worthy of staying in the Sect Alliance?" Arthur

"One of our allies has been killed, and you only

but we have to look to the future. As

King without a Sect remain in our ranks, we will have to grant the same status to any other visitor. What of Cultivators in the Core Regions? One Immortal King could come on their own and claim

one said

lone Immortal King to represent a Sect, we will be in the wrong for refusing them. We would be playing favorites, and as soon as we play favorites,

everyone in it. Therefore, I will initiate a

you mad!?" another Sect Master shouted. "Your feud with Liran has been public knowledge for a while now,

Master shouted, interrupting the earlier one. "As much as it pains me to admit it, Arthur is right. For

third one said. "We can talk about this tragedy later. For now, we need to

with them!? Did no one see what was happening right now!? This was all too

and met the gazes of

the side, not meeting

looked at him

looked with discomfort

compassion