Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked at all of this with an even expression. 'The Sect Alliance is truly beyond saving. The minority of disgusting, selfish people have the entire Sect Alliance in control. Even if I wanted to waste my time by slowly investigating the entire Sect Alliance, I still wouldn't be able to root out all of them.'

'The fact that Arthur was able to influence the entire Sect Alliance with such a flimsy reason showed as much. What protecting the Sect Alliance? What playing favorites? All of this is nonsense that has no bearing on the greater picture. This entire reasoning only relies on status and on feeling superior to others.'

Liran slowly lifted his head and looked at the three Sect Masters in front of him.

He didn't care anymore.

He had lost everything.

So what if he died today?

Liran didn't resist.

"One life is not enough to pay for your crimes," one of the three said. "You will pay for your crimes in your next life too. However, I'm not a monster. I still wish you peace on your journey."

Then, that Sect Master flew closer and unleashed a wave of darkness with his two daggers.

The wave closed in on Liran, and Liran only looked at it.

CLANK!

"How dare you resist your just punishment!?" the other Sect Master shouted.

Liran had taken out his bow and had blocked the attack.

Liran's expression had changed.

He no longer had a weak and self-loathing expression on his face.

What expression did he wear now?

Rage? Hatred?

No.

It was fear.

Liran was deathly afraid.

"I… I can't die!" he said more to himself than to others.

Liran had wanted to give up his life, but as soon as the enemy had attacked, his survival instincts kicked in.

He didn't want to die!

He wanted to live!

He was afraid of dying!

Arthur only sneered and also shot forward with his saber. "There's no saving a sinner like him. Just get it over with."

BANG! BANG! BANG!

barely able to hold on. However, this wouldn't continue

me!" Liran transmitted to

should I help you?"

talking about!? I took you in when everyone tried to kill

my Sect," Gravis

you to help me!" he

Gravis didn't answer.

against some more

"Then, if I'm going down, you are

Variant Black Demon in disguise!"

stopped for

Black Demon?" One of the watching Sect Masters

Liran shouted. "When I just met him, his Will-Aura hadn't been

Sect Masters talked to each other with voice transmissions. Was this

beast infiltrate

What did this mean?

change. He had expected that something like this

said with a smirk. "I've also seen it back

at me,' he thought.

someone was willing to find it. If someone wasn't interested in the truth, they wouldn't care about

still be condemned as a beast and killed. It literally made no

finish this," Arthur

The other two nodded.

the fight resumed,

Liran was dead…

words had been the name

It was over.

entire Unrestrained Sect had been

completed his

killed his son, so Arthur

have expected that it would

Sect, I had believed that we would fight against the Lightning Cleaver Sect in a soft war. I thought we would

become more powerful, maybe help Liran along the way. As the

years on my Laws while the Unrestrained Sect would slowly become bigger and bigger. After that, we could have gone to the Core Regions. Get new people,

would have had a temporary home, friends that have a similar mindset to mine, an organization with enemies that would serve as tempering, and a place to go back to if I ever

at some hair that

the last thing that remained of

else had been

do we have plans for the future just to be thrown for a loop by reality. Instead of making my temporary home

regret

'No.'

hadn't been there, Liran would have run the Sect into the ground. The Sect was already doomed to die. The

as he turned to Gravis.

"Why?" Gravis asked flatly.

Gravis' conduct. He was, by far, the weakest person here, but he didn't show any nervousness or fear. Anyone

mean that this