Lightning Is the Only Way

After several days of teaching, Gravis finally dismissed class after everyone started to become unruly. They were probably not used to staying in one place for so long.

Fortunately, Gravis' concentration was powerful enough to easily handle such a long teaching session. This was nothing in comparison to comprehending Laws or forging equipment.

Gravis activated his Spirit Sense and saw Arc sitting on a tree stump a couple of kilometers away.

SHING!

Gravis teleported over.

"Really? You teleport even for such a small distance?" Arc said with a smile without looking at him.

"Well, I don't have as much time as you," Gravis said.

"Yes, but when you move too fast, you miss the beauties of life," Arc said as he smiled at Gravis. "Isn't that the very reason why you are here?"

Gravis blinked a couple of times.

Arc was right.

Gravis had only chased power for the last 2,500 or so years, which had changed him subtly. Gravis thought about why he had teleported and realized that this minuscule time difference actually was negligible.

Gravis sighed. "How did you know?"

"Because you're a smart person, Gravis," Arc said. "You realize the dangers of only chasing power and know that chasing power will invalidate the very reason why you want to become powerful."

Gravis fell into thought.

Then, Arc started laughing. "I'm just messing with you. Everyone takes breaks," Arc said with mirth in his voice.

Gravis also had to laugh when he heard the genuine mirth in Arc's voice.

"No, but seriously, you need to connect to your human side between sessions," Arc said. "You don't want to end up becoming an emotionless power machine."

"Speaking of human side," Gravis said as he remembered one of his questions. "How come that the beasts in the class act more like humans?"

"That's because they are part human," Arc said like it wasn't a big deal.

realized the answer. "So, they're children of beasts and humans,

soon as beasts can assume human form, romance between them and humans becomes more common.

I have a beast body, which means that all my children became beasts with slight human features. What can happen when a true human and a beast have

whether they have a human body or

and Spirit but with weak bodies, and humans with no Spirit or Will-Aura but with powerful bodies," Arc said. "Then,

only two of the four can actually exist

"How come?" Gravis asked.

world, Gravis. A human with a powerful body but no Spirit will be killed by humans since they know that one of their parents is a beast. The same thing is true for beasts

of their undying hatred for beasts while the beasts kill these mixed children for fear of them allying themselves with humans. Both sides have different reasons, but the actions are the same," Arc

"You're not saving

leave this home, which is when

this world, but he still wanted to be as fair as possible.

in a true beast

have a future in the world, but the emotionless world of beasts is not a home for them. I want to give them a home where they can live like humans until they eventually die or

about humans with the personality of beasts?" Gravis

Arc said with a smile. "Humans are so very diverse that a human that acts like

question," Gravis said. "There was something else I wanted

"Ask away."

one guy with nearly no

automatic system, which had been implemented by my creator," Arc said. "I may hate my creator, but he is very good at keeping a world healthy. I don't interfere with Karmic Luck. The system simply checks the actions and the intent behind the action. If it

he scratched his chin. "However, it's not a Law in the normal sense, but in the sense

it," Arc added with a

everything was handled by the Heavens. Some of the

are you doing

longevity should be increased or not. At the same time, I need to manipulate the circumstances

like a lot of work," Gravis

after a million years or two," Arc said with a dismissive wave. "By now, all

imagine getting used

have Heaven's

smirk. "After all, this is the most powerful higher world, isn't it? I

lower Heaven had also used a Heaven's Trial, but using it

lower Heaven and Arc was unfathomably vast. One was one of the weakest and most arrogant Heavens, while the other was the second strongest

way, could you do me a solid?" Arc

asked back. What could