Lightning Is the Only Way

"Yes, that is quite a strong incentive," Gravis said. "However, draconian rules often birth resentment."

"It doesn't matter," the old man said with a smile. "There are some cases of revolution here and there, but it's all an exercise in futility when the other side has overwhelming power."

Gravis' eyes shone. "So, the Life Sect's territory is not as united as you wanted to make me believe."

The old man furrowed his brows. "I have been honest with you."

"Yes, you have," Gravis said, "but you can be honest without telling me all of the details. I've also been honest, but we both know that there is more to my situation."

"There is?" the old man asked with surprise.

Gravis scoffed. "Don't act innocent," Gravis said. "You're not stupid."

"Alright, alright," the old man said with a smile. "Yes, yes, nothing is as simple as it appears on the surface," the old man admitted. "However, it doesn't change reality. The Life Sect is the only place where you can live without worrying that some random Immortal Emperor will find out your secret."

"Hm," Gravis uttered. "That's also true."

"Anyway, thank you for the map. I'll be going now, and I will probably also visit the Life Sect in the future," Gravis said.

The old man nodded with a smile. "It has been nice talking to you, and I'm looking forward to what you can do. From what I've heard, your Battle Strength is incredible. You will see that the Life Sect can give you the best home you can get in this world."

"Best I can get, huh?" Gravis commented after he turned around. "That doesn't promise much in this world where humans and beasts are at each other's throats."

"But it's still the best," the old man said with a smile. "In the grand scheme of things, a smaller man might appear small, but when he is among dwarves, he's a giant."

"Hmph," Gravis harumphed one last time. After that, he motioned for Siral that they would leave.

When the old man saw Gravis gesturing to Siral, a gleam appeared in his eyes. Yes, he had taken note of this powerful Immortal King when he had entered the room, but as he was talking to Gravis, the Immortal King had seemingly stopped existing. It was like the old man was subconsciously ignoring Siral.

such an extent inside such a small room was no easy

at all, and he felt like it was a bit weird

and he will do so again in the future. This

decided to spare him. Siral had attacked Gravis with a sneak attack with the intention to kill him. Sparing his life in such a scenario was definitely not expected. Because of that, Siral counted it as Gravis having

time would obviously be his

saved his life before? When could that have happened? Shouldn't that Immortal King already have been quite powerful back then? After all, Gravis had only been

left the house with

house only stroked his beard

of times, Gravis stopped

beast body," Gravis

Master. That is all,"

"Then, tell me, what would the old Siral have thought, the Siral shortly before

Ring had severely altered

said. "I have been born a human, and I am still

As long as you genuinely consider yourself to be a human,

He wasn't sure if he could trust Siral's answer or not since he

but decided against it. Sure, Siral couldn't betray him, but that was only temporary. Gravis planned to let Siral go in about 20.000 years. If Siral held some resentment

his three children. Gravis wouldn't commit that mistake again. The less Siral knew about him, the better. If Siral decided to stay with Gravis after he had been freed from the

along their journey as they followed the red

of minutes to go from one end of the Sect Alliance's territory to the other, but they had already been teleporting for days. Even worse, they hadn't even reached the Nine Elements

Siral had stopped using their Laws of Shadow's

Why?

important Sect territory, they wouldn't

scram and warn them. However, if these same people had been sneaking around in

wouldn't end in just

enough in his hiding ability that

there was no

SHING!