Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis had practically been startled out of his Cultivation. After all, even while comprehending Laws, all his powers were active. His Laws of Danger and Safety were active, and his Spirit would also pick up if anyone came close to him.

Because of that, Gravis had been startled. This person in front of him had practically appeared out of nowhere.

Gravis couldn't feel the power of the person in front of him, so he decided to investigate the young man closely with his Spirit.

Mortal.

Gravis lifted an eyebrow when he noticed that this was a mortal. He had nearly no Energy, nearly no Life Energy, no Will-Aura, and his body was weak. Gravis could also feel the Spirit of this man, but it was so weak that it couldn't even interact with anything. This meant that his Spirit hadn't been formed yet.

This was a true mortal. Not even a single part of his body had been tempered.

Now that Gravis calmed down, he also noticed the disheveled appearance of the man. His skin was an unhealthy red, and he breathed quickly. Several parts of his body were injured, and he even had a broken rib. Additionally, parts of his body had started to freeze.

Where was Gravis right now?

Gravis was on top of a mountain that was nearly ten kilometers tall. For Cultivators, climbing such a mountain wasn't hard, but for a mortal, it was nearly impossible. The air up here was extremely thin, and the temperatures were far below freezing.

Judging by the mortal's appearance, he wouldn't survive the climb down. He would soon enter the last stages before hypothermia.

Seeing that Gravis didn't respond to his greeting, the young man became more nervous. He had come here with a goal in mind, and he had planned thousands of times on how he should plead his case.

However, as soon as the God in front of him opened his eyes, all the young man's plans vanished. The cold seemingly stopped existing, and his body stopped aching. It was like he was no longer in the real world and was pulled inside the world of this God.

This was a God!

A being of legend!

He was standing in front of something that shouldn't exist in this world!

The mortal's body started to shake, but not because of the cold. His body shook because of his emotions.

Fear, reverence, happiness, nervousness, hope.

Plomp!

The mortal fell onto his knees and nearly rammed his head into the cold mountain-stone. His knees and arms started bleeding heavily due to the impact.

"Please!" the mortal shouted with all his power, his voice sounding incredibly hoarse. "Take revenge for my family!"

Silence.

'Revenge, huh?' Gravis thought.

More silence.

"Why should I?" Gravis asked evenly.

Gravis' voice, his

voice was so very normal. He didn't sound any different from

young man shouted without looking at Gravis.

Silence.

revenge so important to you?"

the young man shouted as his

revenge is

"I'll return ho-"

man

was no more

killed everyone the young man

"What then?" Gravis repeated.

it hard to answer. He hadn't thought about an

six months ago, his entire life had focused

dominated his entire

His enemies must die!

God, he

you return to your previous life?" Gravis

and finish your smithing apprenticeship under a different master?" Gravis asked. It was

you remain in

"What will you do?"

man suddenly shouted with tears in his eyes.

your family for you?" Gravis asked. "Did they wish for

with gritted teeth. However, his newfound conviction faltered

be happy when their butchers are still living under the same sky as me!?" he shouted

Silence.

can solve nearly all problems," Gravis said slowly. "It can help you attain freedom. It can help you

power can't help you become happy," Gravis said slowly, his words putting

More silence.

for you," Gravis said, throwing the

conviction has moved me," Gravis said. "Your willingness to climb to your death because of the ones you love, even if it was for the wrong reason, is something I

hope reignited in the mortal's eyes, "I

Bing!

and the man

my silhouette on a cloudless day, but from such a distance, he couldn't even be sure if

more, I could have also just been a guy. Lastly, I could have already moved

are so deep that he threw everything that he owned away just

impressive amount of willpower, conviction,

well. Let me

on the mortal's head, and it shone

the sheer amount

wouldn't take revenge for the young man, but he gave the

taught the young man

Cultivation than the preparation

into the young man's mind. Stuff like how the highest world worked or something like Elemental Synchronicity were taken