Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis' Spirit Sense encompassed the Life Ring, showing to Stella and Liam that he was currently in there.

Stella and Liam were currently just sitting in front of each other, probably talking with voice transmissions.

"We should be safe," Gravis said. "I'm just in front of the northeastern river. Whatever happens outside shouldn't include this region."

"We'll come out in a second," Stella said. Then, she looked at Liam with a knowing look and nodded.

Liam nodded back.

After that, both of them left the Life Ring and appeared in the small underground room.

This far down, the temperature and gravity were still far more powerful than on the surface, but Gravis wasn't so deep down that they couldn't resist.

It was just a bit uncomfortable for them.

Gravis sat at one side while Liam and Stella sat on the other side, side-by-side.

For some seconds, everyone only looked at each other.

Then, Stella sighed.

Gravis' heart began racing.

"Gravis," she said slowly. "I need to know everything about you."

Liam nodded on the side.

"I know that you have saved both of us, and we are immensely grateful, but there are too many unknowns about you," Stella said. "For example, you know this powerful plant, which brings up several questions about your affiliation with the beasts."

"You also have a beast body, and we don't know where you got it from."

"I know that you trust me, but I want you to also trust Liam," Stella said as she gestured to Liam. "Liam is my closest person, and I don't want to keep secrets from him."

"If you want us to stay in contact, you need to trust my brother too," Stella finished.

Gravis closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Trusting Stella was easy, but trusting Liam?

Difficult.

Liam and Gravis weren't close, and if he told the humans Gravis' secrets, it would become very dangerous.

Maybe even people from Arc's clearing would want to target him.

After all, Gravis knew a lot about the highest world, which was the next world that every Ascender would go to.

They would want to know everything about the highest world, and they would also want to know the secrets of the highest world.

Some people might even believe that Gravis had things from the highest world with him, and that was actually the case.

Even more, they would know that Gravis could make World Weapons, which would put an even bigger target on Gravis' back.

Maybe a powerful Ascender or Ancestor of the All-Matter Sect would want to kill him.

Maybe some other Sect coveted Gravis' World Weapon to sell it.

Maybe even the beasts would become interested.

In that case, Gravis could go nowhere in this world.

Telling Liam everything would put Gravis in a lot of danger.

Sure, maybe Liam would keep everything a secret, but what if Stella accidentally died?

What then?

Would Liam still keep Gravis' secrets?

Maybe he would fault Gravis for Stella's death, and unveiling all his secrets would be the best way to take revenge.

It was risky.

waited for some seconds as

at Stella during this time, but he

a risk for a chance

his life on the line

even to think about?' Gravis thought

my life on

I already probably offended

another

Gravis said. "I will share everything

relaxed. She knew that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his Battle-Strength

that Gravis was willing to share these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was to him,

only furrowed

of your secrets," Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your

a hand on

that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for

not something easy to

also felt a bit guilty, but she knew

was impossible to like

Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

highest world, which

first sentence was already a shock

The highest world?

from an

told them about his life in the highest

after the other hit

was as powerful as it

his story, the less believable it

could fight the most

story,

really telling the

matter how unbelievable his story

it was fiction, it was

was when

shown

he truly have this

came Gravis' tale of the

the lower world, even Liam felt

to anyone while

It was depressing.

even more unbelievable. After all,

did he intend to kill

It made no sense.

told them about Gorn's death, they

one of the most horrible things one could

the guilt alone might

was Wendy's death

own will and

left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and

lived for

felt too many horrible feelings in too

the story became colder and

surprise came when Gravis told them that his Spirit had

like

It made no sense!

knew a ton of Laws, and they knew

to Energy was that

fill Gravis' mind with a different temperament

Someone couldn't survive that.

do that, and

know how to combine lightning with

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws and principles of the

first time

that we can't believe something like that," she said with furrowed

about the world than back then, and he also realized that something like this should be absolutely

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.