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

looked at Stella during this

such a risk for a

put his

there even to think

already put my life

I already probably offended the entire

another deep

Gravis said. "I will share everything with

that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his Battle-Strength wouldn't

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

furrowed

anyone else 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

a hand on

that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was

not

happy. She also felt

was impossible to

and Liam

Gravis nodded.

world, which is the world above this

already a shock

The highest world?

an

life in the highest world

shock after the other hit

as powerful as

Gravis told his

person that could fight the

Gravis told his story, Liam

Gravis really telling

unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear the

it was still interesting to

doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis

hadn't shown that ability

truly have this

came Gravis' tale

experiences in the lower world, even Liam

being able to get close to anyone while being surrounded by good

It was depressing.

even more unbelievable. After all,

kill Stella by being close to

It made no sense.

told them about Gorn's death, they felt even worse for

was one of

the guilt alone might kill

surprising part was Wendy's death

own will and emotions. He didn't want to

then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly how something like that could

had lived for

a high chance that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible

enough, they noticed that the Gravis in the story became

Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning instead

was something like

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws, and

Spirits to Energy was that Energy was

Gravis' mind

Someone couldn't survive that.

could do that, and they were Peak

how to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

Laws and principles of

was the first time Stella

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

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

can prove

"How?" Liam asked.