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.

for some seconds as he

Stella during this time, but he couldn't read

to take such a risk for

willing to put his life on the line

is there even to think about?' Gravis

I already put my life on

I already probably offended the

another

will share everything

that someone like Gravis probably

to share these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was to

furrowed

two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your trust, but I won't betray my sister's

hand on

Gravis immensely. However, for her,

was also not something easy to

Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was basically no

was impossible to

Liam

Gravis nodded.

world, which is

already a

The highest world?

was from an even

them about his life in the highest world

other hit

as

told his story,

could fight the most

told his story, Liam and Stella became

really telling the

they didn't interrupt him. No matter how unbelievable his story was, they

was fiction, it was still interesting

words was when Gravis told them about his Elemental

shown

truly

that came Gravis' tale of the

Gravis' experiences in the lower world,

to get close to anyone while

It was depressing.

more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he intending to come close

he intend to kill

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death, they felt even worse

killing the only person close to oneself was one of the most horrible things one

the guilt alone might kill

next surprising part was

had to choose between power and going against his own will

back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly

lived for

his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager couldn't get

story became colder and colder.

told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction

was something like that even

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws, and

also knew that the Elements had temperaments. The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was

Lightning would fill Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

could do that, and they

wouldn't even know how to combine lightning with a

It just wasn't possible.

Laws and principles of

the first time Stella interrupted

something like that," she said with

more about the world than back then, and he also realized

can prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.