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

looked at Stella during this time, but he couldn't

such a risk for a chance to be with

his life

there even to think about?'

put my life on the

already probably offended the

took another deep

Gravis said. "I will

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

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

only furrowed

don't see eye-to-eye, I want my

hand on Liam's

However, for her, he was willing to work

was also not something easy to

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

was impossible

and Liam

Gravis nodded.

the highest world, which is the world above this

first sentence was already a shock

The highest world?

from an

life in the highest world and about his

the other hit Stella and

as powerful as

the more Gravis told his story, the less believable

fight the

his story,

really telling the

No matter how unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear the entire

if it was fiction, it was still interesting

doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them about his Elemental

hadn't shown that ability

truly

that came Gravis' tale of the lower

experiences in the lower world, even Liam

close to anyone while being surrounded

It was depressing.

this also made Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he

kill

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death, they felt

oneself was one of the most horrible things one

the guilt alone

next surprising part was Wendy's death at Gravis'

going against his own will and emotions. He didn't want to kill Wendy, but he

was an intense conflict that obviously left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now,

all, they had lived for over 100,000

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

they noticed that the Gravis in the story became colder and colder. He became cold,

the biggest surprise came when Gravis told them that his Spirit

like that

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws,

Spirits to Energy was that Energy was

Gravis' mind

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they were Peak

wouldn't even know how to combine lightning with a

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws and principles of the

was the first

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

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

can prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.