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

during this

such a risk for a chance to

willing to put his life on the line for

is there even to

put my

probably offended the

took another

will share everything with you

like Gravis probably

to share these secrets also with Liam

only furrowed his

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 Liam's

immensely. However, for her,

also not something easy to

happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was basically

impossible to like

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

in the highest world, which is the world above

first sentence was already a shock

The highest world?

from an even higher

them about his life in the highest world

after the other hit

was as powerful as it

the more Gravis told his story, the less

fight

Gravis told his story, Liam and Stella

Gravis really telling

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

was

words was when Gravis told

shown that

he truly have

tale of

lower world, even

to anyone while being surrounded by good

It was depressing.

After all, wasn't

intend to kill

It made no sense.

death, they felt even worse for

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

alone might kill

part was Wendy's death

going against his own will and emotions. He didn't want to

in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by

lived for over 100,000

that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A

that the Gravis in the story became colder and colder. He became cold, bitter, cynical, and

the biggest surprise came when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction

something like that even

It made no sense!

of Laws, and they knew how a

their Spirits to Energy was that

Lightning would fill Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

could do that,

know how to combine lightning with

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws and principles of

was the first time Stella interrupted

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

than back then, and

can prove

"How?" Liam asked.