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.

some seconds

looked at Stella during this time,

take such a risk for a chance to be

willing to put his life on

to think about?' Gravis thought

my life on

I already probably

another deep

Gravis said. "I will share everything

Gravis probably

these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was

furrowed

"Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your trust, but

hand on

that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her,

was also not

of them were making sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that

was impossible to

and Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

was born in the highest world, which is

sentence was already a shock to Stella

The highest world?

an

his life in the highest world and

the other hit

was as powerful as

Gravis told his story, the less believable

that could fight the most

told his story, Liam

Gravis really telling

didn't interrupt him. No matter how unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear the entire

if it was fiction, it was

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

hadn't shown that ability

truly

that came Gravis' tale of the

in the lower world, even Liam felt bad

get close to anyone while being surrounded

It was depressing.

this also made Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After

kill Stella by

It made no sense.

Gravis told them about Gorn's death,

oneself was one of the most horrible things one could go

guilt alone might

next surprising part was Wendy's

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

intense conflict that obviously left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly how something

all, they had lived for over

high chance that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager couldn't get through these experienced without being

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

when Gravis told them that his Spirit

was something like

It made no sense!

knew a ton of Laws, and they knew how a

to Energy was that Energy was basically devoid of any temperament. It adapted to any situation,

mind with a different temperament and

Someone couldn't survive that.

they could do that, and

wouldn't even know how to

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws and principles of the

the first time

should know that we can't believe something like

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

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.