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

at Stella during this time,

risk for a chance to be

he willing to put his life on the

even to

I already put my

I already probably offended

took another deep

"I will share everything with you

relaxed. She knew that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets.

share these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was to him, and she appreciated

furrowed his

eye-to-eye, I want

a hand

immensely. However, for

was also not something easy

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

impossible to

and Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

highest world,

already a

The highest world?

an even

in

other hit Stella and

background was as powerful as

Gravis told his story,

person that could fight the most powerful

told his story, Liam

Gravis really telling

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

was fiction, it was still interesting to hear

was

hadn't shown that ability

he truly have

came Gravis' tale

in the lower world,

get close to

It was depressing.

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

kill Stella by

It made no sense.

Gorn's death, they felt even worse

close to oneself was one of the most

guilt alone

surprising part was Wendy's

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

left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly

lived for over

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

the story became

them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning

like

It made no sense!

Laws, and they knew how a Spirit

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

Gravis' mind with a different temperament

Someone couldn't survive that.

that, and

wouldn't even know how to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

very Laws and principles of the

was the first

something like that," she said

far more about the world than back then, and he also realized that something like this should

prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.