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

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

such a risk for a chance to be

put his life

even to think

I already put my life

probably offended the

took another deep

Gravis said. "I will share everything with

like Gravis probably had world-shaking

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

furrowed

not tell anyone else of your secrets," Liam said. "Even if we 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

a hand

that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was willing to work together

was also not something

and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that

impossible to

Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

highest world, which is the world above

first sentence was already a

The highest world?

was from an even

his life in the highest world

other hit

as

more Gravis told his story, the

could fight the most powerful

his story, Liam and Stella became

Gravis really telling

matter how unbelievable his story was,

it was fiction, it was still interesting to

Gravis' words was when

shown

truly

Gravis' tale of

Gravis' experiences in the lower

get close to anyone while being

It was depressing.

Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he intending

kill Stella by

It made no sense.

Gorn's death, they felt even worse for

person close to oneself was one of the most horrible things one could go

the guilt alone might

next surprising part was Wendy's death at

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

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

lived for over

high chance that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible

sure enough, they noticed that the Gravis in the story became

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

was something like

It made no sense!

ton of Laws, and they knew how a

their Spirits to Energy was that Energy was basically

Gravis' mind with

Someone couldn't survive that.

could do that, and they were Peak

know how to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

very Laws

first time

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

more about the world than back

prove

"How?" Liam asked.