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.

for some

Stella during this time, but

such a risk for a chance to be with

willing to put his life on the line

is there even to think about?'

my life on the

I already probably offended the entire

another

Gravis said. "I will share everything

Gravis probably had world-shaking

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

furrowed

Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be

a hand on Liam's

that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her,

was also not something

for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was

impossible to like

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

world, which

first sentence was already a

The highest world?

from an even higher

them about his life in the highest world and about

the other hit Stella and

as powerful as it

more Gravis told his story, the less believable it

person that could fight the

his story, Liam

really telling the

didn't interrupt him. No matter how unbelievable his

it was fiction, it was

was when Gravis told them about his

shown that

truly

that came Gravis' tale of

lower world, even Liam felt bad

close to anyone while being surrounded by good

It was depressing.

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

to kill Stella by

It made no sense.

death, they felt even worse

to oneself was one of the most

guilt alone

next surprising part was Wendy's death at Gravis'

own will

He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly how something like that could affect

all, they had lived for

knew that there was a 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

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

when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to

was something like

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws, and they knew how a Spirit

Spirits to Energy was that

Lightning would fill Gravis' mind with a

Someone couldn't survive that.

could do that, and they were Peak

know how to

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws and

first time

something like that," she said with furrowed

said. By now, he also knew far more about the world than back then, and he also realized that something like

prove

"How?" Liam asked.