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 as

this time, but

a risk for a chance to

willing to put his life

to think about?'

put my life on the

I already probably offended

took another

will share everything with

expression relaxed. She knew that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his Battle-Strength wouldn't be

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

only furrowed his

I want my sister to be happy. I might

put a hand on

Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was willing

was also not something easy to

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

impossible to

Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

highest world, which is the world above this

a shock to Stella

The highest world?

from an even higher

them about his life in the highest world and about his

shock after the other hit Stella

as powerful as

his story, the

person that could fight the most powerful

told his story, Liam and Stella

Gravis really telling the

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

fiction, it was still interesting to hear

made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them

hadn't shown that

he truly have this

came Gravis' tale

listening to Gravis' experiences in the lower

get close to

It was depressing.

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

kill Stella by being

It made no sense.

told them about Gorn's death, they felt even worse

killing the only 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

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

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

they had lived for over 100,000

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 couldn't get

in the story became

when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning

something like that even

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws, and they knew how a

adapt their Spirits to Energy was that Energy was basically devoid of

would fill Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

do that, and they

how to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws and

first time Stella interrupted

believe something like that," she

than back then, and he also

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.