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

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

take such a risk for a

willing to put his life on the

even to think about?' Gravis thought

already put my life on the

probably offended the

another

will share

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

secrets also with Liam showed

only furrowed his

"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

put a hand on

disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he

not

were making sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was basically no other

was impossible to

Liam

Gravis nodded.

was born in the highest world, which is the

first sentence was already a shock

The highest world?

was from an

about his life in the highest world and

shock after the other hit

background was as

more Gravis told his story, the less

person that could fight

Gravis told his story, Liam and Stella

Gravis really

unbelievable his story was, they wanted to

if it was fiction, it was still interesting to hear

made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told

hadn't shown

truly have

tale of the

in the lower world,

to anyone while being surrounded by

It was depressing.

After all, wasn't he intending to come

did he intend to kill Stella

It made no sense.

Gorn's death, they felt

person close to oneself was one of

alone might kill

was Wendy's death

against his own will and emotions. He didn't

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

lived

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

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

told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning instead of

like that even

It made no sense!

of Laws, and they knew how a

Spirits to Energy was that Energy was basically devoid of

Lightning would fill Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

could do that, and they were Peak Immortal

know how to

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws and principles of the

the first time

we can't believe something like that," she said

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

prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.