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.

waited for some seconds as he

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

to take such a risk

put his life on the line for

there even to think about?' Gravis

put my life on the

already probably

took another

will share everything with

She knew that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his Battle-Strength

these secrets also with

only furrowed his

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

hand on

for her, he was willing to work together

not something

Stella, and she felt happy. She also

was impossible to

and Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

in the highest world, which is

already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

an

about his life in the highest world and about his

other hit

background was as powerful as

his story, the less believable it

fight the most

told his story, Liam

really telling

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

it was fiction, it was still interesting to

made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them about his Elemental

hadn't shown

he truly have this

that came Gravis' tale

experiences in the lower world, even

get close to anyone while

It was depressing.

even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he intending to come close

to kill Stella

It made no sense.

death,

to oneself was one of the

alone might kill

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, but he had

an intense conflict that obviously left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by

all, they had lived

chance that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount

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

when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been

was something like

It made no sense!

of Laws, and they

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

mind with a different temperament

Someone couldn't survive that.

they could do that, and they were Peak

to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

very Laws and principles of the

was the first time

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

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

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.