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 he

looked at Stella during this time,

Gravis willing to take such a risk for a chance to be with

his life on

even to think about?' Gravis

put my life on

I already probably offended the

another

"I will

Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his

to share these secrets also with Liam showed how important

only furrowed

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

a hand on Liam's

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

also not something

felt happy. She also

was impossible to

and Liam

Gravis nodded.

was born in the highest world,

first sentence was already a

The highest world?

was from an even

told them about his life in the highest world

shock after the other hit

background was as powerful as

his story, the less believable

fight

Gravis told his story,

Gravis really

matter how unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear the

if it was fiction, it was still interesting to

was when Gravis told them about his Elemental

hadn't shown that

truly have

Gravis' tale of

in the lower world, even Liam felt bad for

able to get close to anyone while being surrounded by good

It was depressing.

made Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After all,

kill Stella by being close to

It made no sense.

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

the only person close to oneself was one of the

the guilt alone might kill

part was Wendy's death at Gravis'

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

intense conflict that obviously left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew

had lived for over 100,000

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

the story became colder and colder. He became cold,

Gravis told them that his

was something like that

It made no sense!

ton of Laws, and they knew how

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

fill Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

that, and they

know how to

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws and principles of the

first time Stella interrupted

believe something like that,"

now, he also knew far more about the world than back then, and he also realized that something like this should be absolutely

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.