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

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

risk for a chance to be

willing to put his life on the line

even to think about?'

already put my life on the

probably

took another

"I will share

relaxed. She knew that someone like Gravis probably

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

furrowed

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

put a hand

for her, he was willing to

also not

for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but

impossible to like

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

highest world, which is

first sentence was already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

an even

about his life in the highest world and about his

other hit Stella and

background was as

more Gravis told his story, the less believable

that could fight the

Gravis told his story,

Gravis really

interrupt him. No matter how unbelievable his story was, they

if it was fiction, it was still

doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told

hadn't shown

he truly have

Gravis' tale of

listening to Gravis' experiences in the lower world,

being able to get close to anyone while

It was depressing.

After all, wasn't he

did he intend to kill Stella by being

It made no sense.

Gorn's death, they felt even worse for

the only person close to oneself was one of the most horrible things one could go

guilt alone

was Wendy's

going against his own will and emotions.

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

they had lived

would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too

story became colder and colder. He became cold, bitter,

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

something like that even

It made no sense!

Laws,

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

fill Gravis' mind with a

Someone couldn't survive that.

do that, and they

how to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws and principles of the

the first time Stella interrupted

believe something like that," she said with furrowed

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

can prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.