Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis informed Stella of his new plans the same day.

Stella supported Gravis, but it was still hard for her. After all, two terrifyingly dangerous situations would hit Gravis back to back. First, the Gate of Death, and then, his fight with Arc.

However, it wasn't only Stella that got surprised today.

Gravis also got a big surprise.

"Then, I'm going to ascend," Stella said.

Gravis was taken aback. "What? Already?"

Stella nodded with a sigh. "I would love to continue being with you, but I know that you will always have regrets if you lose your opportunity to become powerful because of me."

Gravis' heart stopped. "That sounds like a breakup," he said.

"No. No!" Stella shouted, quickly waving her hands. "I'm not breaking up with you! I would never want to break up with you! Don't even joke about that!"

Gravis released a sigh of relief when he heard her.

"Then, what exactly do you mean?" he asked.

"Well, in our time together, I was the one that got all the advantages," Stella said. "Since you have comprehended the level seven Law of Emotions, you have been able to help me comprehend several level six Laws. Yet, what did you get in return? Nothing. You already know all the Laws I know, and even if I comprehended a new level six Law, I wouldn't be able to help you comprehend it since my Law of Empathy is too weak."

"Don't say stuff like that," Gravis said with an uncomfortable expression. "Being with you is the only important thing to me. I don't care if you can't help me with Laws."

"I know," Stella said as she embraced Gravis. "But I still feel like I'm taking advantage of you, and I don't want to feel like that."

"You're not-"

"I know," Stella interrupted him. "However, feelings don't always follow logic. You, of all people, should know that."

Gravis had to sigh again when he heard her words.

She was right, sadly.

Why did Emotions have to be so hard?

When it came to others, it was incredibly easy for Gravis to see through their personality.

Yet, when it came to himself and Stella, it was like Gravis was blind.

Gravis knew how to create specific emotions, but it also felt very weird.

like the ways to create these emotions had nothing to do with

enough, and I don't want to be the reason for any of your

reason to become more powerful as quickly as possible, right?"

Another reason is that I want to upgrade my Law of Empathy and get a head start on the level seven Laws. Like this, I can

it won't be that long for me due to

"Yes. For you, it should be 10,000 to 20,000 years maximum, probably

okay with this?" Stella asked, looking into

into Stella's eyes and embraced her

help me to

for understanding," Stella

thank you for understanding," Gravis answered. "I think you

only silently

and Gravis only sat together, simply

informed Liam, and Liam had said

one had to remember that Liam was a terrifying genius in

How terrifying?

comprehended two level six

all, Laws of Perceived Reality and Emotional Laws couldn't be transmitted with the Law of Empathy. Because of that, Gravis had only been able to give

Masters, and finding a Sect Master for a fight to the

that, Stella and Liam both

time to

had wanted to leave even earlier but had stayed because of

them counted as geniuses, even in the most powerful

than ready

to drag on for years, but it also seemingly passed in the

day to last

and eventually,

three of them had traveled to the place where they had initially met, one

Stella and where their teacher had saved Stella's

this was the perfect location to

the

Liam had already become Peak

arrived, the memories came back

at the mountain below them. "When I fought you, I had believed that you were

then. On top of that, my teacher had told me that you had a

your burning skull had severely shaken my will. Your determination to kill me

an old couple. I would

was so confused and conflicted. It felt like someone else had decided that we would be together, and I

"Yet, the more we talked over those seven years, the more I forgot these doubts. So what if it was decided by something more powerful? As long as I'm happy with it, and as long as I

forward and kissed Gravis

later,