Lightning Is the Only Way

"Dorian even managed to hit you, Gravis. I guess my loss to him is not unjustified," a beautiful woman with azure-colored hair said as she stepped forward.

"Hey, Azure," Gravis said. "Glad you're still alive. How have you been?"

Azure smiled slightly as she gestured to the old man with white hair to her said. "Styr and I have been quite well. We also became quite powerful, but we both couldn't beat Dorian, which was surprising. We had both been sure that we were more powerful than him, but, somehow, he still won."

Styr also nodded. "His techniques are varied, bizarre, and incomprehensible," Styr said with praise. "He is impressive."

"Did you guys all fight each other before I came here?" Gravis asked with a lifted eyebrow.

Azure and Styr nodded. "We met each other when we waited for you, and we all got talking since we know you. In the end, after seeing that we are all on the same level, we decided to fight each other to compare our power."

"Oh? How many joined the fight?" Gravis asked.

"Twelve."

"So many?" Gravis asked in shock.

Azure nodded. "You built up quite a circle of connections in your life, Gravis," Azure said.

"Who won?" Gravis asked, looking at the group.

Silence.

"You know who won," Azure said with a frown.

Gravis thought about this for a bit.

"Was Stella part of the fight?" he asked.

Azure nodded.

"Okay, that explains it," Gravis said with an uncomfortable smile. "Where is she?" he asked, not seeing her in the gathered group.

"She wants to give you some time to meet your old friends first. She is currently spending most of her time with your three children," Azure said.

Gravis rubbed the back with discomfort. "You mean our children," he said.

"I don't really care. You should know that, Gravis," Azure said evenly.

Gravis had to sigh again as he got to know Azure again.

It still felt weird to Gravis that Azure didn't care about her children.

However, Gravis' three kids also must have had quite a lot of children since they managed to become Nascent Nourishing Beasts in the middle world. Yet, they had never even talked about them.

The familial ties of beasts still felt alien to Gravis.

"I guess they are all somewhere else right now," Gravis said.

Azure nodded. "They all know that you would want to spend the most time with them, which is why they're waiting somewhere else."

Gravis nodded with a weak smile.

was probably Stella's

had made the right decision when choosing

powerful, Gravis," Arc said

meant that he also knew

have," Gravis said

I should

groaned. "Arc, this is not

he saw Gravis' uncomfortable expression. "Yes, it

he looked at the people that haven't said

and Styr had already spoken to him, leaving three

to the

hair and a terrifyingly stunning body. She looked like a

you here. We've only met one time," Gravis said. "However, I'm happy that you didn't forget me after such a long

looked with bedroom eyes at Gravis as she looked him up and down. "Don't talk too much to me, or your woman

again as he saw her true body with his

a humongous,

was Sary, the Life

middle world and also the one that had taught Azure about having children to learn more about the Laws of

and she had also hit

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

will probably remain in the higher world for another 1.8 million years, their time. I can't live that

in the higher world. However, the total power of Narcissus and Meadow still

unkillable in

in the most powerful

was a huge difference between

to keep in mind that Narcissus was far

"Let me first go to the last

went over to a young man with green

looked at him with

you were

a bit. "The ways of the world

mysterious with age

This was Manuel.

unveiled Byron's deception. After that, they had become friends and had even

world, his father had

Obviously, things have changed.

managed to push Manuel

friends as

happened to your family?"

change, but Gravis could see

died of

and nodded. "As tragic as it is, it

had feared that Orthar might have killed off

have

he was not really interested in cultivating and simply stopped.

himself. The fight was even, but his

for Lazar," Dorian

nodded with

everyone made it to the

that Nero