Lightning Is the Only Way

Now, it was Gravis' time to tell his story, and he started by telling everyone how he had started cultivating. He started this early because he had kept a lot of his life a secret from them.

Why?

Multiple reasons.

First of all, if his friends from the lower world heard that there were actually three levels of worlds above them, they might have become demotivated by the gigantic mountain they had to climb. Just hearing that Unity Realm Cultivators, legendary existences in the lower world, weren't even allowed to enter Gravis' home city, they would feel like trash.

Something similar was true for the beasts of the middle world. After all, if they heard that Immortals, people that could teleport, could only be beggars in the city, they might also get demotivated.

Another reason why Gravis kept a lot of his life secret was that he didn't want the beasts to feel horrible. After all, Orthar only cared about humans, not beasts.

Now, that dynamic had changed. Orthar gave every beast a Spirit when they became a Star God, effectively raising them to the same level as humans.

Gravis started telling them this story without keeping anything secret, except for the stuff that Orthar didn't allow him to say. Yet, Gravis quickly stopped his narration as he arrived at the spot where Orpheus had appeared.

"Right, father," Gravis said, looking at his father. "Where is Orpheus?"

The Opposer looked at Gravis with an unreadable expression.

No one was able to see the subtle emotional fluctuations in the Opposer's eyes, but Gravis had known him for long enough.

He noticed that his father was unsure how he should feel right now.

"Gravis, something happened," the Opposer said with a heavy voice.

Gravis felt like his heart had stopped.

Something happened?

Was his big brother dead?

"What happened?" Gravis asked.

"When you left for the higher world, Orpheus only had 20,000 years left before his next tribulation would take place, and his Battle-Strength wasn't strong enough to get through that tribulation," the Opposer said.

Gravis took a deep breath.

More than 20,000 years had passed since then.

"Orpheus wasn't exactly honest with you," the Opposer started.

"Let me tell him," a new voice said.

SHING!

A black-haired, middle-aged man appeared in the Opposer's room. Stars seemingly shone inside his eyes as his gaze told of incredible knowledge and experience.

It was Orpheus!

Gravis released a huge sigh of relief.

Orpheus was still alive!

had been afraid

him, and I will be the one that

The Opposer nodded.

at Gravis and

waited for Orpheus to explain

you remember how I have told you

Gravis nodded.

but things that have really

passed away a long time ago,"

felt pain inside his

truly shone with happiness whenever he told Gravis about things that his

I met

and mother left, but that was it. Sadly, that wasn't enough to motivate me

you here. The reason why I even met you back then was because I didn't care about my life anymore. Having one

"I just didn't care."

released a

about you since I just expected you to die in the lower world. I just wanted to meet you and relive a part of my youth through you. That was also why I didn't see you off when you left. I simply

Gravis felt hurt.

had met Orpheus for the first time, he had felt

back then. He hadn't been able to

Orpheus didn't care very

about him hurt

your Spirit to lightning. On top of that, you managed

Gravis nodded.

natural for

difficult was it to

fact, it

Why?

a level three Law, the Law of Punishment

they were in the

to evade the speed of Punishment

lower

Gravis managed to accomplish this feat

a perfect counter

simply end," Orpheus said. "I realized that you were here to stay and that it was very likely that I would die before

Because I knew that I wouldn't feel the pain of loss again since I would be the first one that

too ashamed to tell you the truth about my life. When we spoke again, I was shocked that you remembered so many details about my family. This showed me how much you value me, making

returned from the

truth. You comprehended a Law that allowed you to easily sever emotional connections. I feared that the feeling of betrayal would

Law by telling them the name. After all, it was easier to comprehend the Law of Freedom when one didn't know about its

to run away from this pain," Orpheus said with

had no idea how he should

The lies definitely stung.

had essentially

his father held

the Opposer care about Orpheus' lies

No.