Lightning Is the Only Way

"Well," Skye said from the side with a frown. "Originally, we intended to create a Sect with you, but it seems like that's no longer possible."

Skye pouted like a little girl, and Gravis had to sigh.

"I know, sorry," Gravis said. "I also looked forward to meeting all of you again. I also wanted to go on adventures with you again and relive our past, but I don't think that's possible anymore."

Gravis looked at his friends with a bitter smile as he remembered how he had ridden on Skye's back in the lower world.

That had been a long time ago.

"Things have changed too much. I can go with you to some places, but it won't be the same. The things that are dangerous for you guys are not dangerous to me, and the things that are dangerous to me will directly kill you."

Gravis took a deep breath and sighed.

"Things are no longer the same."

Silence.

"Great!" Ferris shouted with an excited smile, drawing odd gazes from everyone. "So, we only need to become more powerful, right? As long as we are several levels above you, we can have fun together again, right?"

Some of the people shook their heads, but Gravis actually thought about Ferris' words.

"Actually, that's not false," he commented, drawing surprised gazes from everyone. "I will probably reach the Star God Realm soon to help in the comprehension of my Laws. At that point, I will probably just comprehend Laws for a long time. When I'm done, all of you will probably be several levels above me again."

"At that point, we should be about equal in strength, right?" Gravis asked with a smile.

Several of Gravis' friends nodded with smiles.

Yeah, that was a possibility.

"When the time comes, we can search for some Secret Areas," Gravis said with a smile as he looked at Manuel. "That would be like the Heaven's Trial back then, right?"

Manuel nodded with a smile. "Yes, it would be. Actually, I hadn't thought that we would be able to go through something similar again, but the words you've just said made a lot of sense to me. I'm sure that there are some special areas in this world that groups can go to together, right?"

Manuel looked at the Opposer.

The Opposer nodded.

Manuel's smile widened. "Great," he said.

"Sorry, but I have to decline," Arc said from the side. "I'm too interested in my new freedom, and I want to see the world. I've been stuck in my world for way too long, and I want to feel my power rising again."

Gravis nodded at Arc. "No problem. You do whatever you want."

Then, the group talked about many random topics for a long time. After a while, Gravis' friends even warmed up to the Opposer.

Of course, that was mostly thanks to Gravis' mother, who kept breaking down the Opposer's image in front of everyone.

After some time, Mortis left with his mother.

The two of them wanted to get to know each other more. After all, the situation was a bit awkward between them.

Arc didn't have much to contribute, but he liked listening to everyone. He wasn't impatient in any way since he had lived far longer than any of them.

SHING!

Then, someone arrived.

Joyce asked the

with my mom," Gravis answered

short glance, which no one was able to

for Gravis and Arc. After

that Joyce had a lot of complex emotions inside of her, the most prominent of

she wouldn't be with him. She didn't want to be with him regardless,

was a

a great opinion of Gravis,

Joyce thought of him since

Joyce one of Gravis'

wasn't

changed

treated her with

Joyce didn't leave, but she

one of the walls and acted like

you have to act like you don't care when you obviously do? I mean, I can see it in the configuration

talking

of all, the two groups decided to join forces. The group from the middle world and the

Why?

were all rather outstanding in their own right. Additionally, they were all honest and direct people, which made it easier for them to

why there were no

the first job they

beings immediately came to

Manuel and Styr.

None of the two tried to push their ability to the forefront. They

decided that Manuel

Why?

humans was harder

have much emotional complexity since they were missing emotions like love, making them easier to manage, but humans were different.

have issues with managing beasts, but Styr would

was why Manuel

the position of Oracle sounded

had come up with that position when he had built the River Tribe, and Styr felt like it suited

disciples in the Sect could ask, but he would probably mainly deal with beasts. After all, beasts felt more comfortable talking to other beasts

the hierarchy of the Sect but would be

one could order him, and

talked about the two positions of Vice-Sect

it, but they actually

one wanted

was definitely not suited for

Skye hated responsibility.

hotblooded youngster, traveling the world and making enemies

not suitable

but she really didn't want the position. However, she said

that position, but she also

was everyone

Silence.