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.

Mortis?" Joyce asked the group with narrowed

mom," Gravis answered

threw Gravis a short glance, which no one was able to

Gravis and Arc. After

inside of her, the most prominent of which was

accepted that she wouldn't be with him. She didn't want to be with him regardless, but that didn't stop

was a

opinion of Gravis, but that

really important what Joyce thought of him

one of

Gravis wasn't sure

had changed

her with

didn't leave, but she also didn't sit

one of the walls and

you don't care when you obviously do? I mean, I can see it in the configuration of your Laws, but why have that configuration in the first

talking about

The group from the

Why?

them, and they were all rather outstanding in their own right. Additionally,

which was why there were no

had to find jobs for everyone, and the first job

beings immediately came

Manuel and Styr.

two of them talked with each other, trying to create the perfect plan. None of the two tried to push their ability to

was decided that Manuel would be the Sect

Why?

with humans was

love, making them easier to manage, but humans were different. A lot of humans acted contradictory to their own personalities, which seemingly

managing beasts, but Styr would have

why Manuel became the Sect

decided that the position of

he had built the River Tribe, and Styr

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

not directly join the hierarchy of the Sect but would be outside of

and he

the two positions

they wanted to talk about it, but they actually didn't

wanted

was definitely not suited for that

Skye hated responsibility.

hotblooded youngster,

suitable for

position. However, she said that she

had the ability and mindset for that position, but she also didn't want to. She wanted more private

was

Silence.