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 group with narrowed

my mom," Gravis answered

Gravis a short glance, which

one except for Gravis and Arc.

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

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

was a nonsensical

great opinion of Gravis,

thought of him

Joyce one of Gravis'

wasn't

changed

now, Gravis simply treated her with politeness, like

but

leaned on one of the walls and acted like she

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

a while, the group started talking about

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

Why?

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

hated two-faced people, which was why there were no two-faced people in

all, they had to find jobs for everyone, and the first job they all talked about was the

immediately came

Manuel and Styr.

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

decided that Manuel would be the Sect

Why?

humans was harder than dealing

making them easier to manage, but humans were different. A lot of humans acted contradictory to their

have issues with managing beasts, but Styr would have issues

Manuel became the Sect

of Oracle sounded fitting

that position when he had built the River Tribe, and Styr felt like

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

directly join the hierarchy of the Sect but would be outside

order him, and he also couldn't

talked about the

talk about it,

wanted

not

Skye hated responsibility.

wanted to feel like a hotblooded youngster, traveling the world and making

suitable for the

However, she said that she could take the position if absolutely no

mindset for that position, but she also

that was

Silence.