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

my mom," Gravis answered

glance, which no

one except for Gravis and Arc.

had a lot of complex emotions inside of

him. She didn't

a

a great opinion of

wasn't really important what Joyce thought of him since it had

one of

Gravis wasn't sure

changed a

now, Gravis simply treated her with politeness,

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

she leaned on one of the walls and acted like she wasn't

when you obviously do? I mean, I can see

the group started talking about what they would

forces. The group from the middle world and

Why?

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

which was why there were no two-faced people

all, they had to find jobs for everyone, and the first

beings immediately

Manuel and Styr.

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

it was decided that Manuel would be the

Why?

dealing with humans was

like love, making them easier to manage,

beasts, but Styr

Manuel

decided that the position of Oracle sounded

with that position when he had built the

but he would probably mainly deal with beasts. After

the hierarchy of

order him, and he also couldn't order

that, everyone talked about the two positions of

to talk about it, but they actually didn't

wanted that

not suited for

Skye hated responsibility.

hotblooded youngster, traveling the world and

not suitable for the

she said that she could take the position if absolutely

position, but she also didn't want to.

that was

Silence.