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.

asked the group with

mom," Gravis answered

threw Gravis a short glance, which no one was

Arc. After all,

of complex emotions inside of her, the

against Gravis when she had accepted that she wouldn't be with him. She didn't want to be with him regardless, but

was a

great opinion of Gravis,

really important what Joyce thought of him

Joyce one of

Gravis wasn't sure

changed

Gravis simply treated her with politeness, like

but she also didn't

on one of the

found that image humorous. 'Why do you have to act like you don't care when you obviously do? I mean, I can see it in the configuration of your

a while, the group started talking about what they would do

from the middle

Why?

they all had something that connected them, 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

there were

everyone, and the first job they all talked about was

beings immediately came to

Manuel and Styr.

of the

decided that Manuel would be

Why?

with humans was harder

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

beasts, but Styr would have issues with managing

why Manuel

that the position of Oracle sounded fitting for

he had built the River Tribe, and Styr felt like it suited

all the disciples in the Sect could ask, but he would probably mainly deal with

directly join the hierarchy of the Sect but would be outside

him, and he

about the two positions of

wanted to talk about it, but they actually

one wanted

definitely not suited for

Skye hated responsibility.

feel like a hotblooded youngster, traveling the world

not suitable for the

prime candidate, but she really didn't want the position. However, she said that she could take the position

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

was everyone

Silence.