Lightning Is the Only Way

When Gravis heard Aris speak, he felt like he was meeting someone completely new.

Aris had always had inner conflicts. Some parts of human psychology and beast psychology battled in his mind. One side told him that he should get into contact with others more and join a group, while another part of himself told him that he didn't need all that. He only needed power.

Gravis knew of all these inner conflicts, but when he saw Aris again, he felt that the conflicts had been resolved.

The Opposer had told Aris that he should go into a world where the tempering was organization-based, not species-based. In that world, humans and beasts joined the same powers, and they lived in relative harmony with each other. The enemies were not the ones that didn't look like them, but the ones belonging to other powers.

Apparently, living in such a world for such a long time had done a lot to shape Aris' personality.

Well, that and time. After all, Aris had spent nearly 200,000 years in that world.

"Aris," Gravis said with a smile on his face as he came closer. Then, Gravis looked Aris up and down. "Honestly, when I just saw you, I thought that I saw another version of myself. You really resemble me."

Aris smiled slightly.

Pack!

Gravis' eyes widened as Aris pulled him into a hug.

"I missed you, father," Aris said.

Gravis was taken aback as he heard Aris' words.

Without noticing it, Gravis' feelings were going wild.

Gravis had always told himself that his children were beasts and that it was normal for them to not want to spend any time with him. He knew that, and that was why he always gave them their free space.

However, this didn't mean that Gravis didn't wish for a deep connection with his son.

After all, Aris was his son!

Even if they hadn't met for a long time, Aris was still one of the most important beings in his life.

the hug and embraced his

time that Aris had hugged him of

being such a burden

pushed Aris away. "As your father, it was

looked

I didn't know that you were an honest person, I would have doubted these words," Aris said with a smile. "When I joined my Sect, I saw how hard it was for human parents to let go of their children. I also

so many parents break down when their children left for a fight, and whenever I saw that, I

having to fight off other beasts. It was hard to see you guys leave for the Tribes to

alive, and we wouldn't see each other for a

Aris' shoulders. "But here

now realize how much of a burden I must have

say that," Gravis repeated. "You've never

just saying that," Aris said with a more serious voice. "Even now, I am riding on your

saw

a couple of times," Aris said. "For Heaven, I count as a beast, and I shouldn't have any Karmic Luck. Yet, if

alive is precisely because I am your son. Even

to stay important to Heaven so that

and an awkward smile

said awkwardly. "I didn't really work that

remembered the tens of thousands of years he

Working hard?

Eeehhhh.

yourself to the bone at all times, and you need your breaks. I understand that. But I don't

world. Even with the inclusion of all the natural worlds, only one beast arrives for every two humans. Humans don't have worlds where only humans are, but beasts have worlds where only beasts are. If there

that tips the scales when an outcome is uncertain. When two parties have the same power, it's all down to luck, and the party with less luck

a sense, it hurts my pride, but I also

on you time and time again, forcing you to prove your power to us. You

humans, and the fact that you were willing to help us

reach the Nascent Nourishing Realm, and we would get the gift of life. Our mother abandoned us, and

saw you as a more powerful beast of our race.

never stopped loving us. You helped us time and time again, even

would have simply cut contact. After all, you