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.

hug and embraced his

the first time that Aris had hugged him

a burden back then,"

Gravis answered as he gently pushed Aris away. "As your father, it was my duty to help you on your

Aris looked into

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

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

to fight off other beasts. It was hard to see you guys leave for the Tribes to temper yourselves, but the hardest part was watching you

not high for you to return alive, and

put his arms on Aris' shoulders. "But here you are! You've

now realize how much of a burden I must have

repeated. "You've

more serious voice.

he saw that Aris

of times," Aris said. "For Heaven, I count as a beast, and

alive is precisely because I am your son. Even when you were not

really hard to stay important to Heaven so that we don't

an awkward

about that," Gravis said awkwardly. "I didn't really work

tens of thousands of years he had spent

Working hard?

Eeehhhh.

Aris said with a reassuring smile as he put his hand on Gravis' shoulder. "You're human, just like half of all beings. You can't work yourself to the bone at all times, and you need your breaks. I understand that. But I don't want you to undervalue yourself. Without you,

the natural worlds, only one beast arrives for every two humans. Humans don't have worlds where only humans are, but beasts have

when an outcome is uncertain. When two parties

there. In a sense, it hurts my pride, but I also know that luck shouldn't be

we all looked down on you time and time again, forcing you to prove your power to us. You could have just abandoned us

fact that you were willing to help us so much is not something

gift of life. Our

human mindsets. We didn't feel any love for you, and we only saw you as

all of these things, but you still never stopped loving us. You helped us time and time again, even though we were neutral towards you, at

all, you