Lightning Is the Only Way

Jake was unsure what Gravis was planning, but Gravis just wouldn't say what he was planning. Gravis only said that it would be fun.

After that event, the group went shopping for a while, and Gravis bought a ton of stuff for Yersi and Stella. He also asked Aris what he wanted, but Aris adamantly refused. In Aris' mind, Gravis had already done more than enough for him. It was time for him to pay Gravis back.

This was one thing where Aris and Gravis just couldn't agree on. Gravis wanted to help Aris, but Aris wanted to help Gravis.

It was kind of sweet but also annoying.

"How is Cera?" Gravis asked after a while.

The atmosphere immediately turned strange.

"Dad, you know that Cera is more beast than human," Aris said.

Gravis nodded.

"Cera has been amongst beasts for nearly her entire life, and her inner conflicts have vanished just like mine. However, a resolution of an inner conflict might not always be the best for the surrounding people."

Gravis had already expected something like that, which was why he hadn't immediately asked about her.

"Cera is not interested in us," Aris said.

Gravis took a shaky breath. He had expected something like this, but it was still difficult to hear.

"How is she?" Gravis asked.

"She seems to be doing well," Aris answered. "She embraced being a beast, and there are no inner conflicts left. She believes that something like love or familial bonds don't exist, which is true in her case. After all, she doesn't have the ability to feel the associated emotions."

"Because of that, it doesn't matter whether we are family or not. She only sees us as some companions that haven't met for a long time."

but after the tournament, she left in shame. She came in last in the tournament, and she felt too ashamed to join a group where every single being was more powerful than

since she doesn't have any other companions in the highest world, but she will only do so when her strength is no longer in the bottom of

Sadly, it just had to be Cera. If Styr or Manuel had come in last, they wouldn't have minded much, but it had

already technically come in last since he was hiding his power and since Ferris never unleashed his full power. However, even

come Cera came in last?" Gravis asked. "She is a Black Demon, and she should have been quite

issue. Cera relied on being a Black Demon to ascend. She comprehended Divine Lightning as her level six Law, and she immediately ascended after comprehending it. In fact, Cera was the first of everyone that ascended. From what

nodded. Now, everything

the beast mindset. Gravis still remembered how difficult it had been for the three of them to stop raising their

informed the three of them that they should spend more time in their Realm to comprehend more Laws to increase their Battle-Strength. Back

advice. Aris had had some issues, but they

beast,

beast spent more time to increase their

back then. The reason why they were more powerful than Cera was that they had all waited for each other. They waited until every one of the group became able

of the group. However, he knew several other Laws due to his surroundings and resources. After all, he had been the leader of a powerful Tribe, which meant that he had consumed many

had been

alone,

Why?

of her

someone had an inner conflict about something, as soon as they made their decision, they often resented the other side since

Cera had discarded her humanity, she started to resent the aspects of humanity that separated it from beasts.

had fought everything and everyone on her own. She probably became the target of several Tribes, forcing her to increase her Realm to

why Cera had become a Peak Immortal

also only because she was a Black Demon. If she were no Black Demon, her Battle-Strength would be very average, maybe even a

a beast, and beasts were supposed to be weaker

the Star God Realm and received their Spirit. Before that, they would

remembered how the Black Magnate had resurrected his mate and had killed her to

Black Magnate hadn't held deep feelings for his mate, he wouldn't have used her as proof. After all, to make the demonstration as effective as possible, he would have summoned the thing that had been the most important thing in

his mate,

is she?"