Lightning Is the Only Way

As Siral woke up, Gravis could see confusion in his eyes.

As far as Siral knew, he was just about to undergo Samsara. But now, he was lying on the ground.

"Did something happen?" Siral asked as he stood up in confusion.

Gravis sighed.

"Samsara killed you," Gravis answered.

Siral's mind stopped.

Killed him?

He had died?

"But then, how am I here?" he asked in shock.

"Arc deleted all the new memories and restored your old ones. Then, I recreated your personality based on your Law fragments before you underwent Samsara. You are still in the same body with the same Spirit and same mind. We simply repaired you, in a sense," Gravis answered.

Siral still tried to come to terms with the fact that he had died.

"Why did I die?" Siral asked.

"I'm not sure," Gravis said. "I can't watch someone's soul while undergoing Samsara. Arc didn't tell me. I can only make an educated guess, which is that it probably has something to do with your chosen path to power. However, I can't be sure."

Siral didn't speak for a while.

He simply tried to come to terms with everything he was hearing.

"So, I was the only one of the group that died," Siral answered with a lost voice.

"Sadly, yes," Gravis said. "However, you can't put it like that. Everyone in the group has a very powerful and stable personality. Samsara is very destructive, and surviving it isn't easy. Nearly everyone struggled while overcoming it, and they had all been changed."

Siral could understand Gravis' words, but that didn't help him much.

He was still the only one that died to Samsara.

This made him feel inferior to the others.

"Also," Gravis added, "don't forget that you are actually not the only one."

"What do you mean?" Siral asked.

"Joyce," Gravis answered. "Joyce would have died just like you. However, in comparison to her, you actually had a chance of overcoming Samsara. If she undergoes Samsara, her death is basically a certainty."

Siral thought about Joyce.

Joyce had a powerful Battle-Strength, but even she would have died to Samsara.

This thought made it easier for Siral to accept his current situation.

"I can help you undergo Samsara again, but not now," Gravis said. "If you want to survive, you need to think about your life and think about the things you regret. Additionally, I would advise you to wait for at least 200,000 years. Your perception of time needs to be expanded. Otherwise, you will simply die again."

undergo Samsara, you will truly die. This was a one-time thing, and your life is in your hands. I will let you undergo Samsara whenever you want. I won't warn you if I think that you will die again. It's your life. So, only ask for Samsara when you are certain you

took a

you, Gravis,"

of the cruelest deaths imaginable. You went through thousands of

you will allow me to undergo Samsara again in

that Siral was alive, but he

nearly cost him the life of one of his

them left Gravis' Life Ring and returned to the

back!" Ferris shouted with excitement.

at Ferris with

I was saved by

in shock. "That's super bad! Everyone's

Siral grimaced.

his simple mind

Ferris didn't mean these

Siral said. "My power

That sucks," Ferris said. "But you're still very

Siral only laughed bitterly.

can't I see

several nods. "Your attacks are super powerful. It's like super hard to resist

Siral sighed.

might be very powerful, but

"Why?" Ferris asked.

my presence,

"Why?" Ferris asked again.

good at attacking and good at fleeing. Sadly, I'm not good at everything

silent for

Ferris said. "Isn't fleeing basically

bit, yeah, but it's still difficult if my opponent

isn't that normal?" Ferris asked as he tilted his head. "If my opponent sees through my Laws, I

rubbed his temples in annoyance. "Yeah, but it's still very different from how you fight. I'm missing a

chin in thought. He saw how Gravis did that a lot,

of Dorian,"

"Dorian?" Siral asked.

The guy

said with a bit of annoyance.

really reminded me of the time I saw Dorian fight," Ferris said. "I once followed Dorian as insurance since we

Dorian knows only a single level six Law, well, two now, but

said with a solemn nod. "Like, super, super weird. Dorian attacked the

so many ways to get

stuff while provoking his opponent to follow him. I tell you, I could feel the rage of the guy, and it was like, super

him when

you can only flee and attack. In that fight, Dorian also only

Dorian does the same stuff you do, and he managed to win against someone that knew three level six Laws. That's not weak!

Ferris wasn't able to understand Siral's

second, Siral thought about what

Siral realized that Dorian's fighting style was actually very similar to

hand, but Dorian seemingly did the same thing but with a

but Ferris is right. Dorian is basically

a while, Siral only thought about what Ferris