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."

life is in your hands. I will let you undergo Samsara whenever you want. I won't warn you if I think

a deep

you, Gravis,"

me for," Gravis said. "You underwent one of the cruelest deaths imaginable. You went through thousands of years of torture that pushed you to

fact that you will allow me to undergo Samsara again in the future. This opportunity is

problem," Gravis answered. He was happy that Siral was alive, but he still wasn't

and it had nearly cost him

of them left Gravis' Life Ring and returned to the outside

Ferris shouted with excitement. "I

at Ferris with a bitter

died. Luckily, I was saved by Gravis

You died!?" Ferris asked in shock. "That's super bad! Everyone's so powerful now!

Siral grimaced.

his simple mind made him blurt out things without any

didn't mean these comments as

Samsara," Siral

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

Siral only laughed bitterly.

can't I see it?"

attacks are super powerful. It's

Siral sighed.

attacks might be very powerful, but I can

"Why?" Ferris asked.

my opponent notices my presence, I have to flee," Siral

"Why?" Ferris asked again.

not good at direct confrontations. I'm good at attacking and good at fleeing.

silent

don't get it," Ferris

bitterly. "A bit, yeah, but it's still difficult if my opponent can see through the

he tilted his head. "If my opponent sees through

how you fight. I'm missing a way of coming close to my enemy and making my

how Gravis did that a lot, and he liked doing that

remind me of Dorian," Ferris

"Dorian?" Siral asked.

know, Dorian. The guy in our

of annoyance. "I want

Dorian fight," Ferris said. "I once followed Dorian as insurance since we had a mission to take out a

Dorian was only making a joke. After all, Dorian knows only a single level six Law,

weird," Ferris said with a solemn nod. "Like, super, super weird. Dorian attacked the guy but failed. Then, Dorian scrambled around, dodging in very weird ways and

had to see it! Dorian used so many ways to get away from the guy and

took hours! Dorian kept running away and doing weird and funny stuff while provoking his opponent to follow him. I tell you, I could feel the rage of the guy, and it was like,

him when the guy became

me of him. You said you can only flee and attack. In that

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

like Ferris wasn't

for a second, Siral thought

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

he had on one hand, but Dorian seemingly did the same thing but with a way to

side. "I actually hadn't noticed that, but Ferris is right. Dorian is basically

while, Siral only thought about what Ferris and