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."

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.

took a deep

Gravis,"

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

you will allow me to undergo Samsara again

Gravis answered. He was happy that Siral was alive,

careless, and it had nearly cost him

them left Gravis' Life Ring

back!" Ferris shouted with excitement.

at Ferris with

I actually died. Luckily, I was saved

shock. "That's super bad! Everyone's so powerful

Siral grimaced.

nice guy, but his simple mind made

knew that Ferris didn't

undergoing Samsara," Siral

sucks," Ferris said. "But

Siral only laughed bitterly.

I see it?" he

several nods. "Your attacks are

Siral sighed.

my attacks might be very powerful, but I can only launch

"Why?" Ferris asked.

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

"Why?" Ferris asked again.

good at attacking and good at fleeing. Sadly, I'm

silent

get it," Ferris said.

it's still difficult if my opponent can see through

his head. "If my opponent sees through my

his temples in annoyance. "Yeah, but it's still very different from how you fight. I'm missing a way of coming close to

how Gravis did that a lot, and he liked

of

"Dorian?" Siral asked.

you know, Dorian. The guy in

is," Siral said with a bit of annoyance. "I want to

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

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

super weird," Ferris said with a solemn nod. "Like, super, super weird. Dorian attacked the guy but failed. Then,

many ways to get away from the guy and

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

killed him when

words reminded me of him. You said you can only flee and attack. In that fight, Dorian also only fled

he managed to win against someone that

wasn't able

a second, Siral thought about what Ferris

that Dorian's fighting style was actually very similar to his own but

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

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

a while, Siral only thought about what