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."

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

a deep

Gravis," Siral

deaths imaginable. You went

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

that Siral was alive, but he still wasn't

careless, and it had nearly cost

Life Ring and

back!" Ferris shouted with excitement. "I thought you

at Ferris with

was saved by Gravis and

in shock. "That's super bad! Everyone's so powerful now! Are you also more

Siral grimaced.

guy, but his simple mind

that Ferris didn't mean these comments

Siral said.

sucks," Ferris said. "But you're

Siral only laughed bitterly.

I see

answered with several nods. "Your attacks are super

Siral sighed.

powerful, but I can only

"Why?" Ferris asked.

opponent notices my presence, I

"Why?" Ferris asked again.

not good at direct confrontations. I'm good at attacking and good at fleeing. Sadly, I'm not good at everything else," Siral

remained silent for a

Ferris said. "Isn't fleeing

if my opponent

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

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 doing

me of Dorian,"

"Dorian?" Siral asked.

Dorian. The guy

Siral said with a bit of annoyance. "I want to know why I remind you

"I once followed Dorian as insurance since we had a

making a joke. After all, Dorian knows only a single level six Law, well, two now, but he only knew one back then. How is he supposed

super weird. Dorian attacked the guy but failed. Then, Dorian scrambled around,

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

him when

why your words reminded me of him. You said you can only flee and

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

felt like Ferris wasn't able to

second, Siral thought about what Ferris had

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

seemingly did

actually hadn't noticed that, but Ferris is right. Dorian is basically a

while, Siral only thought about what Ferris and Gravis had