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

took a

Gravis,"

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

"but I'm talking more about the fact that you will allow me to undergo

Siral was alive, but he still wasn't in the mood to smile

been careless, and it had nearly cost him the life of one of his

Gravis' Life Ring

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

at Ferris with a bitter

was

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

Siral grimaced.

was a nice guy, but his simple mind made him blurt out

didn't mean these comments

Siral said. "My

Ferris said. "But

Siral only laughed bitterly.

I see it?"

answered with several nods. "Your attacks are super powerful. It's

Siral sighed.

very powerful, but I can only launch one at

"Why?" Ferris asked.

opponent notices my presence, I have

"Why?" Ferris asked again.

direct confrontations. I'm good at attacking and good at

remained silent for a

don't get it," Ferris

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

as he tilted his head. "If my opponent sees

how you fight. I'm missing

Gravis did that a lot,

me of Dorian,"

"Dorian?" Siral asked.

you know, Dorian. The guy

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

saw Dorian fight," Ferris said. "I once followed Dorian as insurance since

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

attacked the guy but failed. Then, Dorian scrambled around, dodging in very

used so many ways to get away from the guy and then

to follow him. I tell you, I could feel

when the guy became

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

can you say that you are not powerful? 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 understand Siral's

a second, Siral thought about what Ferris had

a bit, Siral realized that Dorian's fighting style was actually very

one hand, but Dorian seemingly did the

noticed that, but Ferris is right. Dorian is basically a more flexible

a while, Siral only thought about what Ferris