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."

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

a deep

you, Gravis,"

said. "You underwent one of the cruelest deaths imaginable. You went through thousands of years

you will allow me

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

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

them left Gravis' Life Ring and returned to

you're back!" Ferris shouted

looked at Ferris with

was saved by Gravis and

"That's super bad! Everyone's so powerful now! Are you

Siral grimaced.

but his simple mind made him blurt out things without

that Ferris didn't mean these comments as

Siral

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

Siral only laughed bitterly.

can't I

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

Siral sighed.

but I

"Why?" Ferris asked.

my opponent notices my presence,

"Why?" Ferris asked again.

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

remained silent for a

get it," Ferris said. "Isn't fleeing basically

if my opponent can

normal?" Ferris asked as he tilted his head. "If

still very different from how you fight. I'm missing a way of coming close to my enemy and making my attacks hit when

how Gravis did that

me of

"Dorian?" Siral asked.

you know, Dorian. The guy

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

Ferris said. "I once followed Dorian as

Dorian said that he could take care of him alone. I thought Dorian was only 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," Ferris said with a solemn nod. "Like, super, super weird. Dorian attacked the guy but failed. Then, Dorian scrambled around, dodging in

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

doing weird and funny stuff while provoking his opponent to follow him.

him when

of him. You said you can only flee and

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

felt like Ferris wasn't able to understand

for a second, Siral thought about

fighting style was actually very similar to his

seemingly did the same thing but with a way to

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

thought about what