Lightning Is the Only Way

A proverbial, oppressive dark cloud hung over Gravis.

He couldn't come into contact with any of the people he liked until the problem had been resolved.

It was like Gravis was cut off from everyone again.

Luckily, this time, Gravis knew that he had a chance to fix the problem. After all, there have been cases of people being able to survive having a Sin Aura.

"Gravis," Stella said urgently. "You should ask Arc if he knows what you need to do!"

Gravis' eyes widened.

Right, he should ask Arc!

Why hadn't he thought of that earlier?

Gravis quickly got out his new communication ring and contacted Arc.

"Arc, I condensed a Sin Aura," Gravis said.

"What's that?" Arc answered.

Gravis was taken aback.

Arc didn't know what that was?

However, Gravis knew that Arc's knowledge and experience were still invaluable. Even if he didn't know what a Sin Aura was, he knew the way Orthar worked far better than Gravis in certain aspects.

Maybe, he could deduce the answer.

Gravis explained the concept of a Sin Aura to Arc.

"I can think of two ways to solve this issue," Arc said.

Gravis was pleasantly surprised. Arc said that he knew two ways to solve this issue.

"What are they?" Gravis asked.

"My Creator never does things without reason or gain. If he wants such Cultivators to die, he would simply kill them directly. He wouldn't need something like Sin Monsters. Even more, if he wanted to kill these people, he wouldn't give them the chance to do more damage before the Sin Monsters arrive."

"This means that the goal of the Sin Monsters isn't to kill you but to force you to pay for your mistakes. I'm not talking about some form of emotional relief when I talk about pay, but about literally paying the world back."

"Gravis, think about what your actions have cost the world and my Creator. What have they lost?" Arc asked.

Gravis knew the answer. "Energy and Karmic Luck," he answered.

"Half-right," Arc answered. "Karmic Luck is simply a method to show how effective you have been at gathering Energy. You gain Karmic Luck by helping people become stronger, which makes them gather more Energy."

"Creating an organization gives the disciples in the organization greater safety and more access to Laws, which will accelerate their growth and will even result in them becoming more powerful than they would have ever become on their own."

"A personal disciple is the same thing. If you take in a mortal as a disciple, and they become a Law Comprehension Cultivator, they would have gathered a lifetime's worth of Energy of a Law Comprehension Cultivator. Without you, they would have died as mortals and would have gathered nearly no Energy."

don't count in that. After all, everyone

you owe. You damaged something, and now you need to pay for it.

Gravis' expression became bitter.

and 500,000 Peak Immortal

Silence.

"That's bad," Arc answered.

"It is," Gravis answered.

essence, you need to gather Karmic Luck and Energy until all of this has

that you have to pay

Stones. A level two Star God should be worth four million God Stones. How many

fights, and those two fights shouldn't have involved me. So, in essence, I'm responsible for the death of one or two level two Star Gods and about 15 or so level one Star Gods. At most, it should be

Peak Immortal

a deep

number would be far

4,000 God Stones. 4,000 times 500,000 is two billion God Stones. That's a lot of money," Arc

a deep

God Stones of the Star Gods didn't even make a dent in this massive number. Gravis

Two billion God Stones.

be able to get another 50 million God Stones, but even that wouldn't make a dent

he would have to

he would have been killed by the

the most

a cold shudder

"What?" Gravis asked.

you owe. You know, that thing that I don't want

when he felt an apocalyptic, invisible pressure, he knew exactly

This

to warn

should choose his

The Brand!

to

looked at the communication ring with a

is

should be one Ancestral God's worth of Energy

Silence.

about two billion God Stones per Ancestral God," Arc

Silence.

Gravis just couldn't react.

was he supposed to pay back over 40 billion God

mind went through all kinds of

The Heaven Company?

be working for several

The Information Pavilion?

would still be

World Weapons?

he could pay that off rather quickly,

it was far easier for Star Gods to get their hands