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

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

Gravis' expression became bitter.

and 500,000 Peak Immortal Emperors," Gravis

Silence.

"That's bad," Arc answered.

"It is," Gravis answered.

until all of this has been paid

are three things that you have

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

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

Then, the 500,000 Peak Immortal Emperors,"

a deep

number would be far

Immortal Emperor should be worth around 4,000 God Stones. 4,000 times 500,000 is two billion God Stones. That's a

a deep

Star Gods didn't even make a dent

Two billion God Stones.

Company for God Stones, he might be able to get another 50

he would have to work

have been killed by the Sin

for the most significant

taken aback, and a cold shudder ran down his

"What?" Gravis asked.

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

to, but when he felt an apocalyptic, invisible pressure, he knew exactly what Arc was

this pressure. This pressure came from

to warn

should choose his words

The Brand!

had to repay the

the communication ring with a

much is

one Ancestral God's worth

Silence.

about two billion God Stones per Ancestral God,"

Silence.

Gravis just couldn't react.

pay back over

through all kinds

The Heaven Company?

for

The Information Pavilion?

would still be over a

World Weapons?

customers, he could pay that off rather quickly, but that was not how the

Gods to get their hands on