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."

obviously don't count in that. After all, everyone strives

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

Gravis' expression became bitter.

500,000 Peak Immortal Emperors,"

Silence.

"That's bad," Arc answered.

"It is," Gravis answered.

need to gather Karmic Luck and Energy until all of this has been

that you

be worth around one million God Stones. A level two Star God should be worth four million God Stones. How many God Stones do you owe for the Star

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.

500,000 Peak Immortal

a deep

number would be

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

took a

Gods didn't even make a dent in

Two billion God Stones.

able to get

he would have to work in The Heaven Company for nearly a

that he would have been killed by

the most significant

a cold shudder ran

"What?" Gravis asked.

Gods, Gravis," Arc answered. "There is something else that you owe. You know, that

when he felt an

this pressure. This pressure

to warn

meant that Gravis should

The Brand!

to repay

the communication

much is it?" Gravis

God's worth of Energy per Star God,"

Silence.

about two billion God Stones

Silence.

Gravis just couldn't react.

he supposed to pay

went through all

The Heaven Company?

for several times his

The Information Pavilion?

be over a million

World Weapons?

off rather

was far easier for Star Gods to get