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."

count in that.

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

Gravis' expression became bitter.

500,000 Peak Immortal Emperors,"

Silence.

"That's bad," Arc answered.

"It is," Gravis answered.

until all of this has been paid back. However, paying all of this back will be very, very

that you have to pay

Star Gods. One level one Star God should be worth around one million God Stones. A level two Star God should be worth four million God Stones. How

two fights shouldn't have involved me. So, in essence, I'm responsible for the death of

Peak

a deep

would be far

Stones. 4,000 times 500,000 is two

a

the Star Gods didn't even make a dent

Two billion God Stones.

all his contribution points in The Heaven Company for God Stones, he might be able to get another

pay back the debt, he would have to work in The Heaven Company for nearly

have been killed by

for the most

was taken aback, and a cold shudder ran

"What?" Gravis asked.

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

Gravis wasn't sure what Arc was referring to, but when he felt an apocalyptic, invisible

pressure. This pressure came

to

Gravis should choose his

The Brand!

had to repay

at the communication ring with

much is it?" Gravis

be one Ancestral God's worth of Energy per Star God,"

Silence.

God

Silence.

Gravis just couldn't react.

he supposed to pay back

through all kinds

The Heaven Company?

working for several times his

The Information Pavilion?

would still be over a

World Weapons?

customers, he could pay that off rather quickly, but

it was far easier for Star Gods to