Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis wasn't sure how he should feel right now.

Joyce had definitely become someone that couldn't be saved anymore, and her actions were more than enough to kill her.

Yet, Gravis just couldn't forget the young girl he had met back then.

Joyce had traveled the lower world to hand out gifts for eventual repayment.

When Gravis had met Joyce again in her Clan, their start had been rough, but Joyce had even managed to convince Gravis somewhat that he was running away from his emotions.

Joyce had been a very kind girl back then, and she even had issues accepting when anyone died in front of her. She saw these deaths as unnecessary.

However, this was exactly one of the things that had drawn Gravis to her.

Gravis had been in a dark place back then, and he had acted like a cynical teenager. He had constantly told everyone how difficult he had it and how many bad things had happened to him.

In a sense, Joyce had been a pure and innocent light in a world of oppressive darkness for Gravis. Joyce had had something that Gravis had lost.

They had even promised each other that they would be together when they reached the highest world.

Sadly, they had both changed severely, and they were no longer compatible.

Mortis shared these same memories, and maybe that was also one of the reasons why he was even attracted to Joyce.

If Joyce and Mortis hadn't met each other before, they might not have ended up together. They weren't even truly that compatible.

'Maybe her extreme purity back then resulted in her becoming the other extreme,' Gravis thought with a sigh. 'Her innocence couldn't possibly have survived until now, even if she tried to preserve it.'

Joyce's death made Gravis think, but he didn't have any great emotional reaction to her death.

It was like Gravis had long accepted that Joyce would eventually die like this.

Because of that, Gravis' mind quickly went back to the deaths of his other friends.

Liam, Styr, Sary, Skye, Yi Lu, Siral.

of them

said from beside Gravis. "They

at Joyce's corpse in the distance. "Everyone believes that they won't die.

has become normal. Being close to death is so normal

they knew that they would

Aris didn't answer.

"I have no problems with risking my life for any of you, but if I had to sacrifice my life,

Gravis looked at Aris.

would you sacrifice your life for

sighed and shook

some reason, Aris felt guilty when he gave his

so that we can survive. I don't want

much pain and have lived for so long that we can't give up now. The more

someone else are the ones that have given up on the

listened to Gravis' words, and his

for feeling exactly like everyone

silence passed in which

come, even though our age difference is negligible by now, you are still able to teach

necessarily a superior instructing someone inferior. A Forger can teach an Alchemist about forging,

case, I just know a lot

asked

just directly absorb Heavenly Lightning, you would know more about lightning than me. After all, you even have

he heard that, but he quickly realized that Gravis

his. He still remembered how Gravis

Aris would be superior to Gravis

had overtaken Gravis in

he had

his father in one of his strongest

that this wasn't actually worth that much. In the end, Battle-Strength was the most important thing, and Aris knew that he couldn't

positions in the Sect?" Gravis asked, changing the topic. "Liam died.

than me

"Makes sense," Gravis commented.