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.

them

Aris said from beside Gravis. "They made their choice,

believes that they won't die.

brushes with death that it has become normal. Being close to death is so normal that it doesn't feel as dangerous anymore. We've gone through it

they have fought if they

Aris didn't answer.

main priority is survival and power," Gravis added. "I have no problems with risking my life for any of you, but if I had to sacrifice my life, I don't know if I could do that for

Gravis looked at Aris.

would you sacrifice your life

and shook his

felt guilty when he gave

put his hand on Aris' shoulder. "Don't feel guilty. We are Cultivators, and we chase power so that

so much pain and have lived for so long that we can't give up now. The more we survive, the more we have invested. Surviving

sacrifice their lives for someone else are the ones that have given up on the path

words, and his guilt

guilty for feeling exactly

silence passed in which Aris was only thinking about

age difference is negligible by now, you are still able

someone inferior. A Forger can teach

just know a lot about Sentience and, by extension,

Aris asked with a

lot about lightning, but that mostly comes from my Spirit's disposition. If I didn't have the ability to just directly

surprised when he heard that, but he quickly

lightning had always been far superior to his. He still remembered how Gravis had shown Aris how to use

if it weren't for that ability, Aris would be superior to Gravis right now

Aris had overtaken

had realized that he had truly

his father in one of

much. In the end, Battle-Strength was the most important thing, and

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

still more powerful than me since he knows two level seven Laws, and he's the

"Makes sense," Gravis commented.