Lightning Is the Only Way

After thinking about his life for a bit longer, Gravis decided to contact Stella again.

Stella quickly told Gravis that she was still comprehending, and Gravis simply nodded.

Gravis didn't know what kind of Law Stella was focusing on, but she obviously didn't have as much experience in comprehending Laws as Gravis. So, logically, it would also take her longer.

Gravis visited his friends and spent some time reacquainting himself with them. A lot of time had passed again, but rekindling friendship was easier than rekindling love due to the different intensities of the emotions.

By now, basically everyone was already a level nine Star God. Weaker Star Gods became very rare.

When Gravis focused on all these people in Manuel's faction, he felt a bit nervous.

'Every single person in this faction is so powerful that they would serve as incredible tempering for me,' Gravis thought.

'If only one of them decides to attack me, I would have an immensely difficult fight ahead of me.'

'Yet, if two attack, I would definitely die.'

The world had outgrown Gravis.

Gravis was still a level four Star God, and everyone in the faction was a level nine Star God.

Gravis felt a mortal threat from every single member, and it made Gravis feel humbled.

'All of my friends are more powerful than me. A lot of them even have Will-Auras on the level of Ancestral Gods.'

Gravis had become an oddity. He was a level four Star God, and level four Star Gods didn't exist in Manuel's faction.

However, Gravis didn't forget why he was so weak right now.

Gravis had accumulated Laws for a long time.

After Mortis comprehended the True Law of Adamantite's Explosiveness, the two of them will have comprehended a grand total of 17 level seven Laws.

Even more, Gravis had even comprehended a level eight Law.

Right now, Manuel's faction didn't have a single member that knew a level eight Law.

All of them only knew several level seven Laws at most.

Meanwhile, Gravis knew two level eight Laws and one level nine Law.

Even more, Gravis would soon comprehend another level eight Law when he combined all his Battle-Laws into a new Form Law.

Of course, Gravis had become the butt of all the jokes in his friend group.

This was the first time Gravis wasn't the most powerful one out of his friend group.

didn't only receive jokes made at

a lot of shocked and terrified

Why?

his friends were finally powerful enough to actually

friends felt it, but now, all of them had become powerful enough to finally feel

had only looked at Gravis with

a deep breath through his

are you so powerful?" Manuel

had only been able to see what Gravis could do, but he hadn't been able to truly

it, and it

Dorian had seen Gravis, he had only gritted his

let out a long

Mortis only recently, and he had

that didn't help Gravis with all the jokes. Everyone else was constantly talking about how they should take care of their weaker members, and then,

told him that she would take care of everyone who bullied her

these jokes were only that, jokes. All of

only a level four Star God because he didn't

could become an

even had all the money

struck with nostalgia when he saw how

met everyone again and how he had feared that not everyone could become a Star

his fears had proven to be

Sary, Skye, Yi Lu, Siral, Joyce, Broad Walker,'

Eight friends, eight deaths.

faces, their personalities, and their

and reliable brother of

wise and

the charismatic and

the freedom-loving and upbeat hurricane

Lu, the unreliable but well-intentioned

the quiet

and

Walker, the simple but loyal

of them

his living friends, a small smile grazed

and mysterious

but inwardly kind

simple and

curious but

Stella, Gravis' eternal love.

Aris, Gravis' mature firstborn.

uncouth but reliable

Narcissus, the prideful tree.

the taciturn