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 his

he also received a lot of shocked and terrified

Why?

powerful enough to actually feel Gravis'

been so powerful that none of his friends felt it, but now, all of them had become powerful enough to finally

to greet Manuel, Manuel had only looked at

a deep breath through his

are you so

difference. In the past, Manuel had only been able to see what Gravis could do, but he hadn't been able to truly feel

feel it, and

seen Gravis, he had only gritted his teeth in

only let out a long

Mortis only recently, and he

Gravis with all the jokes. Everyone else was constantly talking about how they should take care of their weaker members, and then, everyone always looked at

told him that she would take care

course, all of these jokes were only that, jokes. All of

that Gravis was only a level four Star God because he

he could become an Ancestral God in less than

had all the money

when he

still remembered when he had met everyone again and how

had proven to

Lu, Siral, Joyce, Broad Walker,'

Eight friends, eight deaths.

remembered all their faces,

and

wise and kind old

charismatic and funny

freedom-loving and

unreliable but well-intentioned

quiet but

unstable and angry mask

simple

of them

when Gravis looked at his living friends, a small smile

reliable and

the eccentric but inwardly kind

the simple and

the curious but taciturn

Stella, Gravis' eternal love.

Aris, Gravis' mature firstborn.

uncouth but

Narcissus, the prideful tree.

taciturn and intelligent