Lightning Is the Only Way

The Opposer had been born into a poor farmer family with four other children.

The four children and the two parents worked on the farm, but they didn't have enough money to give work to all of them.

In essence, the children weren't working much, but that wasn't a good thing.

The family had nearly no money, and they could barely live off their own food.

The farm was truly tiny.

When the mother had become pregnant with her fifth child, the two parents began to despair.

They couldn't just kill the child since it was their child. On top of that, they didn't even know how to do something like that without endangering the mother's life.

So, they had decided to give it away to the army of the nearest town. They always accepted young boys since they would be future soldiers.

Yet, when the new mother saw her newborn, she couldn't bring herself to give him away.

That was when the father stepped in.

He tried to get the newborn from his wife after a lot of arguing, but she wouldn't give him away. She even attacked her husband.

So, the husband knocked her out with a shovel and took the newborn away.

He couldn't risk the life of his other four kids for his fifth one.

He brought the newborn to the town guards, who accepted it without question.

They didn't care where the children came from.

When the father returned, he had noticed that his wife hadn't woken up.

Even more, a pool of blood had formed on the ground between her legs.

The head injury had killed her.

The father's world broke down.

He hadn't wanted to kill his wife!

Yet, reality couldn't be changed.

His wife was dead.

A couple months later, the guards noticed that the wife of the farmer was absent, and they investigated.

They eventually found her corpse and concluded that the father was the culprit.

The farmer was killed, and his four children were forced to join the guards of the town.

The newborn Opposer knew nothing of these things.

As far as he remembered, he had been born into these barracks.

Eventually, the Opposer grew older.

Yet, on his tenth birthday, a beautiful and noble girl in her late teens took a liking to him.

So, she bought him off the guards.

The guards couldn't refuse since the background of the girl was too powerful.

The young boy entered the powerful household of a nearby city lord.

The city lord was in the Energy Gathering Realm, and for the people living there, he might as well have been as powerful as a God.

Why had the girl taken a liking to the young boy?

Because he was fragile.

Her parents were forcing her to cultivate, and her masters were constantly abusing her. She was above them in status, but they still dared to hit her!

Of course, the masters weren't actually abusive.

just

be so strict towards the young

Why?

she would

the rough treatment

want to become stronger but

she bought weak little boys to abuse

They were her outlet.

were hell for the

the servants and the girl, and if he dared to show weakness, they

hit puberty, a deep hatred and

do anything against

did, the punishment would be far worse than what he

boy's heart and mind hardened, the young woman

He didn't break anymore.

just

more, his eyes… his

were filled with hatred, disregard,

was worthless in

to

dare he feel

decided to kill him, but it had to be done

but killing them was akin to

a forest

struck him from behind, but surprisingly, the young man

bottled hatred exploded, and he punched

himself in check for long enough, but now, everything broke out

will were superior to the young woman's, and

humiliated, and abused her in all forms one could imagine, and after he was done, he killed

was telling him that what he was doing was wrong,

Then, he fled.

finding his daughter, the city lord issued an arrest warrant, and he even searched for the

was when the

been placed in all nearby settlements, and he couldn't come close to another human since everyone knew

that accidentally spotted him, all for his own

other went after him, and the young Opposer went

body by only doing battle and healing himself after

when the father of the woman he had killed found

but the young boy

he

to the city that had belonged to the dead city

single living

had a breath died under his

were his

watched as he had been

anything to help

He hated them!

Hated them!

all

guards treated him

nobles treated him like

servants treated

treated him

children treated him like

dogs barked

sneered at

deserved

done with his massacre, he looked into the bloody and quiet streets of

guilt tried

that feeling as

himself

Compassion was weakness!

He needed power!

his

do whatever

would treat him

He hated the world.

knew that he wasn't powerful enough to take his