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

to be

Why?

would want revenge and

the rough treatment had the opposite

didn't want to become

little boys

They were her outlet.

next four years were hell for the

by all the servants and the girl,

young boy hit puberty, a deep hatred

do anything against

would be far worse than what he had

and mind hardened, the young woman became

He didn't break anymore.

just

eyes…

were filled with hatred, disregard,

was like she was worthless in his

was supposed to be the worthless

dare he feel that

to kill him, but it

fine but killing them was

a forest in the night, and

struck him from behind, but surprisingly, the young

all his bottled hatred exploded, and he punched the

had kept himself in check for long

power and will were superior to the young woman's, and he

humiliated, and abused her in all forms one could

what he was doing was wrong,

Then, he fled.

city lord issued an arrest warrant, and he even searched for the young

the

in all nearby settlements, and he couldn't come

children that accidentally spotted him, all

went after him, and the young

managed to temper his body by only doing battle and healing himself

the father of the woman he had

fight was brutal, but the young boy barely

when he condensed his

Opposer went back to the

killed every single living thing he

had a breath died under

all were

as he

anything to

He hated them!

Hated them!

hated all

guards treated him

nobles treated him like

treated him

peasants treated

treated

dogs barked at

cats sneered at

deserved to

his massacre, he looked

tried

of that feeling

hated himself for

Compassion was weakness!

He needed power!

could kill his

do whatever he wanted

would treat him like shit again

He hated the world.

he wasn't powerful enough to take his revenge on this world that treated him