Lightning Is the Only Way

"I disagree," Gravis answered.

The Sect Master furrowed her brows.

She hadn't expected that answer.

"So, you're saying that you're justified in attacking one of my Vice-Sect Masters with the intention to kill?" she asked with a cold voice.

"No," Gravis answered.

The Sect Master waited for clarification.

"According to your standards, I wouldn't be justified. In the mind of the Eternal Fire Sect, I was basically a visitor that demanded something without offering something in return. It was a demand, nothing else," Gravis explained.

"However, I'm not part of the Eternal Fire Sect, and my priorities are not your priorities."

"Your priorities are material. You are interested in resources and people. You're right in the fact that my action is going against the optimal way of getting cooperation and profits."

"However, as I've said, my priorities are not your priorities," Gravis repeated.

The Sect Master looked at Gravis with narrowed eyes. "And what are your priorities?"

Gravis looked into the Sect Master's eyes.

"My priorities are whatever I want," Gravis said. "I want to meet my friends, and if you stop me, I will do everything in my power to change things."

"Yes," the Sect Master said, "and the best way to accomplish that is to discuss the matter and talk."

matter," Gravis said. "I will meet my friends, and I don't

Sect Master said. "You can't just demand

I don't need to offer anything. After all, you

that it's for security reasons, but that doesn't matter to me. I'm a

and I should have no problems in meeting them. Yet, you artificially put a blockade in my way and act like tearing down the blockade

true for your Law Comprehension Areas. You own them, and you demand resources so that people can look at them. Yet, who decided

Because you are more powerful than the people that are actually interested in these

declare that I own the entire Eternal Fire Sect, I should also have the

friends. Your people have stopped me from doing so. They've stepped into my way while I was minding my

their business, but they stepped into my

think that I have acted

my path will be warned to go to the side, and if they don't

them is already more polite than

had let Gravis finish his explanation while looking at him

expected that Gravis would

conventions," the Sect Master said. "Everyone agrees on how ownership works and what right the owner of said things has. Saying that we only own our Law Comprehension Areas because we have the biggest fist is undermining the

thought like this, we would all be barbarians that continually kill each other for the most minor of infringements. At that point,

with becomes your enemy, making basic human cooperation impossible from your end. Even the beasts have integrated into human society in this world, which shows that having basic human cooperation is more efficient than a mindset saying that

you won't be able to advance on your own anymore. At some point, you will meet enemies

finished her sermon. "And that's why you're not a Divine

Sect Master's eyes opened wide in

did he just

Was he criticizing her!?

the Opposer?" Gravis

about the

the strongest Divine

cares about organizations and basic human