Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis stood alone on top of one of the walls of the Heavenly Divine Sect.

He had been standing here for hours, simply looking aimlessly at the horizon.

Gravis was still in shock, and it was difficult for him to accept everything.

He hadn't expected that so many had died.

The feeling of losing his loved ones was not foreign to Gravis, but it was difficult every time.

Especially this time.

"You were her father, right?" a man said to Gravis after approaching him.

Gravis looked over at the person and read his Law fragments.

Then, he wordlessly nodded as he looked at the horizon again.

The man joined Gravis at the wall.

The two of them had never met each other before, but they felt the same thing right now.

Grief.

"She often spoke of you," the man said.

"She did?" Gravis asked absentmindedly.

"Yes," the man answered. "She always said that she didn't regret her choice, but I think that she regretted it a little bit. After she became a Star God, she gained a human mindset, and with it, feeling."

"Yet, so much time had passed, and she never found a good opportunity."

"I think she wanted to meet you again and bury the past," the man explained. "She always talked about how much she hated people running from their emotions, but I think that's because she was hating her past self for her decisions."

Silence.

"You know, I always hated you," the man said.

Gravis didn't answer.

"It was like your existence put an impossible pressure on her. She always wanted to push herself to the top. She always said that she had to overtake you. Every time she achieved something, it never was enough. She always said that her achievements were worthless. After all, you would have already long overtaken her."

"That pressure she put on herself was also extended to me, her husband," the man said. "I always had to listen to complaints. No matter what I did, I wasn't powerful enough. I wanted to spend more time with her. I just wanted to be with her."

"Yet, it never happened. She was fully focused on becoming more powerful. Honestly, I don't even know why she chose me as her husband."

The man took a deep breath.

"But I loved her. I loved her with all my heart."

she's dead. Dead because of a war that started because

faults lie," Gravis answered neutrally. "I always wanted to be there for her, but I didn't even know where I could find her. Additionally, I wanted to let her have her space. If she didn't want to meet me, that was her decision. I wasn't about

you realize that, sometimes, we want someone else to take

she finally wanted to meet you again, she

one could

disregard for your

man snorted with disregard, but

still alive. Why? Because I wasn't powerful enough to join the

God. She was

Gravis didn't answer.

said as he turned around. "I hope this

Then, the man left.

only looked

least you found someone that truly loves you,

at Cera's husband. After all, he was just as

it, but he didn't mind Cera's death as much as the

and yes, losing her deeply hurt

hadn't seen each other in

once in the tournament,

last time

had left for

then, Gravis had only been a

A thousand years.

was 4.6 million

a long time, there was bound to be a feeling of

she was

she wasn't

continued thinking about the friends he had

mentor had died to his tribulation in

God Realm was as far

his journey

help of everyone around him and his own creativity. Yet, every opponent

above his talent. He had managed to close the gap in power with his very

had had a great

what Gravis had heard, Dorian had

he seemingly hadn't taken it seriously. It was like he

life, he had simply done

still remembered when he had met Dorian,

death, and he had

but Dorian had managed to get all the way to the Late Ancestral

the lower world to the Late Ancestral God

could

could live

far, and he could be proud of his

Just like Ferris.

Ancestral God Realm. Sadly,