Lightning Is the Only Way

Chapter 135

Gravis felt a pit in his stomach.

Wendy looked down at the ground. "You can probably guess what happened next. The executioner had been sent here to kill myhusband," her voice quietened. "He never stood a chance."

Gravis also sighed. Wendy went through a lot of hardships. The closest person to Gravis that ever died was Stella, back in hishomeworld, which couldn't be compared with losing one's love. They had only been very close friends, and Gravis had still beenyoung.

Wendy continued narrating. "| was devastated for months, and | only felt pain. How foolish was | to believe that Heaven sent myhusband back to me? I tried to cope with the situation by learning about history because | wanted to understand why thathappened. | went to a city and learned all | could about Heavenborn and how they acted."

“After a long time and a lot of reading, | realized that Heaven didn't care about the individual. It only cares about the whole.Everything that it deems a danger to its rule would be destroyed. The history books said that no one who managed to condensea Will-Aura in the Body Tempering Realm ever survived to reach the Magic Gathering Realm."

Her eyes grew severe, and Gravis could feel rage coming from her. "I was angry, and | started hating Heaven. Why did myhusband have to die when he managed to save his life? Did Heaven doom him to be a slave? Was being a slave his only way tosurvive? At that point, my ambition had returned, and everything | felt before, vanished."

Gravis sighed and thought that if the same thing happened to him, he would maybe also change into something completelydifferent. Something like this could change a person fundamentally.

Wendy gnashed her teeth. "| know that my husband only wants me to live in happiness, and | also know that he would neverwish for me to fight against Heaven," then she sighed, "but | am not that strong. | can't forget him, and | only want to meet him inthe afterlife.”

Her eyes started burning with rage again. "But then what about Heaven? | couldn't allow for it to never pay for what it had done.On that day, | decided to dedicate my life to fighting Heaven. | was pretty sure that Heaven heard and saw everything, but |guessed that it couldn't read minds."

Gravis nodded. That was about right.

"| kept everything inside of me and buried my hatred. When | wept for my husband, | never said anything bad about Heaven. |knew that | could never release my inner feelings, not even when | was alone," she sighed. "It was incredibly hard to never talkabout this, and this is the first time that | have ever talked about this with anyone."

Gravis nodded again. "You're right. Heaven can hear and see everything, but it can't read minds. If you spoke your feelings, itmight have sent another Heavenborn or might even kill you directly."

Wendy didn't ask Gravis how he knew about such things and, instead, continued telling her story. "I quickly joined the Proxy-Wind Guild and managed to break through into the Magic Gathering Realm. According to the history books, Heaven had neverattacked someone at the Magic Gathering Realm just because they have a Will-Aura.”

"Instead of going to the Wind Guild, where my father was, | started roaming the Middle-Continent. | fought nearly every day withmultiple beasts and explored a lot. About a year later, | managed to condense a Will-Aura while | was still in the third level ofMagic Gathering, but that wasn't the end. | never stopped tempering myself and never stopped exploring. | knew that a Will-Aurawasn't enough to take my revenge. | needed something that could damage Heaven!"

Gravis listened intently, and he could empathize with her undying greed for strength. He was similar to her in that regard.“One day, | managed to find an inheritance from someone that had ascended," she said, and Gravis perked up.

"Those exist? How is that even possible if they ascended?" Gravis asked. He knew that no one could come back into this world.He was absolutely sure that only his homeworld had that ability, and his homeworld wouldn't allow someone to do something likethis.

Wendy looked at Gravis. "When people reach the Unity Realm, they can remain in this world for one month before they areforced to ascend. That's probably something that Heaven grants them so that they could get their affairs in order. What can theydo anyway? The High Priest of the Heaven Sect can't be beaten by someone that broke through just recently."

"Unity Realm, huh?’ Gravis thought. Now, he heard the name of the fourth major Realm for the first time. He wondered why it wascalled Unity Realm.

Wendy continued telling her story. "He was also an enemy of Heaven and wanted to take his revenge. When he broke through,he attacked the Heaven Sect and got beaten back by the High Priest. For some reason, the High Priest didn't kill him and just lethim continue living. Seeing that he couldn't take his revenge, he created his inheritance in that one month. | accepted theinheritance and grew more powerful.”

Wendy smiled bitterly. "But if not even that senior managed to do anything against Heaven, then what can | do, even with hishelp? At best, | could just do the same as him. What would that change? After | inherited everything, | became very powerful, and| returned to my guild. My family thought that | had died, and they wept for me."

Wendy looked at the floor again. "Yet, when | hugged my mother and father, | felt nothing," she said. "Every feeling of warmthhad died, and not even the warmth and love of my family warmed my heart. It was like I looked on as a stranger hugged theirfamily. It felt like this whole situation had nothing to do with me."

Gravis sighed and felt for her. He couldn't imagine losing his emotions and growing so cold that even his family couldn't help himrecover. Compared to Wendy, his life had actually been easier. She couldn't even release her inner rage for fear of Heavenstriking her. Gravis could, at least, do that since his father forced Heaven into a fair fight.

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"| had been away from society foryears and wasn't very talkative," shesaid. "My father wanted to help meacclimate to society/aggin afd htnje dovin toe a Proxy-Guild Masterfor three years. | wasn't a fan of thatdecision, but | followed it anyway. |didn't have a target anymore,because the more | learned aboutHeaven, the more | realized its power.How could | ever take my revenge?"The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!

Then, she looked at Gravis. "Then | met you," she said with interest. "| noticed your Will-Aura and got reminded of my husband.

For the first time in a long while, | felt bad for someone else. | knew that your destiny would be the same as my husband's.

Her eyes focused on Gravis. "Andthen, the situation in the Basin ofNature happened. | already knew thatyou were not a Heay; gbere and \\S wly realized fat eaven didn'tant to temper but actually kill you! |thought you would die immediatelywhen you cursed at Heaven, but forsome reason, it never directlyattacked you. It only sent beasts atyou, and you actually came out in onepiece." The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!

Gravis just continued listening. "Theother Guild Masters were not evenclose to me in strength, and theydidn't notice, but | squ(RowHeaVentrjedtoSteRe Su after your lastcomment. |, somehow, felt Heaven'srage explode at that time. Maybe |managed to feel it thanks to myobsession with it. Yet, when it tried tostrike you, everything disappeared,and the clouds vanished." Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!

She looked with burning eyes at Gravis. "At that point, | knew that for some reason, Heaven couldn't do anything against youdirectly. As far as | know, you are the first person where this situation ever happened. My lost ambition returned, and | saw achance in you. Maybe, you can do what others couldn't!"

“When you joined the Heaven Sect under the guise of a Heavenborn, | was sure that something was different about you.Couldn't Heaven just inform the Heaven Sect that you are not a Heavenborn? Yet, it didn't, and you even did several missions forit. Something stops Heaven from acting directly against you. Could you tell me what it is?"

Gravis sighed.

"I'm not from this world."