Female Novel
Chapter 145
Gravis waited for the strong people to arrive. The number of people at the ninth level might be small, but there would probably bepeople at the eighth level with a Will-Aura. Those people knew how to fight since they went through plenty of life and deathexperiences to get their Will-Aura. Gravis' excitement grew as time passed.
"| would like to spar with you!" shouted a disciple at the eighth level of Energy Gathering. "I don't want a life and death battle."
The others looked at him and then thought that that was actually a really good idea. If they paid Gravis the pills, he would surelyaccept some spars. He didn't have anything to lose after all.
"| don't spar," said Gravis back without looking at the person. The other disciples were surprised by what Gravis had said. Whatdid he mean with, he didn't spar? Why would someone not spar? Through sparring, they could find out their own weaknessesand rectify them. By rectifying their weaknesses, their strength would increase. Not sparring just sounded stupid in their mind.
"What do you mean with, ‘I don't spar?" another disciple shouted, echoing the other disciples’ thoughts.
"You still haven't realized yet?" asked Gravis with furrowed brows at the disciples. Seeing that no disciple answered, Gravis justharrumphed. "Sparring might, theoretically, make you find out about your weaknesses, but it also creates new weaknesses.”
The disciples also furrowed their brows. This was similar to what some of their seniors had told them, but when everyone sawtheir own weaknesses in a spar, they ignored their seniors. They all saw their improvements with their own eyes. If put toachoice, the disciples would rather believe their eyes than what other people said.
Gravis saw their unwilling eyes and sighed. ‘I'm using the Fire Guild for tempering, so | might as well repay them somewhat,’ hethought.
"Think back to the three fights previously,” Gravis said. "Every single one of them knew that this fight would be a life and deathbattle. Yet, the first guy wanted to test me by using a half-assed attack. That might be possible to do in a spar, but in a genuinelife and death battle, the opponent will make use of that weak attack to deal a fatal blow. The first person died because he wasbasically sparring with me while | tried to kill him."
Before the disciples could say anything, Gravis continued. "The second opponent fought properly and tried to kill me.Unfortunately, his realm was too weak. As you all have already noticed, my body is equal to the Magic of someone at theseventh level of Magic Gathering. So, without actually physically hitting me, he had no way to injure me. | guess that that guyprobably had had a Will-Aura for a while and hadn't met many powerful enemies recently, which inflated his ego and made himoverestimate his strength."
"The third guy closed his eyes in a fight. There is nothing more stupid than closing one's eyes in front of an enemy. If your enemywanted to kill you, would they just wait for you to get ready? You might as well make some stretches in the fight if you believethat. The third guy was obviously used to sparring, where he could get away with doing something like that, and therefore wasn'table to adapt to a real fight. He died because he sparred too much.”
Gravis was finished with his explanation, and many disciples fell into thought. Most of them would have probably acted similarlyto the first and third guy. With Gravis' explanation, they knew that doing these things was stupid. Actually, they already knew thatit was stupid even before Gravis told them, but would they have still done it?
Some of the disciples shivered. They had been used to sparring, which made them neglect the danger. They might recognize thedanger with their mind, but their emotions were so used to fighting that they didn't react differently when a genuine life and deathbattle was about to commence. They would still stay calm, like in a spar, which made them neglect the danger.
Most of the disciples felt a feeling of fear now. They had seen how the others died, but in their mind, they had survived everyfight they had ever fought. Their emotions still hadn't acted up even after they had seen three of their brothers die. Only now didthey realize the actual danger present. Now, they looked at Gravis differently.
They didn't look at him with disdain or arrogance anymore. Their emotions finally realized that there was a very real chance ofthem dying here. Ironically enough, the place of logic and emotions had switched places. Before, their head told them that theycould die while their emotions didn't care. Now, their emotions felt fear, while their head told them that Gravis wouldn't just attackthem without reason.
Gravis saw how the disciples reacted and nodded. ‘This should be enough payment for using the Fire Guild.' Gravis looked intothe sky. He felt the Spirit of three people watching all this. The fighting area was just barely inside of the ten-kilometer range ofnewly ascended Spirit Forming experts. They had been watching since the very beginning, and Gravis conveyed his thoughtswith his eyes.
Inside the central tower of the Fire Guild.
The Guild Master and the two Vice-Guild Masters sat close to each other on their respective thrones. Normally, they wouldplayfully banter with each other, but this time, the mood was somber. They all looked at each other with narrowed eyes.
"He actually managed to feel our Spirits. That's unusual," said the first Vice-Guild Master while the other two nodded. "He has abody equal to the Magic of someone at the seventh level of Magic Gathering. He obviously has tremendous fighting experience.Judging by what | have seen, his lightning is also not ordinary, and lastly, he noticed our spirits." The first Vice-Guild Master tooka breath. "His talent is absolutely terrifying, way more so than a normal Heavenborn."
“| wonder," said the Guild Master as he leaned back on his throne. "Is this what happens if a Heavenborn actually trains theirwill?" he asked himself and the others.
All their brows furrowed at the same time. The Guild Master had told them a lot about Heavenborn, and they knew thatHeavenborn always had weak wills. "Actually," started the Guild Master again, "you have forgotten about two additional aspects.He's already this strong, yet he still intends to temper himself in genuine life and death fights. He also still wants to increase hisphysical power even further."
The Guild Master narrowed his eyes."If he only wanted to temper his body,he would have acted weak to lure inmore people at the seventh level ofMagic Gathering. cowldgéeangountain 6? pills this way. Yet, hewon the fights with as muchintimidation as possible. He evenhelped our disciples realize the actualdanger. It is apparent that he onlywants to fight the powerful ones. Hisbattle strength at the same levelcould already be considered peerless,yet that is not enough for him. Whatan endless hunger for power." Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!novelbin
The Vice-Guild Masters also took adeep breath. In their mind, thethought appeared (hecnaight!
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"Don't offend him," said the GuildMaster, and the other two noddedseverely. They might b baitleshungrymaniacs; hytthés Wats methingbéydhd their ability. For once, theyhad to think about the survival oftheir whole guild, or maybe evenwhole sect. They remained silent fora full minute. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
"Imagine if that boy weren't a Heavenborn," said the second Vice-Guild Master with a laugh to lighten the atmosphere.
The other two looked at him and then also laughed slightly.
"That would be even more terrifying!"