Chapter 30 – A Lesson (2/2)

Gravis continued training under the waterfall and didn't think about the encounter anymore.

About an hour later, Gravis noticed a commotion coming from the river. Four men were walking towards the waterfall. Judging by their armor, two of the men were personal guards. One of them was a middle-aged man in beautiful robes. His muscles bulked through the robes, and he walked at the front of the group. Behind the three men, Gravis could see the youngster from before.

Gravis' eyes narrowed. He spared the youngster so he may learn from his mistakes and grow. Yet, the youngster returned with reinforcements. Gravis shook his head. 'Seems like I was too naïve,' he thought to himself with regret. He tried to believe in the good of the people, but that was apparently only a dream.

The middle-aged man stopped a couple of meters in front of Gravis, pointed his fingers at him, and shouted. ”How dare you! You attacked my-”

”What do you want?” Gravis interrupted the man.

The man felt a little shocked, and one of the guards walked forward. ”Insolence! Who do you think you are? You are speaking to-”

”Stop with the bullshit. What do you want?” Gravis interrupted again.

The men gnashed their teeth. Surprisingly, the middle-aged man didn't feel rage, but relief. Obviously, he was here to steal Gravis' wealth and silence him. He initially felt a little bad about doing it, but Gravis' infuriating behavior made it easier for him. He beckoned to his guards, and they ran towards Gravis.

Gravis sighed. It didn't have to be this way. Suddenly, the water in the river went crazy and grabbed the men like a whip. They couldn't even react before they got pulled underwater. The youngster's eyes showed deep panic. 'Why did I do that?'

The surroundings were silent again. Gravis continued training, while the four men were slowly drowning in the river. Gravis felt helpless in this situation. He wanted to spare the youngster, but he realized that the youngster probably wouldn't have changed.

Now that he thought about it, if Gravis were weaker, he would be dead by now. The youngster would've probably made his first human kill, and the next time would be even easier for him. The only reason why Gravis could feel pity right now was because he was multiple times stronger than his opponent. If he were weaker, he would be dead.

Gravis sighed again and shook his head. ”The cultivation world really is cruel.”

Some hours later, Gravis finished his training and inspected his skin.

”Are you serious?” he shouted towards himself in anger and shock. His skin had only been tempered to about 10%. He had used two pills already! Would he need 18 more pills to temper his skin? Gravis gnashed his teeth. Forneus had said, in one of his lessons, that the stronger the body was, the harder it would be to temper it. Gravis had had tempered organs and blood for 15 years. He knew that he would need lots of pills, but not THAT many.

Gravis sighed in exasperation, stood up, and ran towards the Hunting Guild.

”Oh, wait!”

Gravis stopped and turned around. The water parted, and he jumped to the four corpses at the bottom. He searched through the bodies and took everything of value.

”About five gold. That's nice. Seems like this guy wasn't some nobody,” Gravis said to himself with a grin. He jumped out and ran towards the Hunting Guild.

He needed more money!