Chapter 286: The Good Comes With the Bad (1/2)
”Lasar? The Sect Master!?” The Patriarch shouted in shock. They had activated the most powerful Transmission Formation Array, but that wouldn't warrant the Sect Master coming personally. Normally, only some elders would come over.
Gravis waited until Lasar was 80 kilometers away so that he could see what was going on inside the Freya Clan. ”Guess what,” Gravis transmitted to Lasar while also keeping Marvin and Reginald in the loop, ”apparently, I am an invader that lies about his identity to rob or annihilate the Freya Clan.”
The two Sapling Stage cultivators still didn't feel Lasar, which made them skeptical. How was Gravis able to notice Lasar while they didn't? The range of their Spirits should be bigger than Gravis'.
A sigh appeared in their heads. ”So, it really was you, Gravis,” they heard Lasar's voice. He sounded quite tired. ”Alright, what happened?”
Gravis scoffed. ”So, I arrive here and enter through the front gate. I tell them that I came to repay my debt, and what do they do? They surround me with several people at the Seed Stage, call me a liar, a Warped One, and want me to await 'judgment' by the Patriarch,” Gravis transmitted to everyone involved. The word judgment was pronounced with an impressive amount of ridicule.
”And you didn't explain yourself?” Lasar asked.
”Of fucking course, I did!” Gravis transmitted with anger and frustration. ”But no~, it's impossible to reach the Seed Stage in only three years. Therefore, I am lying. That guy,” Gravis pointed at the Grand Elder, ”even attacked me. Shit, I am so frustrated and angry because of all this ridiculous shit!” Gravis basically shouted.
”Wow, Gravis, you need to calm down,” Lasar transmitted. ”It's obviously a misunderstanding. I know the Freya Clan, and they wouldn't plot something as nefarious as this.”
Marvin and Reginald listened to the conversation, and their insides started shaking. They knew the voice and Spirit of Lasar, so they were sure that it was him who was talking to them. The fact that Lasar didn't get angry by Gravis shouting at him showed that he considered Gravis as a friend and someone on the same level as him.
”I know that!” Gravis shouted, ”but you know how it feels when someone steps on your bottom line. My lightning is mad and going crazy. The only reason why I can still keep it in check is that I owe them something. This is literally the first time in the Spirit Forming Realm and the second time in total that someone stepped on my bottom line and survived.”
The first and only other time that someone didn't get killed by Gravis after stepping on his bottom line had been his encounter with Aion at the Wind Wall. Gravis had wanted Aion to attack him, and he had also felt that he owed Aion somewhat. This was enough reason not to kill him directly.
Gravis hadn't expected to feel this infuriated. His will was powerful, and keeping his emotions in check also wasn't an issue, but this thing had infuriated him beyond belief. The good came with the bad, and his unprecedented closeness with lightning also forced him to adhere to his bottom line. It was like he was having an argument with himself about why it was okay for them to stay alive after attacking him.
Another sigh appeared inside the present people's minds. ”I know that,” Lasar said calmly. ”Just try to vent somewhere. I'll talk with them to get this whole misunderstanding resolved, okay?”
Gravis also released an angry sigh while being watched by the other two in nervousness. They could feel Gravis' rage by the trembling of his Spirit. Normally, when someone had an emotional reaction to something, their Spirit would tremble only slightly, barely noticeable to anyone. Yet, Gravis' Spirit was basically vibrating.
”Alright!” Gravis said with gritted teeth and left. He had been able to suppress his rage until Lasar arrived. Any display of rage could result in a fight, which he didn't want. That was why he had kept it suppressed until Lasar's arrival. But when Lasar had finally arrived, Gravis released all of it. Bottling it up would only hinder him in future fights. After all, blind rage was called blind rage for a reason.
Gravis charged out of the Freya Clan without being stopped by anyone. Marvin and Reginald had told the people that they couldn't get in Gravis' way under any circumstance.
When Gravis left the Freya Clan, Reginald and Marvin took some shaky breaths. ”I think we really messed up this time,” Reginald transmitted to Marvin.
Moments later, Lasar arrived at the Freya Clan. He looked with a complicated expression at the Patriarch and Grand Elder. ”Do you actually know how lucky you are that you're still alive?”
Reginald looked with some guilt and frustration at Lasar. ”What were we supposed to do?” he asked. ”He claimed that he reached the Seed Stage from the Body Tempering Realm in only three years. You know that's impossible. What reason would someone have to lie to gain entry into our Clan if not for doing something nefarious?”
”But he didn't lie,” Lasar said, shocking the two again. ”He was telling the truth.”