Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis quickly carried the head back to the Hunting Guild. When he dropped the head on the table, it received some cracks due to the head's hardness. The hunters in the bounty hall were shocked and excited. They had never come into contact with the corpse, or head, of a middle-grade demonic beast. Luckily, the bounty list was the same for every Hunting Guild, so it included middle, as well as high-grade demonic beasts.

There was not much they could salvage, yet luckily, the beast's Core was located in its head. A Beast Core was the center of a beast's power, but the Core wouldn't gain any relevancy until the beast evolved into an energy beast. All demonic beasts only used their bodies as weapons. A middle-grade demonic beast was a middle-grade demonic beast because its body was strong enough to create a Core.

The Core would stay empty and grow for a long time. When the Core reached its maturity, the middle-grade demonic beast would rise to high-grade. Then, it would start gathering Energy until the Core was completely filled. When the Core was full, the high-grade demonic beast would evolve into an energy beast.

The hunters tried everything, but they couldn't get to the Core. The head's flesh and the shell were just too hard. With red faces, they asked Gravis to retrieve the Core. Gravis also had issues getting to the Core, but he managed due to his high strength. The Core looked like a round crystal and had the size of Gravis' fist.

The hunters inspected it and followed the guidelines in their rulebook. After a while, they shockingly concluded that the Core was around 75% of the size of a fully evolved Core. This meant that the centipede was easily in the stronger half of middle-grade demonic beasts. They all looked at Gravis with astonishment. How had he killed such a monster?

They quickly figured out the price of the Core, and one of the hunters left to get more money from the guild bank. They didn't have such an amount readily available. After a while, the hunter returned with many more hunters following him. They heard about the head and wanted to see it. The hunters quickly crowded around the head and voiced their astonishment.

Gravis also quickly received his money. Beast Cores were used in the crafting of equipment, and thus, they were worth a lot. Gravis received 60 gold for the Core, which surprised him. That was way more than he had thought. The guild had to use up nearly all its savings to pay him, but they would make their money back by selling the Core.

Gravis left the bounty hall and went through the main entrance of the Hunting Guild.

Gravis' expression grew cold, but inside, he was smiling bitterly. He couldn't grow close to any of them, so he released a slight amount of his Will-Aura to deter any contact. Any hunter that tried to interact with him felt nervous and retreated. They felt like Gravis was in a bad mood and that he probably didn't want to talk to

over to Simone and retrieved his gold. Before she could say anything, Gravis had already turned around and left the

moments, he radiated coldness and killing intent. They grew interested in his personality, but sadly, the hunters didn't know that

the town. His loneliness hurt every time he walked into the guild, yet he enjoyed the contact with others.

he still had around 110 gold left. The remaining eight Skin-Pills had cost him 56 Gold. The Core

bought the Skin-Pills, he rushed to the waterfall, where

jumped out of the bushes. "Give us

BANG!

them could react. Multiple bones in his body broke since he didn't have tempered skin. The bandits looked shocked at Gravis, who

finish my sentence," the one broken man spoke weakly, as he lay in the bushes. One of the others quickly

ignored all this. If he vented his frustration on weaker enemies, he would stray into dangerous territory. As soon as he would feel a

smile of tranquility adorned

excited. She stood up and walked over

coldly, consumed the pill, and

slight reaction to her beauty. Still, she walked closer to Gravis. "Hey, don't ignore me like that. I'm just here to