Gravis and the snake looked at each other. Meanwhile, all the other beasts waited for Gravis to speak up again. They noticed that Gravis was speaking with the snake but didn't know what they were talking about. Orthar also only watched.

Suddenly, Gravis smirked. "You sure are crafty. You nearly got me there," he transmitted.

The snake seemed to frown. "I'm not lying," it said.

"I know, and that's why you're so crafty. You're not lying. You're just not telling me all the relevant information," Gravis said with a smirk.

The snake narrowed its eyes, but it felt nervous inside.

"If I were a ruler over a vast territory, and one beast showed incredible power by killing my underlings, I wouldn't directly kill it," Gravis said. "I would first ask it to join my empire. If it declines, then I would kill it."

Gravis swam closer to the snake. "Doesn't that sound logical and efficient?" he asked.

The snake only narrowed its eyes at him. Yet, it was sure that it would survive. Gravis had already shown that he was interested in its cleverness and ambition. Gravis wanted to use it, which gave the snake worth in Gravis' eyes. Due to that, the snake had taken the risk of trying to manipulate Gravis.

Whoom!

And with that, the snake was unable to move.

"If you want to follow me, I need to trust you," Gravis said as he got closer. "I am already willing to give you the majority of command. I am interested in you because you don't want to remain weak and want to further your power. Only by being this greedy will you put in more effort than anybody else."

"Yet…"

CRRRRR! CRK!

The snake felt unreal pain as it felt something essential in its body getting yanked out. Suddenly, a bloody bone shot out of its mouth.

Seeing its own bone leaving its body, the snake became panicked. Its craftiness left it, and what replaced it were fear and terror.

against me, you're even more

fact that

stay," Gravis said as he held the bone. "But if you want to follow me, you're not allowed to scheme against me.

Whoop! CRRRRRK!

he had already prepared the corpse inside his Spirit Space. After all, there was an incredible amount of lightning inside his Spirit

will be you," Gravis finished his monologue as he took

was horrified when it saw how easily Gravis tore the corpse of a Lord apart. This

after some

me, I won't mind. You can even ask my friend over there," Gravis pointed at Orthar, "to teach you some interesting knowledge. He knows

octopus swimming near Gravis. Initially, it had believed that this was just another beast in the Horde. Apparently,

snake said

Do you have

"Shira," the snake answered.

of it, you're female, right?"

Shira nodded.

to talk to my friend for a bit. After that, we can talk about our land invasion," Gravis said as he swam over to

seeing what Gravis had done. "What you did, didn't

her to realize the truth of the world. Power is the most important thing, and if I wanted to kill her,

on using her? What's

first tell you what we talked about," Gravis said. Then, he quickly told Orthar about his conversation with

dangerous game, Gravis," Orthar commented. "The wild ambitions and greed of the snake may turn the

"but do you truly want

"No," Orthar answered quickly.

you," Gravis said. "You have a very similar goal to me. Leading something like a Horde will only keep you behind. Don't forget that we'll establish this organization only to enter the more fertile lands, or seas, if you

now, I'm unsure why you want to establish a Horde," Orthar commented. "By entering the

said. "By joining a more powerful organization, I'll need to abide by the rules

Shira turning the Horde against you? Wouldn't all your work

Craftiness can enable you to play the political game to perfection, but as soon as someone breaks the rules, it loses most of its power. In the end, strength is the

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