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.
scheme against me, you're even more useless than
high-rank Spirit Beast, like them. The fact that this strange beast was able to tear
leave, or you can stay," Gravis said as he held the bone. "But if you want to follow me,
Whoop! CRRRRRK!
be powerful enough to do that, but he had already prepared the corpse inside his Spirit Space.
be you," Gravis finished his monologue as he took
saw how easily Gravis tore the corpse of a Lord apart. This strength was unreal! Wasn't this beast just a
snake said after some seconds.
as you don't scheme against me, I won't mind. You can even ask my friend
the colossal octopus swimming near Gravis. Initially, it had believed that this was just another beast in the Horde.
the snake
you have
"Shira," the snake answered.
nodded. "By the sound of it, you're female, right?" Gravis
Shira nodded.
to my friend for a bit. After that, we can talk about our land
said after seeing
is the most important thing, and if I wanted to kill her, all her craftiness wouldn't save her. If I didn't plan on using her, I wouldn't have done that," Gravis
Orthar said. "You're planning on using
tell you what we talked about," Gravis said. Then, he quickly told Orthar about his
greed of the snake may turn the Horde against
know," Gravis said, "but do you truly
"No," Orthar answered quickly.
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,
now, I'm unsure why you want to establish a Horde," Orthar commented. "By entering the lands as prey, you get tempering and can join a Kingdom or an Empire. Why do
be free," Gravis said. "By joining a more powerful organization, I'll need to abide by the rules and
what about the danger of Shira turning the Horde against
to play the political game to perfection, but as soon as someone breaks the
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
The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!