Lightning Is the Only Way

Shira had already known Gravis' plan. That's why she wasn't even a bit surprised when he said that. Instead, she grew angry and frustrated. 'I tried to kill this viper because he's going to be a powerful opponent. This will be troublesome,' she thought.

Meanwhile, the viper wasn't sure what it should think. It wasn't going to die? Also, what did that beast just say?

"Are you kidding me?" the viper transmitted to Gravis with an angry voice.

"No, I'm not," Gravis answered.

"Are you not fine with killing us now? Do you want to kill us all later? What's your goal in this?" the viper answered.

Gravis only smirked. "Oh, I know about your so-called established laws," Gravis said. "Let's go to the Spire. We can discuss all of this in public so that all beasts in the River Tribe will see that I'm serious."

Whoosh!

Gravis swam towards the Spire, and the viper watched. Meanwhile, Shira glared at the viper. "Don't get in my way, or you won't know how you died," she said before following Gravis.

The viper was still angry. What Gravis had proposed was akin to suicide! Yet, he followed the two of them.

Splash!

All three of them left the water. Gravis went to the Spire to climb it to a sufficient height where every beast could see him. Shira and the viper went to each of their camps and stood at the forefront of their groups.

The sea horde didn't show much respect for Shira. To them, she had only shown that she was intelligent. On top of that, they didn't know her for long. Lastly, she hadn't proven her strength. After all, nearly all survivors managed to kill a beast at their level, while Shira didn't win.

Meanwhile, the land beasts stood respectfully behind the viper, showing everyone that they acknowledged it as their leader. No beast dared to stand close to the viper.

When Shira saw that, her eyes narrowed further. 'Just you wait,' she thought with spite.

By now, all beasts had gathered in front of the Spire, and Gravis looked at them.

will stay alive and join my Tribe, the River Tribe," Gravis

with skeptical eyes at Gravis and then at the sea beasts with disdain. They weren't sure

only taken part in the battle to get some food, which, by the way, was still lying dead in

beasts to unite?" the viper transmitted with an angry voice to everyone around them.

spoken at length with Shira

was done speaking. This made the viper only angrier. "This will make everyone here the enemy of every sea and land Tribe out there. This is suicide! If you want to kill us, why don't you

only smirked. "I

taken aback. "What do you mean with so? This will kill all of us!" it shouted

the other Tribes

be the prime target for every Tribe in the surroundings," the viper shot back immediately. "This will give

more powerful. You say the laws are just a means to an end to find an arbitrary reason to attack us. Is

remained silent for some seconds, thinking about Gravis' words. "Yes, it is," it said. "Yet, that doesn't change the

you some hypothetical situations," Gravis

viper said with

they attack us? Would breaking the laws make

wouldn't," the viper answered quickly. "When a resource of power is

"When we are stronger than an

find allies in other Tribes to take us down. After all, we would be a

the same situation

viper answered but stopped. It wanted to counter that argument, but it couldn't. It wasn't some stupid beast that always believed it was right. The viper was this smart because it always analyzed its own thinking and looked

that honestly compared the relationships with other Tribes in both situations. Yet, even after half

it was planning and

a private conversation, but it felt awkward waiting for it in this public setting. "If you're too weak, you will die. If you're strong, the weak will fear for their

was taken out of its thoughts

for help. They will just attack us immediately. If we break the laws,

use its full height to stand up. So, the viper and Gravis looked at each other's eyes

before, and it felt Gravis' power for the first time. It was rather shocked, not by how strong Gravis was, but by how weak Gravis was. This