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.

stay alive and join my Tribe, the

beasts looked with skeptical eyes at Gravis and then at the sea beasts with disdain. They weren't sure if Gravis actually meant that, and even

of that development. They had only taken part in the battle

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

with

Gravis to continue, but apparently, he was done speaking. This made the viper only angrier. "This will make everyone here the enemy of every sea and

"I know. So?"

viper was taken aback. "What do you mean with so? This

other Tribes wouldn't attempt to kill us?" Gravis

we wouldn't be the prime target for every Tribe in the surroundings," the viper shot back immediately. "This will give the surrounding Tribes a reason

You say the laws are just a means to

thinking about Gravis' words. "Yes, it is," it said. "Yet, that doesn't change the reality of the situation. We will be the enemies of

you some hypothetical situations," Gravis

the viper said with

we are weaker than an adjacent Tribe, will they attack us? Would breaking the laws make a difference in this

is too weak to defend itself,

than an adjacent Tribe, will

Yet, they might find allies in other Tribes to take us down. After all, we would be a threat to them," the viper

that sound like the same situation as when we

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

relationships with other Tribes in both situations. Yet, even after half a minute, it saw no difference. Everything would end in the same

entirely different reason. Now, they were narrowed because it was planning and going through all possible advantages and problems that such a merger would bring. It was

think some more if this were 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

of its thoughts and looked

just attack us immediately. If we break the laws, and the enemy is weaker than us, they will search for help. Yet, the exact same scenario would happen if we didn't break the laws. It makes

Gravis stood in front of the viper. The viper was 200-meters-long but didn't use its full height to stand up. So, the viper 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 was obviously the sea Horde's leader. Yet, he wasn't