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.

survivor will stay alive and join my Tribe,

then at the sea beasts with disdain. They weren't sure if

biggest fans of that development. They had only taken part in the battle to get some

land beasts to unite?" the viper transmitted with an angry

Gravis said. He had spoken at length with Shira about this topic when

speaking. This made the viper only angrier. "This will make everyone here the enemy of every sea and land Tribe out there. This

"I know.

with so? This will kill all of us!" it shouted with anger and

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

the prime target for every Tribe in the surroundings," the viper shot back immediately. "This will give the surrounding Tribes a reason to band together and attack us as a

a bit. "In the end, it's all about becoming more powerful. You say the laws are

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

me give you some hypothetical

the viper said with

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

it wouldn't," the viper answered quickly. "When a resource of power is too weak to defend itself, it will be

we are stronger than an adjacent Tribe, will

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

smirked. "Doesn't that sound like the same situation

wasn't some stupid beast that always believed it was right. The viper was this smart because

started thinking of this situation from a point of view that honestly compared the relationships with other Tribes

was planning and going through all possible advantages and problems that such a merger would

would have let it think some more if this were a private conversation, but it felt awkward waiting for it in this public setting. "If you're

out of its thoughts and looked at Gravis,

down from the Spire. "If we break the laws, and the enemy is stronger than us, they won't search for help. They will 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 no

full height to stand up. So, the viper and Gravis

the first time. It was rather shocked, not by how strong Gravis was, but by how weak Gravis was. This was