Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis threw the viper back, freeing it from his grasp. The viper felt an avalanche of relief washing over it when that happened. It was still alive.

"I said, I won't kill you, but I still need to show you that you shouldn't go against me in the future," Gravis said.

CRRRRRR! CRK! Puchi!

A powerful force immobilized the viper's body. Then, it pulled at one of its bones inside its body, tearing it off. After that, identical to what Gravis had done to Shira, the bone shot out of the viper's body. After leaving its body, the bone only hovered above Gravis' opened hand.

The viper felt incredible pain and fear. What was this power? How did this beast manage to tear a bone right out of its body without even touching it? Not even their Lord had that ability.

When Shira saw that, she felt some satisfaction. She had gone through the same, and it felt good to her to see someone else go through her humiliation and pain.

Gravis just looked at the viper. "What's your name?" he asked.

"Silva," it said weakly.

"You're male judging by your name, right?" Gravis asked.

"Yes," Silva said.

"Alright," Gravis commented and slithered back to the Spire. None of the gathered beasts dared to get close to him. His display had intimidated them.

"As you all have heard by my discussion with Silva, it makes no difference if we break the laws or not. The Tribes have created these laws to keep their forces together. The land beasts don't want to lose their forces to the sea beasts and vice versa."

"They make everyone believe that there is only one enemy. Yet, that is not true. Plenty of Tribes on the so-called same side fight with each other, maybe even more than with the so-called enemy. When your Tribe gets annihilated by a Tribe from the same side, do you not consider them as enemies? They are ready to kill you. Therefore, they are your enemy."

only enemy is the other kind are blind to the truth. From the very beginning, everyone is your enemy. There may be unions and alliances, but those exist only because they can't defeat each other. As soon as one

words. These members only followed the words of the powerful, and Gravis

semi-smart beasts. They understood some concepts but weren't smart enough to realize that they didn't know much. These beasts believed themselves to be superior to others since they didn't have

these semi-smart beasts were, at least, smart enough to not butt into the conversation. After all, Shira and Silva kept quiet. However, that didn't change their opinion about the other faction. In their eyes, the other

I see no problem in that. The major difference between land and sea beasts is simply the fact where they live.

live and fight wherever we are, and when a beast becomes a Lord, it becomes completely

I know that my words alone won't accomplish much. You need to see and feel

paid attention

the Water Makers will carve wide rivers through the territory. This will be the living space for the sea beasts. The Water Makers already know how the territory should look like and will

the commander of all sea beasts while Silva

pangolin, Morn, will be the Elder. He is very wise and experienced and can give any land beasts guidance when they require it. The octopus, Orthar, will be the

will act as a status symbol and command center for the land beasts. Of course, it

deep and powerful Abyss surrounding the Spire. Of course, we will leave bridges for the land beasts to reach the Spire without having

the Abyss to make it easier for the upper echelons of each side to meet. I will live in a separate cave at sea level inside this hole. If something requires both sides to

Gravis smirked. "And lastly, seventh, even though you are from the same Tribe, you are allowed to fight to the death with one another. The fights will be duels, and both sides need to

either the Elder or Oracle. If you attack without consent from

Gravis said. Then, he lifted his arm to the sky and

Whoosh! SPLASH!

fell from the sky, right into the water. The beasts had no idea what that was, but

CRRRRR!

had lived its whole life inside the

World, and it did. It had helped in moving a lot of earth into the ocean, and now it helped in

Beasts. On top of that, it could work as an effective defense in