Lightning Is the Only Way

"Princess, an army of 100 hyenas of our Clan has been gathered. We are ready for your orders!" a very muscular, black hyena shouted. It currently stood in front of the blood-red hyena, and it absolutely towered over her. Yet, it didn't dare to be disrespectful. Behind the black hyena, 100 other hyenas could be seen. All of them had lowered their heads to show respect.

"Very well," the princess said. She was only 30-meters-tall, but she felt gigantic to all the present beasts. She was a Lord, something they couldn't fight. "Then, we will proceed with the attack as planned."

"Yes, princess," the black general said. Then, he turned to the army. "The Earth Movers will create a pathway on sea level. You will then fight the sea beasts and kill them however you want. This is a war, not a duel. So, you will do everything in your power to kill as many enemies as possible."

"The corpses will be shared among the participants in the fight while a third of the corpses will go to the leaders of our great Tribe! Make the Tribe proud and kill as many enemies as possible!" the black general shouted.

"For the great Tribe!" the hyenas answered in unison.

The black general looked back at the princess.

"Begin," she said.

"Begin!" the black general shouted.

The hyenas charged forward in unison. They had been over ten kilometers away from the water so that their enemies wouldn't be prepared for their invasion. The brown hyenas ran in the middle of the pack while the others ran alongside them.

Hyenas were versatile beasts and had different affinities. Except for water, wind, and lightning, every other element could be awakened by them. Of course, there were also hyenas that didn't have any affinity towards an element. Instead, these hyenas just had slightly more powerful bodies that allowed them to be faster and stronger. A slightly more powerful body made them equally as dangerous as the ones with elemental affinities.

As soon as they came close to the sea, they saw a lot of sea beasts go forward. Yet, some sea beasts also retreated. These were probably informants that would relay the information to the leaders. Yet, that would take some time. After all, the headquarter of a territory was nearly always in the middle. This gave the invaders an advantage.

CRRRR!

A vast area of land rose from the sea as the Earth Makers created a powerful and wide pathway. The hyenas didn't care about the minor flooding. Their own mountains would stop the water. The pathway was created with incredible speed, and a lot of the sea beasts couldn't retreat in time. Seeing the fleeing sea beasts close to them, the hunting instinct in some of the hyenas awoke.

Some of the hyenas quickly jumped at the closest prey in the water. Right now was the best opportunity to kill sea beasts. After all, the enemy was still confused. They would only need to become more careful later in the war.

small and slow squid. With one attack,

CLAMP!

massive shear came out of the water behind the squid, grabbing the whole hyena. The hyena grew panicked. Crabs were slow, but their shears were powerful. Usually,

only feel living presences in their surroundings. Yet, when the water was full of beasts, they couldn't discern which present

thrown into the distance. It landed in the sea after a couple of seconds and looked around. Some sea beasts were present, but not

a barracuda

surprised. Was this

"Duel?" it asked back.

win, you live," the barracuda

little bit smarter than fish. That's why the hyena accepted its situation

was that similar things were happening to its tribesmen. The seemingly retreating beasts had only been bait. After they jumped into the water, the hyenas

teeth, speed, and claws on land. Yet, in the water, they were weaker. Of course, fighting in water only reduced their Battle-Strength by a little bit. They

had said that the Tribe

for our invasion!" the black general shouted. "Stay in formation and don't jump into the water. They need to come

the general's command and stayed in their positions. Sea beasts rarely used Earth Movers, in their case Water Makers, in a fight. That was

not the case for land beasts. Many land beasts had earth affinities, which allowed them to use the Earth Movers more freely. Yet, the Earth Movers were still essential in a war.

As soon as the five spies from the Hyena Tribe had been apprehended, she had been informed. Ever since

did the River Tribe notice the

was full of sea beasts and saw such a big mountain range, they would immediately assume

was that it was forbidden to use these tunnels. Like this, the spies would search for the tunnel and swim through them,

hearing that the snakes only had to win one fight, they grew ecstatic! Other Tribes

already been prepared beforehand. After all, at some point, a spy would come through the tunnel. The less time passed, the more effective Shira's plan

the mid-rank Spirit Beasts that were considered the weakest in their category by Shira. Losing them wouldn't be an issue in exchange for some smart snakes. Additionally, if

of the five snakes died. Their enemies had been the weakest of their category, but the snakes also didn't have

another choice. One of them had to feed