Lightning Is the Only Way

The hyenas were still ready to strike. The enemy commander had said that she would give them a chance to survive, but they couldn't just trust her like this. In case the enemy went against her word, they would die fighting.

"What is your proposal?" the black general asked.

Shira only continued smiling deviously. "Does it matter? Two Lords are surrounding you. You have no choice but to accept."

The black general gnashed his teeth. He hated it when someone talked down to him like this. Sadly, there was nothing he could do. These two Lords could eradicate all the hyenas easily.

"Okay," the black general conceded. "What will you have us do?" he asked.

"You all need to win a life and death duel. If you win, you join our Tribe. If you lose, you die," Shira said as she slowly crept on land. As soon as she came on land, the others noticed that her stomach had a huge bulge. Apparently, she had already finished eating her prey.

The black general narrowed his eyes. "This sounds too good to be true. What's the catch?" he asked.

Shira only continued smirking. "Since you're the losing party, I will decide who fights whom. That's the catch."

The black general looked at the floor with furrowed brows. This still sounded too good to be true. After all, if they would join the Tribe when they won, it would make no sense for the enemy to pull any dirty schemes. This would only weaken the force of their Tribe. No commander would weaken their own Tribe like this.

"Okay, we accept," the black general said.

Shira snickered a bit. "Very well, follow me," she ordered to the hyenas. "You're allowed to create a pathway to the mountains. Forcing you to swim is too disgraceful," she said.

The black general was a bit surprised at that. The enemy commander even considered their honor? Apparently, this commander was a rather respectful and honorable snake.

"Follow her commands," the black general said.

as distraught as one would imagine. Joining a Tribe with two Lords was incredible. On top of that, they only had to win one fight. Most of the hyenas didn't care about their family back home. In actuality, now that they were forced to join another

need to make the pathway big or defend themselves, they reached the other side in only a minute. After that, they simply climbed

mountains, they could finally see the River Tribe. The rivers immediately confused them. Surprisingly, the hyenas didn't know the concept of a river. After all, such rivers would give easy access to invasions from the ocean. That's why they didn't have rivers in

the rivers. For some reason, they found them beautiful. They also

them that the River Tribe didn't even attack with their full force. On top of that, they also saw their other tribesmen standing there. About 20 hyenas stood beside the army, and they all looked at an imposing-looking viper. The hyenas quickly realized that this

tribesmen saw their siblings coming over the mountain, they felt relief wash over them. They were happy that their army didn't get destroyed. The more hyenas there

looked at the approaching hyenas, but as soon as he saw Shira leading them, he knew that the enemy was no threat anymore.

your tribesmen prove themselves?" Shira asked Silva with

Shira looked very happy right now, and that couldn't mean anything good. She was definitely plotting something. Yet, there

he answered. Then, he instructed his

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also walked over the mountains. "Follow me. I will lead you around and introduce your new home," he transmitted to the already

their life. Before the attack, they also hadn't seen the princess before. Lords seemed like existences that never crossed

the Oracle, Orthar, and he has the same duty as me. You can visit either of us anytime you like. There is no punishment when

also felt the power of a Lord from him. They could visit two Lords whenever they wanted? This sounded too

there was a third Lord? On top of that, that Lord would need to be even

led the proven hyenas to the Spire, while Orthar followed Shira and Silva. The tribesmen only had one rule that they needed to follow, but that wasn't true for the commanders. Since the commanders had more power, they had to adhere to more rules. One of these rules stated that meaningless genocide was not permitted. There had to be a reason. Orthar followed them to keep an

some minutes, they arrived at the eastern arena, the closest one to the hyena's territory. It was a three-kilometer-wide, lowered ring. It was made out of earth with many deep rivers going through it. In

start with a clap of my tail. Then, you will

noticed Shira's plan. This was

choose the combatants? To make it fair, the

they have already agreed." Shira slithered closer to Silva and smirked at him while looking deep into his

shouted as he looked at Orthar. "This is

the battle, and they have already accepted. It's at the boundary