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.

weren't 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,

need to make the pathway big or defend themselves, they reached the other

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

reason, they found them beautiful. They also saw something else

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 viper

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

he saw Shira leading them, he knew that the enemy was no

tribesmen prove themselves?" Shira

narrowed his eyes. Shira looked very happy right now, and that couldn't mean anything good. She was definitely plotting something. Yet, there was no

he answered. Then, he instructed his army to scatter. They weren't needed

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

mountains. "Follow me. I will lead you around and introduce your new home,"

around the Tribe? This was an incredible honor! Most of them hadn't even seen their Matriarch in their life. Before the

the River Tribe. It is my duty to answer your questions when you require guidance. The small octopus beside me is the Oracle, Orthar, and he has the same duty as me. You can visit either of us anytime you like. There is no punishment

Lord from him. They could visit

the actual leader of the Tribe. Didn't this mean that there was a third Lord? On top of that, that Lord would need to be even more powerful. Otherwise, these Lords would never follow them. They wondered how mighty and imposing the leader

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,

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

I will announce the start with a clap of my tail. Then, you will fight each other until only one survives. The winner gets to eat the

plan. This

the combatants? To make it fair, the combatants should choose themselves,"

have won this battle, not you. Additionally, they have already agreed." Shira slithered closer to Silva and smirked at him while looking deep into his eyes. "And there's nothing you

looked at Orthar. "This is

accepted. It's at the boundary of the