Lightning Is the Only Way

Silva's emotions weren't calm anymore. A lot of the things that Gravis had said rung true inside his mind. On top of that, he was also sure that he would try to think of his errors in this hypothetical scenario and what he could have done better. Slowly, he started becoming more open to Gravis' words.

"What can I do to take advantage of my strength?" Silva asked.

Gravis smirked and laughed a bit. "You already did without realizing," he said.

This was not the answer that Silva had expected. "What do you mean?" he asked.

Gravis laughed some more. "You have done something that will help you become stronger that Shira won't ever do," Gravis said as he walked over and now leaned on the statue of Silva. "You've asked for help."

Silva wasn't happy with that sentence. "I asked for guidance, not help," he said.

"That's the thing," Gravis said. "When we refer to help, we don't only refer to the aspect of combat. Guidance is also a form of help. Depending on someone else's strength will be detrimental to you, but asking for guidance is learning, and learning is growing. As long as you fight your battles yourself, this kind of help will only be beneficial to you."

"Tell me," Gravis said. "Is it forbidden for Shira to ask for guidance?"

"No," Silva said.

"Do you think that if she were to ask for guidance, we wouldn't help her?" Gravis asked.

"No. I'm sure that you would answer her questions too," Silva answered.

"Yet, why doesn't she ask for guidance?" Gravis asked.

"Because she is too prideful. Asking for help would feel like she has lost against me," Silva answered.

"And that's her weakness," Gravis answered. "She can grow by asking for guidance, but she doesn't. You could sacrifice some of your assets to kill some of hers, but you don't. These are the weaknesses of both of you."

"Now," Gravis said as he stepped towards the middle of the room. "If it weren't for Shira's pressure, would you have realized these truths? If you weren't backed into a corner, would you have learned all of these things?"

fought with his emotions. It was always hard to concede that someone else was right while you were wrong. This always felt like a loss. After a while, Silva sighed. "No,

techniques, or whatever else you want. Yet, the end goal

CRRRR!

a countless amount of

Silva nodded.

power. Yet, there are only enough resources

all become enemies while some will form teams

if these spots were permanent. Yet, as soon as someone achieves one of these spots, they

a fixed order of ascension. Some weaker factions will target the one's keeping themselves out of the fight. After all, if they win against the strong factions, the sidelines might get involved and kill them when they are exhausted after

similar to the people staying on the sidelines. You don't want to risk dying and try to take a safe approach. Yet, the strong will never give you a chance, while the weak will first deal

to the same side. Then, another statue appeared. Yet, this one was bigger than all other

Spirit Beasts. The other one has ten high-rank Spirit Beasts but no Lord. What would the second camp need to win

bit. It wasn't that this was a complex solution, but that he

if there

each

of them grew to the same size as the enemy Lord. "If the Battle-Strength of the ranks were equal, what

camp would get annihilated while the second camp would have one

have one survivor. Now, if we hadn't sacrificed the beasts to raise a Lord, how many survivors would the

sighed again.

to you, but that's only because you have overlooked one

with interest at Gravis. "Which is?" he

have only allowed the camp to fight itself until the most powerful beast of

started understanding why Orthar and Morn liked the concept of the River Tribe that much. It was basically a slightly fairer version of the wider world. Yet, it was as close to the world as a Tribe could be

them the freedom to rise to power," Gravis said.

your camp. Your camp is not your offspring that needs

become more powerful. If you don't allow them to chase their goal, fearing that they would die, they will never be able to achieve their goal. To many,

their growth. Yet, most of the beasts don't have the intelligence to realize that fact. You don't need to become as cruel and self-serving as Shira, but you need to realize that when they die by their own

as he thought about many things. His camp was his responsibility. Yet, their survival was not his responsibility? To him, it felt