Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis only smirked at Silva's question. "Do I really need to answer that?" he asked. "Think of what she would do in this situation. You should be able to guess what and where she would be right now."

Silva went back into thinking and then snorted. "She is probably 90% sure that we all have died. So, to not get killed by the two powerful level three Lords, she should have left the Tribe."

Gravis nodded. "But that's not all, is it?" he asked.

Silva snorted again. "Of course, she would also plan for the fact that we actually survived. In that case, she would need to go through a hell of tempering to not fall behind. So, she probably went to the territories of the level two Lords and wouldn't return until she is confident enough in her power."

Gravis nodded. "Exactly. I'm pretty sure Shira is currently tempering herself against some other powerful Tribes."

Silva only sneered. "It doesn't matter. I felt the difference between fighting many equal opponents and fighting a more powerful one. I am pretty confident that I can kill her without dying when she returns." Then, Silva's eyes became icy. "As soon as she returns, I will kill her."

Gravis only smiled and nodded. "Sure, you can. Nobody will stop you if you decide to do that, but don't you think that killing her now would be a waste?"

Silva looked with skepticism at Gravis. "What do you mean?" he asked.

"Think about it," Gravis said. "Without her constant threat, would you or your Land Camp be as powerful as you or they are now? Didn't the constant pressure push you further than you would have ever thought?"

Silva became a bit frustrated but continued thinking.

Seeing that Silva remained quiet, Gravis continued. "Less than a month ago, you were a Spirit Beast. Now, you have killed a level three Lord with your companions. Without Shira, you wouldn't be a level two Lord now, and you certainly wouldn't be such a powerful one."

you saying that I should be thankful

"Of course not. She is your enemy, and killing one's enemies is as normal as water flowing down. Yet, killing

narrowed his eyes. "You say I should keep

pressure would I be able to grow to my true potential. Without pressure, my growth will become way

as soon as I am way more powerful than her, I would kill her.

his brows. "So, you say I should use her to become more powerful,

Gravis nodded. "Yep."

she becomes more powerful than

there weren't a risk of her killing you, what tempering and pressure would she be

returns. In the end, it's your decision. I

but I think I will kill her as soon as she returns. She has killed too many of

"Sure, then go

only nodded

to temper themselves. Yet, as the weeks passed, the urgency that they had had before vanished. Shira was no longer here, which reduced the pressure of the River

of that, the Lords didn't temper themselves nearly every day anymore but actually took several breaks. After all, without

uses, and he didn't like to acknowledge that one bit. By now, he started doubting

pressure was different than seeing the effects of her absence. It actually took nearly two entire weeks

Tribe was rapidly expanding into the continent, and their headquarters had shifted many times by now. There was no reason anymore for Gravis to wait at

that the River Tribe had infringed on territories of Tribes that paid allegiance to these powerful Tribes. Therefore, the powerful Tribes had sent level three Lords

been a bit difficult, but not as difficult as his fight against the

It was not possible for him to artificially make himself weaker. After all, he could always return to his previous peak whenever he wanted. This would not