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 to her?" he

is as normal as water flowing down. Yet, killing her now would be a

"You say I

a threat to me again. Only with her pressure would I be able to grow to my true potential. Without pressure, my growth will become way slower. So, as long as she still has the chance to become

I am way more powerful than her, I would kill her. After all,

should use her to become more powerful,

Gravis nodded. "Yep."

if she becomes more powerful than me and kills me?" he

when he heard that. "That's the point. If there weren't a risk of her killing you, what tempering and pressure would she be able to give you? When you're

can also just directly kill her when she returns. In the end, it's your decision. I only told you what I would do in your case. You are still

will kill her as soon as she returns.

then go ahead. It's your

only nodded with

went back to its old ways. The Lords went back to temper themselves. Yet, as the weeks passed, the urgency that they

themselves nearly every day anymore but actually took several breaks. After all, without Shira, they were not under as much pressure to

he didn't like to acknowledge that one bit. By now, he started doubting himself. Should he really kill her directly for what she had done? Hearing and seeing were two

of her absence. It actually took nearly two entire weeks until another level two Lord appeared, and then it took another two weeks until the

no reason anymore for Gravis to wait at the coast. After all, he doubted that the Stone Tribe would

two level three Lords during this time. The reason for that was that the River Tribe had infringed on territories

not as difficult as his fight against the shark. The main reason for that was that Gravis' lightning had more than doubled. This strengthened his

bit of tempering, which made him a bit sad. Yet, there was nothing he could do about it. It was not possible for him to artificially make himself weaker. After all, he could always return