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."

sneered again. "What? Are you saying that I should be thankful to her?" he asked with

course not. She is your enemy, and killing one's enemies is as normal as water flowing down. Yet, killing her now would be a

his eyes. "You say I

yes. If I were in your position, I would give her the chance to become a threat to me again. Only with her pressure would I be able to grow to my true potential. Without pressure, my growth

of course, as soon as I am way more powerful than her, I would kill her. After all, she is my

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

Gravis nodded. "Yep."

what if she becomes more powerful than me and

laughed 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 tempering yourself, you're always playing with fire. Burning yourself is one of the risks that you have to

the end, it's your decision. I

as soon as she returns. She has killed

then go ahead.

only nodded

The Lords went back to temper themselves. Yet, as the weeks passed, the urgency that they had had before

Lords didn't temper themselves nearly every day anymore but actually took several breaks. After all,

and he didn't like to acknowledge that one bit. By now, he started doubting himself. Should he really kill her directly for what she

and pressure was different than seeing the effects 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 next

headquarters had shifted many times by now. There was no reason anymore for Gravis to wait at

appeared two level three Lords during this time. The reason for that was 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

level three Lord. The fight had been a bit difficult, but not as difficult as his fight against the shark. The main reason for that

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 to his previous