Lightning Is the Only Way

Orthar and Silva charged at each other aggressively. Yet, they both knew the fighting style of the other perfectly. Silva wanted to use his venom-beam to quickly end the fight, but Orthar never gave him any chance.

Silva knew that Orthar could morph his body into different shapes. Shooting a venom-beam wasted a lot of his power, which meant that he needed a good opportunity to hit Orthar. Yet, Orthar never gave him that opportunity.

On the other side, Orthar tried his best to dig into Silva's body, but Silva never gave him an opening. Silva knew that he would die if Orthar managed to dig into his body, while Orthar knew that he would die if he were hit by Silva's venom-beam.

Like this, the fight continued for several minutes.

The beasts looking on were incredibly nervous and scared. They were all scared of the possibility that both Orthar and Silva died. If that happened, they had no one to protect themselves anymore. If Orthar survived, they could stay. If Silva survived, they could leave. Both of these options were fine, but what if both of them died?

Everyone knew that the chances of both of them dying was high. The reason for that was Silva's venom. Orthar was better in a melee fight, but Silva only needed to land one hit to win. The beasts knew that Silva wouldn't give Orthar the edge to attack him. If Silva were backed into a corner, he might sacrifice himself to take down Orthar with him.

Orthar had no reason to die, but Silva had. If Orthar died, his path would come to an end, but if Silva died, he could, at least, take solace in the fact that his companions lived on. Of course, that would only be the last option.

Slowly, the beasts started looking at Orthar with some hints of battle-intent. If Orthar gained the upper hand, they would probably both die, but if Silva gained the upper hand, only Orthar would die. Because of this, some beasts decided to follow Silva.

BOOM!

One beast jumped forward in a bit to distract Orthar. It only needed to give Silva a slight edge for him to win!

BOOM!

Yet, a powerful blizzard appeared that stopped the beast. Then, a powerful body threw the beast to the side.

Liza got involved.

"I won't allow any interference!" she said with her usual smile. "They have decided to fight each other, and even though Silva has left the Tribe, I still consider him as part of it. Because of that, I won't allow any interference in this fight!" she shouted.

The beast that Liza had thrown away stood up with rage. Why did this useless good-for-nothing that never fought others get involved!? Enraged, that beast charged at Liza.

while since I last tempered myself!

want to distract Silva. The beast knew that Silva cared for them, and if Silva saw the beast losing, he might

"Don't involve yourselves in my fight!" he shouted while defending against Orthar. "I am fighting so

used this opportunity to tear one of Silva's arms off. Luckily, that didn't hinder Silva too much. After all,

told them to stay out of it, another beast charged forward. Silva's mindset didn't matter! They got involved not because of him but because they didn't want both of them

BOOM!

members of the River Tribe, and I won't allow anyone to involve themselves in

two beasts also started

and more beasts

duel but a war!" Orthar shouted at Silva. "Ideologies clash, and the more

have a bond that keeps us

didn't mean that he wasn't hurting inside. He didn't want his friends to kill each other, but he couldn't get involved. After all, such

Silva's words, he fell into thought. 'What is the sense of supreme power if you're

his head. 'Yet, if I forced them to stop fighting, would they still be my friends? At that point, they would only be followers. That's not what

continued watching

as time passed. Whenever Orthar or Silva

sense is there in supreme power if you're alone? Isn't this also true for freedom? What sense is total freedom if you're alone?' Gravis thought. 'Yet, is companionship worth the sacrifice of freedom? Could I even live with myself if

both injured. Some beasts had gotten involved, but Silva wanted to protect them while Orthar wanted to kill them. Because of this, the opportunities that these beasts opened up for Silva vanished without Silva using

trying to keep his companions alive but also win,' Gravis thought. 'He doesn't realize that this will result in him having neither of the two

'Isn't that

even if it meant his own death.

WHOOOOOM!

before he could commit to the attack, an incredible pressure appeared around him that stopped him from moving. The same thing was true for

Gravis shouted at every beast. "Every beast that continues to fight will

the River Tribe. No one

you allowed me the freedom to pursue

shook his head. "No, I haven't lied. You will get your