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

Silva. Liza didn't want their fight to interfere between Orthar's and Silva's fight, while the beast didn't want to distract Silva. The beast knew that Silva cared for them, and if Silva saw the beast

my fight!" he shouted while defending against Orthar. "I am fighting so that you all can survive. If

gave Orthar an opportunity. Orthar used this opportunity to tear one of Silva's arms off. Luckily, that didn't hinder

had 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

BOOM!

all members of the River Tribe, and I won't allow anyone

beasts also started

between Orthar and Silva dragged on, more and more beasts got involved. After several minutes, more than

not a duel but a war!" Orthar shouted at Silva. "Ideologies clash,

followers fight for me while your followers fight for nothing!" Silva shouted back. "We have a bond that keeps us together, while your ideology keeps us

hurting inside. He didn't want his friends to

power if you're alone, huh? Didn't mom say the same thing?' he thought as he remembered his talk

other?' Gravis thought but then shook his head. 'Yet, if I forced them to stop fighting, would they still be my friends? At that point, they would

this, Gravis continued

fights became increasingly more vicious as time passed. Whenever Orthar

total freedom if you're alone?' Gravis thought. 'Yet, is companionship worth the sacrifice of freedom? Could I even live with myself if I forced my friends

were 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 them. Several beasts died to Orthar, but Silva had been busy trying to defend them from him

is trying to keep his companions alive but also win,' Gravis thought. 'He doesn't

up. 'Isn't that just like me

if it meant his own death. He couldn't allow more of

WHOOOOOM!

before he could commit to the attack, an incredible pressure appeared around him that stopped him from moving.

every beast. "Every beast that continues to fight will

silence fell over the River Tribe. No one

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