Lightning Is the Only Way

The Red King's rage returned as he heard Gravis' words. "What do you mean with no?" he asked in an annoyed tone.

"I won't remain on top of this mountain," Gravis answered.

The Red King looked with burning eyes at Gravis. "Are you saying that you intend to flee!?" he asked with a threatening voice.

"No, but I will wander around. I want to look around and gather some ore," Gravis said.

The Red King wanted to just say no, but a word caught his attention. "What's ore?" he asked.

"Very hard stones in the earth," Gravis answered. "You've seen how I have used the Golden Dragon's body to make weapons and armor. Having a full set of these things will make my Battle-Strength even more powerful. Isn't that what you want?" Gravis asked.

The Red King thought about this for a bit. His Kingdom used these powerful stones as fortifications, but that was it. They never made these things into weapons or armor. To beasts, using something that wasn't their own body kind of felt a bit dirty. Some beasts, like the ape with the tree-trunk from earlier, had no such reservations, but most others did.

Yet, Gravis was right. The Red King had seen what difference the shield had made in the battle. Having more of that stuff would surely make Gravis more powerful.

"Fine," the Red King said after some seconds, "but a King of my choosing will follow you to keep you from escaping. Additionally, to keep your Battle-Strength as strong as possible in relation to your level, you are not allowed to kill or eat any other beasts."

"I have no problem with someone following me, but I still need to eat the corpse of the Golden Dragon," Gravis said.

"Eating the Golden Dragon is fine, but I don't want you to eat any other beasts. Having you on the level of a level three Lord is perfect," the Red King said.

"Then I have to disappoint you," Gravis answered.

The Red King grew annoyed again. "What? You're not fine with that either?" the Red King asked.

Gravis shook his head. "That's not it. The point is that I won't be able to reach the level of a level three Lord like this."

The Red King furrowed his brows. "What do you mean? Yes, the Golden Dragon has fallen a level, but the corpse of a Divine Beast gives double the power."

for me to become a level three Lord. I need more food

aback. "Are you

I need around five times the food that normal beasts

King asked in shock. "Why do you

with them. In exchange for my powers, I need

he nodded. "Alright. You're allowed to kill and eat beasts

shook his head. "I have

King furrowed his

Law during that fight," Gravis said. "Comprehending a new Law increases my Battle-Strength. Yet, in the last fight, I wasn't able to fully make use of

be even more powerful than before, right?" the Red

is ready, I can fight, kill, and eat a level five Lord. Like

agree," he shouted with a smirk. "Tell me when you're ready, and I will choose an

King," a new voice suddenly

without him noticing. Gravis looked over and saw a small, black cat standing in front of

King said to the black cat. "He is not allowed to kill, fight, or eat any beasts. He is my present to the Empress in the meeting five years from now. You should know what

obediently. "I won't

and infuriating. Try to keep him from running into trouble. As far as I see, he will probably infuriate more

King,"

said as he turned to Gravis, "go get

answer at

SHING!

to regrow, but he

arm got cut off. Instead, he simply looked at his bare shoulder now. "Now I need to wait even longer to fight,"

She had just cut off his arm. How was it

important. That's why he

her bearings and glared at Gravis with icy eyes. "You better behave," she

slowly turned his head to her. "Or

only grinned maliciously. "Or your other arm will be next,"