Lightning Is the Only Way

Cynthia looked at the regenerated Gravis with a slightly opened mouth. She seemed rather shocked by what she saw. "You look incredible," she commented.

Gravis blinked a couple of times out of confusion. Then, he pointed at himself with a questioning look. "Me? How do I look incredible?" he asked in genuine confusion. Where did that comment suddenly come from?

Cynthia looked back at Gravis with an annoyed expression. "Don't act like you don't know," she said.

Gravis shook his head in surprise again. "But I genuinely don't know. I really don't get it. No one has ever said something like that to me," Gravis said.

Cynthia was a bit taken aback. "No one?" she asked.

Gravis nodded. "Yes, no one. I really don't get it. You're some kind of cat, and I'm some kind of lizard thing. My body doesn't even conform to any general look of any other beast. How could something like this be incredible or attractive?" he asked.

Cynthia lifted one of her eyebrows in confusion. "So, you really don't know?"

Gravis groaned. "No, I don't," he said.

Cynthia looked at Gravis again and scanned his entire body. "The more powerful we beasts become, the more we realize the combat potential of different bodies. At the beginning of our journey, we mainly look at beasts that look similar to us, but at some point, we can only see the inadequacies of other bodies. This completely changes our tastes for a mate."

Gravis was still confused. "But you have fur, while I have scales. You walk on four legs, while I walk on two. You have paws, while I have hands. We both are nearly as far away from each other in terms of looks as it gets."

"That's why you look incredible," Cynthia said. "When you didn't have any arms and legs, you looked weak and vulnerable, something we powerful beasts despise. After all, we all want to reach supreme power, and mating with someone like that would produce weak offspring."

these weaknesses left. Yes, you look entirely different to me, but that is why you are so attractive, and

with a cat out of his mind. He was a human, and he really didn't have any romantic interest in a cat. He hadn't felt any attraction for

because I still don't get it," Gravis

so sure that you're not lying, I would suspect that you're fishing for compliments," Cynthia said

scanned Gravis, which made him really uncomfortable. "Your scales are superior to my fur, which means your

with your balance. You can use that tail more effectively than I can use

the defensive weakness of your waist only exists in theory. Your claws, chest, and forward-leaning position keep your waist protected. Like this, your

allow you to grab stuff. Additionally, you can injure your enemy with them. Your mouth has strong teeth and a

"All in all, you have the most effective body for combat I have ever seen. I see no weaknesses at all. The only thing I could criticize is that you only have two

so it's all about

course. Power is everything. No powerful beast wants to have weak

still felt uncomfortable with this whole topic. Talking about the sexual attractiveness of his weird lizard-body with a cat really wasn't something he

mate? We are so different. I doubt we would even be able

as we become Lords, there is no restriction regarding species anymore. Our

was taken aback. "What?" he simply

all feel the change in attraction. It's instinct. You're a beast, so you should have felt that too," Cynthia said with an annoyed

scratch his chin. 'I've never heard about that before. Is this some kind of rule or Law that the highest Heaven put into place? I mean, it

beast can mate with every other beast, how come I

how come I've never seen some weird looking beast? If beasts can just mate with anything, the beasts would start looking really weird after some point,"

to her. "Because the offspring looks identical to