Lightning Is the Only Way

"I won," Gravis said evenly as he looked at Cynthia.

Cynthia was taken aback as she heard Gravis' words. What did he mean by he won? She was about to kill him, and he said that he won? Did he expect that he would be able to fight her? Gravis might have an impressive Battle-Strength, but Cynthia was sure that he wouldn't be able to fight over a full Realm above himself.

Cynthia shook her head to regain her bearings. It didn't matter what Gravis said. She just had to kill him, and everything will return to normal.

BANG!

The ground below Cynthia exploded as she burst forward with ridiculous speed. The Red King's abode was made out of incredibly powerful ore, and not even Gravis would be able to damage it. Yet, Cynthia just randomly destroyed it by accelerating.

Instead of getting ready for battle, Gravis just continued sitting there. If he were to fight her, he wouldn't be able to survive. Her speed was just way too fast for him. He wouldn't even be able to react to any of her attacks.

BOOOOOOM

But it wasn't Gravis fighting her.

Cynthia got flung back as a powerful fireball exploded before her, and her skin received a tremendous amount of cuts and burns. If that fireball had hit her directly, she wouldn't be alive anymore.

Cynthia's eyes widened in shock, terror, and fear as she realized who had attacked. There was only one beast inside the Red Kingdom that outclassed her to such a degree.

A small, red hawk landed between Gravis and Cynthia as it looked at Cynthia with unending fury. One of his commanders had betrayed him!

"M-My King," Cynthia quivered in terror. Why was the Red King here? Didn't he say that he would be gone for a couple of days?

"Explain yourself, commander," the Red King said with an icy voice that didn't allow for any disobedience.

mind! Please, you must see the truth! I'm only doing this to protect you, my King!" she rapidly

of the most powerful level five Kings in existence! He could even resist Emperors for a while! How dare this weak beast assume that it could protect him from

has this Lord clouded my mind, commander?" the

she shouted in panic. "But ever since this-this beast appeared, you have spoken words that you would have never said! You said that the Red Kingdom is only a tool to increase your power! The

benevolent King. You always wanted the best for us, and I believe in you," Cynthia said weakly and sadly.

BOOOOOOOOM!

was

pathetic, naïve, stupid," the Red King spat one word after the other. Gravis could hear the Red King's genuine disgust and hatred

to achieve power, one had to be cruel and make sacrifices. The Red

King spoke about kindness and benevolence? Even Lords knew that power was everything, so how did this beast reach the power of a level three King while still

benevolent meant that he wasn't

of himself, but he wasn't a hypocrite. He knew that he wasn't kind in the least. His lack of kindness only showed his ambition and hunger

character trait, but to the Red King, these two words only meant stupid and hypocritical. He just couldn't believe that there was a high-ranking beast inside his Kingdom with such a weak mindset. The Red King felt a mixture of shame,

said from behind the Red King, which nearly made

with burning eyes and glared at him. Gravis only

and the Red King's body shook slightly. He hadn't been this angry in a really long time. Then, he turned around and took some deep breaths to calm down. Gravis didn't interject since he wasn't willing to gamble

was left of Cynthia. Usually, he wouldn't have wasted a valuable corpse like

already degraded

"I didn't," Gravis answered.

brows and turned

betray you or not. After all, I only know her superficially. There was a 50% chance in my mind that she would change her mindset, a 30% chance that she would remain the same and do nothing, and a 20% chance that

"And this 20% chance was enough for you to make a bet with me?" the Red King

20% turned out to be

when he