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.

of her shock. "My-My King, this beast has cl-clouded your mind! Please, you must see the truth!

dared to think that she would be able to protect him, the Red King!? He was one of the most powerful level five Kings in existence! He could even resist Emperors for a while! How dare this weak beast assume

Lord clouded my mind, commander?" the Red King demanded in an icy

that you would have

believe in you," Cynthia said weakly and sadly. "Please, you must see reason, my King! This Lord has put thoughts in your mind about

BOOOOOOOOM!

was no

spat one word after the other.

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

was everything, so how did this beast reach the power of a

took that as an insult. Being benevolent meant that he wasn't ready to give everything for power. If there were no

others. The Red King was proud 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 for power. Kindness was weakness, while a lack

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

Gravis said from behind the Red King, which nearly made

burning eyes and glared

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 with his life right now. He shouldn't push the Red

his side. Nothing was left of Cynthia. Usually, he wouldn't have wasted a valuable corpse like that, but he

would betray me?" the Red King asked as he looked at the blackened crater. Subconsciously, he had already degraded Cynthia from commander to just a common cat. He couldn't bring himself to call such a

"I didn't," Gravis answered.

furrowed his brows and turned

Cynthia would betray you or not. After all, I only know her superficially. There was a 50% chance in my mind that she would change

for you to make a

these 20% turned out to

sighed when he heard