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.

shock. "My-My King, this beast has cl-clouded your mind! Please, you must see the truth! I'm only doing

that she would be able to protect him, the Red King!? He was one of the most powerful level five Kings in

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

she shouted in panic. "But ever since this-this beast appeared, you have spoken words that you would have never said! You

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

BOOOOOOOOM!

was

other. Gravis could hear the

The Red King knew these things and was ready to go through

and benevolence? Even Lords knew that power was everything, so how did this beast reach the power

Being benevolent meant that he wasn't ready

the Red King also felt insulted. He had killed so many beasts and had enslaved so many 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

a positive 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

behind the Red King, which nearly made him explode in rage

eyes and glared at him.

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

King glanced at the burned crater to his side. Nothing was left of Cynthia. Usually, he wouldn't have

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

"I didn't," Gravis answered.

brows and

mind that she would change her mindset, a 30% chance that she would remain the same and

"And this 20% chance was enough for you to make a

20% turned out to be true, I would

he heard that. "Understandable," he