Lightning Is the Only Way

The Red King sighed again and looked at Gravis with a serious expression. What he was about to say will change the whole dynamic between him and Gravis.

"The Empress has a fondness for special food, and you fulfill all these-"

"Shut up, you lying piece of shit," Gravis interrupted the Red King with a sneer.

The Red King was shocked when he heard that. At first, he couldn't believe what he had just heard. Did he just get insulted by some Lord? He would have never believed that a mere Lord would insult him like that. This felt so surreal to him.

"Lying?" the Red King asked in a threatening tone.

"Yeah, lying," Gravis answered.

The Red King was still taken aback, but he soon recovered. Then, the Red King just laughed menacingly. "So, that's it," the Red King said. "You aren't able to handle the truth and avert your eyes-"

"No, you're just lying," Gravis interrupted him again.

The Red King took another deep breath to calm down. Gravis' constant interruptions made his blood boil. "And what, pray tell, makes you think that I'm lying?" he asked with narrowed eyes.

"For starters," Gravis said as he pointed at the Red King, "You objected to me calling you a liar but didn't object to me calling you a piece of shit. That's a pretty good indication that you're lying."

The Red King's face transformed into a grimace. He hadn't even thought about that.

"Additionally, if I would be killed in five years, you could just kill me now and freeze my body. Like this, you wouldn't need to fear me going for a 'walk'."

"Also, you want power above everything else, and you sounded pretty convincing when you said that I would be your future enemy. This means that you know that I won't just die as soon as I arrive there."

nonsense. She has become this powerful by fighting for her

you knew that I would die, you would have had a self-satisfied

some self-respect. I thought you would think such

he heard that tirade. He had

Crk!

stone could be heard as Gravis stood up. "So, anyway, since you aren't ready

calm himself. "Okay, yes, I lied to

only looked at

to shock you and make you fearful of your life as a payback," he grumbled. "I would have told you

huffed. "Oh, is that so?"

the Red

the truth later. Gravis already had a pretty good picture of the Red King's

Gravis said as he sat back down. "The truth,

King sighed as he felt a headache coming on. He only wanted to frustrate Gravis a bit to get one over him, but Gravis

Empress'

times out of

Your Battle-Strength is powerful enough that the offspring will take on your traits while receiving the nourishment from the Empress. This will produce a Divine Beast with your appearance and

of events. He had expected many things, but he didn't expect to become a child-factory. He thought that he would maybe become some commander in her army or some trainer

silent and sighed again. "You really don't know how lucky you are," he said with some

I don't want to have any children yet,"

King heard that, his head shot up in confusion. "What do you mean by you don't want to have

want to have any offspring," Gravis repeated. "I'm still not at the end of my journey, and creating offspring will create a new bond that will restrict me. What if I want to leave? I wouldn't be able to do that

Red King only grew more and more confused. "What do you mean with, they will stand between you and your path to power? Also, we beasts don't much care for our offspring. The bond between parents and offspring isn't even as deep as the bond between

cultivate in peace if