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."

Empress wouldn't waste her valuable time with such nonsense. She has become this powerful by fighting for her life, time and time again. If she

you knew that I would die, you would have had a self-satisfied smirk on your face. With your petty mindset, you wouldn't have been able to

Gravis shouted. "I thought you had some self-respect. I thought you would think such mere deceptions to be beneath you."

in rage as he heard that tirade. He had never

Crk!

as Gravis stood up. "So, anyway, since you aren't ready to pay up,

to calm himself. "Okay, yes, I lied to you,"

looked at

shock you and make you fearful of your life as a payback," he

that so?" he asked in a sarcastic

it!" the

would have told him the truth later. Gravis already had a pretty good picture of the Red

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

frustrate Gravis a bit to get one over him, but Gravis wouldn't even give him

be one of the Empress' breeders," he said with a dejected

blinked a couple of times out of surprise. "Breeder?"

the better the offspring. Your Battle-Strength is powerful enough that the offspring will take on your traits while receiving the

this turn 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 for some

sighed again. "You really don't know how lucky you are," he said with some dejection. "So many beasts want to breed with my

I don't want to have

shot up in confusion. "What do you mean by you don't want to have any offspring?" he

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 due to my responsibility and obligation towards my children. Having a child will only hinder me in my

his reasoning in great detail, the 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

child, I would want to give it the best possible life. I couldn't rest easy or cultivate in peace if I didn't know that my child could be in danger. To me, a bond between a parent and a child is