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."

the 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 had such

slightest reaction. If you knew that I would die, you would have had a self-satisfied smirk on

I thought you would think such mere deceptions

that tirade. He had never been

Crk!

scales scratching on stone could be heard as Gravis stood up. "So, anyway, since you

a deep breath to calm himself. "Okay, yes, I lied to you," he

only looked at

fearful of your life as a payback," he grumbled.

that so?"

it!" the Red King

rolled his eyes. In truth, Gravis believed the claim that the Red King would have told him the truth later. Gravis already had a

sat back down. "The

headache coming on. He only wanted to frustrate Gravis a bit

of the Empress' breeders," he said

of times out of surprise.

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

become a child-factory. He thought that he would maybe become some commander in her army or some trainer for some beasts. He had even considered being

"You really don't know how lucky you are," he said with some

have

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

don't 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 due to my responsibility and

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

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