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."

become this powerful by fighting for her life, time and time again. If she had such a weak mindset, she

you didn't show even the slightest reaction. If you knew that I would die, you would have had a

had some self-respect. I thought you would think such mere deceptions to be beneath you." Then, Gravis' sneer intensified.

in rage as he heard that tirade. He had never been

Crk!

stood up. "So, anyway, since you aren't

calm himself. "Okay, yes, I lied to

only looked at him

of

"Oh, is that so?" he asked

it!" the

rolled his eyes. In truth, Gravis believed the claim that the Red King would have told him the truth later. Gravis already had a pretty good picture of the Red King's personality. Something as petty as that seemed to

Gravis said as he sat back down. "The

to frustrate Gravis a bit to get one over him, but

of the Empress' breeders," he said with

of times out

the Red King repeated. "Your Battle-Strength and body are shockingly powerful. The more powerful the parent, the better the offspring. Your Battle-Strength is powerful enough that the offspring will

was still taken aback by this turn of events. He had expected many things, but he didn't expect to become a child-factory. He thought

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

I don't want to have

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

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

and more confused. "What do you mean with, they will stand between you and your path to power? Also, we beasts don't

possible life. I couldn't rest easy or cultivate in peace if I