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

reaction. If you knew that I would die,

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

he heard that tirade. He had never been this disrespected in

Crk!

sound of scales scratching on stone could be heard as Gravis stood up. "So, anyway, since you aren't ready to pay up, I think I'll

to calm himself. "Okay, yes, I lied

only looked

fearful of your life as a payback," he grumbled. "I would have told

is that so?" he asked in a

it!" 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 fit his

he sat back down.

on. He only wanted to frustrate Gravis a bit to get

of the Empress'

times out

body are shockingly powerful. The more powerful the parent, the better the offspring. 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

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

he said with some dejection. "So many

want to have any children yet," Gravis

Red King heard that, his head shot up in confusion. "What do you

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

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 one of

had a 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 deeper than any bond in the