Lightning Is the Only Way

Today was the day Gravis' fight was supposed to take place. Gravis had already readied himself by putting on his emerald green armor and only waited for the Red King to bring his opponent to him. He wasn't sure where they would fight, but it would probably just be atop the Red King's abode.

After some hours passed, Gravis felt a beast approach his spot. Normally, all beasts kept themselves away from the Red King's abode since this wasn't a place where they were supposed to walk around. After all, the Red King held great pride in his power.

Gravis inspected the beast, and, sure enough, it was a level five Lord. This would probably be his opponent.

The beast was a two-kilometer-long, silver bird. It looked quite sharp and fast but also had a certain amount of aggressiveness to it.

'Silver color, above-average speed, powerful attack,' Gravis thought as he had a weird expression on his face. Was the Red King serious?

"Your opponent has arrived," the Red King transmitted to Gravis as he left his abode and landed before Gravis. Some seconds later, the silver bird also landed on top of the abode. Yet, instead of concentrating on Gravis, it only bowed to its King.

"My King," the silver bird transmitted to the King in a deferential tone. Then, it remained silent, as if it was waiting for orders.

The Red King nodded to the bird in acknowledgment and turned to Gravis. "This will be your opponent," he said to Gravis.

The silver bird also heard these words and looked at Gravis with a mixture of skepticism, confusion, and insult. This was the reason why it had been called? It was supposed to fight some level two Lord? Such a level two Lord couldn't even be considered a snack to the silver bird.

"I would advise you to search for a different opponent," Gravis said to the Red King.

The silver bird only sneered when it heard that. Gravis was already showing signs of fear in front of it. Yet, what would that accomplish? This, obviously, wasn't a fight but an execution. Why else would it have been called to deal with a mere level two Lord?

The Red King narrowed his eyes. "You said you wanted a level five Lord," the Red King answered.

"Yes," Gravis said, "but I want it to be an actual challenge. This bird won't even be able to launch an attack before I kill it."

it heard that. A mere level two Lord was looking

weakling," the silver bird shouted. "How dare

the

and didn't dare to utter another

Red King looked at Gravis again. "Explain," he

"This bird has the lightning

the Red King

lightning. The fact that my lightning is so powerful and that I can

Gravis said

they heard. Had this level two Lord just said that he could kill an

rebuked it

Red King narrowed his eyes in thought as he looked down at the ground. Usually, he would throw such a ridiculous claim out of the window before the beast saying it could even finish their ridiculous boast. Yet, Gravis

King didn't believe the Emperor part. Gravis just had no idea how powerful an Emperor was. That was

seconds, the Red King made his decision. "I

he heard that. "This will waste one of my tempering opportunities,"

more greedy than me," he said. "You already understand two Laws, and one of them is already more powerful than average

the Red King

a big difference between Lords. The real difference

showed the accumulation of all the wisdom you've acquired. You're not on the cusp of understanding a new Law. I can feel that," the Red

his brows. "How would you

certain type of aura around them. You can't distinguish this aura since you're too young. This feeling allows

I have this aura when

you did. Otherwise, I wouldn't have put you into such a suicidal fight. You were already outstanding enough as a

he wasn't ready to grasp a new Law. He had spent years forging and had learned a ridiculous amount of information from his father about materials. This was the only reason why he had been able