Lightning Is the Only Way

The Red King nodded when he heard Gravis' answer. "This time, I won't carry you since some other beasts might think I'm your servant."

"I don't mind," Gravis answered.

"Also, it would be better for you not to transform into lightning. I want that to be a surprise for the Empress," the Red King advised.

Gravis rolled his eyes. "Fine. I don't see the point of that but take my acceptance as some sort of parting gift. After all, the last five years weren't as bad as I had initially believed."

The Red King groaned. "You really don't know how lucky you are. Do you honestly believe that a breeder of the Empress would be held in some confined room or something? You will just join her Empire with a distinguished status. This means you can do whatever you want."

When Gravis heard that, his brows furrowed. "That really is different than I had expected. Does it mean I can also leave if I want?"

The Red King nodded immediately, surprising Gravis. This was completely different from what he had expected. Gravis thought that he would be some kind of breeding slave. Yet, if he so chose, he could simply leave the Empire?

"Wait, you're serious?" he asked.

The Red King sighed. "Yes. That's why I said you don't know how good you'll have it. The only rules that bind you are the rules that every member of the Empire has to follow. No one will suppress you."

"So," Gravis said slowly. "I could also choose not to join the Empire if I wanted to?"

"Sure," the Red King answered directly and calmly. "I'll get my reward either way. However, I'm very convinced that you will stay."

The Red King motioned for Gravis to follow him after he said that. Then, he started flying towards the north. Gravis followed him and used his full speed without transforming into lightning. The Red King simply looked at how fast Gravis was flying and adapted his speed to Gravis'.

think I would want to join

you honestly think that an Empire lead by an Emperor wouldn't know how to create powerful beasts? The Empires are set up to produce as many powerful beasts as possible," the

rules in the Empire aren't much different. Though, there are a few more. For example, you can't just randomly kill a beast on

a bit. "Then, as soon as I've proven my strength, I wouldn't be able to challenge other beasts that

sounded surprisingly melodic. Gravis guessed that this was because he was a bird, and birds had a particular

"On?" Gravis asked.

you challenge," the Red King said. "Some beast two levels higher than you certainly won't accept the challenge as soon as they have seen your power. However, a

beasts that want to replace you as a breeder. Of course, these challenges follow different rules. An average beast three levels higher than

need to fulfill the initial requirement of

sighed. "Sounds like a waste of time,"

out of your mouth, they would believe you have your head

looked at him with his

At least, at your

temporary. If I don't stay at the forefront, I will sooner or later become

the only human and was, therefore, the only one able to shift his body's powers around. This fact alone already guaranteed him

being able to fight one level higher than oneself was very impressive in normal circumstances. Yet, this wouldn't even be considered as meeting the requirements to become a candidate for the Empress. After all, the Empress was in the Law Comprehension Realm, which made her one of the world's most powerful

beasts out there. For example, Gravis had heard that there were Divine Beasts able to fight

impressive beasts would overtake him. This had

when he had been a level one Lord. Back then, his Battle-Strength

another aspect was the soft-breakthroughs of his lightning, which allowed him to grow more

understanding Laws. These candidates might not be a threat to him right

such fights, Gravis welcomed them. Finally, he felt some pressure again. The threat of these

himself. Yet, the breeding-part still weighed heavily on