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

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

thought about this for a bit. "Then, as soon as I've proven my strength, I

Red King hummed for a bit, which sounded surprisingly melodic. Gravis guessed that this was because he was a bird, and birds had a particular talent to sound nice. "It depends," the Red King

"On?" Gravis asked.

the challenge as soon as they have seen your power. However, a beast three levels higher might

Of course, these challenges follow different rules. An average beast

to challenge your status, a beast would need to fulfill the initial requirement of the Empress and then have the

like a waste of

they would believe you have your head up your own ass. Every potential candidate

only looked at him

some seconds, the Red King groaned. "But yes, it would be a waste of time for you. At least, at your current Realm. If you can't learn any new Laws, sooner or later, the

said. "All my Battle-Strength is only temporary. If I don't stay at the forefront, I will sooner or

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

requirements to become a candidate for the Empress. After all, the Empress was in the

now, Gravis was probably the most powerful beast on his level. Yet, there were a lot of incredible beasts out there. For example, Gravis had heard that there were Divine Beasts able to fight

now, Gravis was the strongest, but as soon as he relaxed, these impressive beasts would overtake him. This had

his Battle-Strength had been just as powerful as these impressive Divine Beasts. Only after the fight with the Golden Dragon had Gravis' Battle-Strength

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

and concentrate on understanding Laws. These candidates might not be

of fearing such fights, Gravis welcomed them. Finally, he felt some pressure again. The threat of these candidates would push him

liked it. This sounded like a great place to temper himself. Yet, the breeding-part still weighed heavily on his mind since he really had no interest in making children