Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and the Red King traveled for a couple of hours. The Red King was many times faster than Gravis and probably could have already arrived at their destination, but due to him adjusting his speed to Gravis, they hadn't even left the area of the Red Kingdom.

After these couple of hours, they finally managed to reach the edge of the Red Kingdom, and the Red King suddenly stopped.

"This is the border between my Kingdom and the Empire. Luckily for you, my Kingdom is directly beside the Empire, which makes this whole journey much faster and easier. As soon as we approach the border, some guards will come to us. Just remain silent and don't say anything. I'll handle the talking," the Red King said.

Gravis nodded. "I have no reason to go against you right now. In the future, we will have our fight. Sowing problems for you now would just be petty."

The Red King felt a mixture of emotions when he heard Gravis' words. On the one hand, he was quite relieved about the fact that Gravis agreed to remain silent, but on the other hand, Gravis had reminded him again that he wanted to kill him. This part made him feel more disdain and a bit of aggression towards him. Of course, that was just the Red King's battle intent.

The Red King nodded. "Good," he said. Then, they flew towards the border again but slower.

A couple of minutes later, some beasts came charging at them with impressive speeds. Gravis felt the power of them as soon as they reached his Spirit Sense, which had grown to a radius of 40 kilometers by now. One of them was a level two King, while the rest were level five Lords.

"Welcome, Red King," the leader of the guards shouted. "Is it time for the regular meeting again?" he asked.

The leader of the guards was a blue snake, making Gravis wonder why he was meeting so many snakes in this world.

The Red King nodded. "Yes," he simply answered. He didn't even greet the guard. However, that was to be expected. After all, power was everything, and it didn't matter that this guard was part of a stronger organization. In terms of personal power, the Red King could sneeze this King to death.

King's conduct and then moved his attention to Gravis. The leader of the guards

This King was nearly a whole

Back then, when Gravis had been ready for his final practical exam, Forneus had also

Red King wasn't able to make Gravis react in any way. So, in the end, this whole display of power went past Gravis

simply looked into the eyes of the King like he was asking what he was doing. This surprised the King quite a bit. He felt a bit of respect for Gravis due to his resistance to his pressure, but he

"You've found quite a good one this time, but I'm also a bit surprised. I thought

King knew Gravis, and he also

Of course, this was only meant to mock the Red King. Everyone knew that this guard

go now?" the Red

Gravis again, but this time, Gravis didn't even react at all.

can pass," the guard said. "You know where the mountain is. Please don't go anywhere

Red King

all the beasts went back to their earlier positions while the Red

Red King. "Was this some kind of

were part of the Empire, I would just massacre this guard. Sadly, if I did that now, it would be seen as

as Gravis heard that this was no test, he immediately

traveled for nearly three days. The Empire was way bigger than Gravis had estimated previously. He had to fly with his full speed for over three days just to reach the center of the territory. One had to remember

the two finally arrived at their destination. The beasts became much more powerful, and Gravis couldn't even feel the power of a single one of them. This meant that all of them were

that the Empress

it?" the Red