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.

also didn't mind. He was probably used to the Red King's conduct and then moved his attention to Gravis. The leader of the guards looked at Gravis

of his eyebrows in a questioning look. This King was nearly a whole Realm above Gravis, and such a display would weaken the

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

in any way. So, in the end, this whole display of power

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 also felt some disdain, which was quite contradictory. The King was way more powerful than him, and by not reacting, Gravis had basically shown that

tone. "You've found quite a good one this time, but

nonchalantly. If it were his disciple in Gravis' shoes, the Red King might have intervened. However, the Red King knew Gravis, and he also knew that not even he could intimidate him. All in all, he didn't even care about this guard's disrespect towards

this was only meant to mock the Red King. Everyone knew that

go now?" the Red King asked in

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

you can pass," the guard said. "You know where the mountain

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to their earlier positions

at the Red King. "Was

Red King said. "If I were part of the Empire, I would just massacre this guard. Sadly, if I did that now, it would be seen as a betrayal towards the

no test, he immediately lost interest. Because of

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 that Gravis was already a level three Lord with his speed nearing

these three days, the two finally arrived at their destination. The beasts became much more powerful, and Gravis couldn't even feel the power of a

level five Kings, right? After all, they were pretty rare. This gave Gravis the suspicion that the Empress wasn't

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