Lightning Is the Only Way

When Gravis heard the name of the mountain, he felt his insides shake. For some reason, he felt a resonance coming from the mountain when he heard that name, which was something he hadn't felt before. For some seconds, Gravis remained silent as he took in this feeling.

The Red King noticed Gravis' reaction and smirked. Yet, he didn't say anything to bring Gravis out of his thoughts. Some beasts had this sort of reaction when they saw the mountain and heard its name.

Gravis felt like the mountain became even more powerful in his vision. To him, the mountain felt like it was sending out an aura of absolute hegemony. It was like this mountain was showing him that no one would ever be able to suppress it. It felt like the mountain would stay here forever.

"Some beasts feel this resonance," the Red King said after some minutes. He had already seen that Gravis had somewhat recovered, which was why he continued speaking now.

Gravis looked to the Red King. "What does this mean?" he asked.

The Red King smirked a bit. "It means you have a chance of comprehending the Law of Pride in the future."

Gravis narrowed his eyes. "Law of Pride? Something like that exists?" he asked.

The Red King nodded. "Emotions are part of the world, and therefore, have their own rules. So, you can also understand them and use the Laws associated with them."

Gravis thought about this for a bit. The fact that emotions could also take the form of a Law was something he hadn't expected. He had thought Laws were more like the natural workings of the world. He didn't think that something as elusive and personal as emotions could also have Laws associated with them.

Of course, Gravis noticed something else. "This mountain is not natural, is it?" he asked.

The Red King nodded. "The Empress has spent countless years and countless resources to create this mountain. She knew that she was close to understanding pride but was just missing the last realization to understand it. So, she decided to create the most powerful and most imposing mountain in the world."

can only look at the mountain from here

and is, therefore, below you. When the Empress witnessed the power of her mountain, she finally realized the full Law of Pride. After all, her pride must be

to the death

said. "It's all about your personal understanding. A life and death fight puts you under immense pressure and forces your mind to work as hard as never before. Yet, that is not necessary to understand a Law. After all, if your mind is already powerful enough to understand the Law, it

a real fight is an extraordinary stimulus, but it's not necessary. It's just a tremendous help,"

remained silent as he looked at the

the Red King said from the side. "We will remain at the foot of the mountain for now. Without the explicit consent of the Empress, no one is allowed to step foot on this mountain. It symbolizes her pride, and

mind since he had already expected something like this. Most beasts would fall into a trance when witnessing

for him to sense. The ones whose

to bring some Golden Dragon or something to this meeting?" a

a water buffalo, just a bit taller than the Red King's current, small

from the usual lizards that Gravis had met. Gravis had learned a lot about beasts, and he was sure that this kind of lizard

800-meters-long. Yet, in comparison to beasts of its same power, it was still relatively small. This monitor lizard was a level four Lord. Gravis was pretty sure

it to you, buffalo?" the Red King answered

decided to replace your previous one," the water buffalo said with a calm voice.

disdain towards others clearly. Many humans would think of the Red King as an

schemes. Of course, there were some exceptions to that rule. Shira was a good example of an exception.

the Red King, the water buffalo sounded calm and reticent. He sounded like some kind of hermit elder that kept himself away from the ongoings of the world. Of course, Gravis noticed that there was a flaw in this logic. After all, if the

evenly, his voice

my condolences," the water buffalo said with his calm voice. "So you had to find the next best thing. Seems like you won't get the reward this

the water buffalo didn't mean these words. Yet,