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."

it, she also felt this feeling. Yet, her viewpoint is vastly different from ours. We can only look

different from realizing that this incredible display of power belongs to you and is, therefore, below you. When the Empress witnessed the power of her

someone to the death to understand a

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

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

as he looked at the mountain

"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,

would fall into a trance when witnessing the mountain for the first time. So, the Red King simply flew to the ground and waited for the

sense. The

Dragon or something

beasts. One of them was a water buffalo, just a bit taller than the Red King's current, small body. Gravis wasn't able to feel the buffalo's power, but he was pretty sure that this was

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

brown monitor lizard was much bigger. It was probably around 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 that the water buffalo was another affiliated King of the Empress and that the monitor lizard

you, buffalo?" the Red

you decided to replace your previous one," the water

his disdain towards others clearly.

biggest fans of schemes. Of course, there were some exceptions to that rule. Shira was a good example of an exception. So, when the Red King talked, they only felt it natural that he was showing his superiority. After all,

of the world. Of course, Gravis noticed that there was a flaw in this logic. After all, if the water buffalo were some hermit, he wouldn't be here with a candidate of

evenly, his voice showing his disregard for the water

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

guessed that the water buffalo didn't mean these words. Yet, for some reason,