Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis just looked at the Empress nervously. Now it was official. He was to be her mate. Yet, Gravis still didn't want to have any children, and he really wasn't sure how he should tell that fact to the Empress.

"Gravis," the Empress said, making Gravis' nervousness rise more. "Did you come from a lower world?" she asked.

Gravis was surprised when he heard that. How did she know? Yet, he quickly calmed down as he realized something. Of course, she would know about the lower worlds. After all, the beasts in many lower worlds would end up in this middle world.

"I came from a different world, yes," Gravis said.

The Empress sighed. "That's what I've thought. Usually, when you become a Spirit Beast, you get scouted by the Tribe, Kingdom, or Empire where you currently reside in. Then, they will teach you all the relevant information."

"Yet," the Empress said as she looked at Gravis more closely. "Even ascenders would be taught the basics. As you surely know, the ascenders appear randomly anywhere in our world, which means that they all get easily found by the Tribes. After all, the sudden appearance of a Lord inside one's territory will get noticed very quickly."

"For some reason," the Empress continued, "You haven't gone through any of that. I wonder, where have you materialized?" she asked.

Gravis wasn't sure how he should answer the question. Land beasts obviously had some enmity with sea beasts, and if he told her that he materialized in the ocean, she might think he was a sea beast. Would she kill him then?

Gravis sighed. 'Well, might as well ask, right?' Gravis thought.

"Before I tell you, could you please tell me why there is this enmity between sea beasts and land beasts going on? Also, could you please tell me what makes a land beast a land beast and a sea beast a sea beast?" Gravis asked.

After that question, the Empress quickly realized that Gravis counted himself as a sea beast. Yet, she didn't seem to mind much. "The generally accepted reason is that the sea beasts are different from us. They want to transform the land into sea, while we want to transform the sea into land. That's the official reason why we war with each other."

all. As you know, Lords don't care where they live. Water and land make no difference. Therefore, this generally accepted

need enemies," the Empress explained. "A genuine war where everyone tries to kill the other

was an affront to them, but in reality, they were excited about the war. Then, everything just became bigger and bigger until the two

isn't really some deep enmity. The beasts simply established two

that's a bit harder to answer. There is no real definition for sea beasts and land beasts starting at the Lord Realm. Both can live wherever

At that point, they also become nearly indistinguishable from land beasts. In reality, there are no real criteria that

down to your personal choice. Simply join one of the two camps. As soon as you join, you

Yet, as he listened to more of the secrets of the world, he realized that everything was way more straightforward than he had

world, the war between the

this world, this danger was real.

ready to sacrifice themselves for supreme power, but many were ready to sacrifice themselves for their

Yet, here, this wasn't so easy. The sea beasts would want to attack his Tribe no matter what. Because of this whole dynamic, even someone as relatively

decide if they wanted to become powerful or not.

also understood another thing, which had bothered him for

and land beasts,

powerful beast knows that it's possible to live together with the other party without any issue. Yet, we want to keep the war going. Such a huge war is perfect tempering. So, when

throne. "Also, making such a Tribe is pointless,"

disagreed, but now he understood more about the world. "Because if the Tribe manages to conquer the world, no more enemies will be left. Yet, since we all need enemies,

back to this war. Why is that? That's because this war

have a better tempering experience since everyone is their enemy. However, it's also very dangerous," she said, "the chances of death are