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."

continued, "the environment doesn't really affect us at all. As you know, Lords don't care where they live. Water and land

reason is just that we all need enemies," the Empress explained. "A genuine war where everyone tries to kill the other side with every possible way is great tempering. That's why everyone wants

at some point, the sea beasts and land beasts started encroaching on the other's territory. Everyone acted like this was an affront to them, but in reality, they were excited about the war. Then, everything just became bigger and bigger until the two halves of the world were

established two about equally powerful parties so that they

your second question, 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 they want, and they also change their bodies

to that, sea beasts start growing arms and legs to further their Battle-Strength. At that point, they also become nearly indistinguishable from land beasts. In

all comes down to your personal choice. Simply join one of the two camps. As soon as you join, you will be part of that side. So, right now, you count as a land

listened intently. Yet, as he listened to more of the secrets of the world, he realized that everything was way more straightforward than he had expected. So, in the end, it was all about tempering

to the relationships of the Sects in the lower world, but there was still one crucial factor that was different. In the lower world, the war between the Sects hadn't actually been a real one. Yet, the war in this middle world was a genuine

fear their Sect getting eradicated. Yet, in this world, this danger was

Not everyone was ready to sacrifice themselves for

without fighting. 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 peaceful as Silva would be forced to risk

had a choice. They could decide if they wanted to become powerful or not. Yet, this choice didn't exist in this world.

also understood another thing, which had bothered him for quite a

a Tribe made out of both sea beasts and land beasts, it would undermine the whole

war going. Such a huge war is

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

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, the beasts would just search for the next best reason to go to war, which would be the difference

Why is that? That's because this war is the

tempering experience since everyone is their enemy. However, it's also very dangerous," she said,