Lightning Is the Only Way

"Gravis, it's time," the Empress said from her throne.

Gravis nodded. "I know. They should come out of their eggs soon," he said.

"We need to split them up. They can't be born near each other," the Empress said.

Gravis' eyes widened as he heard that. Separating the siblings at birth? Why would the Empress suggest something like that?

Gravis looked with cold eyes at the Empress. "Why?" he asked evenly.

The Empress had already expected such a reaction from Gravis. "Think about who their parents are," the Empress said. "I'm a powerful Emperor, and you have an incredibly powerful body and fighting instinct."

"As you know, when beasts are born, they can't even realize their own existence. In the beginning, they are nothing but a powerful body guided by pure instinct. Due to that, the first thing they will do after exiting their eggs is to try to eat the closest thing on their level, which are the other eggs."

"So, as soon as the first one breaks through their shell, they will try to kill their siblings and eat them while they're still not born yet," the Empress explained.

Gravis' heart shook as he heard that. Just imagining the picture of one of his children eating the others felt horrifying! They were his children! Why would they try to kill each other!?

Of course, Gravis' will was powerful enough to stay rational. He always tried his best not to let his emotions dictate his actions. Too many mistakes would appear if one always trusted their feelings to make the decisions for them.

"You have more experience in that. I will trust you on this matter," Gravis said after taking a deep breath to calm down.

The Empress nodded.

Whoosh!

"Empress," an Elder said deferentially as he appeared before the Empress. Gravis hadn't even been able to keep track of the Elder due to his power.

"Area A 1, Area A 6, Area A 11," the Empress said to the Elder.

The Elder nodded and went to the eggs. Then, some wind appeared that made the eggs levitate gently.

"Wait a second," Gravis said, making the Elder look at him neutrally. "I want to follow and keep watch."

Elder furrowed his

BZZZZ!

up the Mountain of Pride and entered Gravis. This was the Gravis that had kept watching

BZZZ!

to create three bodies. He had so much lightning inside of him that every single body was even stronger than Gravis when he had newly reached the power of

of their sockets as he watched Gravis

him follow," the Empress commanded. Then, she looked at Gravis with cold eyes. "Don't involve yourself in

sighed. "I understand,"

but the orders of the Empress

followed the Elder as they flew towards the

these weird phrases that the Empress has said?" one of the Gravises asked the Elder after

offspring of our members are assigned to safe areas when they are born," the Elder answered without looking

Empress, a select few powerful elders, and the offspring of Fodders," the Elder

asked with a raised

earn contributions for the Empire by birthing children. Since these Lords have weak powers, their offspring will also be weak. Due to that,

heard that. Some beasts had children just for these children to act as food? This sounded horrible

they do this?" Gravis

the number of Divine Beasts is very low. Over 99% of the offspring in these areas will never meet a Divine Beast.

or average luck, their offspring will never meet an offspring of an Emperor. Only the beasts

assortment of natural treasures, resources, Energy, and an abundance of other beasts with similar strengths. It's the best place for the Fodders' offspring to grow," the Elder

while and had to agree. Over 99% of the beasts there had a below-average Battle Strength for their Realm. This gave their

hamper the growth of our offspring's Battle-Strength? After all, they will only

Realm reside in these areas until they become powerful enough. This means that a Divine Beast can meet a beast with a weaker Battle Strength but with a more advanced Realm. Fighting above

knew that the first major Realm the Elder referred to was the Realm of a Demonic Beast. This meant that his newborn children could come across a High-Rank Demonic

need more nourishment in the beginning," the Elder continued explaining, "and they also have an inherently stronger drive to reach supreme power. It's only a matter of time until a Divine Beast attacks a beast one or two levels above themselves. Due to that mindset, their

numbers

are in the east, and 16 to 20 are in the south. Only the Empress has access to the first area of each direction. That's why she has assigned your offspring to areas A 1, A 6, and A 11. There are

nodded again. At least, his children would have the best start in

the time when they reach

placed into