Lightning Is the Only Way

Whoosh!

Jessy immediately fled into the distance after she managed to get a grasp on the situation. The plan had fallen flat, and her fellow spy, who had been even a bit more powerful than her, had died instantly. She couldn't stay here!

"Not so fast, dear," a voice came from behind her suddenly.

Jessy felt shocked, and fear raised its ugly head as she realized that she didn't recognize this beast's voice. The terrifying thing was that she hadn't felt the presence of this beast before. This meant that this beast was very likely even more powerful than her!

BRRR!

Thick walls of earth rose in front of her, cutting off her path of retreat. Just with her experience alone, Jessy was able to feel the hardness of these walls, and she knew that she wouldn't be able to crush through them in a timely manner.

Additionally, there was a bigger reason why she didn't continue. Right in front of her, on top of the newly raised wall, sat a beast casually.

"Why don't you listen to what I have to offer?" the small badger said casually.

This was the same badger that had welcomed Gravis when he had been in his first invasion. This badger was the master of the mantis that acted as the Commander of that one defensive line.

How did all of this happen?

When Gravis asked the Empress for an opponent, she had thought about something. In the last ten years, the number of spies had risen significantly. This gave her two options to consider.

many spies previously, and they were only now managing to uncover them,

the past few centuries. Spies gave an incredible amount of intelligence, which would allow the sea beasts to triumph more. Because of that,

hundreds of years, the battles between the

were losing, which hadn't happened in an

actuality, it was

power. If that happened in only one battle, one could simply

that the Empress could think of. There had to be a great Commander and strategist in the sea beasts' ranks, someone that knew a lot more about war than nearly every other

In the beginning, when the balance was still there, she could get away with not handling things perfectly. Yet, now, every decision had bigger and more far-reaching consequences. If this continued, the sea beasts

had asked him more about how humans fought wars. Gravis had told her more about how human societies functioned, and he also told her that the strategies that the sea beasts

more about the individual than about the greater collective. Due to that, when an Empire attacked, they sent in about as many troops as the enemy had. If they managed

that would be about equally as powerful as an enemy. They would

sea beasts' way of fighting resembled the human way of conducting a war way

deal with spies and traitors. Judging by what Gravis had told

They would take way less risky battles but would immediately overwhelm a weaker force. Due to that, there

high as if they were humans. The sudden increase of

Empress that humans wouldn't directly kill the traitor or spy but feed them false information to lead the enemy into an ambush. Another usage of spies would be to use them to find even

many casualties, and all of this reeked of a traitor in the squad. The Empress was 90% confident that the silver wolf was a traitor. Yet, instead of

would enter the

sea beasts. Gravis' Battle-Strength was monumental, and killing him would probably be worth about as much

just so happened that the silver wolf had an affinity towards lightning. As long as Gravis was there, the silver wolf wouldn't be able to do anything to him. Additionally,

get a level four King or a level five King to help him. If it were a level four King, Gravis could kill the wolf and get the opponent he wanted. If it were a level five King, the badger that had secretly