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.

always had so many spies previously, and they were only now managing to uncover them, or something in

deduce the correct answer. If the sea beasts always had had so many spies, the battles wouldn't have been so even over the past few centuries. Spies gave an incredible

the past decade. For hundreds of years, the battles between the land

little more than ten years ago. Right now, the sea beasts were winning more battles than they were losing, which hadn't happened in an incredible

number of victories wasn't their power. In actuality, it was more about the place and the styles in which

often had a minor edge in numbers and power. If that happened in only

the Empress could think of. There had to be a great Commander and strategist in the sea beasts' ranks, someone

started to change her approach. 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

about how human societies functioned, and he also told her that 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

as willing to send in an army that would be about equally as powerful as an enemy. They would send in an army slightly stronger or overwhelmingly

sea beasts' way of fighting resembled the human way of conducting a war way more. It was almost like an

all of this considered, the Empress asked Gravis how he would deal with spies and traitors. Judging by what Gravis had told her and by how he had

weaker force. Due to that, there would be many times fewer casualties in these wars. Of course, the drawback was that there wouldn't appear

nearly as high as if they were humans. The sudden increase of spies supported the fact that someone very familiar with the human

lead the enemy into an ambush. Another usage of spies would be to use them to find even more spies. After all, the spies generally knew the other

squad shouldn't have so many casualties, and all of this reeked of a traitor in the squad.

would enter the

Battle-Strength was monumental, and killing him would probably be worth about as much as killing an Emperor. The sea beasts wouldn't be able to

As long as Gravis was there, the silver wolf wouldn't be able to do anything to him. Additionally, not the entire squad could be traitors. This

be sure that the silver wolf would either get a level four King or a level five King to help him.