Lightning Is the Only Way

The Empress was a bit confused by Gravis' bow. She wanted to say that he was acting weird again, but after remembering that Gravis technically didn't count as a beast, she decided not to comment on his behavior. Instead, she acted like he had not said anything and simply continued with her agenda.

"Empress, Grand Elder," a new arrival said as he appeared before the Empress in a bow. Gravis had barely been able to see this new beast arriving, but at least, he managed to notice it this time.

This was an Elder, an Emperor. For the first time, Gravis was able to follow the movements of an Emperor. He was closing in on their power.

"This is the one," the Empress said as she gestured to Gravis, "proceed as ordered."

"Yes, Empress," the new arrival said.

This new beast was a red wolf. Obviously, he had an affinity towards the fire element. Right now, he was only two meters tall, but his true size was way bigger.

The red wolf turned to Gravis and smiled. "Hello, Gravis," he said with a friendly tone. "I'm Elder Ferris, and I will be your guard and guide for the next 100 years."

Gravis nodded with politeness. "Hello, Ferris. I'm Gravis. Thank you for your help," he said.

Ferris wasn't the biggest fan of Gravis not calling him an Elder, but he had noticed that Gravis even talked to the Empress and the Grand Elder like this. Due to that, he just let it slide. Additionally, Gravis had an incredible Battle-Strength, and Ferris felt him worthy enough to call him by simply his first name.

"You can go now," the Empress said. "If there's anything that proves to be an issue, simply inform Ferris or another Elder. They will report it to me."

"Will do, Empress," Gravis nodded. "See you later, Grand Elder, Empress," Gravis said.

"Good luck, Gravis," the Grand Elder said with a smile.

'Luck, huh?' Gravis thought but decided just to accept the well-wishes. Then, Ferris and Gravis left the Mountain of Pride but stopped at its foot.

"What did the Empress offer you that you're willing to follow me for an entire century?" Gravis directly asked Ferris with a voice transmission.

Emperors had a different status to Kings, and sending an Emperor to keep watch over a level three King would definitely be beneath them. If the Empress recklessly commanded these Elders, they might decide to join another Empire. This meant that he had to have been offered something for his services.

Ferris simply smirked. "To follow you around, I get the reward of following you around," Ferris said with a joking tone.

Gravis furrowed his brows and looked at Ferris with confusion. "Could you elaborate?"

Ferris chuckled a bit. "Simple. You have access to every Law Comprehension Area for the next century. This means that you will obviously spend the next century in these Law Comprehension Areas. After all, you wouldn't let such an opportunity slide."

need to follow you, I, by proxy, also have access to all Law Comprehension Areas for the next century. Of course, that only counts for

"That makes

of them, but it would be nice of you if you visited one regarding fire. It doesn't have to be for long. Of course, if you don't want to, that's also

had an ulterior motive when he decided to follow

a Law Comprehension Area for fire anyway, but not

with a smile. "That's all I can

to go first. Gravis' decision confused Ferris a lot, but his job was only to stop beasts from angering Gravis and to stop Gravis from fighting any beasts. In the end, it was Gravis' decision where he

wanted to go there, but he led him there anyway. The two of them traveled for over a day, leaving the Empire far behind. One shouldn't forget that the majority of Law Comprehension Areas were

Gravis and Ferris arrived in front of the Law

bones of some dead, weaker beasts littered the grounds while humongous sand dunes nearly reached the

just around a hundred kilometers further away, was a grand and powerful river that somehow felt way more imposing than just a normal river. It was almost like the water inside the river was

kilometers in a different direction were some powerful and sturdy mountains with many kinds of metal and stone. In yet another direction

crystals present in every biome. These crystals

Law Comprehension Area was this? Which Law could

Comprehension Area for

visit a Law Comprehension Area associated with the earth element? Ferris had

of stone and metal in the mountains. Sharp and weathered sand in the desert. All kinds of relatively soft and medium-hard materials can be found here. That's exactly

I've chosen this area?"

do," Ferris answered. "I just felt like it

one of my companions for the next hundred years. If you have questions, you can simply ask them.

as a companion simply because they would spend some time together

"So, then tell me,

Whoop!

summoned his armor and weapons, surprising Ferris. "What are my armor and weapons made of?" Gravis

hadn't seen a polished and tempered version of metal before. No beast had ever wanted to polish, forge, or temper different kinds of metal, so the shiny exterior confused

was Ferris? He was an Elder and an Emperor. He had enough experience to discern the materials. "Some

creating a clanking sound. "Exactly. Now, which affinity do

"Lightning," Ferris answered.

why do I have metal around

reason, that question surprised Ferris. Yes, why did Gravis, a lightning beast, have metal around himself? He shouldn't be able to manipulate metal since he didn't have the

I don't know,"

Clank!

chest with quite some power. "This metal is harder than