Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis left the world behind as he flew into the center of the world, the area where the Grand Lake was located.

As he continued flying, he looked at everything around him. He passed over several Empires as he saw the beasts getting ready for war. The entire feeling of the world had changed.

Before the Ultimate's Meet, the world emanated a feeling of opportunity. It felt like a lot of beasts tried to reach for supreme power as they all wanted to increase their power. Additionally, there had been no urgency in regards to the sea beasts before the Ultimate's Meet.

Now, the feeling had changed to one of nervousness and uncertainty. The goal of most beasts had shifted from reaching supreme power to trying to survive. The land beasts had never been under a real threat from the sea beasts. Lords might not have known that, but most Kings knew about the truth.

But now, everyone knew that they could actually die. A lot of the land beasts, which hadn't been willing to fight on the front lines, felt overwhelmed with fear and stress. They had intended to become powerful by doing odd jobs, like escorting weaker beasts, breeding powerful offspring, teaching battle tactics, or just wanting to stay alive.

They never had to fear the sea beasts since the sea beasts would never be able to extend their reach that far into the land beasts' territory. Yet, everything had changed. Now, even these beasts needed to fear for their lives.

Gravis noticed all of these subtle things with his Spirit and shook his head.

Was it fair? Was it fair that someone that didn't want to fight had to fight to survive?

No.

Yet, what could one do about it?

not didn't matter. The truth was the truth. Sometimes, the truth was very unfair and cold. If these beasts from the lower worlds had remained in the lower worlds, most of them could have lived their lives out in peace.

to the beasts from the lower worlds, the beasts that had been born into this middle world had it worse. They never even had a chance to choose. The Kings and the

to distance oneself from this uncertain conflict was to flee to the vast ocean. Yet, in the vast ocean, the Lords and Kings wouldn't find any other beasts they could talk to or mate with. Sure,

from a human standpoint, beasts would appear to be the same thing as animals, this actually couldn't be further from the truth. Starting at the Unity Realm, all beasts were smart enough

beasts like they were animals. Just like a normal human had no intention to mate with a dog, a Lord or more

or an uncertain life in company. The feeling of company came together with intellect since a being learned by exchanging concepts with other intelligent beings. If one were not in contact with other intelligent beings, one wouldn't

filled to the brim with Tribes, Kingdoms, and Empires showed how much beasts valued company and

to the

Territories would shift, Empires would fall, new Empires

nothing of this happened, Gravis wouldn't have felt so forlorn. The world would remain the

to witness it, felt like this was the last time Gravis would see

when he had been just 23. This

he would return to would not be the same world he had left behind. Only the core of the world

not fight, and the Grand Lake wouldn't undergo any changes. After all, this was the territory of the Ultimates. Not being allowed to interfere in the war didn't mean that they had to keel over and die if someone

Grand Lake

Silence.

Absolute silence.

Kingdom, and Empire had an insane amount of weaker beasts living in their territories. The