Lightning Is the Only Way

Azure groaned when she heard that question. Gravis always asked about his children whenever they met, which started to become annoying.

"They are still alive, but the world is chaotic, so I have no idea how long that will keep going," Azure said.

Gravis felt neutral about Azure's word. On one hand, she said they were still alive, but on the other hand, she said that they could very well die soon.

"How is the world?" Gravis asked.

"Chaotic," Azure said. "The sea beasts are gaining more and more ground as the years pass. Their total territory has increased by 50%. Right now, the sea is covering a third of the continent."

Yet, suddenly, Azure smirked. "But they won't increase their territory anymore now."

Gravis knew what Azure was referring to. "You mean because of you two?" he asked.

Azure nodded. "We ate quite a lot of their powerful Emperors. The number of their level four Emperors is far lower than the number of our level four Emperors. Just keeping their territories stable is requiring them to use all their power."

Yet, Gravis didn't share Azure's opinion. She clearly didn't know Orthar and his talent for strategy. As long as the land beasts didn't attack the sea beasts with a full-on assault, the war would continue. Even if Orthar only had a third of the enemy's forces, he would still be able to order them to such a degree that they would still emerge victoriously.

But Gravis didn't want to tell Azure and Styr that. After all, if they realized that they underestimated Orthar, they might feel bad for the land beast camp. Killing Orthar would be impossible for them since they were level five Emperors now, and Meadow said that level five Emperors were not to involve themselves in the war.

Azure and Styr didn't know of Gravis' thoughts, so Azure continued telling Gravis about the state of the world. "The western territories have already become involved in the war, but just as expected, they didn't make much of a difference."

"Because of their relatively peaceful lifestyle?" Gravis asked with a raised brow. Of course, in comparison to human standards, the western territory would count as a war-torn land, but for beast standards, it was basically a paradise. The western territory only fought itself when one Emperor wanted more territory. Yet, there was a big difference to such a gigantic, long-fought war.

Azure nodded. "Most of them only become fodder to the sea beasts, making them even powerful. Including them in the war has not only not helped us but made it even harder. Because of that, only level three and four Emperors are allowed to help us. Additionally, they are under severe restrictions and can only fight when the council allows them to."

"The council?" Gravis asked with a raised brow.

"The leadership of the land beast camp," Styr commented from the side. "Now that the Ultimates are no longer allowed to interfere in the war, the level four Emperors created a council that decides the war strategies."

brows. "What

time to furrow his

Lightning Ultimate is dead," Gravis said, shocking both Azure

demise had not reached the outside world yet, even after 95 years. That was quite surprising to him. "You didn't

she looked back. Then, Styr turned to Gravis. "Did

head.

even Azure, sighed in relief. "That's good,"

that

level four Emperors might decide to kill you.

something ridiculous. "That guy

expression, he had to chuckle a bit. "Yes. He might not conform to your or my mindset, but many beasts search for powerful leadership. The Lightning Ultimate was powerful, and his arrogance demonstrated his power to the beasts, which made a lot of

like that, but there was no sense in getting

now fighting on the frontlines?" Gravis asked

Azure said. "I

to Azure's disregard for their children, but he didn't

Icy Pride Empire?"

a new level three Emperor to rule the Empire. Of course, a beast with metal affinity was chosen due to my Mountain of Pride. The metal affinity beasts had always desired to

Empire, had completely changed with the departure of Azure

them to leave. They wanted to reach the next world as soon as possible. Their Battle-Strength was not as powerful as Ferris' Battle-Strength, but the next world shouldn't be

while Azure surprisingly turned into a young woman with

had expected Azure's human form to appear older since she always acted so taciturn and distant,

she took a deep breath. "This form makes it

unsure if he had that connection. After all,

reach your home before you,

"I'll try my best, but I can't promise anything,"

and left

smiled at him. "See

Then, she also left.

smile before? I only saw her smirk or smile in disdain. Huh, apparently,