Lightning Is the Only Way

The beasts all gathered at one spot.

There were no Demonic Beasts.

There were no Energy Beasts.

There were no Spirit Beasts.

Everything had either died or become a Lord or more powerful. The beasts no longer needed to keep the new beasts coming because the new world will give them a base of weaker beasts. Due to that reason, every weak beast had been forced to become more powerful or die.

In terms of Lords, there were now more than ever before in this world. The number of Spirit Beasts had always been very high, and by refining all of them, the Lord population had exploded.

Yet, that explosion of life quickly stopped when one looked at the Kings. There were definitely fewer Kings than before Gravis had arrived in this world.

And the number of Emperors was pitiful. If all Emperors fought each other, they might be able to create two more level four Emperors, but that was it. Creating a level five Emperor would be impossible.

In front of the Lords stood the Kings, and in front of the Kings stood the Emperors. In front of the Emperors stood the level four Emperor of the western region. The level four Emperor of the sea beasts didn't want to assume leadership, which was why she stood together with the other Emperors.

The level four Emperor of the land beasts was the general and leader of the beasts.

Yet, this imposing general and leader kneeled before the being in front of him. In front of him wasn't Gravis, but a small humanoid figure made out of roots.

Meadow had gathered her entire body into this human form. She was no longer the ruler of the beasts but their ancestral protector. She wouldn't be allowed to kill any beasts and would only be allowed to grant her beasts a small area of safety.

As soon as they reached the new world, she would push every enemy away and would claim ten percent of the new world for them. Any beast that wanted to invade this land would be halted by Meadow without her being allowed to kill or weaken them.

Meadow had become just that, a protector, the creator of a sanctuary.

Obviously, ten percent of the world would not be nearly enough for the beasts of this world to survive. They would be pushed against each other with not much room to move. Yet, that was how it was supposed to be.

In order to encourage conquest and slaughter, the beasts would need to hold a new territory for a full year. After that time had passed, Meadow would enlarge her sanctuary.

But the enemy wasn't stupid. After some years, they would be able to see the pattern and would do their best to contest conquered territories. Of course, that was also on purpose. The more the enemy contested their territory, the better. The powerful beasts of this world had to fight and claim their power.

If the beasts only remained inside their sanctuary, sooner or later, some of them would fight each other or die of old age. Additionally, the enemy had more beasts, which meant that this world wouldn't win an arms race.

on the Emperors and their power. If they weren't able to fight many similarly leveled Emperors at once, their lives would be miserable forever until they

world, together with Heaven. Yet, he already lived in an entirely different world. He was only a temporary watcher. His time of control

stood Orthar, who also

it's time," Gravis

betting my life on you winning against Heaven," Orthar

Gravis nodded. "I won't."

his Life Ring and pulled Orthar into it. If Gravis died, the Life Ring would be destroyed, and Orthar would be thrown back into the world, which would be completely destroyed by then. This was a

your time," Gravis said to his children standing behind

nodded. They had already been informed by Gravis about what

with our

nodded again and summoned

would die with him. This was no longer only his own life he was playing with, but also the lives of his three children.

evenly to the

you. I hope I won't be disappointed," Morus said with a

Morus into the Life Ring. If Morus died, he wouldn't care a single bit. Yet, he had to repay

before the storm arrived. Soon, everyone would explode into merciless

said, "everyone

WHOOOOOOM!

ridiculous size. The gathered crowd of beasts could pass through

and returned to the same size she had been when she had killed that Strider back then.

body started to seemingly burn with

was far weaker than him right now. He wondered how the

general

grit their teeth and narrow their eyes. A wild aura of slaughter and killing intent seemingly bathed the world in crimson. This

billion beasts all unleashed their will of slaughter at once, which shook the

affected by the killing intent, as

world," Meadow said to Gravis as her

smiled. "We'll see each other again, friend," Gravis said with a lighthearted

through it with her full speed.

shouted in rage, their gathered voices warping

charged through the portal with their

enough, and the beasts were fast enough that it took all beasts less