Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis listened to their story with interest.

He learned a lot about how to manage a Sect from Manuel, and he had to laugh a lot when Dorian told of his exploits. Gravis could very well imagine the headache Manuel had while trying to handle someone like Dorian.

After they were done telling their story, over a day had passed.

Mortis had returned a couple of hours after Manuel started telling his story, and he simply sat at the table like everyone else.

"So? How did it go?" Gravis asked Mortis.

"It will take a while to close the gap, but she's definitely interested, even if she didn't immediately admit it," Mortis said.

Gravis nodded.

He had expected something like that. After all, Mortis was exactly the person that Joyce had been searching for. Even if Gravis wanted to chase Joyce, she would still choose Mortis over him.

After Manuel and Dorian were done retelling their story, it was Skye's turn.

Apparently, Skye had quickly become a pretty powerful beast, and she established her own Tribe.

She lorded over the Tribe for a long time, but at some point, Kingdoms became interested.

Yet, instead of simply joining a Kingdom, Skye wanted to fight a war.

It wasn't even a battle.

Skye very quickly lost, and she was forcefully enslaved as food.

She was used as a training partner for weaker beasts, but she was always stopped as soon as she tried to kill them.

Skye was attacked by beasts on her level for years without being allowed to really retaliate.

This had gone on for over 20 years, but Skye never gave up. She knew that her chance would come, eventually.

And eventually, it did.

Skye managed to comprehend the level two Law of Suppression, which she used to kill the beasts overseeing her captivity.

After that, she ran away.

Sadly, the Kingdoms were rather united in that part of the world, making it impossible for her to find refuge anywhere.

She felt like a wild animal that was hunted by a group of humans. No matter where she went, she would be quickly found and attacked.

Skye was on the run for a long time, and eventually, she managed to comprehend the level two Law of Freedom.

With the Law of Freedom and Law of Suppression combined, Skye managed to turn the tables somewhat.

The Law of Suppression increased her Battle-Strength, and the Law of Freedom allowed her to ignore the pressure of beasts above her Realm. This gave her the ability to fight with her full power against more powerful beasts.

Her story, at this point, became very similar to Dorian's story when he had just arrived in the middle world. Skye went through a lot of fights and, eventually, a lot of other beasts were willing to follow her.

She was always able to carve out a place for herself in the world with quite a

in comparison to most other beasts, Skye

freedom, and she didn't want to have any responsibilities. The beasts were free to follow her or

the beasts still followed her, which eventually led to an impromptu nomadic Empire of

find. However, they would never claim any land. They would simply kill the strong

Empires didn't attack Skye's

Why?

of an old Empire would become unoccupied. This meant that the

no one wanted to attack Skye's Empire. Battling them meant using a lot of resources, which could very

bribed Skye's Empire. They paid Skye resources so that Skye would

world, but Skye had to regain all her lost respect since no one in the

world, Skye eventually just walked around,

whomever she wanted. She went wherever

heard Skye's

Skye truly had similar

freedom highly, just like

only difference was that Skye was truly free, while Gravis

for Stella, Liam, and

that was the difference between a beast and a

be just as

cut off his feelings for everyone

and Stella were

would become powerful

to grow more

Styr, Ferris, and Sary to tell

quickly met in the higher world, and they

was very similar to Manuel's story, but

was the one that assumed

Styr and

a mysterious, kind, and intelligent Sect

experienced, powerful, and

gain the support of his Sect by being kind to the

his Tribe by impressing all the beasts with his bearing, experience, and

paint a picture of the two of them, Manuel would seem like a Heaven-chosen talent, illuminating his surroundings with light. Styr would be

would be associated with the color

associated

position Joyce had taken up in Manuel's Sect. Azure was the most powerful fighting

Laws, but most of

and

and she quickly led her to

a time, but her

the end, Meadow basically only sat in the Tribe, doing absolutely

not everything was smooth

Kingdom

battle between the two forces was incredible, but the Kingdom had made a devastating

Styr wasn't stupid.