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.

always able to carve out a place for herself in

to most other beasts, Skye didn't manage her

felt that responsibilities restricted her freedom, and she didn't want to have any responsibilities. The beasts were

of the beasts still followed her, which eventually led to

throughout the world, killing the strongest beasts they could find. However, they would never claim any land. They would

other Empires didn't attack

Why?

territory of an old Empire would

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

Skye resources so that Skye would choose

had to regain all

the higher world, Skye

free as it could get. She battled whomever she wanted. She went wherever she wanted. She did

heard Skye's story, he smiled

truly

freedom highly, just

that Skye was truly free, while Gravis

had to care for Stella, Liam, and

was the difference between a beast

just as free as

his feelings for everyone

human, Gravis couldn't do that. His friends and Stella were more important to Gravis

knew that, eventually, he would

simply had to

was time for Azure, Styr, Ferris, and Sary to tell their

quickly met in the higher world, and they

was very similar to Manuel's story,

was the one that assumed the

and Manuel

mysterious, kind, and intelligent Sect

an experienced, powerful,

Sect by being kind to the Sect, bringing more resources to the Sect, and being fair to

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

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

associated

associated with

taken up in Manuel's Sect. Azure was the

liked or comprehending Laws, but most of the time, he was only looking

managed the beasts in the Tribe, and she personally populated the

Sary found Meadow, and she

was the most powerful being in the Tribe for a time, but her slow growth meant

Meadow basically only sat in the Tribe,

everything was

a Kingdom attacked

battle between the two forces was incredible, but the Kingdom

Styr wasn't stupid.