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.

was mostly in control of her life. She was always able to carve out a place for herself in the world with quite a big

in comparison to most other beasts, Skye didn't manage her beasts in

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

followed her, which eventually

never claim any land. They would

Empires didn't attack Skye's

Why?

the territory of an old

Battling them meant using a

Skye resources

but Skye had to regain all her lost respect since

Skye

battled whomever she wanted. She went

Skye's story, he

Skye truly had

valued freedom highly,

Skye was

care for Stella,

that was the difference between a beast and

could be just

cut off his feelings for

couldn't do that. His friends and Stella were more important

eventually, he would become powerful enough to

to

Azure, Styr, Ferris, and

in the higher world, and they

similar to Manuel's story, but with more direct war and fewer

the one

a way, Styr and

a mysterious, kind,

an experienced, powerful,

managed to gain the support of his Sect by being kind to

by impressing all the beasts with his

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

would be associated with the color

associated

up in Manuel's

busy helping beasts he liked or comprehending Laws,

the Tribe, and she

she quickly led her to the

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

the end, Meadow basically only sat in

everything was smooth

Kingdom attacked their

battle between the two forces was incredible, but

Styr wasn't stupid.