Lightning Is the Only Way

Chapter 397

The hyenas were still ready to strike. The enemy commander had said that she would give them a chance to survive, but theycouldn't just trust her like this. In case the enemy went against her word, they would die fighting.

"What is your proposal?" the black general asked.Shira only continued smiling deviously. "Does it matter? Two Lords are surrounding you. You have no choice but to accept."

The black general gnashed his teeth. He hated it when someone talked down to him like this. Sadly, there was nothing he coulddo. These two Lords could eradicate all the hyenas easily.

"Okay," the black general conceded. "What will you have us do?" he asked.

"You all need to win a life and death duel. If you win, you join our Tribe. If you lose, you die," Shira said as she slowly crept onland. As soon as she came on land, the others noticed that her stomach had a huge bulge. Apparently, she had already finishedeating her prey.

The black general narrowed his eyes. "This sounds too good to be true. What's the catch?" he asked.Shira only continued smirking. "Since you're the losing party, | will decide who fights whom. That's the catch."

The black general looked at the floor with furrowed brows. This still sounded too good to be true. After all, if they would join theTribe when they won, it would make no sense for the enemy to pull any dirty schemes. This would only weaken the force of theirTribe. No commander would weaken their own Tribe like this.

"Okay, we accept," the black general said.

Shira snickered a bit. "Very well, follow me," she ordered to the hyenas. "You're allowed to create a pathway to the mountains.Forcing you to swim is too disgraceful," she said.

The black general was a bit surprised at that. The enemy commander even considered their honor? Apparently, this commanderwas a rather respectful and honorable snake.

"Follow her commands," the black general said.

Surprisingly, the hyenas weren't as distraught as one would imagine. Joining a Tribe with two Lords was incredible. On top ofthat, they only had to win one fight. Most of the hyenas didn't care about their family back home. In actuality, now that they wereforced to join another Tribe, they started getting annoyed at their old rules. Maybe, losing this war was a good thing.

The few Earth Movers that remained created a pathway to the mountains. Since they didn't need to make the pathway big ordefend themselves, they reached the other side in only a minute. After that, they simply climbed over the mountains. Somethinglike this wasn't hard for land beasts.

As soon as they reached the top of the mountains, they could finally see the River Tribe. The rivers immediately confused them.Surprisingly, the hyenas didn't know the concept of a river. After all, such rivers would give easy access to invasions from theocean. That's why they didn't have rivers in their territory. They only had some isolated lakes for water, nothing more.

Yet, they kind of liked the look of the rivers. For some reason, they found them beautiful. They also saw something else thatshocked them.

Behind the mountains was an army of around 100 land beasts. This showed them that the River Tribe didn't even attack withtheir full force. On top of that, they also saw their other tribesmen standing there. About 20 hyenas stood beside the army, andthey all looked at an imposing-looking viper. The hyenas quickly realized that this viper was also some sort of commander.

When their tribesmen saw their siblings coming over the mountain, they felt relief wash over them. They were happy that theirarmy didn't get destroyed. The more hyenas there were, the better they would feel.

Silva looked at the approaching hyenas, but as soon as he saw Shira leading them, he knew that the enemy was no threatanymore. Apparently, his army wasn't needed today.

"Do you want to watch your tribesmen prove themselves?" Shira asked Silva with a smirk.

Silva narrowed his eyes. Shira looked very happy right now, and that couldn't mean anything good. She was definitely plottingsomething. Yet, there was no benefit to running away.

"Sure," he answered. Then, he instructed his army to scatter. They weren't needed anymore.BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Everyone heard powerful steps, as Morn also walked over the mountains. "Follow me. | will lead you around and introduce yournew home," he transmitted to the already proven hyenas.

The hyenas were shocked. A Lord was personally showing them around the Tribe? This was an incredible honor! Most of themhadn't even seen their Matriarch in their life. Before the attack, they also hadn't seen the princess before. Lords seemed likeexistences that never crossed their paths. Yet, this Lord volunteered to do such menial tasks?

“lam Morn, and I'm the Elder of the River Tribe. It is my duty to answer your questions when you require guidance. The smalloctopus beside me is the Oracle, Orthar, and he has the same duty as me. You can visit either of us anytime you like. There isno punishment when asking for our guidance," Morn told them.

The hyenas only now noticed the small octopus beside the massive pangolin. To their shock, they also felt the power of a Lordfrom him. They could visit two Lords whenever they wanted? This sounded too good to be true. All of this already felt like theywere dreaming.

Also, the hyenas noticed that these two Lords weren't the actual leader of the Tribe. Didn't this mean that there was a third Lord?On top of that, that Lord would need to be even more powerful. Otherwise, these Lords would never follow them. They wonderedhow mighty and imposing the leader was and how they were able to keep such powerful Lords under their rule.

Morn led the proven hyenas to the Spire, while Orthar followed Shira and Silva. The tribesmen only had one rule that theyneeded to follow, but that wasn't true for the commanders. Since the commanders had more power, they had to adhere to morerules. One of these rules stated that meaningless genocide was not permitted. There had to be a reason. Orthar followed them tokeep an eye on Shira.

After some minutes, they arrived at the eastern arena, the closest one to the hyena’s territory. It was a three-kilometer-wide,lowered ring. It was made out of earth with many deep rivers going through it. In total, around half was earth while the other halfwas water.

“As discussed earlier, | will decide the opponents. When it's your turn, you will enter the arena. After that, | will announce the startwith a clap of my tail. Then, you will fight each other until only one survives. The winner gets to eat the loser and join the RiverTribe,” Shira explained.

Immediately, Silva noticed Shira's plan. This was not good!"Why do you get to choose the combatants? To make it fair, the combatants should choose themselves," Silva interjected.

Shira only smirked. "Because | have won this battle, not you. Additionally, they have already agreed." Shira slithered closer toSilva and smirked at him while looking deep into his eyes. "And there's nothing you can do about it," she slowly whispered.

"Oracle!" Silva shouted as he looked at Orthar. "This is a violation of fairness!"

"She has won the battle, and they have already accepted. It's at the boundary of the rules, but still with their accordance," Orthartransmitted emotionlessly.

Silva narrowed his eyes, and his bodyshook in frustration. He knew exactlywhat Shira would do, and he eauthe apncgximatedutedme. Not manyoF ttle hyenas would survive, whilemany new recruits from the seawould join the Sea Camp. Shira'sarmy would become way biggerwhile he would only get a few. Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!novelbin

The black general noticed their reactions and started frowning. Had he committed a mistake by accepting Shira’s conditions?

The first two combatants were quickly chosen, and the black general's suspicions were confirmed. The last fire hyena of theirgroup was facing off against a jellyfish with the water attribute. This was clearly an unfair matchup.

The black general had a lot of battle-experience, so he knew how the fight would go. The jellyfish could easily sacrifice some ofits tentacles to block the powerful but very exhausting attacks from the hyena. In his opinion, the hyena only had a 10% chanceof winning.

Sadly, no miracle happened. The hyena quickly died to the jellyfish and was pulled out of the arena. After that, a hyena with anearth affinity was put against a wooden fish. Obviously, this wooden fish had an affinity for the wood element.

The hyena had an incredible defense, but the wooden fish had incredible stamina. The wooden fish easily outlasted the earthhyena. The black general already realized how all of this would go, and he grew angry and frustrated at himself. He shouldn'thave accepted Shira's conditions.

The black general gnashed his teeth.Why had he been so stupid? Therewas a high chance tha the tworpardswouldnt ayeygotteh olved in thewar! \fter all, they hadn't gotteninvolved before the princess hadattacked. If they continued fighting,they could have, at least, taken a lotof enemies down with them. Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!

Yet, by accepting this condition, nearly their whole army would get destroyed without even taking many enemies down with them.Immediately, the black general looked with blood-filled eyes at the grinning Shira.

"Don't commit a mistake," Orthar transmitted to the black general. "You have already accepted her conditions and fell into herscheme. Accept the pain of seeing your comrades die and become stronger. After you join our Tribe, you can directly challengeher and take your revenge."

The black general grew even more frustrated. That was because he had abandoned his plan of attacking Shira. If he attackednow, there would be no doubt that the Oracle would get involved. This was nothing more than a meaningless death.

"Shira is our common enemy," Silva transmitted to the black general. "Follow my commands, and we will be able to kill herquickly."

The black general looked at Silva, but he didn't trust him. He had already been fooled by a snake. He wouldn't be fooled byanother one! Because of this, the black general didn't answer and ignored Silva.

Silva also grew frustrated. Shira haddestroyed the black general's trusttowards the Tribe. Seca

r lizedhat neGodhunt be able toconvince the black general to join hisside in the short run. ‘Was this alsopart of your scheme?’ he thoughtangrily as he looked at Shira. Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!

Shira was only smiling slyly as she watched the slowly ongoing massacre in the arena.