Lightning Is the Only Way

Chapter 408

Shira's eyes narrowed again as she looked at Gravis. "I don't believe that."

Gravis only smirked. "Silva puts the success and survival of his Camp over his own life. This means that he didn't only aim tobecome a Lord. Instead of finding food, he used these hunting-opportunities as a method to get rid of the most powerful beastsin the Sea Camp."

"Your fights had been easy, but his fights had been difficult. This has increased his Battle-Strength more than he realizes. Assoon as he realizes that he is more powerful than you, he won't hesitate to challenge you directly. At that time, your life will likelycome to an end.”

Shira's frustration increased when she heard Gravis. She didn't want to believe him, but deep inside, she realized that he wasright. There might really be a possibility that the viper was already more powerful than her. Yet, her pride made it difficult toaccept that.

After some seconds, Gravis continued speaking. "To go back to my original point. You said that appearing strong is what makesa Leader. Yet, | say that being strong is what makes a Leader. As long as you have supreme power, it doesn't matter what othersthink of you. They might look down on you, but they can't do anything against you."

“And | am also pretty sure that | know why you have been complacent," Gravis said. "You are too happy with what you alreadyhave. You don't dare to risk your life to increase your Battle-Strength. Yet, you also want to become more powerful."

"Shira, you need to realize that you can't have both. Either you take it easy and forever remain at this power, or you take risks tobecome more powerful. There is no in-between. It's either the one or the other."

Then Gravis turned away from her and looked at the wall. "I've helped Silva once when he had come to ask me for guidance. |have given him this guidance, but | have also told him that, to remain fair, | would give you the same opportunity if you ever cameto ask for guidance."

Then, he turned back to her. "Back then, | didn’t expect you to ever come to me for help, but, as | said, | was wrong. | haveincorrectly assessed your personality. So, right now, | will tell you what you have to do to get out of this mess."

Shira remained silent.

“Back then, Silva was on the verge of death, just like you. Back then, | have told him that his weakness was that he placed thesurvival of his Camp above its power. | told him that he needed to let his members go crazy. Like this, many will die, but manyothers will become powerful.”

"He followed that advice, and now, a single beast of his Camp can annihilate your whole Sea Camp. Yet, that was advice thatwas specifically tailored to him. The advice | will give you will be slightly different."

Shira still didn't say anything.

"Silva has the advantage over you that his Camp trusts in him. Because of that, he doesn't need to fear that his underlingsbecome more powerful than him. At least, not until they are one or two levels higher than him."

"In your case, that is different. You do not have the ability to instill trust in your Camp. Therefore, the only way to remain in poweris to be the most powerful beast inside your Camp without question. Yet, being the most powerful beast is also a powerfuladvantage in and of itself."

"Therefore, your only remaining choice is to risk your life in life and death battles. Tomorrow, | will make an announcement to theTribe about a new program. My help to you is to allow you to start on that program one day early. Of course, it's up to you if youaccept it or not."

Shira still remained silent as she listened to Gravis.

"The Tribe has become too powerful for our current lands. All our neighboring lands only have one Lord, but we have over ten.Using Spirit Beasts for an invasion is a waste of resources. | don't want more Lords. | want more level two Lords. Therefore,starting tomorrow, | will allow the Lords in our Tribe to kill the Lords of any Tribe they can find.”

Shira narrowed her eyes.

"Yet, they are only allowed to go alone. Their Battle-Strength is above average. This means that a one-on-one battle with a Lordfrom another Tribe wouldn't increase their Battle-Strength by much. Only when they battle such a Lord with the whole Tribeattacking them at the same time will they truly be challenged."

Gravis looked back into Shira's eyes. "Fighting a whole Tribe by yourself is easier than fighting the members of the Land Camp.Yet, it will still be dangerous. My advice to you is that you should fight and kill three Lords alone. If you manage to survive, yourBattle-Strength will be even more powerful than Silva's current Battle-Strength. You would probably be even more powerful thanOrthar then."

"When you're finished with that task, you should kill five of the strongest beasts of the Land Camp. This will weaken the LandCamp significantly while making you more powerful. Of course, | won't tell Silva about what we have talked about today. | willonly tell him that we talked, but not the contents of the conversation.”

"If he realizes that you will become more powerful in a very short time, he will be forced to become more powerful himself. If hedoesn't realize it, you would just directly kill him before becoming a level two Lord. After all, you would already be more powerfulthan him at that point. So, in the end, it depends on him if he survives against you."

“And as soon as you become a level two Lord, it doesn't matter what Silva does. He might be able to eradicate the whole SeaCamp, but he won't be able to kill you. As long as he can't kill you, the Sea Camp will just become more and more powerful. Thisis just like your current situation. You have more beasts inside your Sea Camp, but you can't do anything about theoverwhelming power of the Land Camp. This will be switched in the future."

Gravis looked deep into Shira's eyes. "The only way to realize your ambition is to become truly powerful. If you're not powerful,no one will follow you. Why would a level three Lord follow you if they realize that they can annihilate you with a casual smack?"

Gravis stopped talking, and Shira fell into thought. She realized that this was truly the only way left for her to realize her ambition.Without becoming more powerful, she wouldn't be able to control stronger beasts. Was she happy with forever remaining at hercurrent standing? Of course not!

After half a minute, Shira sighed and decided to go through with it. An hour ago, she had seen no path forward, but now, she hadone. This path was dangerous, but it had a possibility for success. The motivation to become powerful returned in full. She hadn'talways been this complacent. This had only started after becoming part of the River Tribe.novelbin

One shouldn't forget that Shira had had an outstanding Battle-Strength when she had been a Spirit Beast. Such a powerfulBattle-Strength didn't come from playing it safe. The undying greed from back then had returned.

When she had joined the River Tribe, the greed had taken a back-seat. Before joining the River Tribe, it was like she had beenhungry constantly. Yet, as soon as she joined, it was like she had eaten her fill, but now, it returned even more powerful thanbefore.

Gravis saw Shira's mindset change and smirked. ‘Now, it all depends on you, Silva,’ Gravis thought. "Your enemy has gonethrough a rebirth. Either you become more powerful, or you will die. | won't save you a second time. If you die to Shira, it justshows that you are too weak to rise to power. I'm fine with either outcome."

Suddenly, Shira smirked as she looked at Gravis. "You know, | never asked for your help. You gave me this advice of your ownvolition. So, that means that | still-"

WHOOOOOM!

An apocalyptic pressure appeared and pressed into Shira. Before she could even process that, a mighty hand clasped aroundeach of her throats. Gravis’ body felt way more powerful than before. Yet, what was even weirder was that the pressureseemingly didn't originate from Gravis. This powerful pressure felt like it came from outside, shocking her to no end. What washappening?

Gravis pressed down hard on her throats and pulled the heads towards him. Bones were breaking, and flesh was tearing as hisgrip strengthened. Then, he looked deep into the eyes of Shira's heads with a severe expression.

"Don't play this political game with me!" he said with a severe tone.

Shira felt like she was about to die. Fear was gripping her minds as she panicked.

"| have told you about this, and if youdidn't want my help, you could haveleft. There are very few thi thathate Mar ahanaisioredty: Don'tforget Ni | can kill you whenever |feel like it. Never forget that | am inthe same Rank as you. | don't evenneed to break the rules to break yournecks," Gravis said brutally. Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!

"| can drag you into an arena rightnow and tear you apart." Then, Gravissneered. "And sure, i Yop stillcaaint

t Kecfatst tha helped you, thenlisten. Right now, | am offering youmy help. That help is that | won't killyou right now. Do you accept?" heasked. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!

"Y-yes... I-l accept," Shira transmitted meekly.Gravis’ sneer transformed into a smirk. "Good."CRRRRRRRK!

Shira fell away from Gravis and screamed in pain. Gravis had torn one of her heads off. Very few beings had the privilege to feelthe pain of losing an entire head. Most of them just died.

“Fuck off, and don't you dare appear in front of me in the next week," Gravis said as he looked at her writhing body coldly."Yes, I'm sorry," she quickly and quietly transmitted. Then, she slithered away with fear as panic still gripped her remaining mind.Gravis huffed again and went back to sit in the middle of the room.

‘With over ten Lords destroying allother Lords, we should be able toreach the territories of Ace enrerthree Ler ig goctiin’. en that timecbnids, | can finally increase mypower again. | haven't gone throughany tempering since entering thisworld. Oh, how long I've waited forthis.’ The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!

Gravis chuckled a bit as he went back to doing whatever he was doing all day.