Female Novel
Chapter 448
The Red King nodded when he heard Gravis’ answer. "This time, | won't carry you since some other beasts might think I'm yourservant."
"| don't mind," Gravis answered.
“Also, it would be better for you not to transform into lightning. | want that to be a surprise for the Empress," the Red Kingadvised.
Gravis rolled his eyes. "Fine. | don't see the point of that but take my acceptance as some sort of parting gift. After all, the lastfive years weren't as bad as | had initially believed."
The Red King groaned. "You really don't know how lucky you are. Do you honestly believe that a breeder of the Empress wouldbe held in some confined room or something? You will just join her Empire with a distinguished status. This means you can dowhatever you want."
When Gravis heard that, his brows furrowed. "That really is different than | had expected. Does it mean | can also leave if |want?"
The Red King nodded immediately, surprising Gravis. This was completely different from what he had expected. Gravis thoughtthat he would be some kind of breeding slave. Yet, if he so chose, he could simply leave the Empire?
"Wait, you're serious?” he asked.
The Red King sighed. "Yes. That's why | said you don't know how good you'll have it. The only rules that bind you are the rulesthat every member of the Empire has to follow. No one will suppress you."
"So," Gravis said slowly. "| could also choose not to join the Empire if | wanted to?""Sure," the Red King answered directly and calmly. "I'll get my reward either way. However, I'm very convinced that you will stay.”
The Red King motioned for Gravis to follow him after he said that. Then, he started flying towards the north. Gravis followed himand used his full speed without transforming into lightning. The Red King simply looked at how fast Gravis was flying andadapted his speed to Gravis’.
"Why do you think | would want to join someone else's Empire?" Gravis asked.
“Because the rules in an Empire are different than the rules in a Tribe. Do you honestly think that an Empire lead by an Emperorwouldn't know how to create powerful beasts? The Empires are set up to produce as many powerful beasts as possible,” theRed King explained.
"| know the rules of your River Tribe, and the rules in the Empire aren't much different. Though, there are a few more. Forexample, you can't just randomly kill a beast on your Realm. In comparison to the rules you've created, in the Empire, it requiresboth parties to agree," the Red King explained.
Gravis thought about this for a bit. "Then, as soon as I've proven my strength, | wouldn't be able to challenge other beasts thateasily anymore?"
The Red King hummed for a bit, which sounded surprisingly melodic. Gravis guessed that this was because he was a bird, andbirds had a particular talent to sound nice. "It depends," the Red King answered.
"On?" Gravis asked.
"Whom you challenge,” the Red King said. "Some beast two levels higher than you certainly won't accept the challenge as soonas they have seen your power. However, a beast three levels higher might accept the challenge for tempering."
“Another thing would be a fight for status. Since everything depends on power, including status, you might get some beasts thatwant to replace you as a breeder. Of course, these challenges follow different rules. An average beast three levels higher thanyou obviously wouldn't be worthy of being the Empress’ breeder, even if he managed to kill you."
"In order to challenge your status, a beast would need to fulfill the initial requirement of the Empress and then have the samelevel and Realm as you," the Red King explained.
Gravis sighed. "Sounds like a waste of time," he commented.
The Red King scoffed. "If any other beast heard these words coming out of your mouth, they would believe you have your headup your own ass. Every potential candidate for a breeder position is outstanding,” the Red King said in annoyance.
Gravis only looked at him with his typical, even look.
After some seconds, the Red King groaned. "But yes, it would be a waste of time for you. At least, at your current Realm. If youcan't learn any new Laws, sooner or later, the candidates will come for you."novelbin
"| know," Gravis said. "All my Battle-Strength is only temporary. If | don't stay at the forefront, | will sooner or later becomeaverage."
However, that wasn't entirely true. Gravis still had his unique status as the only human and was, therefore, the only one able toshift his body's powers around. This fact alone already guaranteed him the power to fight one level above himself.
One should remember that being able to fight one level higher than oneself was very impressive in normal circumstances. Yet,this wouldn't even be considered as meeting the requirements to become a candidate for the Empress. After all, the Empresswas in the Law Comprehension Realm, which made her one of the world's most powerful beasts. She would only consider thevery best of the world as potential mates.
Right now, Gravis was probably the most powerful beast on his level. Yet, there were a lot of incredible beasts out there. Forexample, Gravis had heard that there were Divine Beasts able to fight two levels above themselves. This was already veryimpressive.
Right now, Gravis was the strongest, but as soon as he relaxed, these impressive beasts would overtake him. This had alreadybeen the case when he had reached the Unity Realm again.
One should remember that Gravis had had some issues with dealing with level three Lords when he had been a level one Lord.Back then, his Battle-Strength had been just as powerful as these impressive Divine Beasts. Only after the fight with the GoldenDragon had Gravis' Battle-Strength grown to this degree.
Of course, another aspect was the soft-breakthroughs of his lightning, which allowed him to grow more powerful without reachingthe next level.
Because of all these things, Gravis knew that he couldn't relax. He had to stay at the forefront and concentrate on understandingLaws. These candidates might not be a threat to him right now, but they might become a threat in the future.
Yet, instead of fearing such fights, Gravis welcomed them. Finally, he felt some pressure again. The threat of these candidateswould push him forward to become more powerful.
The more Gravis heard about the Empire, the more he liked it. This sounded like a great place to temper himself. Yet, thebreeding-part still weighed heavily on his mind since he really had no interest in making children right now. Also, he held noattraction towards beasts. He preferred humans.
"It actually sounds quite nice," Gravis commented.
"That's why | said that you were lucky. There are also places in the Empire that allow you to easier comprehend Laws," the RedKing said.
Gravis immediately grew interested when he heard that. "There are?" he asked.
The Red King nodded. "Yes. Of course, you can't just go there for free, even with your future status. You need to earnContribution Points,” he explained.
Gravis hummed for a bit. "Let me guess, | can only get Contribution Points by fighting against sea beasts, correct?" he asked.
The Red King nodded. "That's right.The war with the sea beasts iscontinually ongoing, egitis thé dutyfo) evernlecaltidast 6 join the war.Yet, without enough enticement,most beasts wouldn't want to go.That's where these special areas forLaws come into play." The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Gravis actually didn't mind this development. To him, there was no difference between killing land beasts and sea beasts. Joininga war or invasion might also give him some tempering. To him, the condition was a win-win.
"By the way, how will this whole thing with the Empress go down?" Gravis asked.
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til evecy beste had a chance tofight. However, | think that this won'thappen today. After all, you faroutclass any candidate that mightappear,’ the Red King explained. Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
Gravis had no more questions after this one. Staying in the Empire actually sounded way better than he had assumed. He mighteven decide to go there without the Red King forcing him to.
Sadly, the whole breeding-thing still laid heavily on his mind.