Female Novel
Chapter 463
"There is no one willing to battle with you anymore, Gravis," the Empress transmitted with some annoyance. "Last time, only thewolf was ready to battle you, and | doubt that anyone wants to fight with you now."
Gravis grimaced when he heard that. "Okay, but are there maybe some other outstanding level five Lords around? | really needsome tempering," he asked.
The Empress sighed again as she massaged the bridge of her nose with her fingers. "Why do you want to temper yourself sobadly? | don't get it. You are not ready to learn a new Law, but you still want to gamble with your life. What's the reason?" sheasked.
"Well," Gravis answered. "You saw that aura that made my first opponent slow down?" he asked.The Empress nodded.
"This aura only grows by putting my life on the line. The only reason why it even has such a strong suppressive effect on a beasta whole level higher than me is that | have tempered myself a lot already. If | don't keep tempering myself, eventually, it willbecome less useful."
The Empress remained silent for a bit as she thought about what Gravis just told her. "I've never heard of something like this, butyour powers are strange to begin with. What's your plan? Why do you want to temper yourself now?"
"Well, as long as | manage to increase it some more, | might be able to win against a King while I'm a level four Lord," Gravisadmitted. "If | don't increase it now, I'll have to wait until I'm a level five Lord to fight a level one King."
For some reason, the Empress sighed again. Gravis had no idea why she reacted like this.
"Gravis," she transmitted, "even if your strange aura becomes more powerful, you will still have no chance against a level oneKing. Think about it. The most outstanding level five Lords in this event can fight two levels above themselves. Yet, not even oneof them says they can fight a level one King, even though, theoretically, a level one King is two levels above them. Why is that?"
Gravis didn't know why. He had seen the talent of the level five Lords. They all knew Laws that increased their Battle-Strengthsignificantly. Why weren't they able to battle level one Kings?
"| don't know, actually," Gravis transmitted. "| don't have much knowledge about the higher Realms since the Red King is the firstKing I've ever met. Obviously, due to our relationship, he didn't tell me anything."
The Empress was a little taken aback when she heard that. "You have had no guidance from any Empire or Kingdom?" sheasked.
She was so surprised about this fact because Gravis’ Battle-Strength and experience in battle were too powerful for some beastthat hadn't received any guidance. Had Gravis achieved all of this power without a more powerful beast guiding him? This almostseemed impossible.
Gravis shook his head. "No, | have only had Lords around me, and all these Lords had been either my friends or underlings,”Gravis explained.
Now, a lot more things made sense to the Empress. Gravis’ weird behavior and trust issues also made some sense now. Afterall, he only had had underlings and enemies. "Have you ever been part of a Tribe or Kingdom of someone else?"
Gravis shook his head. "No. The only Tribe | had been a part of was one that | have created myself. Of course, that Tribe doesn'texist anymore."
The Empress had no questions regarding Gravis' destroyed Tribe. Tribes came and went daily. An enemy invading a Tribe anderadicating it with only the Tribe Leader surviving happened all the time.
Instead of continuing the conversation, the Empress looked at the other beasts. Hundreds of Kings and Lords were still waitingfor her to do anything. They had watched the Empress, the white ape, and Gravis just standing around and looking at each other.
Of course, the beasts knew that they were talking, but they didn’t know what they were talking about. As long as the Empressdidn't order anything else, they just continued standing and waiting there.
"I'll explain some things to you later. First of all, | need to end this whole matter," the Empress told Gravis.Then, she turned to the present Kings and Lords. "The competition is over," she announced. "Gravis will be my mate."novelbin
None of the present beasts were surprised about that. Gravis had proven his power, and it was only natural that he would bechosen. Feelings like entitlement were incredibly rare among beasts, and they simply accepted this matter. Their candidates justhadn't been powerful enough.
“All candidates will join my Empire. The Kings will all receive the standard reward. The Grand Elder has taken note of yourcontributions and will remember you," the Empress proclaimed.
The Grand Elder nodded and stepped forward. "Tell me what kind of rewards you want," the white ape said.
After that, everything became silent again. The Kings were probably all talking with the Grand Elder via voice transmission. Aftersome seconds, one King after the other left the Mountain of Pride, all flying off in different directions.
After around half a minute, nearly no Kings remained anymore. Now, only the Empress, the white ape, the Red King, Gravis, andthe other candidates remained.
"Candidates," the Empress announced to the gathered crowd. "To the north of the Mountain of Pride, you will find my armyCommanders. They have gone through many such meetings and know what to do. Fly to the north, and my Commanders willcontact you."
"Follow their orders. Starting today, you are part of the Icy Pride Empire," the Empress proclaimed.
‘Icy Pride Empire?’ Gravis thought. ‘Is that the name of the Empire? | mean, the Empress does have the water element, whichcan transform into ice. She also has comprehended the Law of Pride. So, | guess calling the Empire Icy Pride makes sense.’
The Lords all lowered their heads to show their subservience. Then, they flew towards the north. Gravis thought that seeing somany several-kilometer-long beasts flying into one direction looked quite imposing. A human Sect would probably be quiteintimidated if they saw such an endless cloud of massive beasts flying towards them. Gravis wondered if non-natural middleworlds also had such beast Empires.
After all the Lords left, only four beasts remained on top of the Mountain of Pride: The Empress, the white ape, the Red King,and Gravis. Right now, Gravis was, by far, the largest beast present, towering over all other present beasts.
Of course, that was only because the other three beasts had control over their size. Gravis had already seen the true size of theRed King, which was gigantic. He also wondered if the white ape and the Empress were bigger or smaller if they revealed theiractual size.
“Red King," the Empress said as she turned to him. "You have brought an outstanding mate for me. Tell me, what reward do youwant?"
"| want time in the Infernal Depths," the Red King answered immediately.
The Empress wasn't surprised. "I'vethought as much. As you know,normally, only Emperors thataremartof my Rive are bite d to enter theInfethal Depths, but since youbrought me such an excellent mate, |will allow it. You can enter theInfernal Depths and stay there for tenyears," the Empress said. The contentis on NovelDrama.Org! Read the latest
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The Red King's body shook out of excitement. He had wanted to enter the Infernal Depths for an incredibly long time. Ten yearsshould easily be enough for him to comprehend a more powerful Law.
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Of course, the Red King knew that he wouldn't be able to understand everything with his current Realm and with only beingallowed to stay for ten years. Yet, even comprehending the weaker Laws inside the Infernal Depths would increase his power bya lot.
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The Red King wanted to be outstanding, and to become outstanding, he needed to increase his Battle-Strength as much aspossible. Right now, he didn't appear interesting to other level one Emperors, which gave him the security and time tocomprehend more Laws.
"Grand Elder," the Empress said. "Bring the Red King to the Infernal Depths and explain everything important to him."
"Yes, Empress," the white ape said. Then, he looked at the Red King and motioned with his head to follow him. "Follow me," hesaid.
The Red King threw one more glance at Gravis with a smirk. "This is where we part ways. | won't miss you for even a second,"he transmitted.
"Same goes for me," Gravis answered. "Who knows, maybe | will already be powerful enough to kill you when you return?"The Red King snorted. "Sure, good luck," he said sarcastically. Then, he left with the white ape without saying another word.
And with that, only Gravis and the Empress remained on top of the Mountain of Pride.