Chapter 387: Breaking the Laws (1/2)
Shira had already known Gravis' plan. That's why she wasn't even a bit surprised when he said that. Instead, she grew angry and frustrated. 'I tried to kill this viper because he's going to be a powerful opponent. This will be troublesome,' she thought.
Meanwhile, the viper wasn't sure what it should think. It wasn't going to die? Also, what did that beast just say?
”Are you kidding me?” the viper transmitted to Gravis with an angry voice.
”No, I'm not,” Gravis answered.
”Are you not fine with killing us now? Do you want to kill us all later? What's your goal in this?” the viper answered.
Gravis only smirked. ”Oh, I know about your so-called established laws,” Gravis said. ”Let's go to the Spire. We can discuss all of this in public so that all beasts in the River Tribe will see that I'm serious.”
Whoosh!
Gravis swam towards the Spire, and the viper watched. Meanwhile, Shira glared at the viper. ”Don't get in my way, or you won't know how you died,” she said before following Gravis.
The viper was still angry. What Gravis had proposed was akin to suicide! Yet, he followed the two of them.
Splash!
All three of them left the water. Gravis went to the Spire to climb it to a sufficient height where every beast could see him. Shira and the viper went to each of their camps and stood at the forefront of their groups.
The sea horde didn't show much respect for Shira. To them, she had only shown that she was intelligent. On top of that, they didn't know her for long. Lastly, she hadn't proven her strength. After all, nearly all survivors managed to kill a beast at their level, while Shira didn't win.
Meanwhile, the land beasts stood respectfully behind the viper, showing everyone that they acknowledged it as their leader. No beast dared to stand close to the viper.
When Shira saw that, her eyes narrowed further. 'Just you wait,' she thought with spite.
By now, all beasts had gathered in front of the Spire, and Gravis looked at them.
”Every survivor will stay alive and join my Tribe, the River Tribe,” Gravis announced.
The land beasts looked with skeptical eyes at Gravis and then at the sea beasts with disdain. They weren't sure if Gravis actually meant that, and even if he did, they wouldn't join hands with some shrimps.
The sea beasts knew that Gravis was serious, but they also weren't the biggest fans of that development. They had only taken part in the battle to get some food, which, by the way, was still lying dead in the water. They'd rather go get their food instead of listening to Gravis.
”You do know that it's against the laws for sea and land beasts to unite?” the viper transmitted with an angry voice to everyone around them. This was a public discussion.
”I do,” Gravis said. He had spoken at length with Shira about this topic when they were readying their plan.
The viper waited for Gravis to continue, but apparently, he was done speaking. This made the viper only angrier. ”This will make everyone here the enemy of every sea and land Tribe out there. This is suicide! If you want to kill us, why don't you do it now!?”
Gravis only smirked. ”I know. So?” he asked.
The viper was taken aback. ”What do you mean with so? This will kill all of us!” it shouted with anger and frustration.
”And if we kept to the laws, the other Tribes wouldn't attempt to kill us?” Gravis asked.
”Yes, they would still attempt to kill us, but we wouldn't be the prime target for every Tribe in the surroundings,” the viper shot back immediately. ”This will give the surrounding Tribes a reason to band together and attack us as a united force!”
Gravis laughed a bit. ”In the end, it's all about becoming more powerful. You say the laws are just a means to an end to find an arbitrary reason to attack us. Is that it?”
The viper remained silent for some seconds, thinking about Gravis' words. ”Yes, it is,” it said. ”Yet, that doesn't change the reality of the situation. We will be the enemies of the whole world.”
”Let me give you some hypothetical situations,” Gravis said.
”Sure,” the viper said with annoyance.