Chapter 445: Awkward Tempering (1/2)

Today was the day Gravis' fight was supposed to take place. Gravis had already readied himself by putting on his emerald green armor and only waited for the Red King to bring his opponent to him. He wasn't sure where they would fight, but it would probably just be atop the Red King's abode.

After some hours passed, Gravis felt a beast approach his spot. Normally, all beasts kept themselves away from the Red King's abode since this wasn't a place where they were supposed to walk around. After all, the Red King held great pride in his power.

Gravis inspected the beast, and, sure enough, it was a level five Lord. This would probably be his opponent.

The beast was a two-kilometer-long, silver bird. It looked quite sharp and fast but also had a certain amount of aggressiveness to it.

'Silver color, above-average speed, powerful attack,' Gravis thought as he had a weird expression on his face. Was the Red King serious?

”Your opponent has arrived,” the Red King transmitted to Gravis as he left his abode and landed before Gravis. Some seconds later, the silver bird also landed on top of the abode. Yet, instead of concentrating on Gravis, it only bowed to its King.

”My King,” the silver bird transmitted to the King in a deferential tone. Then, it remained silent, as if it was waiting for orders.

The Red King nodded to the bird in acknowledgment and turned to Gravis. ”This will be your opponent,” he said to Gravis.

The silver bird also heard these words and looked at Gravis with a mixture of skepticism, confusion, and insult. This was the reason why it had been called? It was supposed to fight some level two Lord? Such a level two Lord couldn't even be considered a snack to the silver bird.

”I would advise you to search for a different opponent,” Gravis said to the Red King.

The silver bird only sneered when it heard that. Gravis was already showing signs of fear in front of it. Yet, what would that accomplish? This, obviously, wasn't a fight but an execution. Why else would it have been called to deal with a mere level two Lord?

The Red King narrowed his eyes. ”You said you wanted a level five Lord,” the Red King answered.

”Yes,” Gravis said, ”but I want it to be an actual challenge. This bird won't even be able to launch an attack before I kill it.”

The silver bird felt shocked and insulted when it heard that. A mere level two Lord was looking down on it?

”Silence, weakling,” the silver bird shouted. ”How dare you disrespect-”

”Shut up,” the Red King said.

The silver bid immediately fell silent and didn't dare to utter another word.

Then, the Red King looked at Gravis again. ”Explain,” he demanded.

Gravis pointed at the bird. ”This bird has the lightning element,” he said.

”So?” the Red King asked.

”You don't know, but I have an unprecedented affinity towards lightning. The fact that my lightning is so powerful and that I can transform my body into lightning should give you an inkling. Any beast with the lightning affinity will die when confronted with me.”

”No matter its power. This includes Emperors,” Gravis said evenly like he was explaining the most obvious thing.

Both the Red King and the silver bird were shocked by what they heard. Had this level two Lord just said that he could kill an Emperor? This wouldn't even be possible inside a dream.

Yet, the silver bird remained silent. The Red King had rebuked it once, and it wouldn't want to get rebuked again.

Meanwhile, the Red King narrowed his eyes in thought as he looked down at the ground. Usually, he would throw such a ridiculous claim out of the window before the beast saying it could even finish their ridiculous boast. Yet, Gravis was different. He had shown many peculiar things that appeared impossible. This could actually be true.

However, the Red King didn't believe the Emperor part. Gravis just had no idea how powerful an Emperor was. That was why he was boasting so grandly.