Chapter 471: Kingdoms Importance (1/2)

Gravis only looked at the green monkey with cold eyes. Venting had not helped him at all, and he needed to get to the war as soon as possible to become a level five Lord. Right now, he was very impatient as he waited for the green monkey's answer.

Meanwhile, the green monkey was still stunned by Gravis' performance. This fight had been way too one-sided. Additionally, Gravis was growing and mutating while he spoke, and he didn't even seem to care about his growing power. Normally, beasts that reached the next level were always excited and tried to revel in their newfound power.

The monkey shook his head a little bit to regain his bearings. Then, he looked at Gravis with furrowed brows. ”You still haven't fulfilled your duty as a breeder. Joining a war is too risky for you right now,” he said.

”Then don't count me as a breeder anymore. I want to temper myself, and if my status is in the way of that, it's nothing more than a hindrance to me,” Gravis said coldly.

The monkey was taken aback again. Did this beast just throw away one of the most illustrious positions in existence without thinking?

The monkey wanted to argue more, but he quickly got a message from the Grand Elder, who said that Gravis was allowed to take part in the war. The monkey didn't know Gravis' personality, and the white ape knew that, which was why he had interfered.

Allowing Gravis to temper himself wouldn't be an issue. Gravis would fulfill his duties anyway when he realized that he couldn't become a King like this. They just had to wait.

The monkey nodded a bit towards the Mountain of Pride and then turned to Gravis. ”Alright. The next group will leave in two weeks. You can join them,” the monkey said.

”That's too long,” Gravis answered immediately. Was this a joke? Gravis was barely able to contain his anger and frustration already. He couldn't wait for another two weeks. ”Point me towards the direction, and I will go by myself.”

The monkey didn't like Gravis' tone at all, but he kept himself in check. ”That won't be possible. We need to be careful of spies, which is why we always need to send a powerful escort with the group as proof of their identity. Otherwise, some sea beasts might infiltrate our army,” he explained.

”And if I go either way?” Gravis asked with narrowed eyes.

The monkey looked back with narrowed eyes. ”Then the surrounding Kingdoms will kill you since they don't know who you are. You might be powerful for your level, but you can't fight a Kingdom yet.”

Gravis clenched his fists and teeth as he heard that. His frustration grew as he realized that he couldn't even temper himself without someone more powerful allowing it. If he just charged off like this, he would run into several Kings that would kill him. Gravis was angry, but he hadn't lost his rationality.

This was also a form of suppression, though not an aggressive one. Yet, Gravis still hated this feeling.

”Alright,” Gravis said with barely contained rage. ”Where do I need to wait?” he asked.

The monkey was growing more annoyed with Gravis' tone. This Lord was looking at him like he wanted to kill him, and the monkey didn't like that one bit. Yet, the rules of the Empire didn't allow the monkey to just kill Gravis like this, even if he wanted to.

”Go to the east. After around a day of travel, you will find two high and thin mountains. As long as you stay near them, you will hear the announcement when the time comes. Everything else will be explained then,” the monkey explained coldly.

Gravis nodded and immediately flew to the east, leaving the monkey behind without another word.

The monkey quickly tried to forget Gravis and left to deal with Gravis' mess. The monkey would need to send someone to the Blue Scaly Kingdom to let them know that their envoy had died.

An envoy's death was not a small matter. Generally, the envoys from the Kingdoms staying in the Empire were the most talented Lords of that Kingdom. They mainly came here to comprehend some Laws, which was the incentive that the Empire used to keep the Kingdom's loyal to them.

If the Empire didn't offer enough benefits to the Kingdoms, they might decide to join another Empire. One would think that this wouldn't be such a big issue. After all, the Empire had hundreds of affiliated Kingdoms under them. What did one Kingdom matter?

There were two reasons why such Kingdoms mattered.

One reason was a cohesive territory. By having all Kingdoms follow one Empire in one cohesive pile, it would be easier for the Empire and other Kingdoms to transport and transfer weaker beasts and Lords through them.