Chapter 496: Areas (1/2)

”Gravis, it's time,” the Empress said from her throne.

Gravis nodded. ”I know. They should come out of their eggs soon,” he said.

”We need to split them up. They can't be born near each other,” the Empress said.

Gravis' eyes widened as he heard that. Separating the siblings at birth? Why would the Empress suggest something like that?

Gravis looked with cold eyes at the Empress. ”Why?” he asked evenly.

The Empress had already expected such a reaction from Gravis. ”Think about who their parents are,” the Empress said. ”I'm a powerful Emperor, and you have an incredibly powerful body and fighting instinct.”

”As you know, when beasts are born, they can't even realize their own existence. In the beginning, they are nothing but a powerful body guided by pure instinct. Due to that, the first thing they will do after exiting their eggs is to try to eat the closest thing on their level, which are the other eggs.”

”So, as soon as the first one breaks through their shell, they will try to kill their siblings and eat them while they're still not born yet,” the Empress explained.

Gravis' heart shook as he heard that. Just imagining the picture of one of his children eating the others felt horrifying! They were his children! Why would they try to kill each other!?

Of course, Gravis' will was powerful enough to stay rational. He always tried his best not to let his emotions dictate his actions. Too many mistakes would appear if one always trusted their feelings to make the decisions for them.

”You have more experience in that. I will trust you on this matter,” Gravis said after taking a deep breath to calm down.

The Empress nodded.

Whoosh!

”Empress,” an Elder said deferentially as he appeared before the Empress. Gravis hadn't even been able to keep track of the Elder due to his power.

”Area A 1, Area A 6, Area A 11,” the Empress said to the Elder.

The Elder nodded and went to the eggs. Then, some wind appeared that made the eggs levitate gently.

”Wait a second,” Gravis said, making the Elder look at him neutrally. ”I want to follow and keep watch.”

The Elder furrowed his brows.

BZZZZ!

A lightning bolt suddenly shot up the Mountain of Pride and entered Gravis. This was the Gravis that had kept watching the CMO during all these years.

BZZZ!

Then, Gravis split into three. He easily had enough power to create three bodies. He had so much lightning inside of him that every single body was even stronger than Gravis when he had newly reached the power of a level five Lord.

The Elder's eyes nearly fell out of their sockets as he watched Gravis multiply.

”Let him follow,” the Empress commanded. Then, she looked at Gravis with cold eyes. ”Don't involve yourself in their development, Gravis. Let nature take its course,” she said.

The Gravises sighed. ”I understand,” he answered.

The Elder was still stunned by Gravis' performance, but the orders of the Empress took priority. ”Follow me,” he said.

The Gravises nodded and followed the Elder as they flew towards the west.

”What's with these weird phrases that the Empress has said?” one of the Gravises asked the Elder after some seconds.

”All offspring of our members are assigned to safe areas when they are born,” the Elder answered without looking at him. ”The area-code tells us where the offspring is assigned to.”

”Areas having the A-code are only open to the Empress, a select few powerful elders, and the offspring of Fodders,” the Elder answered.

”Fodders?” Gravis asked with a raised eyebrow.

The Elder nodded. ”Fodders are weak Lords that earn contributions for the Empire by birthing children. Since these Lords have weak powers, their offspring will also be weak. Due to that, their offspring will provide some training and food for our more powerful offspring.”

Gravis' stomach churned when he heard that. Some beasts had children just for these children to act as food? This sounded horrible to Gravis.