Chapter 505: Family Meets (1/2)

With this fight being over, the youngest of the siblings became the big sister of the group. Yersi was not interested in leadership, but Aris wasn't ready yet to take over. Yersi had been right when she said that her Battle-Strength was weaker than Aris. If Aris hadn't taken her lightly and used everything he had, he would have most likely won.

The strongest should take over the group's leadership, but Yersi didn't want to be under someone that let emotions and arrogance dictate their actions. Her fight had given Aris a wake-up call, but she still wanted to be sure that he had changed.

The group continued hunting for prey. Sadly, there were not that many High-Rank Divine Spirit Beasts in the area. Because of that, Yersi took most of the prey since she still needed quite some food to become a High-Rank Spirit Beast herself.

Yet, the area also wasn't completely empty of Divine Beasts. In the coming weeks, both Aris and Cera managed to fight one and consume it. Both of them became High-Rank Spirit Beasts, and only Yersi was left.

Yersi didn't mind hunting weaker prey since she knew that there would be plenty of opportunities to hunt more powerful beasts in the future. She had seen the outside world, and she knew that they were only at the bottom regarding power.

Two months after the group had met up, Yersi also became a High-Rank Spirit Beast. By now, all of them were ready to leave the area and enter the real world.

”We are ready to leave this area,” Yersi shouted into her surroundings. She was sure that someone was listening. Some seconds passed where nothing happened, making the group furrow their brows.

Whooosh!

Suddenly, all three of them started flying involuntarily. Cera and Aris were a bit nervous since they had only heard of the outside world from Yersi. The feeling that there were so many more powerful beasts still hadn't settled in for them.

The group flew upwards into the sky. They broke through the cloud layer as they continued ascending. The sheer height made them nervous since they had never been so high up before.

Whoop!

They broke through the cloud layer and saw the clouds sprawling below them. Then, they also noticed something particular. There was a small ball of lightning hovering some distance away from them.

All of them became fearful as they saw this powerful ball of lightning. They all had an incredible affinity for lightning, and because of that, they felt the sheer power of the lightning. It not only had way more Energy inside it, but they also felt its quality. This lightning had an incredible destructive power.

They involuntarily flew closer to the ball of lightning, and their fear increased. Now, even Yersi felt unsure. Were they being brought up just to be harvested by this ball of lightning? Yet, around a hundred meters away from the ball of lightning, they stopped.

Whooom!

The ball of lightning transformed into a black, massive beast. The three of them had a height of about 40 meters, but this beast was 400 meters tall. Yet, they had seen bigger Spirit Beasts before in their area. It looked imposing, but they were used to beasts being that tall. The size of this new beast was not as monstrous as these godly beasts that guarded the areas.

The eyes of the three of them widened as they took in Gravis' looks. He looked exactly like them! Was this another of their siblings?

Gravis smiled at them. ”Aris, Cera, Yersi, I am your father, Gravis,” Gravis said with kindness.

The three of them felt shocked. Their father? They had had several thoughts about where they came from, but they weren't sure. They had never even thought about meeting their parents.

”You're our father?” Yersi asked to make sure.

Gravis nodded. ”Yes, I have watched over the three of you while you grew up. It was also my doing that allowed you to enter the next area early by convincing the responsible Kings.”

Then, Gravis looked closer at Yersi. ”It was also me who convinced the King to let you leave the area after your first fight against a Spirit Beast.”

The surprises just didn't stop for them. Their father had watched them all this time? Why had he never talked to them?

”Why are you only showing yourself now?” Aris asked with narrowed eyes.

Gravis sighed. ”If you knew that you had me watching over you, you might think that I wouldn't allow you to die. This would take the feeling of danger and fear out of your tempering. I'm sure that you're experienced enough by now to realize that this would only hurt you. The feeling of danger forces your mind to come up with a solution as quickly as possible. That is important,” Gravis explained.

Yersi recognized the sense in Gravis' words. Aris still wasn't thrilled with meeting his father. Aris had gotten his power all by himself. It would only take some time for him to become even more powerful than his father. Cera didn't know what she should think right now. Her emotions were a mix of wonder, skepticism, and uncertainty.

Gravis then explained to them the workings of the areas. They had discerned a couple of the rules by themselves, but not all of them. Of course, in order to explain the areas, Gravis also told them about their mother.

”Our mother is an Emperor? How powerful is an Emperor?” Cera asked. It seemed like she was interested in their mother.

”You are Spirit Beasts right now,” Gravis explained. ”As soon as you eat enough food, you will become a Lord. After five levels, you will become a King. The beasts responsible for keeping an eye on the areas are Kings, so you have met a few of them. After another five levels, you become an Emperor. Emperors are the most powerful beasts in this world.”

Wonder and shock appeared in their eyes. There were so many levels and Realms above them? Everything almost felt unreal.