Chapter 510: Family Goodbyes (1/2)
They traveled for about a day. Gravis couldn't use his full speed while pulling his three children with him. Yet, Gravis actually didn't want the journey to end. He loved this feeling of harmony so very much.
Even though Gravis appeared strong and powerful, he had always felt alone in this world. Yes, he considered the Grand Elder and the Empress as friends, but friends were different from family. He always distracted himself with cultivation, but that didn't make the feeling disappear entirely. It just moved it into the background.
Now, with a family of his own, Gravis finally no longer felt alone. This world was no longer just a simple training ground on his journey but another home for him. His children were here, and he cared for them immensely.
Of course, all good things must come to an end, and the four of them arrived at the spot that the Grand Elder had told Gravis about. A lot of level one Lords congregated here as they all waited for a King to escort them to their future training grounds.
The three kids were shocked when they saw so many Lords. There were over a hundred of them! Every single one of them would serve as tempering for them. After all, the three of them were still High-Rank Spirit Beasts.
”This is only a glimpse of the true vastness of the real world,” Gravis told them. ”These beasts are only the ones that have reached the Unity Realm in the last ten days. In the next twenty days, their numbers will most likely triple. There are many Lords in this world, and this is only a tiny amount of them.”
The three of them nodded with narrowed eyes. They finally saw beasts that they could actually fight here! To them, it felt like it had been forever since they last saw such worthy opponents.
”Don't try to fight them randomly,” Gravis instructed them. ”These beasts are part of our Empire. They are not the enemy. Don't waste your precious tempering experiences by fighting duels. As soon as you create a Tribe of your own, you will feel the difference between fighting wild beasts and actual war.”
The three of them nodded. Gravis had told them that every tempering opportunity was precious and that they should use them in an optimal way. Gravis had also told them that a war with multiple enemies felt much more chaotic and uncertain, which would immensely help their temper. The three of them were not so stupid to ignore such sound advice.
”When the King arrives, I will tell them to send you to the area for level two Lords,” Gravis said.
The three of them felt nervous when they heard that. Yes, they wanted tempering, but this sounded more akin to certain death than tempering.
”But we can't fight three levels above ourselves yet!” Cera said from behind Gravis.
”I don't expect you to,” Gravis said. ”The difference between a High-Rank Spirit Beast and a level one Lord is two levels, but these levels only refer to the levels between Spirit Beasts. This means that every level one Lord has a body about double as powerful as yours since you are Divine Beasts. In regards to the Lord Realm, the difference between you and a Lord is not even a full Lord level.”
”A level two Lord has a body about eight times as powerful as yours. Right now, such a fight would be close to certain death. You still have a small chance of winning, but that chance is truly tiny. Yet, that only holds true if it's only one of you fighting one,” Gravis said with a smirk.
The three of them began to understand what Gravis was referring to. ”You want us to fight together?” Aris asked with a raised brow.
Gravis nodded. ”If you fight together, two of you have a good chance of emerging victoriously against a level two Lord while the last one deals with the level one Lords. Yet, that fight will still be more difficult than fighting a level one Lord alone. Right now, you're in an awkward spot in regards to Battle-Strength.”
”Awkward spot?” Cera asked with confusion. ”How can Battle-Strength be awkward?” she asked.
”Simple,” Gravis answered. ”Fighting a level one Lord will only serve as a minor tempering experience. Yet, fighting a level two Lord means almost certain death. This makes it awkward for you to find fitting tempering.”
”But,” Gravis said with a smirk, ”there are ways around that. For example, you can fight two level one Lords simultaneously or fight a level two Lord with a companion. Both of these things will serve as good tempering for you. By fighting like this, you are increasing your Battle-Strength until a fight two levels above yourself isn't as perilous anymore.”
The eyes of the three sparkled as they realized the use of fighting like this. This would truly help them to become more powerful!
”But you have to keep in mind that not all Lords are equally powerful,” Gravis warned them. ”Back when I have led the River Tribe, all of my Lords had an, at least, above-average Battle-Strength. Some of them were even able to fight a full level above them, just like you. You have to remember that none of my Lords had been Divine Beasts. You might meet Lords like that in your future journey.”
Yersi furrowed her brows. ”Then wouldn't we die if we met someone like that as an opponent?” she asked.