Chapter 1036 - 1036 – Middle World Stories (1/2)

Gravis listened to their story with interest.

He learned a lot about how to manage a Sect from Manuel, and he had to laugh a lot when Dorian told of his exploits. Gravis could very well imagine the headache Manuel had while trying to handle someone like Dorian.

After they were done telling their story, over a day had passed.

Mortis had returned a couple of hours after Manuel started telling his story, and he simply sat at the table like everyone else.

”So? How did it go?” Gravis asked Mortis.

”It will take a while to close the gap, but she's definitely interested, even if she didn't immediately admit it,” Mortis said.

Gravis nodded.

He had expected something like that. After all, Mortis was exactly the person that Joyce had been searching for. Even if Gravis wanted to chase Joyce, she would still choose Mortis over him.

After Manuel and Dorian were done retelling their story, it was Skye's turn.

Apparently, Skye had quickly become a pretty powerful beast, and she established her own Tribe.

She lorded over the Tribe for a long time, but at some point, Kingdoms became interested.

Yet, instead of simply joining a Kingdom, Skye wanted to fight a war.

It wasn't even a battle.

Skye very quickly lost, and she was forcefully enslaved as food.

She was used as a training partner for weaker beasts, but she was always stopped as soon as she tried to kill them.

Skye was attacked by beasts on her level for years without being allowed to really retaliate.

This had gone on for over 20 years, but Skye never gave up. She knew that her chance would come, eventually.

And eventually, it did.

Skye managed to comprehend the level two Law of Suppression, which she used to kill the beasts overseeing her captivity.

After that, she ran away.

Sadly, the Kingdoms were rather united in that part of the world, making it impossible for her to find refuge anywhere.

She felt like a wild animal that was hunted by a group of humans. No matter where she went, she would be quickly found and attacked.

Skye was on the run for a long time, and eventually, she managed to comprehend the level two Law of Freedom.

With the Law of Freedom and Law of Suppression combined, Skye managed to turn the tables somewhat.

The Law of Suppression increased her Battle-Strength, and the Law of Freedom allowed her to ignore the pressure of beasts above her Realm. This gave her the ability to fight with her full power against more powerful beasts.

Her story, at this point, became very similar to Dorian's story when he had just arrived in the middle world. Skye went through a lot of fights and, eventually, a lot of other beasts were willing to follow her.

From that point onward, she was mostly in control of her life. She was always able to carve out a place for herself in the world with quite a big following.

However, in comparison to most other beasts, Skye didn't manage her beasts in any form.

Skye felt that responsibilities restricted her freedom, and she didn't want to have any responsibilities. The beasts were free to follow her or not. It was their decision.

Yet, most of the beasts still followed her, which eventually led to an impromptu nomadic Empire of Beasts.

Skye and her beasts traveled throughout the world, killing the strongest beasts they could find. However, they would never claim any land. They would simply kill the strong beasts, occupy their land for some years to check out the Law Comprehension Areas, and then leave again.

Surprisingly, the other Empires didn't attack Skye's nomadic Empire.

Why?

Because they knew that the Empire would quickly move on, which would mean that the territory of an old Empire would become unoccupied. This meant that the Empires could expand their borders without sacrificing any power.

On top of that, no one wanted to attack Skye's Empire. Battling them meant using a lot of resources, which could very well result in them dying to a third Empire.

So, they bribed Skye's Empire. They paid Skye resources so that Skye would choose a different Empire.

Similar things happened in the higher world, but Skye had to regain all her lost respect since no one in the higher world knew her.

Yet, even in the higher world, Skye eventually just walked around, battling beasts.

She had truly lived as free as it could get. She battled whomever she wanted. She went wherever she wanted. She did whatever she wanted.

When Gravis heard Skye's story, he smiled warmly.

He and Skye truly had similar mindsets.

Skye valued freedom highly, just like Gravis.

The only difference was that Skye was truly free, while Gravis had responsibilities.

Gravis had to care for Stella, Liam, and Mortis.

Yet, that was the difference between a beast and a human.

Gravis could be just as free as Skye.

He only had to cut off his feelings for everyone close to him.

Yet, as a human, Gravis couldn't do that. His friends and Stella were more important to Gravis than living this free, at least for now.

Gravis knew that, eventually, he would become powerful enough to have both.

He simply had to grow more powerful.

Then, it was time for Azure, Styr, Ferris, and Sary to tell their story.