Gravis wondered what would happen next. A level three King had obviously been far beyond Orthar’s ability to deal with. Right now, Orthar was a level five King, but back then, he had only been a level five Lord.
"The King had assimilated my old Tribe and heard about . The strategies I had employed interested him, and he caught alive. He intended to use as a strategist, and I had no choice in the matter," Orthar explained.
"As soon as I arrived in his Kingdom, I was put under constant supervision. He also didn’t allow to beco a King since he knew that I have managed to kill a King as a Lord. Of course, I had already created a new plan by then."
"I gave the King what he wanted and allowed him to win several wars. In just two years, he had beco a level four King due to his victories. When I have gained his trust, I sent him against a seemingly weaker enemy that had hidden connections with more powerful Kingdoms. I knew that he wouldn’t return alive, so I took ahold of the opportunity."
"By then, I knew why I couldn’t beco a King. As soon as he left, I put my plan into motion. In these years, I managed to gain quite a following of powerful Kings that were willing to follow . In their eyes, I would be able to give them endless benefits without being a danger to their lives. Benefits blind beasts to danger."
"Not only beasts," Gravis said with a sigh.
"Possible," Orthar comnted. "As soon as the King left, my forces overwheld the loyalists. Every King willing to follow beca more powerful due to that fight. Additionally, a harem of mates was waiting for , which I had prepared for this day."
"Just as predicted, the King didn’t return. Instead, a level five King ca and assimilated my new Kingdom into his. Of course, this was also part of my calculations. My followers have gotten a taste of the benefits I was able to bring them, which gave a loyal following inside the new Kingdom."
"My followers kept silent about my power and wisdom, and I joined the Kingdom as a normal Lord. After a year, my children had been born, and I imdiately beca a King. That was when I gained my most valuable weapon."
"The Law that every King automatically learns?" Gravis asked.
"Correct," Orthar answered. "I comprehended a Law regarding the brain that allowed to manipulate the emotions of others."
Gravis took a deep breath. Such a Law was devastatingly powerful if Orthar was the one using it.
"After I beca a King, I acted very high profile and spread my wisdom everywhere. The more beasts knew about it, the better. So years later, I gained an even bigger following but didn’t keep it secret. The leading King saw my following and my wisdom and decided to make a Commander of a defensive line, a position that I would normally be too weak for."
"I contacted the land beasts and offered them incredible benefits. These benefits were worth far more than their services as spies were worth, but that was irrelevant. Most of them would die anyway. If one of them ca to claim the benefits, I had my followers kill them. If soone with an appropriate power level arrived, I also used them to temper myself."
"In ten years, I managed to create a high number of spies, which gave intel for any upcoming battlefields. I fought many battles and beca a level three King. That was when the leading King beca careful about , but it had already been too late."
"I had been prepared for him and consud my hidden collection of corpses to beco a level four King. Then, I staged a revolt and killed him. With this, I had beco the leader of a level five Kingdom."
"At that ti, I only needed to keep control over so defensive lines and send so beasts to the Empires. The Empires didn’t care who led a Kingdom. They only cared about our services."
"By now, my knowledge had spread over nearly the entire ocean. Even Empires were employing my strategies, and the sea beasts won more battles, and about 50 years later, my plan finally showed results."
"What was your plan?" Gravis asked.
"The reason why I spread my wisdom over as many sea beasts as possible was to gain attention. At so point, an Emperor would want to find the source of this wisdom to gain a reward from an even more powerful Emperor."
"A level two Emperor arrived and took with him. This was what I wanted. I knew that my wisdom was too precious, which would force any powerful Emperor interested in my wisdom to protect from enemies that were too powerful. Only when I can guarantee my survival can I think about tempering."
"This Emperor gave to the Strength Ultimate. I talked to him, and he realized that it was better to kill the land beasts instead of continuing like this. He feared the ti when the land beasts found out that we had five Ultimates instead of three. He knew that there was a high likelihood that he would die when that happened."
"In the beginning, with his backing, I t no opposition. My command stretched over the entire sea beast territories. Our victories in battles increased substantially, but we gained less powerful Kings and Emperors. That was when the Light Ultimate got involved and tried to dispose of ."
"The Light Ultimate couldn’t kill directly since my backer’s fighting style countered hers, but she employed a great number of Emperors and Kings to assassinate . I used the Kings to temper myself while I dealt with the Emperors by using other Emperors."
Orthar told his story very directly and without great descriptions, but Gravis could imagine that Orthar probably went through a ton of intense life and death situations. Knowing that soone vastly more powerful than him wanted to kill him probably put him under a considerable amount of stress and pressure.
Yet, Gravis knew Orthar. Orthar probably wanted such a situation to occur to beco more powerful. Pressure did wonders for becoming more powerful. Instead of tempering himself against land beasts, Orthar tempered himself against sea beasts. He was using the internal conflict of the sea beast camp to his advantage.
’Isn’t that the sa thing I did with Shira back in the River Tribe?’ Gravis thought with a smile.
"That was how the next 100 years went by," Orthar said. "I had free access to any Law Comprehension Areas, and my tempering ca to out of its own volition. I just had to wait to beco an Ascender."
"Then, the Life Ultimate attacked," Orthar said.
Gravis smiled in embarrassnt since he had been the one that made the Life Ultimate decide to attack. "I guess that seabass carrying human weapons was your backer?" he asked.
"Correct. I gave him a lot of knowledge about the uses of weapons, and he had noticed that it fit perfectly to his fighting style," Orthar said.
"Sorry for getting your backer killed," Gravis said awkwardly.
"Irrelevant," Orthar said. "It is simply another destroyed tool. The Light Ultimate comprehended a level three Law, and she will leave in 50 years. With my reputation, it won’t be hard to regain my status."
"That’s good," Gravis comnted.
"Tell your story," Orthar said. "I was sure that when we parted ways, you would die."
Gravis chuckled a bit. Then, he told Orthar his story.
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