Affinity: Chaos

"Since everyone is gathered, I'll go straight to the point. This ruin appeared a few days ago. We've tried exploring it and have found a few things, we hope that this will be a chance for us…" The Leader of the Heavenly Fate Faction started to address the people.

He didn't hide the fact that they've already started exploring it and knew some things about it. This was why they were able to know the restrictions that were in place. He also told them of the dangers that lay in the place.

This place was not ordinary, and they all naturally knew of it. He told the youths that he hoped they didn't have any conflicts inside since they didn't know what dangers lay in the deeper parts of the ruin.

While addressing them, he could see some of the older generations' expressions. Most of them had sneers, but he didn't care. All that mattered now was to explore the place. If the secret to becoming a True God was discovered, it would be to the benefit of everyone present.

The Aurora Continent was in danger of being invaded by the Gnomes mainly because of this issue, they didn't have a True God.

Luckily for them, the True Gods from the Gnome World couldn't come in as well. But with True Gods present there, they would naturally have more people in the Half God Plane as well.

The Leader of the Heavenly Fate Faction spoke for over five minutes, everyone listening to his words. After advising the youths, he directly opened the passage into the ruins.

He didn't want to give the others any chance to know the method of opening. His intentions were clear, even if I allow your people to enter, the Heavenly Fate Faction will maintain monopoly of this ruin. One of the most important things was that this place was located in the core area of the Fate Region, close to the location of the Heavenly Fate Faction. Even if others coveted it, none of them dared to have a conflict with the Heavenly Fate Faction.

They might be only Light Elementalists, but they had terrifying combat strength. The light element was not used only for healing, it could also deal great damage to the body as well.

Grey couldn't be bothered with all this. He watched as the youths present rushed into the place. He didn't rush in since he didn't feel it would be good to enter among the first batch. But he also knew that staying out for too long was not in their best interest.

So after over a thousand people entered, he turned to the others, "Let's go."

The moment Grey made his move, he attracted the attention of some people. Those from the Pyrmond Faction hadn't gone in as of now, they seemed to be waiting for him. Not just the Pyrmond Faction, but those from the Burchard Family as well.

Grey was a little taken aback. He didn't expect these people would all be waiting for him. Even those from the O'Brien Family went in with him as well.

Internally he was complaining, but there was nothing he could do. He had a good relationship with these people. Even if he didn't want them to come with him, as long as their Family Head or Faction Leader said they should follow him, they would naturally follow him.

Of course, it doesn't mean that they didn't have any plans of their own. They just felt it was safer going with Grey.

When Grey and his group entered, some groups who had been waiting entered as well. For instance, the Syphilis Faction, who had a clash with the Pyrmond Faction entered, the Nether Faction entered at this time as well. Almost every person that had a conflict with Grey entered at this moment as well.

Some minutes after Grey entered, two figures entered silently. It was Gilbert and his father. Although his father looked frail, he didn't show any signs of weakness. His face was open so people didn't really know what he looked like.

As time went on, more people entered the place. One has to know that tens of thousands of people came for this event. Even if not all of them entered, there would be no way that more than ten thousand people wouldn't enter. Each of the people who entered were either in the Late stages of the Sage Plane, or the Mid stages of the Elemental Venerable Plane.

With the restrictions set, those above the Mid stages of the Elemental Venerable Plane couldn't enter, and it was too dangerous for those below the Late stages of the Sage Plane to enter. There were a few who didn't fear the danger of death and entered, but it had nothing to do with the Leader of the Heavenly Faction. Since more people wanted to go in, he would satisfy their greed. Besides, with more people, they would be able to go far.

Don't take it that since more than ten thousand people entered the place it would be congested, this was a secret realm that was as big as the Azure Continent. Even at the time Grey and his friends were still in the Azure Continent, there were more than a billion people staying there, and there was still the huge territory of the Magical Beasts' forest.

If that place was enough to contain over a billion people, it was not an issue for this place to have more than ten thousand people. Even if a hundred thousand people entered, it still wouldn't be overcrowded.

"I hope more than twenty percent returns alive." The Leader of the Heavenly Fate Faction muttered with a sigh.

Although his voice was low, the others heard him. Their expressions changed drastically when they heard this.

The fact that someone as powerful as Heavenly Fate said this without confidence showed how dangerous it was. Ten thousand people, twenty percent surviving, that was a shockingly low number given the number who entered.

A few people started to pray for their descendants who went in.

After everyone who wanted to enter the place entered, the Leader of the Heavenly Fate Faction turned to the others, "Do you plan on waiting till they return, if so, I humbly invite you to the Heavenly Pavilion for the time being."

A few people accepted his invitation, while others decided to leave. Staying here was not worth it. But they didn't plan on going far, they had to make sure they returned at the time these people came out.

When Heavenly Fate was speaking to the youths, he told them to come out within a month. No one else knew what would happen after a month. So they all wanted to wait, but not everyone was on good terms with Heavenly Fate.

"Seal the portal, no one is allowed to leave until the time limit." Heavenly Fate said to a figure that was standing close to the portal.

This person looked ordinary, but many people present knew of him. He was an old Half God expert. With him here, no one would dare to attack the place.

…..

After stepping through the portal, Grey's vision turned black and before long, he was introduced into a new world.

The energy here was chaotic, although it was abundant, he knew absorbing it would do more harm than good.

'No wonder they said we shouldn't stay more than a month.' He thought to himself as he looked around.

Seeing that his group was complete, he strode forward.

They were currently standing on a lush mountain top, looking around, this place seemed to be thriving. Yes, thriving. They could hear the roars of Magical Beasts coming from different places.

Looking around, he could see multiple figures running down from the mountain top. He also heard a few screams, looking up, he noticed a few people tried to fly in the sky and were directly sucked in by a space crack.

"Be careful everyone, this place is dangerous." He reminded the others.

"We don't need you to tell us." Klaus said as he looked in the distance.

Without anyone saying it, they all knew it was quite dangerous. The journey would not be smooth.

Unlike most people, Grey didn't make any movements after stepping into the place, rather, he started to study the place. Although Heavenly Fate had done a rough introduction to the place, Grey still wanted to see and observe some things for himself.

While he was studying the place, he made sure that he was not standing in front of the portal. If some people appeared from behind and attacked, it wouldn't be a good thing for them.

While he was studying the place, he saw as more and more people entered. Seeing some familiar faces, he maintained his indifferent face as they all rushed by.

The Nether Faction, as well as the Syphilis Faction but gave him a long look before leaving.

When those from the Pyrmond Faction saw how these people were staring at Grey, they couldn't help but feel like traveling with him was dangerous.