Affinity: Chaos



"You are hot in the market, even if I fail, someone will still kill you." The girl said with blood dripping from her mouth.

"I'll scale through, just like I've done today." Grey replied calmly and ended the girl. There was no remorse in his eyes. 

"Hot guy, guess there will be more people who will be trying to kill you." Klaus joked.

"It is what it is. For some reason, the Gnomes genuinely want me dead, and the rewards are quite attractive." Grey said. 

"Should I send your head over to them? I mean, it would be better if you let your friends get the reward instead of others." Klaus grinned. 

"Given your attitude, the chances of you dying beofre me should be higher, you make far more enemies than I do." Grey retorted. 

"Yes, but they are all within my level, you don't see me offending an entire race that almost wiped out the human race." Klaus said. 

Reynolds and Ellis nodded in agreement to what Klaus said. Grey was most likely the only one who could make an enemy of such strong people. Klaus might be annoying, but he had always chosen his enemies carefully. He might become enemies with people stronger for the pressure, but not people that could easily overwhelm him.

"Why are you acting like I did it on purpose?" Grey complained. 

"You made camp outside the portal that sends them in, almost killed one of the princes, and stopped them from sending in young geniuses because you had killed too many of them. If I were in their position, I would've threatened to start another invasion unless you were produced." Klaus' words immediately shut Grey up. 

"Okay, I agree that I was a little impulsive." Grey agreed with Klaus' words, but then added, "They were hunting us, it was only right I did the same." 

"They are the stronger of the two races, they naturally feel we shouldn't be able to compete with them, much less bully them to such an extent. You provoked them with your actions, and seeing how talented you were, they took you as a threat." Ellis commented on the conversation. 

Grey and the others knew he was correct. 

"I was too impulsive." Grey couldn't help but sigh. 

He didn't think much about this when he was attacking them at the time, he only didn't want them to bully humans any more, and given his past experiences with them, he hated them. When the opportunity presented itself, he attacked them, making them hide. At the time, it was quite an impressive feat to be honest, and he was quite excited given the battles he had. 

"There's no use regretting it now, what's done is done." Grey shrugged it off in a casual manner. 

Klaus and Reynolds nodded, but Ellis couldn't help but take a glance at Grey. The fact that Grey was acting like it was ordinary was out of this world, anyone else would've been frightened, but the only thing Grey said was that he was too impulsive. 

'He's a different breed.' 

That was the only thought in his head. 

The four of them left the place, Grey didn't forget to take the storage ring in the girl's hand, he knew that she must have taken the good things here, even though they might not be of much use to him, it wasn't a bad thing to have them. 

When they came out, the others were heading towards their direction. The little girl who entered the place was with them as well. Ellis saw her a few minutes after the group left and decided to go in after them. Breaking through the seal wasn't too hard. After getting in he saw Reynolds and Klaus heading in the direction Grey was fighting with the girl and joined them. Since it might be dangerous, he didn't allow her follow them. 

"Done?" Grey asked. 

They nodded. 

"We should leave then, I think we've been here for at least a month now." Grey suggested. 

The others nodded, they were tired of this place. Some of them needed to digest the rewards they got here, while others needed to train. Not everyone was like Grey and Klaus who were lucky to almost always get all the good stuff, a few people actually needed to recover their strength. 

The group soon walked out of the building. Conor left with those from the Dawson Family, telling Grey he was waiting for his next visit to the Dawson Family. 

Grey waved them goodbye and while they were leaving, he saw a familiar figure. The young lady from the Syphilis Faction he almost killed. The moment the young lady saw him, she turned around and bolted out of the area. 

Keith soon walked up to them, "I thought we would only see after we've left this place."

Unlike the others, he wasn't transported by the large throne, but the other smaller ones. So there was no way he would've been able to see them. 

Seeing that Klaus, Reynolds, Alice, and even Kyle had broken through to the Elemental Venerable Plane, he couldn't help but feel slightly envious. He knew if he had gone with them, the chances of him actually benefiting too would've been quite high as well. Unfortunately, his talent was not high enough and he couldn't enter the same place as the others. 

"I will have to leave now, someone's waiting for me." Gilbert said, his father was still waiting for him. 

"It was fun traveling with you guys, I wouldn't mind doing it another time." He said before finally leaving. 

Grey and the others waved him goodbye and turned to look at the enormous building once again. They've had a few experiences here, and a few of them had almost been killed, especially Grey, but they had also gotten some great rewards from the place. The real winner is none other than Grey who inherited the core techniques of the Twilight Faction. 

Klaus got a few good techniques as well, also benefiting from some things. Reynolds learned a new form for his Elemental Warrior after being inspired by something he saw in the place. Alice broke through to the Elemental Venerable Plane, the same for Kyle.

"Let's get going." 

The group started their journey out of the secret realm. 

….

Outside the secret realm. 

The Heavenly Fate Faction. 

In a secluded room in the Faction, the young lady Grey passed on the techniques to, as well as the Faction Leader of the Heavenly Fate Faction could be seen. 

"Someone stole the entire inheritance from you?" The Faction Leader of the Heavenly Fate Faction asked the young lady coldly. 

"I'm sorry Father, I tried everything but I couldn't break his defense. He was able to absorb everything in a matter of minutes and he didn't seem to feel any burden from it. If I were to fight with such a person, I might most likely die. However, he passed the techniques on to me." The young lady apologized with her head down. She knew her Father would be upset by the news but she knew it was only right she told him about it. 

"Do you know how much I've sacrificed for this expedition?" The Faction Leader asked. 

"I know Father, he had a special armor that could transform into a robe, and also dragon scales." The young lady explained. 

"Are you sure he had dragon scales?" The Faction Leader asked after a moment of silence. 

"Yes, Father." The young lady nodded. 

"The Vaergahl Family, but what would they want with those?" The Faction Leader muttered to himself. 

"Go, tell them to stop anyone from the Vaergahl Family from leaving, we will question them. I will go speak with the Elder that came with them." The Faction Leader said. 

The young lady bowed and left. 

The eyes of the Faction Leader turned slightly cold, with a cold snort, he stepped out. 

The Vaergahl Family were one of the few who accepted their invitation, so they were staying in the Faction grounds. 

It didn't take long before the Faction Leader saw the leading Elder of the Vaergahl Family. A few of the youths from the Family had come out of the secret realm. 

"Can we speak, privately?" He said the moment he appeared. 

Noticing the tone of the Faction Leader's voice, the Elder sent the youths away and went inside the building with him. 

"A youngster from your Family took something that belongs to my Faction inside the secret realm." He went straight to the point, describing the person how his daughter described him to him. 

"No one of that description came with us. You should know that not all the geniuses from my Family are able to get the dragon scales. The few who came with us don't fit that description. None of them has blue scales." The Elder said with a calm mannerism. 

"You mean there's someone outside the Vaergahl Family that can acquire dragon scales?" The Faction Leader looked at the Elder, his eyes turning cold. 

"There shouldn't be, but if there is, I would like to know who that person is." The eyes of the Elder also turned cold at this point.