Affinity:Chaos

Grey's body stopped giving off the oppressive energy and the chaos energy he used to cover up the origin source had successfully eaten a chunk of the origin source. The fact that something like that was even possible was beyond Grey's imagination.

A bold thought came to pass and it was something that he never thought would've been possible. Now that he had eaten a chunk of the origin source, he noticed that there seemed to be a difference in his elements. Not just that, but there was something else, he could vaguely sense the existence of more than eight elements. The feeling was small, but he had this itch in his heart that there were more than eight elements.

He didn't think too much about it, after all, all he had heard of was eight elements, and he had all eight of them. Even though a few of them were weaker, he was certain that he would be able to raise all of them to the peak elemental grade.

'I wonder what grades my elements are now.' He thought to himself.

Just as he was about to shut his eyes once again. Grey's grandfather grabbed him by his hand and without hesitation, he threw him out of the cave.

'Get out! Do you want to ruin me?!' He screamed internally.

It was inappropriate to say this to Grey, after all, Grey sees him as an all-powerful figure, and he didn't want to ruin his reputation in the eyes of his beloved grandson.

….

Outside the cave.

Grey was unable to fathom what just happened, one second he was sitting in a marvelous dream-like place, and the next he hit a tree.

"Huh? What happened?" He looked around. Only now did he recall that he was there with his grandfather.

He was about to call out for him when he appeared beside him.

He was about to speak when his eyes changed, "Something happened. Let's go back."

He could sense the changes in the essence, even without being told, he knew something grave had most likely happened in the world while they were away, and from his assumptions, it looked like it had something to do with Grey.

….

Dawson Manor.

Klaus and the others had returned. They weren't able to enjoy their time since they could also sense the changes in the sky. Being guests of the Dawson Family, they knew it was safer there, so they went back there.

When Grey and his grandfather returned, Lucas turned to Grey, and then his grandfather.

"What did he do?" He asked, his expression severe.

"I think he consumed part of the origin source. I'm not too sure, but that's what I saw." Grey's grandfather responded.

"What?!"

Both Lucas and Martha exclaimed in shock. If Grey's grandfather wasn't the one telling them this, they would never have believed it.

They saw the phenomenon outside, but they never thought it was this unimaginable.

"This is bad. Isn't the origin source the main thing used in the seal?" Martha asked.

"Yes, since it was hidden for a few minutes, the seal must've weakened further." Lucas' facial expression was unsightly.

He looked at Grey who was staring at them with an innocent expression, he had zero clue about what his act had done.

"Show me what you can do now." Lucas turned to Grey.

Internally, he was screaming it better be worth it!

However, he didn't feel there was anything that would be worth loosening the seal that would allow the Gnomes to invade them.

Grey opened his palm and the combined chaos essence and origin essence appeared.

The eyes of everyone present were glued to the orb on Grey's hand. It looked normal, but the destructive power it possessed was superior to what he created even with his strongest fusion orb. One has to know that this was him casually making it, if he were to attempt creating the fusion orb with this merged form, its power would be frightening.

Lucas was at a loss for words, he didn't even know what to say. Was it worth it? Probably not, but is his son stronger than any Elemental Venerable has ever seen? Yes, he was freakishly stronger than any Elemental Venerable in the history of the world.

'If only he's a tad stronger. Even the Early stages of the Sovereign Plane, and he would've been useful, but for now…' Lucas sighed as he looked at his son.

He was proud to have such an outstanding son, but then again, there was nothing that could be done, if the war started again, although he wasn't around during the last one, he knew that they stood no chance against the Gnomes.

If they had a chance, they wouldn't need to sacrifice people to create a seal. From what he knows, there are two portals that were sealed, not one. One was hidden away from people, and was sealed by a single individual, the other was a group effort.

Grey looked at his father's expression. Although he was standing there, only when his father asked him to show him what the merged form of the chaos and origin source was, did he hear him. Apparently, even though he could see their mouths moving, he didn't hear a single word, the same could be said for Klaus and the others.

Void and the bunny leader appeared out of thin air.

They stared at the trio of Grey's parents and his grandfather who was speaking and then at Grey who had a confused expression.

"Did something happen?" He turned to the others when he saw how serious the conversation between his parents and his grandfather was.

"You didn't see it?" Klaus asked in surprise.

Grey shook his head, "No, I was training indoors. The moment I stepped out, Grandfather said something happened and brought me back."

Klaus went on to explain what happened to him, how the sky was covered by a powerful energy that wanted to consume it.

Hearing their words, he felt a sense of familiarity with their words.

'Why does it feel like they're talking about how I took a small part of the origin source?'