Affinity:Chaos

Ten minutes later.

The young man was still standing outside the house when the others from his group appeared from the other side of the road and approached him.

"Hamon, where's he?" The young man leading the group asked as soon as he got close to him.

The group consisted of seven people, two young men, and five ladies. They were all in their mid-twenties, and in the Origin Plane. Of the two young men, one of them had a robust build, and the other was just like Hamon who had an average build. The five ladies all had great shapes, with one's shape being more eye-catching, added with her incredible looks, it was hard to take eyes away from her.

The young man who spoke earlier was the leader of the group, he was the one with a robust build, and the only one in the group who was in the Fifth stage of the Origin Plane, the others were between the Second and Fourth stages.

Hamon, who was still waiting for Reynolds, turned to look at the group before gesturing at the house with his head.

"He's in there?" The eye-catching lady asked.

"Yes, he agreed to go with us. He wanted to bid farewell to his family before leaving," explained Hamon.

"It's been too long already," The leader said before spreading his spiritual sense out, wanting to check what Reynolds was still doing.

Hamon wanted to speak but he stopped himself, he originally wanted to do this, but most Elementalists take it as an act of disrespect and intruding into their privacy, so he didn't try to check what was going on inside.

The leader's expression suddenly changed and he took a step forward. This drew the attention of the others.

"What's wrong?" They all asked simultaneously.

"There's no one inside," The leader said with a sour face.

"What?!" Hamon exclaimed in shock.

"I thought you said he agreed to follow us back, what's the meaning of this?" The leader questioned Hamon angrily.

"Yes, he even came out a few minutes ago to plead with me to be a little patient…" Hamon said, trying to justify himself.

"Hmm, smart. He played you for a fool, he didn't have any thoughts of going back with us in the first place. I think he must've sensed that something was wrong." The leader speculated.

"Hmph! He won't be able to get away." Hamon snorted angrily, irritated by the fact that he was fooled by Reynolds.

"Johanne, if you would please," The leader turned to the eye-catching young lady in the group.

The young lady whose name's Johanne nodded before stepping forward, "There are four Origin Plane Elementalists in this city, if he's added then that's five. I can't get the accurate location, but I can sense the general position of each one of them, as long as they're in the city,"

After speaking, she closed her eyes and placed her index finger on her temple, trying to stay focused. The leader created a water barrier around them to keep any distractions away from Johanne.

Two minutes later.

"He's still in the city, all five energy signals are in the city. There're two in the southeast of the city, one on the north end of the city, another one is close by, in the east, and the last one is in that direction." Johanne said, pointing straight at Reynolds' house.

The others looked at where she was pointing at and smiled, they felt that was definitely Reynolds since it hadn't been long he left. They also felt he was planning to hide in a house close by, then come out as soon as he noticed the coast was clear.

"It's most likely that he's the one close by, after all, not everyone knows of Johanne's special sensing ability," The leader said with a grin.

Johanne could sense all the energy signals in an area, and the distance she could cover was insane. Eternal City was at least three square kilometers in size, yet she was able to perfectly sense where the five energy signals were. With her, searching for Reynolds would be easy.

The group headed towards the back of Reynolds' house, heading in a straight line. It didn't take them three minutes to get to where the energy signal was coming from. It was a huge compound that even had guards at the gate, on the gate was boldly written, Lark Family.

The Lark family was one of the three big families in the city, aside from the Mayor's family. The head of the family is an Origin Plane Elementalist, this was why they had such a huge property in the city. Reynolds' family could also be this powerful, even more powerful given how young he was, but his parents refused.

"Damn it, this guy sure is slippery. He knew there was someone close to his house." Hamon cursed out in annoyance.

"No need to worry, as long as he stays in the city, we will be able to track him down." The leader said before taking a glance at Johanne who already had her eyes closed.

After she opened them, she nodded to him, signifying that he was still in the city.

"This time we will split up, given how lavishly these old grunts live, we should be able to know if he's the one there or not." The leader ordered.

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At the north end of the city.

Reynolds could be seen hugging his parents. This was the part of the city they stayed in while he was still young, the houses here were all old and worn out. He brought his parents here to hide.

"I'm going to be okay mom, no need to worry," Reynolds said reassuring his mother.

He didn't want to stay close to them, he didn't know if staying close would bring danger to them. If he left them here, he would attract the group towards him and leave the city.

They were here for him, so he knew they would chase after him once they knew he was escaping from the city. He was oblivious to the fact that a group was currently heading in his direction, but he wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Don't cry little guy, nothing will happen to big bro, have you forgotten how awesome I am?" Reynolds squatted to Carl's height while hugging him.

"Big bro is the best," said Carl who was on the verge of tears.

"You're right about that." Reynolds ruffled his hair before turning to his father, "I'll be back soon,"

His father nodded before embracing Reynolds' mother, so she would let go of him. He felt fearful for what his son was currently facing, but he knew this wasn't the time to delay him. He might not have been strong enough to enter into the world of Elementalists, but he knew a thing or two about it.

Reynolds nodded before waving at them, with that, he turned around decisively, heading into the main parts of the city.

'It's been long I had to run away, but given their numbers, it's the only thing I can do.' He thought while walking further into the city.