Affinity:Chaos

By the city wall.

Void was the first person to try to teleport into the city. The reason Grey told him to go first was because he was not only better with the space element, but given his size, he would be able to evade any problems in case any arises.

'You can come, there's a bit of resistance when making a space tunnel, but you should be able to make it through,' Void's voice echoed in Grey's head.

'Alright,' Grey nodded before trying to create a space tunnel.

Surprisingly, he failed in the first attempt which shocked him. Even though Void told him there was a little bit of resistance, he didn't think it was this strong.

He tried opening it again, but the result was just like the first time. He was unable to open it. He didn't give up immediately, trying it four more times, but the results were the same, he was unable to make it. What was more annoying was that his space essence reserve was draining at an unimaginable rate.

'Uhmm… Void, I think you'll have to open the space tunnel for me, I can't seem to do it,' Grey was left with no choice but to ask for Void's help.

Now he knew the difference between them when it came to manipulating the space element. Void was able to easily create the space tunnel, yet even after multiple tries, he was still unable to.

Void soon appeared before him from a small tear in the void, the tear soon increased in size, becoming big enough for Grey to walk through.

After Grey entered, the tunnel tear in the void closed, the area returning back to normal.

….

Inside the city.

Grey appeared on the side of the wall, just behind a building.

"Hmm, there's a detection array in the entire city, people will find us shortly, no wonder the guard was able to confidently ask for an entry permit," Grey commented as soon as he appeared.

"No need to worry about that, I can easily hide us from this array," Void replied confidently.

"Void, I missed you so much when you were sleeping," Grey said with a shake of his head.

Most of the problems he faced while Void was sleeping, he wouldn't have faced them given how resourceful Void was. He couldn't even help but wonder where he knew all these things.

"Void, is there a chance that there is another type of cat like you in this continent? After all, it seems to be more advanced," Grey asked.

"There's only one way to find out, explore, we'll explore every single inch of this continent," Void said excitedly.

"Yeah, I plan to do just that," Grey replied.

He would be exploring this place while searching for his parents, so naturally he would have to go on an adventure around the continent. But for now, getting a map and a general knowledge of this place would be great.

Once he has acquired all these, he would start searching for Ellis. Heading to where Ellis is located without prior knowledge of this place is no different from endangering himself. His cautious nature will not allow him to do something like that.

"Come on, let's go before the guards get here," Void said.

"Yeah, I forgot they've already sensed us the first time we entered this place," Grey said before walking away.

A few minutes after they left, three figures appeared in the sky staring at the spot they were standing.

"Did you say the aura suddenly disappeared?" One of the figures turned to another one and asked.

"Correct, it was like they sensed the array and hastily hid," The figure nodded.

"Hmm, fine. Tell the guards to be vigilant, we don't know who we're dealing with, it would be best to approach this cautiously," The first figure said.

"Noted," The figure said before disappearing.

"Do you think it's a Venerable?" The figure on the left asked.

"Very likely, only a Venerable could easily enter the city and hide from us," The other person replied.

"What would a Venerable want in a small city like ours?"

"We should head back and be on guard, if this person wants anything, given their status, they can easily come to us and ask,"

After speaking, the duo disappeared.

….

While these figures were worried about the arrival of an unknown Venerable, Grey and Void were currently at the marketplace, searching for a map.

This was the first thing Grey felt he should obtain, so he went to get it first.

"Boy, there's no way you can get a map which shows the entire continent. Do you even know how big it is?" The seller looked at Grey in disbelief when Grey said he wanted to get a map that showed the entire continent.

"Oh, then can I get one that covers the region we're currently in?" Grey asked, slightly embarrassed.

The seller nodded before taking out a map that was almost a meter wide.

"That's three thousand high grade essence stones," The seller said emotionlessly.

"That expensive?" Grey asked, stunned.

"You can leave it if you don't want it," The seller replied.

Grey dropped the map before walking in another direction, they were in a marketplace, there was no way this was the only place that sells maps. He could easily tell that the man wanted to extort him when he noticed he was new here.

After going to three more stalls, he found the map for as low as one hundred high grade essence stones.

"So this is the Western Continent, we'll be heading to the Southern Continent to search for Ellis," Grey muttered to himself.

He didn't look at the map properly, keeping it and asking for where the library was located. He wanted to know more about this place and the library was the best place to get the history of this place. Even though he doesn't know everything, he should at least know some things.

He was soon directed to a large building.