Affinity:Chaos

"I see you have the real lightning tree, you even gave it to your friend, such amazing kinship is rare to find," The young man said with a strange smile.

"Who I give what I obtain is none of your business," Grey replied calmly.

"Sorry, my bad," The young man apologized while raising both hands as if surrendering.

"Do you have what I want?" He asked after apologizing.

"Yes," Grey took out the orb from his pocket. It was neatly wrapped in a cloth.

"Can I see it, it'll be a shame if you were to dupe me twice," The young man said, stretching out his right hand.

"I want something from you," Grey said, placing the orb back in his pocket.

"You're going to bargain with what I've paid for?" The young man raised a brow.

"Well, technically, you didn't pay for it. Had I not acted quickly, then you'd not only have it, you'd also have the lightning tree. You only gave me that to show your sincerity, in case I was the one who obtained the orb in the end." Grey replied with his hand on his chin as if thinking.

"But don't worry, I don't want anything major from you," Grey said again with a wave of his hands.

"Fine, what do you want?" The young man said with gritted teeth.

"Do you have more of that liquid? If yes, can I have some, if no, then where can I find it?" Grey asked.

"The one on the pendant?" The young man asked to be sure.

Grey nodded, before taking out the pendant which had lost its glow.

"No, I don't have it. Neither do I know where to find it," The young man replied.

"A shame, looks like you wouldn't be getting the orb afterall," Grey said while shaking his head sympathetically.

"Look, it was given to me by my father. It helps keep the mind clear, so I always have it on me. I only gave it to you because this was more important to me," The young man said in exasperation.

"You really don't know?" Grey asked again.

"No," The young man shook his head.

Grey sighed when the young man shook his head, before sitting on the ground, not showing any signs of wanting to give the orb to the young man. He was trying to see if the young man knew something but was not telling him.

"What are you doing?" The young man asked, his face filled to the brim with anger.

"Sitting, and I suggest you should be going. I can fetch a hefty sum from this, and I might even get the information I want as well," Grey brought out the orb, tossing it into the air and catching it.

The young man looked at Grey with veins already appearing on his forehead.

"I've heard of a rumor about a liquid like this being in the Magical beasts forest," The young man said.

"Oh, so you knew something?" Grey looked at the young man.

"It's a rumor, I'm not certain of it." The young man responded.

"I feel you know more than what you're divulging," Grey squinted his eyes.

'Dammit! I hate this boy, I'll kill him and his friend after I collect the first orb. I'll take the second orb off his dead body.' The young man thought inside.

"There's a place in the Magical beasts forest that's filled with bamboo, it's said it can be found there, a whole pond. But like I said, it's only a rumor, and the Magical beasts forest isn't like the Chimera forest," The young man said.

"You see, now did you die after telling me about it?" Grey asked with a playful smile.

Although he wasn't even fifty percent sure what the young man said was accurate, he would try to find out from others as well. And besides, there's a huge chance that the young man was only lying so he could take the orb, there's no way he would be able to find out anyway.

The young man looked at him with angry eyes, before stretching out his hand again.

Grey didn't keep the orb any longer, he threw it in the direction of the young man. But the scene he saw next shook him to the core.

As soon as the orb got to the hand of the young man, he opened his mouth and swallowed the orb in one big gulp.

Boom!

An energy explosion shot out from his body, spreading in all directions.

Crack! Crack!

The array Grey set up outside the cave suddenly started cracking from the energy that the young man was giving off.

"Crap! He's… breaking through," Grey was stunned by what was happening.

He knew the young man was in the Late stages of the Origin Plane, but he never really bothered with him since he was confident in his abilities to fight against those in the Origin Plane.

But never in his wildest dreams did he think the young man would ingest the orb, and start breaking through. And from the energy he was giving off, he seemed to be breaking through to the Overlord Plane.

"How unlucky!" Grey rushed over to where the array was located, and immediately started reinforcing it.

If the array was to fall apart, the energy the young man was giving off would do a lot of damage to Reynolds who was in the middle of cultivating.

Grey wasn't feeling any pressure from the young man, he attributed it to what happened when Alice's father also tried pressuring him with the superior aura of an Overlord Plane expert.

He had tried attacking the young man while he was still in a somewhat unconscious state, but all his attacks seemed to be repelled by an unseen force.

'This guy's definitely going to try to kill me for sure, but I can't escape now since Rey is here. Damn it!' Grey thought while staring at the young man.

'I can only depend on that now,' He quickly came to a conclusion and sat down in front of the array in a crossed leg position.

He was going to fight against the young man, using the Fusion State. For some reason, he actually felt excited.