Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 1030 Void’s Breakthrough

Grey was stunned by the news, he never thought that the Gnomes would actually bring out a death warrant for him, they didnʼt even want to keep him alive or even turn him into a puppet, they wanted to outright kill him.

Void couldnʼt help but mock Grey for his current situation. He had just managed to remove the mark, yet he was being hunted down. With his easily recognizable face, it wouldnʼt be hard for people to find him. What was worse was that he didnʼt know who was a spy and who was not, so at the moment, he was in danger of being killed by people close to him.

”Do you know who are possible spies for them?” He asked the Head of the Burchard Family.

”There are a few suspects, but we donʼt have any concrete evidence so we canʼt say for now. But everyone is aware that necromancers are one of them. Not just that, but there are also people from multiple Factions who are under their command…” The Head of the Burchard Family explained to Grey.

Normally, a Sage Plane Elementalist didnʼt have the right to know of these, but given Greyʼs position, and also being the son of someone as powerful as Lucas, there was no need in hiding it from him, besides, his life was also in danger.

Grey listened attentively and his expression changed slightly when he heard of a familiar Faction, the Nether Faction. Being a Darkness Elemental Faction, and given their horrible behavior, it was quite easy to suspect them. It would be dangerous if the Gnomes managed to build such a powerful and large Faction.

ʼDamn it, when I thought I would be free.ʼ He complained internally.

Once again, he wouldnʼt be able to travel freely for the fear of being hunted down.

”Thank you for telling me this, I wonʼt be staying long.” Grey bowed to show his appreciation, but he was not going to stay here. Someone like him could never be idle.

The Head of the Burchard Family shook his head with a sigh, he knew Grey would never want to stay there.

”Alright, Iʼll send someone to escort you till you get to the teleportation array.” He said.

As long as Grey didnʼt die within their territory, it was fine. If Grey were to die here, Lucas would definitely turn the place upside down.

ʼI believe he already knows of this, he should rush over to help him.ʼ He thought to himself.

Grey left the city in no time and before he knew it, he was already thousands of kilometers away from the city.

Being transported by an expert above the Elemental Venerable Plane was faster than when he was moving on his own.

The scenery changed and sometime later, Grey was already close to the edge of the Middle Continent, about to head back to the Western Continent.

….

”Take care of yourself, and try to stay out of crowded places.” The man who escorted him till the end of the Middle Continent advised before heading back.

Grey nodded before walking away, there was no need to stay there any longer. His next stop was the Dawson Family compound. As much as he would want to go back to the Faction, he knew that with his Father being the one known as the strongest, he would be safer there for now.

He didnʼt have any plans of staying there for too long, he only wanted to tell his Father the current situation before heading back to the Faction.

”Void, looks like youʼll have to break through now. Itʼs too dangerous to hold back now.” He turned his attention to Void.

Getting stronger was their best bet now. He couldnʼt break through in a short time, so he had to rely on Void if he wanted protection.

Void was stronger than most geniuses in the same stage, so they shouldnʼt have any issues with those in the Early stages of the Elemental Venerable Plane, only those in the Mid stages and above would pose a threat to them, but it didnʼt mean they would be able to defeat him easily.

”Hehe, Iʼll train you once Iʼve broken through so that you can get used to the strength of an Elemental Venerable.” Void said with a mischievous smile.

Grey knew Voidʼs plan, but he didnʼt try to stop him. It would be nice for him to test the strength of those Elemental Venerables to make sure he was acquainted with the strength. Void was stronger than others, so it would make things better.

They soon found a good location, after Grey set up multiple arrays, Void began his breakthrough, he had been holding himself back, so now that the opportunity was presented to him, he didnʼt delay.

Within a few seconds, Voidʼs appearance soon started to change, from his usual small size, his body grew larger, and his dark fur started to sprout a few golden spots on it. It was mesmerizing.

Grey watched on as Voidʼs aura started to shoot up.

A light shot from the sky with a flash and entered Voidʼs head, his aura started to see a change. He spat out his cores and they all started to absorb essence at a crazy pace, while doing this, they were also forming the link with each elementʼs origin source. Grey could literally see the cores forming some sort of tentacle that started to search for something, before long, as if it was connected to something, the tentacles stopped moving and massive energy started to rush into the cores.

The speed was faster than it previously was.

Grey watched the scene attentively, he knew that although Magical Beasts were different from humans, there wasnʼt much difference when they were breaking through.

Some time passed and Voidʼs size returned to its previous state, even the golden spots disappeared, it was as if they never appeared.

Grey was watching Void curiously, trying to figure out what was different with him.

”Hey, how do you feel?” He couldnʼt help but ask when Void kept his eyes closed.

”I feel great! Haha!” Void laughed in delight as he opened his eyes.

His eyes, which were usually pitch black had a faint golden glow in them. The glow would appear and disappear, only after some time did it stop.

”Haha, Iʼm the king!” Void declared.

”You only broke through to the Elemental Venerable Plane, thereʼs no need to be too excited over it.” Grey said with dark lines on his face.

”What do you know? Do you think Iʼm a regular Seventh Rank Magical Beast?” Void chided, his head held up high with pride.

Grey felt a bit of a headache and decided to stop answering him. Void was like Klaus, very proud and arrogant, the more he tried to want to know what he was feeling, the more arrogance Void would display, so it was best to leave him alone, maybe he would finally come to his senses after being ignored.

Just as Grey expected, after not bothering him and focusing on himself, Void soon got bored of showing off. Well, since there was no one to show off to, it was a waste of his time.

Grey scoffed as he looked at Void, ”Ready to talk now?”

”Youʼre no fun.” Void said grumpily.

Grey couldnʼt be bothered with him as he asked the important question, ”What innate skill did you awaken?”

He was quite curious. There was a possibility that the change in Voidʼs appearance had to do with the awakening of his innate skill. Of course he wasnʼt a hundred percent certain of this, it was just his speculation.

”Itʼs nothing serious.” Void said with a dull look.

”Seriously?” Grey was taken aback, ”Show me.”

Void nodded and did as he said. Greyʼs vision soon changed and it was like he was thrown into boundless space, this time, there were stars. These stars were golden spots that were shining brightly. With curiosity in his heart, he stretched his hand forward, trying to touch one of them.

”Donʼt!” Void exclaimed and hastily withdrew the skill.

”What?” Grey was alarmed.

Voidʼs reaction was unusual, could something be wrong with the golden spots?

”I donʼt know if you can handle the impact of the attack.” Void said.

”Those golden spots are attacks?” Grey was stunned. He didnʼt sense a single aura from the golden spots. Naturally, he knew they were not for fancy, but he didnʼt really think they would be dangerous, after all, there were hundreds of them in there.

”Yeah.” Void nodded his head.

”Impressive, Iʼd like to test it out though.” Grey said.

He was confident in his abilities, so even if the attack was dangerous, there was no way it would be able to kill him.

”No, you will see it when I use it against someone else.” Void refused.

”What are you being agitated over, itʼs just an attack. Is it stronger than that Gnome raceʼs geniusʼ attack?” Grey felt like Void was looking down on him and asked, a little irritated.

”Probably.”