Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 2016 2016: No Last Words

The Gnome found it unfathomable that the person in front of him changed in such a manner.

Grey naturally had no plans of answering his question, without warning, he threw a fist forward. The force behind the fist made the face of the Gnome turn pale. He was already injured, if he were struck by this fist, he was certain his injuries would be aggravated.

In a haste, he sidestepped while also setting up multiple defenses.

Even though he was not hit by the fist, the wind from it made his hair dance in the air. Due to the size of Gnomes, Greyʼs fist was large when it came at him.

Gritting his teeth, he did not even try to counterattack, he hurriedly fled.

Grey had no plans of letting the Gnome get past him, flicking, he appeared in front of the Gnomeʼs path, sending out a palm strike.

The Gnome looked at Grey with resentment, and just as he was turning, he sensed some powerful attacks behind him.

ʼDamn it!ʼ The Gnome cursed internally. Due to Greyʼs act, he almost forgot that there were others around too. He was already having a headache dealing with Greyʼs attacks alone, now that he had to also deal with the others, he could not help cursing.

With no other choice, he turned around to block the attacks coming from behind.

Grey smirked and attacked at this moment.

The Gnome wanted to cry but had no tears. Using all his strength, he blocked the attacks he could, dodging the others. Unfortunately, there was no way for him to deal with all four attacks at the same time due to the manner in which they came. The attack of Alice and the others might not be strong, but they came from ingenious angles that made it so difficult to deal with given how they all came at the same time. What was worse was Greyʼs attack at the end. The attack came when he just finished dealing with the others, giving him no choice but to meet it head on.

Taking Greyʼs attack head on, he was pushed back, coughing up a mouthful of blood. His injuries worsened after taking the attack.

When he just regained his composure, he was met with attacks once again. Left with no choice, he rushed in the direction of the weakest attack, plunging headfirst into it. From his perspective, among all the attacks that were sent his way, Klausʼs ice technique seemed to be the one he could handle with relative ease. Both Alice and Reynolds used lightning elemental attacks, which had a certain effect on Gnomes. He did not dare to face any of Greyʼs attacks. Since that was the case, his only chance of escaping was to go for the less dangerous one.

Diving through Klausʼs attack, he shivered, but his gaze was resolute. The moment he passed through the attack, he burned some of his life essence and shot in a free direction. He did not want to get held up. From the looks of things, these youngsters might just kill him.

His plan was good, only, if there was not someone like Grey among his opponents.

Grey reacted quickly, once again appearing in front of the Gnome.

”Donʼt force my hand boy!” The Gnome roared as he saw Grey blocking his path.

Grey could care less about the Gnomeʼs threat, with a sneer, a large palm made from the earth element appeared and attempted to grab the Gnome.

The Gnome roared, urging his elemental essence, he blasted a hole in the hand made of rocks and rushed through it.

He was met by Grey on the other side, and just as he tried to force his way through, he noticed something odd. When he tried blasting a hole through the rock palm just now, he noticed that his mobilization of his elemental essence was slower than normal, albeit negligible, it was slower. As he tried to attack Grey, he noticed that the speed with which he could mobilize his essence was indeed slower. This time, even slower than the last time.

After sending out the attack he frowned and checked himself with his Mental Sense. He almost fell from the sky when he realized what was happening, his essence was freezing.

”What the hell?!” He exclaimed unconsciously.

Following the Gnomeʼs exclamation was a burst of laughter from behind him coming from Klaus.

”Hahaha, stupid Gnome. Daring to pass through my snow mist.” Klaus laughed in pleasure.

The face of the Gnome contorted when he heard this. He could not believe he was negligent and the attack he thought was the safest option at the time turned out to be the most difficult. At least if he had faced the other attacks, his only concern would have been dealing with physical attacks. In a situation like this where he was faced with such dangerous enemies, these delays might cost him his life.

Grey, already expecting nothing good to happen to the Gnome after taking Klausʼs attack in such a manner, took advantage of the Gnomeʼs distraction, hitting him with a spear made entirely of the light element.

The spear pierced through the shoulder of the Gnome, impaling him to the ground.

Klaus and the others rushed to the place the Gnome was impaled, all staring at him like starving predators.

The Gnome never thought a dignified Peak Sovereign like himself would ever be in such a position, and to think he was put in this position by youths who were not even as old as his own kids.

”Do you have any final words?” Klaus asked coolly.

The Gnome was about to open his mouth when Klaus froze his mouth.

”Hahaha!” Klaus laughed, almost sending the Gnome into hysteria as he continued, ”You donʼt get to have final words.”

The Gnome was so mad he wanted to pull his hair out. Klaus was the one who asked him if he had any final words, and even before he could say anything, Klaus froze his mouth. What sort of psychopath acts in this manner?

Glaring at Klaus, it was almost as if he wanted to kill him with his gaze.