Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 1486 The Pros Outweighs The Cons

Grey spent some hours with Conor before getting to the Dawson Family. Thereʼs nothing else they could get from the people outside the Family. Theyʼve learnt everything there was to learn outside.

When they got to the Family manor, his father still wasnʼt around. He had to wait for his return once again.

It took a few hours until Lucas finally arrived. When he saw Grey, his expression changed. He knew that Grey had gotten to the Pseudo-sovereign stage with a single glance. He didnʼt expect it, but he was able to sense it almost instantaneously.

”When did you get to this stage?” Lucas raised a brow, slightly confused Grey was stuck in the Pseudo-sovereign stage. He didnʼt expect someone of Greyʼs caliber to fail to break through.

To most people, the Pseudo-sovereign stage was a sign of failure of oneʼs attempt to get to the Sovereign Plane. Seeing Grey in that stage didnʼt look good.

Grey told him of his experience with the man, and how he fought for his life.

”I see.” Lucas nodded, he looked at Grey and said with a thoughtful expression, ”You broke through in the process?”

”Yes, during the fight.” Grey replied.

Lucas thought about it for a while and asked, ”Did you see the apparition that appeared a while ago?”

”Personally, no. But someone told me about it on my way back. At the time, I was still battling with that man. I wasnʼt given the luxury to look around. And the sky was covered due to the manʼs breakthrough.” Grey explained.

”Do you have any idea if itʼs connected to you?” Lucas questioned.

Originally, he didnʼt have such thoughts, but the second he found out Grey was in the midst of breaking through at that time, he started to grow suspicious. It was too much of a coincidence for such a thing to appear when Grey was in the middle of breaking through to the Sovereign Plane. Adding the fact that Grey failed and how the apparition almost completely faded off at one point showed that thereʼs a great chance they might be connected.

Grey paused to think, seeing the seriousness in his Fatherʼs eyes, he took it seriously too, ”Iʼm not sure of the specific details or if Iʼm connected to it. But I can confirm it indeed happened during the battle and during my breakthrough. I donʼt know what it means.”

Lucas looked at Grey with a thoughtful expression and said, ”No one should know about this, except your mom, of course.”

Grey nodded.

After getting that out of the way, Lucas looked at his son, ”Why did you leave your Faction?”

Grey rarely leaves his Faction unless there was something he wanted to do. Either he wants his fatherʼs help with something, or heʼs going out for another journey.

”Iʼm on the verge of breaking through, and over the last few years, there has always been a commotion whenever I break through a major Plane.” Grey explained, he looked at his father before adding, ”Something like what happened today, for instance.”

Lucas took a glance at Grey and he suddenly understood why Grey came to him. If he causes such a commotion in the Pyrmond Faction while breaking through, thereʼs a chance they will try to investigate why something like this only happened when he was breaking through.

”Good thing you came to me.” He applauded Greyʼs smartness. Grey knew what was best for him, and breaking through in his fatherʼs presence will put him in lesser danger.

”Alright, Iʼll make preparations for your breakthrough. Will you need anything?” He asked Grey.

Grey thought about it and told his father of how the essence he absorbed wasnʼt enough and was only able to break through to the Pseudo-sovereign stage with the help of the essence the man was using to break through.

Lucas wore a dumbfounded expression on his face, ”Thatʼs possible?”

”Iʼve stopped someone from breaking through by destroying the essence gathered, so I thought of absorbing another personʼs own, and to my surprise, it worked.” Grey explained.

”You mean…” Lucas was finding it difficult to believe, but he knew Grey wouldnʼt lie to him. And from how the apparition faded at the time, he knew Grey was not lying, but it was still a shocking thing to accept.

How could someone actually achieve something like that?

”Are you sure about this?” Lucas couldnʼt help but ask once again.

Grey nodded.

”Impressive.” Lucas was genuinely impressed with Greyʼs ability. As if having the ability to learn all elements wasnʼt enough, now he could even stop people from breaking through. Not just that, but he could absorb the essence for himself.

Grey was a cheat to the rest of the world. Having such abilities shouldnʼt be possible, but he not only has one, but he has so many.

Lucas has seen him use Dragon scales and knows heʼs also able to use that. It was another shocking discovery at the time, but that isnʼt as astounding as what heʼs hearing right now.

Even someone of Lucasʼ status was a little envious of what Greyʼs able to do. This was not something he could do even in a hundred years.

”That orb truly is special. You, my boy, deserved it.” He commented as he looked into space.

Grey sighed, ”Yes, but now it needs too much essence. I shouldʼve gotten to the Sovereign Plane by now if not for it.”

”Sacrifices my boy, sacrifices.” Lucas didnʼt think this was a challenge. Compared to the things Greyʼs able to do thanks to the orb, these obstacles werenʼt anything serious. As long as Grey could still break through in the end, all this didnʼt matter.

One thing he knew for sure with the appearance of the apparition is that it is certain, Grey will get to the God Plane as long as he didnʼt die. For someone to have such a high probability of getting to the God Plane in their world meant more than a little set back.