Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 1402  Frozen Volcano

***A.N: Thereʼs an issue with the last 2 chapters, Iʼll sort it out before the end of today!**

”Itʼs… freezing…” One of the bandits said with a low voice, he couldnʼt even summon enough courage to speak properly.

For the first time in his life, he was truly astounded by someoneʼs ability. Klaus was freezing the lava. This was something he never thought he would experience in this life, but itʼs happening right before his eyes and he didnʼt know what to make of it. Klaus, a youth in his twenties was freezing a lava, something that was extremely hot was being frozen solid by a young man. It was an unbelievable sight.

Reynolds and Alice were shocked when they saw what was happening. Klaus exceeded their expectations which was something he rarely does given how highly they all thought of each other. Other than Grey who frequently exceeds their expectations due to his uniqueness, Klaus was not someone they thought would do something like that given the fact that they all thought very highly of him.

”Show off.” Reynolds mouthed.

Klaus not only killed his opponent with a single attack, but he also froze a lava. What else could be described as showing off if not this. Klaus was a show off and Reynolds wanted to beat him up for it.

Aries was just as stunned as the bandit. At the moment, she didnʼt know what to say about this group of friends. There was the freakish Grey, Reynolds who was a high grade summoner, Alice who had a Seelie, and then thereʼs Klaus, someone capable of freezing lava powerful enough to kill them all.

”Hahaha, next time you wouldnʼt take me to a stupid volcano! Iʼll turn it into a snow garden!” Klaus laughed like the evil genius he is.

Reynolds and Alice couldnʼt help but shake their heads.

Everyone present could sense that Klausʼ aura was starting to increase, a testament of the lava being suppressed. Aries and the other Fire Elementalists present felt the boost they have starting to decline, not just that, but it was affecting their strength as well. If this continued, then there was a high chance that they would not be able to use their full strength. Luckily, their opponents would also be weakened as well.

Alice on the other hand, although her fire elementʼs strength was seeing a decline, the Seelie, being an Ice Elemental Magical Creature started to surge with power. Just like Klaus, it was being repressed, but not any more.

Klaus unleashed a terrifying cold that spread across the entire place.

”What sort of monster is he?” One of the bandits said.

”A maniacal one, thatʼs for sure.” Reynolds answered spitefully.

”Stop being envious. Savor the moment, itʼs not everyday you get to see a genius in action.” Klaus said, annoying Reynolds even more.

”Youʼre a weirdo, Iʼm very sure of that.” Reynolds snorted.

”Haters will hate, but it will not deem my light.” Klaus had a smug look on his face.

Alice and Aries went back to their intense battle. This time, the intensity on the side of the bandits dropped drastically, but Aliceʼs strength increased due to the Seelie and she was able to quickly overwhelm her opponent. Before the bandit could try to escape, she froze the bandit.

Unlike Klaus, the Seelie, an Ice Elemental Magical Creature wasnʼt able to freeze the innards of the bandit. This goes to show just how powerful Klausʼ ice ability is. The fact that even Ice Elemental Creatures couldnʼt compete with him shows his uniqueness.

The bandit frozen by Alice broke the ice and didnʼt even attempt to continue the battle, he instantly tried to make a getaway the second he was free.

Alice gave chase, thanks to her lightning element, and the decrease in the overall attributes of the bandits due to Klaus freezing the lava, she was faster and was able to catch up to him before he was able to leave the volcano.

”You think you can escape?” She asked.

”No, but Iʼll kill you!” The bandit laughed and an excited look appeared on his face, he looked at Alice who had a strange expression on her face.

Alice looked around and asked, ”How? If I may ask.”

The bandit looked around, and then his eyes turned to Klaus.

”You! You froze our array formation?!” The bandit felt like his head was about to explode.

The array formation was the last method he could use to escape when chased into the volcano, but Klaus had unknowingly froze it which means it was not going to work. Without the array, his odds of escaping was slim.

”Fuck!”

”Hahaha, Iʼll freeze you too if you donʼt get off my sight!” Klaus was smug, saying whatever he wanted.

”You donʼt need to worry about him, Iʼll be enough to deal with you. Just make sure you donʼt expect anything else to help you out.” Alice said and without waiting, she attacked.

The bandit didnʼt expect Alice to attack instantly, he was hoping to rest for a while, but Alice made it impossible for him to do so.

Ariesʼ opponent wasnʼt having an easy time either. He had lost one hand, and was bleeding profusely. He was standing with sheer willpower. Dying was not something he wanted to accept, even though he could already tell his chances of survival was minimal, he didnʼt want to give up until the very end.

Aries wasnʼt expending too much energy as she fought against the bandit.

Reynolds wasnʼt bothered with the battle any longer, he was still grumpy that Klaus took away his opponent.

Klaus still had a maniacal look on his face, he looked at Reynolds and said, ”You still have time to beg for forgiveness. You know I have a soft spot for you since youʼve been following me for a while now.”

”Beg?! When Iʼm done with you, youʼll be the one who has to beg for forgiveness!” Reynolds was vexed by Klausʼ words.

”Itʼs naturally that you feel angered by my brightness, I canʼt keep it down, if not, I would. Donʼt worry, my light will shine on you and make you better.” Klaus started spouting nonsense, well, to Reynolds it was.

The duo started arguing while Aries and Alice dealt with the bandits. A few minutes later, Alice and Aries were done with their opponents.

Alice, seeing the two still arguing but not as intensely as the start couldnʼt help but shake her head in embarrassment. The duo didnʼt have any shame, Grey included.

She knew if he were here, he wouldʼve also joined them.

The days of the trio cursing each other flashed through her mind as she saw the duo in this act. Even after so many years, theyʼve not changed. This was one of the things she liked about the guys, no matter what they go through or their current situation, they didnʼt change towards each other, they still laughed and joked with each other.

”Is there anything else we can do?” Klaus asked, he didnʼt want to go back to the Phoenix Faction and continue waiting for Grey, for some reason, he felt Grey would still be trying to decipher the array with the Phoenix Faction Leader which would just make them stay there for a while longer while doing nothing.

”Well… thereʼs another place we wanted to raid. Weʼve been getting reports on it for some months now. No one has been chanced since there arenʼt too many Peak Venerables present in the Faction who are youngsters. The rest are all old guys dying to make a breakthrough.” Aries explained.

”What are you waiting for then, letʼs go!” Klaus said.

”What about Grey?” Alice asked.

”What about him?” Klaus looked at Alice with a weird gaze.

”Nothing, letʼs go.” Alice knew Grey was not going to be free anytime soon and itʼll be a pain in the butt if they were to go back and Grey was still in the process of trying to comprehend the array formation. Klaus and Reynolds would probably not let her see the end of it.

Aries took a glance at Alice and realized she just gave in to Klausʼ.

ʼWhat a weird friendship.ʼ She thought internally.

Normally, the guys are usually the ones who give in to the ladies in most friendships, but in this case, that wasnʼt the case, rather, Alice was the one who was giving in to Klaus.

To be fair, Alice also didnʼt like sitting idle, so since there was something to do, it wouldnʼt be bad to keep Grey waiting.

Seeing that none of them had any issues with heading to the next location, Aries went on to tell them what the situation was.

Apparently, in a neighboring town close to the Phoenix Faction, there have been multiple cases of someone going missing. Mostly those at the Peak of the Sage Plane. When the Faction heard news of it, they sent an Early stage Elemental Venerable Plane member to check it out, but the situation was the same, the person vanished without trace.

It was after a Late stage Venerable disappeared did the Faction get alarmed, mainly due to the fact that the person managed to report back, saying there was a hidden expert at the Peak of the Venerable Plane hiding there.