Affinity: Chaos

1506  High Spirits

Grey and Klaus were in a state of shock. It was fine since Grey had a reason for his increase, but what is the reason behind Klausʼ elemental grade increase?

Itʼs not just Klaus, but both Reynolds and Alice must have seen an increase as well, but like Klaus, they were also oblivious to it.

”Grey, did you infect us?” Klaus blurted out.

”Why are you saying it like itʼs a bad thing?” Grey couldnʼt believe what was coming out of Klausʼ mouth, if he indeed ʼinfectedʼ them like Klaus claims, wouldnʼt it be a good thing for them?

”This doesnʼt make sense. Thereʼs no way it can happen that way. Did you by any chance take a treasure thatʼs powerful and can also increase your elemental grade?” Grey couldnʼt make sense of what was happening.

”If I did, donʼt you think I wouldʼve checked already?” Klaus hadnʼt taken any treasures like that. Besides, it wasnʼt something easy to come by. Because they found it once doesnʼt mean they will be able to do so again.

”If youʼre implying I did, which I donʼt remember doing, what about Rey and Alice?” Klaus added, ”Theyʼre increasing at this same speed as well.”

Grey grabbed his head in confusion. This was an unbelievable discovery.

”Could I really be infecting you guys?” He didnʼt know what to believe.

Klaus shrugged, he didnʼt know, he was just saying.

”I wonder what grades your elements are.” He changed the topic, motioning for Grey to place his hand on the stone.

Grey, although lost in thoughts, did as requested and Klaus felt his eyes twitch.

On the stone, there were two glaring Black colors there, it was evident that it was from two elements. Not just that, but two more were White. As if that is not enough, the remaining four were all Emerald.

Four of Greyʼs elements had become the fabled Black or White grade, while the remaining four were at the highest grade for those in the Aurora Continent, Emerald grade.

”This isnʼt fair.” Klaus murmured.

Seeing himself having part Emerald grade made him excited, he wanted to see if Grey had gotten to the Emerald grade in any of his elements, but to his shock. Four were already at the peak which was the Black or White grade, and the other four were in the Emerald grade he felt so proud of. What shattered his heart was that his own was just starting to show signs of cracking, while Greyʼs own was fully in the Emerald grade, there was no signs of them being in the process of entering the Emerald grade.

ʼHeʼs bullying us in everything.ʼ Klaus complained internally.

Grey has eight elements, as if that was not enough, all of them had such outstandingly high grades. This was unfathomable. If people heard of Greyʼs elemental grades, they would give up on cultivating. It was too discouraging.

In the Azure Continent where they were from, the Blue grade was regarded as the peak, and anyone who got to the Violet grade was hunted down and killed. This was the reason behind the Empires hunting the group. Klaus couldnʼt help but wonder what those peopleʼs reactions would be now if they found out their elemental grades.

”Hey bud, why donʼt we visit the Azure Continent some day?” He nudged Grey.

They had a lot of memories there, and he didnʼt mind going back there and seeing Lunar City once again. He was once the Mayorʼs son and enjoyed imaginable prestige there. Of course, his status here was almost on the same level as that one, if not higher. But that was a place special to him and he didnʼt mind visiting.

”Alright, maybe after the war we will go there, if weʼre alive.” Grey replied.

”Stop being so pessimistic. With this new discovery, we can win this war. The four of us, at the forefront. We will prevail.” Klaus was in high spirits.

”They have a God Plane Elementalist, we donʼt.” Greyʼs words were like cold water as it drenched Klausʼ high spirits.

”All we need is time.” Klaus didnʼt want to give up.

”Time, we do not have. They can invade at any time. This is why I want to sneak in there and cause some chaos.” Grey dropped his head, ”If we can buy a year or two, maybe, just maybe we might make it.”

”If a year or two is too much, then weʼll break through faster. Arenʼt you confident in getting to the Peak of the Sovereign Plane in a few months?” Klaus asked.

Grey looked at him, he wanted to be optimistic like Klaus, but he couldnʼt. This wasnʼt so simple. He knew Klaus knew this as well, but he was just being himself.

”Heh, a few months to get to the Peak of the Sovereign Plane, weʼll have to break every record to attain that.” He joked.

”Weʼve been breaking these records all this while, why would this be different?” Klausʼ spirit was getting higher and higher, and to a certain extent, it was starting to affect Grey.

”Why would this be different?” Grey asked himself, and to be honest, he didnʼt know. He didnʼt know if it was just him being pessimistic, or overthinking the situation, but he knew it couldnʼt be that easy.

”Thereʼs no harm in trying, brother.” He shaked Klausʼ hands.

”Haha, thatʼs the spirit! In a few months we will get to the Peak of the Sovereign Plane, we have no choice.” Klaus said.

”We either get to the Peak, or die.” Grey added.

”Chill bud, itʼs not that serious yet.” Klaus had to calm Greyʼs spirit this time. He didnʼt mention anything about dying, so where did Grey get that?

Grey laughed when he heard Klaus, the duo entered a fit of laughter as they watched Kyle break through. They knew this was a serious matter, and breaking through has gotten even tougher since they got to the Sovereign Plane, but they have no choice!