Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 1910: Monstrosities

Reynolds found it hard to cope with the Gnome and the Puppet at the same time while the Gnome felt more relaxed, attacking freely. He knew he could not use his Puppet since if Grey were to forcibly cut off his connection to his Puppet would be detrimental to him in such a battle. As for the other Gnomes, even if their connection was cut off from their Puppets, since they were not involved in the battle, it would not affect them too much, and as long as they defeated Grey and Reynolds, they would be able to reform the link with their Puppets, although it would take a lot of effort, it was better than dying.

On Grey’s end, the Puppets sent his way had been dealt with in a short time. The two Eighth stage Gnomes were strong and distracted him most of the time, the only opportunity he got during the fight he quickly took out the Puppets. Even though the Puppets were not strong enough to harm him, they still distracted him, enough for the duo to capitalize on, slightly hurting him in the process.

The more time the fight took, the more he felt frustrated at his inability to use the space element. All his efforts to get close to the red robed Gnome were futile as the duo he was fighting against did not give him the chance. They would rather sustain injuries than allow him take out the red robed Gnome.

This was not the first time they were fighting against a Space Elementalist, after all, although Space Elementalists were rare, none of them were as troublesome as Grey. His ability to switch places with one of their companions meant that he could easily change places when attacked, and anyone he switches places with will be unprepared, facing an attack that would most likely kill them in an instant.

The Lady was hidden in the void, watching Grey and Reynolds fight against the Gnomes. When Reynolds merged with his Elemental Warrior, she was flabbergasted. She had never heard of or seen anyone capable of doing this even with her age. Grey switching places with a Gnome shocked her, but not on the same level as Reynolds merging with his Elemental Warrior. It was not that she did not find the ability outstanding, but from a look, she saw the flaw of it. Grey could easily change places with people weaker than himself, if he had tried it with either of the two Eighth stage Gnomes, he would have failed as either of the duo would be able to easily sense and resist it. As long as they could resist it, then it would fail and he would be forced to face the attacks.

She knew Grey knew this too, hence the reason he did not try to switch places with either of the duo in the Eighth stage, and picked one of the weaker Gnomes who could not react in time. In short, this was a good ability when faced against multiple opponents weaker than oneself, as soon as the opponents can form even a bit of resistance, then the skill was worthless. Of course, it was still a shocking technique to witness.

She noticed the red robed Gnome interfere with the void in this area and did not try to stop it. There was no reason for her to worry, an item like this would not be able to stop her from using the space element, and this level of disruption is not something that would bother her. The same could not be said for Grey who was not as strong as she was.

Seeing how Grey was dealing with the duo in the Eighth stage, she was genuinely impressed. The two Gnomes were not the average Eighth stage Sovereigns, and the chances of them being hundreds of years old could not be taken out of the picture, yet Grey is able to actually deal with both, suffering minimal damages while also being distracted by the Puppets and being unable to use one of his major elements.

As she watched Grey use one element after another, she could not help but wonder just how many elements this young man was capable of wielding. She saw him use the space, lightning, fire, wind, water, and earth element. This was six elements, and although it was quite faint, she faintly sensed he used the darkness element when the Puppets controlled by the Gnomes gathered in the corner stopped moving.

‘Is it possible that he has seven elements?’ She was still okay with him having six elements, there are records of people having five elements, so the possibility of someone having six elements was well within reason. Seven elements however, is unheard of and completely unbelievable.

‘Maybe it’s the Gnomes.’ She thought to herself as she studied Grey, trying to see if her senses played tricks on her. As the battle continued, she did not see him use the darkness element, and she heaved a sigh of relief.

Grey was already outstanding as it is, if he were to have seven elements, she might go dumb from shock.

It’s unknown how her reaction would be if she were to find out Grey not only had the darkness element, but also the light element as well, making up all eight elements.

The Lady was thinking of Grey and Reynolds’s shocking battle prowess when she sensed the arrival of Klaus and Alice who went the other way to wipe out the weaker Gnomes.

The Gnomes in the Eighth stage sensed the fast approaching auras of Alice and Klaus and exchanged glances, their expressions sour. They could tell that the two people approaching were the ones who caused the shaking some minutes ago.

Grey heaved a sigh of relief when he sensed the aura of the duo.

The red robed Gnome also sensed this and hurriedly brought out a disk, tapping it, a brownish glow shot out from it, rushing to the entrance of the area.

Grey knew the Gnome wanted to block the path, a smile appeared on his face as a two-colored fusion orb shot straight at the brownish glow. The fusion orb did not explode as expected, rather, it imploded, dragging all the energy from the brownish glow into it and disappearing into thin air.

“What did you do?!” The red robed Gnome yelled in shock. This was the first time he was seeing something like this.

The Lady was also taken aback by Grey’s action. The two colored orb piqued her interest, and the manner with which Grey used it so casually to collapse the brownish glow was amazing. This was the first time she was seeing someone use an attack to make another attack void. Grey’s experience in terms of fighting blew her away.

Alice was the first to reach the entrance, as soon as she arrived, she took a glance at Reynolds and Grey, before settling her eyes on the group on the side. Without a word, she rushed in their direction.

The Gnomes were worried, and the red robed Gnome tried to escape in the direction of the opening the Eighth stage Gnomes came out from, in hopes to escape.

Alice naturally would not give him that opportunity.

“Leave some for me!” Klaus’s voice could be heard from outside, even before he entered the cave, the temperature had dropped significantly.

As soon as Klaus entered the cave, he looked at the group Alice went after before taking a glance at Grey, a smile appeared on his face as he rushed in their direction. He did not want to fight those weaker Gnomes, he had already killed so many under the Sovereign Plane, now that he had a strong opponent in sight, of course he was going to attack them.

The Lady who was watching from the side felt her eyes twitch as the group of four friends quickly made short work of the Gnomes. She thought only Grey and Reynolds were the shocking talents in the group hence the reason Grey divided them in that manner, however, the arrival of Klaus and Alice shattered her view. This was the first time in her life she was seeing four friends, each being a genius among their peers. From what she could tell, each of them could easily overpower their peers.

Klaus’s ice domain froze even the space, almost exposing her. Something the red robed Gnome’s array formation could not do. One has to know that she was a Half God Plane expert and should have no problems with hiding in the presence of Peak Sovereigns without any of their attacks disrupting the space. Yet a Seventh stage Sovereign, almost froze her in the void, exposing her.

‘How did this small place produce such talents?’ She did not think too much of Grey’s monstrosity, he was the son of Lucas Dawson, after all, and even his mother was a generational talent, so being this talented is not out of the question. His friends were a different story, they were all born in this small continent, and from what she knew, the essence in this place could barely produce a single Sage Plane Elementalist in a hundred years, much less geniuses of this level.