Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 1645  This Is The Best I Can Do

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A month flew by in the blink of an eye. The Godʼs tomb. ”How long are we going to continue this madness?” ”Lucas, do you want us all dead before you undo this stupid seal?” ”Weʼve been here for two months! Two whole months of constant fighting with the Gnomes. Weʼve lost so many people.”

”And so have the Gnomes…” ”Thatʼs not the main thing. Thereʼs clearly nothing here for us, so whatʼs the point of staying here any longer. Weʼve managed to kill five of their top ranking experts, but they killed three of ours.”

The fact that humans killed five experts from the Gnome race while they lost three shouldʼve been reason to celebrate, but given the numerical advantage the Gnomes have over them, itʼs not even a fair trade. Basically, thereʼs almost a ratio of two to one when comparing experts and geniuses. For every one genius the humans have, the Gnomes are certain to have at least two. Humans not being fully united made their situation even worse. Luckily, thanks to Greyʼs help, a large number of Necromancers were wiped out, even a few top experts. But some at the very top managed to escape from the clutches of Grey and his father. Lucas looked at the expressions of everyone present and gave an awkward chuckle, he could sense that these people didnʼt have the slightest interest in staying here any further. Theyʼve known for well over a month now that the Godʼs tomb was a sham, and they all suspected Lucas to have a hand in this, especially after Grey miraculously disappeared from the Godʼs tomb. Of course, there were a few more people who werenʼt seen as well, but Greyʼs relationship with Lucas, as well as the Gnomeʼs urge to kill him made him a suspect to this scam. ”At least weʼve managed to wipe out most of the Necromancers hiding in some Families and Factions. This is still a good thing.” He muttered. ”You killed an Elder from my Faction, Lucas, donʼt think I wouldnʼt speak about it just because youʼre strong.” An Old man said coldly. Another younger lady stepped out, ”Our Grand Elder was killed as well, the Dawson Family will surely give us a good explanation.” ”They were Necromancers, should they be left alive?” Lucas asked them with a cold expression. He wasnʼt afraid of angering the masses, with his strength, he feared no one. So what if he killed them? What did these people want to do about it? Besides, he only killed people who betrayed humanity. These people should be grateful to him for removing such a huge hidden danger, yet they are furious with him, demanding an explanation. The Old man and the middle-aged lady looked at Lucas with dark expressions on their faces, they arenʼt as strong as Lucas, although they are older, in a world where the strong are supreme, thereʼs nothing they can do about Lucas killing their people. Especially now that he has such a good excuse. ”Youʼre only making things up, why would you kill them without confirming it?” A middle-aged man said with a smirk, ”Youʼre only using your superior strength to bully the weak.” The middle-aged manʼs words made everyone turn to look at Lucas, especially those Families and Factions that arenʼt as strong as the Dawson Family. If Lucas could willfully kill people he doesnʼt like, then arenʼt they in danger too? Having to fight alongside someone that could come up with the most useless excuse to kill you because youʼre weak isnʼt something that sat well with all of them. Even a few of the top Families and Factions couldnʼt help but look at Lucas, curious as to what his reason was. Lucas didnʼt feel any pressure from the gazes of everyone, he looked at the middle-aged man and smirked, ”If I wanted to kill someone for the fun of it, youʼd be dead by now. But youʼre someone who will fight alongside humans and not against us, so killing you is out of the picture.” Lucasʼs words made the man freeze. Yes, according to his logic, Lucas should kill him too since they have a deep-seated hatred for each other. Their Family has been butting heads with the Dawson Family for a long time now, yet Lucas didnʼt take this opportunity to kill him. ʼCould he be right? Are those guys truly Necromancers?ʼ The middle-aged man wasnʼt the only one who thought about this. Everyone in the Aurora Continent were familiar with the clash between both Families, and itʼs said that the conflict is the reason Lucas left his son alone. So basically, these guys made sure Lucas missed the growth of his son, and only until later years did they meet again. Everyone has come to know that the famous genius, Grey Dawson, is the son of the once famous geniuses Lucas and Martha. The two people who were regarded as the top geniuses of their era, giving birth to a freak like Grey is well within the expectations of everyone. Only after they confirmed Grey was the son of Lucas Dawson did he finally make sense. A genius of that caliber appearing out of nowhere is not something they expected to happen. ”Thereʼs no point in talking about the past. Since theyʼre dead, weʼll discuss that matter later on. Lucas, the Gnomes donʼt seem to be interested in this skirmish any longer. The only reason theyʼre still here is the fear of us invading them.” An Old man spoke up, dismissing the matter of Lucas openly killing some top experts. ”Enough time has passed. Weʼve shown them weʼre not to be messed with, I think itʼs time we too head out of this place.” Lucas nodded in agreement to the Elder. ʼIʼve stalled as long as I can, you better be back.ʼ He sighed at the thought of Grey still being in the Gnome world. Knowing Grey, he knew he wouldʼve left the Gnome world by now, but he couldnʼt be sure, so he tried to stall for as long as he could.