Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 297: Divide And Conquer

Reynolds didn’t head deep into the city before he sensed three strong auras not too far from him, he didn’t need to see them before he knew they were the people searching for him. He quickly made a run for it, spreading out a hint of his aura so they would know he was there.

The three people consisted of Hamon and two other ladies, they sensed Reynolds’ aura as soon as Reynolds sensed theirs.

“This way,” Hamon said to the two ladies, before chasing after Reynolds.

There was a good distance between them, but just like Reynolds, he didn’t need to see him before he knew he was the one. The girls followed behind Hamon in chasing after Reynolds, they could also sense the aura, but they weren’t really sure if it belonged to Reynolds.

It didn’t take them long before they exited the city, given their speed, they could reach here sooner, but they didn’t want to draw any unwanted attention in the city.

When the group came out, they noticed Reynolds was heading to the south. This was the area he previously went to when he wanted to show Carl some of his skills.

“Hmph! He’s pretty cocky if he thinks he can take on the three of us,” One of the ladies said.

The other one shared the same opinion as well, even Hamon felt the same way. Even though Reynolds was a high-grade summoner, it didn’t mean he could fight against all of them.

Reynolds, who was currently running, had no wish to fight them, for now. Had there been only two of them, he would’ve thought of taking them out quickly before the others came, but three wouldn’t be easy to handle. The odds of the others coming before he killed all of them were high, and there’s also the difficulty of the battle.

While he was running, he suddenly sensed energy in the sky, and when he turned around to look at it, he realized it was a signal the others who were chasing after him sent to call the others. Only people in or above the Origin Plane could sense it.

‘Crap! They’re calling the others.’ He thought in a dejected manner.

He was still calculating how far he needed to take these three before trying to deal with them, but now, they’ve called the others.

While running, he suddenly sensed two auras on the city wall that was on his left, looking at it properly, he saw two people standing on top of the city wall. They were obviously attracted here by the energy wave, luckily, they weren’t part of the group chasing him, rather, they were two of the four Origin Plane Elementalists in the city.

The two men standing on the city wall looked to be in their late fifties, but Reynolds knew they were well over one hundred years. They had been in the Origin Plane for so long, and due to their poor elemental grades, it was almost impossible to get to the late stages of the Origin Plane, much less breaking through to the Overlord Plane. Both had shades of grey in their black and brown hairs. One of them was chubby, while the other had a slightly above average build with a long beard.

“Isn’t that the young man who recently returned to the city?” The chubby man asked while pointing at Reynolds.

“Yes. I noticed that some experts came to the city about an hour ago, to think they were this young,” The other man said while stroking his beard.

Seeing so many young people in the Origin Plane felt strange to them. The reason they refused to go to a bigger city was that they enjoyed the feeling of revel they got from the people here. The only chance of them going to a big city is if they managed to break through to the Overlord Plane. But that’s impossible for the current them, they were only in the Sixth stage of the Origin Plane. But given the number of years they have left to live, there’s a chance they might still have a fortuitous encounter.

“They’re obviously here for the kid. Two of them approached my compound a few minutes ago, but left right away,” The chubby man said.

The other man nodded before saying, “We don’t need to involve ourselves in this, we have no relationship with the boy.”

“Okay,” The chubby man replied before leaping back into the city.

He originally intended to step in and ask what was wrong but after listening to what the other man said, he gave up the idea. The only time they noticed Reynolds was after his test, but he joined the Academy soon after which didn’t give them any room to speak with him. His parents had some sort of inferiority complex so whenever they tried speaking to them, they rarely spoke much. This brought about an awkward relationship.

Reynolds didn’t feel anything towards them going back into the city so quickly. He spoke to them when he returned from the Academy some weeks back, but they didn’t really have any relationship. Although, he would’ve been grateful if they stepped forward to at least try to help or find out what was happening.

‘The others will be coming soon, time to start separating them.’ He thought.

Lightning covered his foot and his speed skyrocketed, before long, he was out of Hamon’s group view.

“No, he’s going to get away. Hamon, go after him,” One of the ladies said.

They weren’t as fast as Hamon who was a Wind Elementalist, so it was only logical that he was the one who went after him.

“What if he attacks?” Hamon asked, a little fearful of Reynolds.

“You don’t need to fight against him, just stall him.” The young lady said, looking at Hamon with demeaning eyes.

She felt disgusted by his fear. They were also geniuses, had they also gone into the trial land, then they would’ve been stronger than their current state.

“Okay,” Hamon replied with gritted teeth.

He couldn’t refuse since he didn’t have to fight against Reynolds. Even though he felt this was a trap, and he was wary of Reynolds’ strength. He had the utmost confidence in his abilities, if he wasn’t powerful, there’s no way he would’ve been able to join this unit.