Affinity:Chaos

On the stage.

The young man with amber hair was taken aback when he saw how Grey was able to quickly eliminate the young man.

"Thank you for letting me advance into the next round," He said to him.

He knew his strength, and from how Grey switched positions with that young man before stepping into the lightning once again, it would've been difficult, even for him to get out of it in time. Also, when he saw the speed at which Grey eliminated the young man, he knew Grey didn't want to eliminate him, else he could've done so after he was struck by the attack the first time.

"Compared to him, I am not sure I can eliminate you that easily," Grey replied with a smile.

"You animal! How dare you eliminate me?!"

While Grey and the young man were exchanging words, they heard a holler from below the stage.

Everyone turned to look at the source, and it was none other than the unfortunate young man Grey eliminated.

"What's the meaning of this? Since you're eliminated, you are no longer allowed onto the stage,"

Before Grey or the young man with amber hair could respond, the harsh voice of the supervisor was heard from the side.

"I… I… this isn't fair! I challenge him to a deathmatch! If I win, I'll take his spot," The young man declared aggressively.

The supervisor took a glance at the judges, and seeing Ezra's Teacher nod, he didn't rebuke the young man, now, it was all in Grey's hands.

If Grey agreed to this, then he would allow it, if not, then he would chase the young man away.

Grey narrowed his eyes when he heard the words of the young man.

"Come on number one genius, are you scared?" The young man mocked.

"Scared? Of an already defeated opponent? Not a chance. But, I am not so evil that I would want you dead, eliminating you is more than enough," Grey replied.

His answer to the young man's challenge was a resounding no. He had other things to worry about, why would he want to waste his time fighting against this young man.

Even though it wouldn't be easy, he knew if he pulled out a few cards, then he would win for sure. He still hadn't used his inscriptions in the battles, then there was also that space array he learned which would make it impossible for his opponents to touch him.

It wasn't yet time to show his cards, so he wasn't interested in fighting against this young man. Besides, he had defeated him before, although it was from a sneak attack, a defeat was a defeat.

"Damn you, you scoundrel. Fight me if you dare!" The young man wasn't willing to let this go.

"Not a chance," Grey shrugged, before turning to look at the supervisor, waiting for him to chase the young man away.

He wasn't disappointed as the young man was soon chased away by the supervisor. Of course, he continued making a scene, threatening to kill Grey after they left this place.

Grey grinned when he heard this, further angering the young man. Of all the things Grey was worried about, being killed by someone while being under the watch of Sylvia wasn't one of them.

With Sylvia around, even the judges wouldn't dare to attack him, much less a little figure like the young man.

….

"You should be careful, he's from a family of low-leveled moralless people, they might not hold back in trying to kill you," The young man with amber hair warned.

"Oh, thank you. But I'm not worried about him," Grey thanked the young man for his concern.

The young man nodded, before walking out of the stage.

Now, there are one hundred people left in the competition. Ten of them had not been involved in any battles, and they were the people who were in the top ten of the rankings.

After this set of battles, the judges called it a day, telling all participants to go back to their places of rest. The competition would continue the next day.

Grey and Sylvia walked out of the arena together, heading straight for the tavern. They soon got to the tavern.

"Looks like that guy didn't make an empty threat, some people had been following us, and they aren't his people alone. How many people did you offend?" Sylvia asked.

"I have no idea," Grey shrugged before walking into the tavern.

This wasn't something he should concern himself with. Since Sylvia was the one who made him participate in this competition, then she was the one who would deal with any of the troubles outside the competition.

Sylvia looked at Grey's receding figure before shaking her head and stepping into the tavern as well. It was already almost sunset, and she knew if these people wanted to make a move, they would wait until it was dark.

She didn't really mind killing them now though, but she was sure not all of them wanted to kill Grey, some only wanted to confirm where he was staying.

The next day.

Grey came out as usual, tired from his constant research of arrays. He truly wanted to stop this and get good sleep, but with the knowledge of there being something on his back that would attract people who would want to kill him, he couldn't.

"How did it go?" He asked Sylvia after coming out of his room.

"Just some small fries we won't be hearing from again," Sylvia replied.

"Alright, thank you," Grey said gratefully before stepping out of the tavern.

They headed towards the arena, and on the way, he heard about the corpses of eight people which were found in an alley not too far from the tavern he was staying in.

'Hey, Void, how are you?' Grey started conversing with Void as they headed towards the arena.

He hadn't been able to speak with him for a while, so he felt now was a good time.