Affinity:Chaos

Grey and Alice appeared in the next place, which was a mountain range. They felt like the portal teleported them outside the building, but seeing the area, they knew it was different.

The projection didn't appear. Grey and Alice felt like it was the last time they would need to search for the place where the main trial was on their own.

Some minutes later, Grey and Alice heard voices in the distance.

"There are others here as well." They exchanged glances and darted toward that area.

They still didn't know how it worked, but other than when entering the building, they had been together. Since entering the secret space in the thrones, they've not encountered anyone else.

Some distance away, three people were fighting with a giant Eagle. These Magical Beasts were always tricky to deal with. Elementalists don't acquire the ability to fly until reaching a specific Plane. Birds are different; they only need a few months and they would gain this ability.

When fighting, they always had the advantage in the sky, unless the strength difference was high or if they were fighting against geniuses and well-seasoned fighters.

Grey and Alice were watching from the side and showed no signs of joining in on the battle. The trio fighting with the Eagle had the number advantage, so the outcome was as predicted.

After killing the Eagle, one of them hurriedly stored the body in his storage ring. This was a Rank Seven Magical Beast, its body was a treasure trove. In the outside world, humans might be able to kill Magical Beasts, but not wantonly, especially high-leveled ones or those with top bloodlines.

They looked in Grey's direction after storing the body, the leader nodded and left with the other two. All three were in the Early stages of the Elemental Venerable Plane.

"Should we follow them?" Grey asked.

Following behind this group would make this stage easier since the trio could help to be pathfinders for them. Alice thought about it and didn't see anything wrong with it.

Void was sleeping inside Grey's storage ring alongside the bunny leader. They didn't think anything was good in this place, so they slept.

Grey couldn't kick them out, so he let them be.

The duo followed behind the trio. Sometime later, the trio had to fight another Magical Beast. Grey and Alice were keeping a reasonable distance from them, not wanting to interfere with what they were doing. They didn't also get close to them when they killed the beast.

The trio couldn't be bothered with them since they were keeping their distance and were not trying to get any benefits from them, then they wouldn't care about them following them.

….

Two hours later.

They had traveled a considerable distance in the mountain range, and the Magical Beasts were starting to be fewer, but their strengths had also increased.

The trio could not quickly kill off the beasts any longer. Only after a long battle would they be able to kill it. With each battle, they started to wear down. Even after resting, they still felt fatigued.

Elementalists naturally wouldn't get tired. The trio being tired had little to do with the battles but with this place.

"Why do I feel this place targets the body?" Grey muttered as he looked at the situation of the trio.

"There's something strange about this place." Alice added.

Grey nodded.

After some time, the trio started advancing once again. They wanted to get to the other side as soon as possible. There's a high probability that going to the last mountain in this place would be the way to leave. This place had five mountains, and they had already crossed through two. Flying was no good. First, they couldn't fly too high, and if they flew low, they would attract multiple Magical Beasts.

On the third mountain, one of the trio got injured while fighting, putting the other two at a disadvantage.

….

A good distance away, Grey and Alice were watching.

"At this rate, the beast will kill them." Alice commented.

"Should we help?" She turned to Grey.

She was still in the Sage Plane, there was no way she could fight against Magical Beasts that were in the Seventh Rank. With the help of a few others, she could, but alone, she would not be able to do anything to it.

Grey thought briefly before nodding, "They've been clearing the path. It wouldn't be good if they die."

The duo rushed over.

Grey didn't delay, attacking the moment he appeared.

He didn't use his elemental attacks. Infusing the elements in his body, he exploded out with a punch on the body of the gain Lizard the trio was fighting.

The Lizard whipped its tail at his fist.

Not wanting these people to know about the strength of his physical body, Grey made his blue flames explode when his fist and the tail made contact.

Grey's punch knocked the tail back, and the Lizard retreated.

The trio looked at Grey, stunned. Of the three, only one was in the First stage, and the other two were in the Second and Third stages. Hence even though they were wary of Grey and Alice, they didn't consider them a threat.

However, the power Grey just displayed was well above what they could. They couldn't help but sweat. When Grey and Alice were following behind them, there had been a few occasions when they felt like attacking the duo, but now they felt like it was a bad idea.

The Lizard had not gotten its bearing before Grey appeared before its head, his hands covered with scales and blue flames dropped down.

The eyes of the Lizard enlarged. It could sense the threat of death from the small fist before it.

Without delay, it swung its tail, it would rather lose its tail than die.

Just as Grey's fist was about to hit the tail, it shook slightly before his fire domain appeared around it. The explosive force the Lizard expected didn't happen, instead, it felt a soft sensation.

The next moment, its tail exploded.

The explosion didn't stop there, it continued down its body. Both its hindlegs exploded, followed by the lower part of its body.

The Lizard was scared witless, and its half body drilled into the ground with shocking speed.

Grey was slightly stunned, not by the Lizard's escape but by his attack. He didn't expect it to be this powerful.

'Amazing!'