Affinity:Chaos

"We should explore the place before leaving, this is my first time here and from what I've heard, there are treasures here." Klaus suggested. 

Grey looked at the others to see if they approved of it, seeing that no one objected to it, and he agreed as well. But he didn't forget to warn, "This place is not as easy as it seems. Even Teacher wouldn't carelessly go too deep inside."

The others nodded. He was the only one who had come this deep, so they knew he had some sort of knowledge about the place. 

With everyone's approval, they walked into the forest. They restrained their stages and it was difficult for those in a lower stage to know their level. 

On the way, they saw some people, but they didn't cross each other's paths, each taking a different road. In here, everyone was afraid of being attacked for treasures.

Grey and his friends were probably the only group who were taking this like a stroll. Before long, they got to a place that was a little familiar to Grey, and he was a little taken aback when he saw someone standing outside the cave. 

His lips curved into a smile. 

'It's just like before, tricking people in and then killing them.'  He said to himself while looking at a young man that was standing outside, trying to get into a group that wanted to get into the cave. 

This was the same cave that he entered when he was trying to search for a cure for Void. When an old man was using people for sacrifices, using them to improve his cultivation. Grey was only in the Origin Plane at that time, and the old man was in the Overlord Plane. He was lucky to escape thanks to the space element. 

Now, it seemed like the old man was trying to swindle people again. 

"Restrain your cultivation to the Origin Plane. We'll head in there in as a group." Grey said to the others. 

They nodded their heads and reduced their levels. The people here weren't stronger than any of them, so it was impossible for them to figure out that they weren't in the Origin Plane. 

Outside the cave, there were four groups, and two of them had an Overlord Plane Elementalist. When they saw Grey's group coming in their direction one of them smirked when he realized they were only in the Mid stages of the Overlord Plane. 

"Kids trying to get themselves killed." A scrawny middle-aged man said while licking his lips as he saw Alice. 

Alice stared at him and grunted coldly. 

Her reaction made the man and his group all laugh out loud. They could already see these kids losing their lives in the cave. 

Just like before, the cave was sealed, and they were all waiting for it to open up. Grey and his friends sat some distance away from the cave. 

The others were curious as to why Grey said they should come here. He didn't tell them his reason for telling them to come here, but they could tell that he knew something they didn't. 

The scrawny middle-aged man approached them with a lewd smile. 

"Little girl, why don't you come with us. Those kids can't protect you." He said while looking at Grey and the boys with contempt. 

Alice didn't even look at the man. She pretended as if the man didn't exist. 

Klaus on the other hand smiled before replying, "Protect yourself first. I don't think you…"

Grey placed his hand on Klaus' leg and tapped him. He knew Klaus was about to start cussing at the man. 

Grey didn't want the old man to find out their strength. If the old man knew that they were powerful, he might run away. 

"Looks like one of you is sensible. Little girl, I'll leave you with them for now, but once we get into that cave, you will come begging for our protection." The man laughed before going back to where his group was standing. 

"Why didn't you let me teach him a thing or two?" Klaus asked. 

"We're hiding our strength remember? There's an evil person here that I want dead. He almost killed me the last time I came here, and he's using a vile method to improve his strength. I might not be a saint, but this man in particular, I don't like him." Grey whispered to the others. 

He remembered how he had to run. If not for sensibly using the time the man was killing the others to enter the Fusion State, then even with the space element, he would've been in a perilous predicament. 

Klaus and the others finally understood what was happening. 

"So you wanted revenge, why didn't you say so?" Klaus slapped Grey on the shoulder lightly. 

"No, I want to remove a vile person from the world." Grey shook his head. 

"I understand, since we accidentally encountered this man again, you recalled your previous defeat. I like that, run while you're weak then come back when you're stronger and shove it in the face of the person who bullied you." Klaus said. 

Grey's lips twitched, he truly didn't come here for revenge. However, he knew there was no way he could explain it to the others. No matter how he tried to explain, Klaus and Reynolds said he was a vengeful person. 

After a few minutes, he finally gave up and let them think whatever they wanted to. Alice and Void laughed at his plight. They knew Klaus and Reynolds were purposely doing this to irk off Grey.

Three hours went by before the seal on the door gradually weakened. At this time, two more groups had arrived as well. By the time the seal broke, two people arrived. Altogether, there were around forty-eight people. 

The two groups with the Overlord Plane Elementalists were the first to go inside. Before the group the scrawny middle-aged belonged to entered, he turned to wink at Alice. 

"Can I beat him up later?" Alice asked with a smile. 

"Sure, but you'll have to pray he survives till our destination." Grey said with a smile before walking in with the others.