Affinity:Chaos

"You can stop screaming now, or I might just toss you back in there," Grey said emotionlessly.

Ellis was stunned on hearing his voice, looking around, he noticed he wasn't on the passageway anymore, instead, he was on the safe side of it.

"Senior, you… you saved me again," Ellis fell on his knees, tears and snot all over his face as he hugged Grey's leg.

"Don't make me regret it," Grey said as he dodged Ellis' attempted hug.

Ellis fell on the ground, screaming from the pain that was wracking his body.

"Here," Grey passed a bottle to him.

Without even looking at the contents, Ellis gulped it down.

"Reckless, that was meant for… *Sigh* Forget it, it doesn't change anything," Grey looked at Ellis, hopelessly.

How could he drink the contents of the bottle without even asking what it was or even inspecting it? Isn't he by any chance scared of being poisoned?

The group who were still in the passageway looked at Grey and Ellis in shock, the only question running through their minds was how did Grey get to the other side of the passageway so quickly. He not only got there quickly, but they didn't even realize when he left his spot.

"How did you get there?" The captain of the group was the first to regain himself and ask.

"Simple, I walked," Grey replied before turning around, heading deeper into the cave.

Grey's reply stunned the group.

"What do you mean you walked? There's no other way to get there other than this passageway," The captain asked, hoping that Grey might tell them the secret he used.

Unfortunately, Grey didn't give them a glance, neither did he answer them. He headed into the cave and soon disappeared.

"Sir, I'll be going now," Ellis stood up, bowed to the group, and ran after Grey.

"Ellis, come back, you're fine now, why don't you help us get through the rest part of the passageway?" The captain tried to persuade Ellis with the gentlest voice he could muster.

Ellis whistled loudly as he ran after Grey, and the group couldn't deny it, for someone who had a very feminine voice, his whistling was pretty loud.

"Damn it! Captain, what should we do?" The man standing at the front of the group couldn't help but ask.

"What else can we do? We'll advance of course," The captain said nonchalantly.

'Hehe, why did you think I willingly agreed to come back? I knew the kid was done, there's no way I'm going to take the risk of being the one who would attempt this piece of shit, I'm not even twenty percent confident in dodging it.' He thought inside, but his face didn't betray his true feelings, so no one knew what was on his mind.

The man standing at the front of the group shivered in fear, from what he could feel, he wasn't confident in being able to escape. Now, he regretted not being the one who went to the back of the line.

'The captain had already predicted this, no wonder he went back so freely. I've been wondering why such a selfish man would make such a selfless decision.'

It didn't take long for some of the group to know the captain's goal of going to the back of the group, but the few people at the back didn't care, given the way things stand, only the first four people would die.

The man standing at the front refused to take a step forward, he was shaking from the fear, now he knew just what Ellis was going through when he was standing in front of them.

"Can… can we switch places?" He turned to the man behind him and asked.

"I'm good," The man behind him shook his head.

"Move! We don't have all day," The captain ordered.

After fidgeting for a few more seconds, the man prepared himself to dodge the attack.

As soon as his foot touched the ground, it instantly lit up.

Boom! Bang!

The sound of a human body hitting the roof of the passageway rang out, the body crashed into the ground, landing in the spot where it stepped on.

Deep in the cave.

Boom!

"Senior, looks like they've tried moving forward," Ellis said after hearing the explosion.

"No need to think of them, they're all going to die here anyway," Grey said nonchalantly.

The duo continued heading forward before seeing what looked like an exit. Compared to the dark cave, there was light coming from the road ahead of them.

Grey didn't think much about it, because he could sense what they were searching for emanating from this place.

He was the first to take a step in, all of a sudden, he disappeared.

Bang!

An attack rang out from where he was previously standing.

Ellis looked ahead of him in surprise before mumbling under his breath, "Impossible."

Grey soon appeared behind Ellis, looking at where he was previously standing, multiple ice shards could be seen on the ground. If he didn't escape in time, then he would've been pierced by the ice shards.

"This person really doesn't want anyone obtaining their treasure," Grey said before moving forward once again.

Ellis didn't immediately move forward, instead, he kept staring at Grey in surprise.

"Senior, how were you able to dodge that?" He couldn't help but ask.

"A trick," Grey replied offhandedly.

He soon disappeared into the light coming out of the other side of the cave.

Ellis finally walked forward.

When Grey entered the place, he couldn't help but reminisce about his Teacher. This place was a valley, just like the one his Teacher stayed in, the only difference was that this one was very small compared to his Teacher's valley.

In the center of the valley was a pond that was emanating a high concentration of water essence.

"How did you know this was here since you didn't come in?" Grey asked curiously.

"I sensed it, I'm very sensitive towards any treasures that have to do with the water element" Ellis replied proudly.