Affinity:Chaos

After the departure of the cloaked men. 

"Father, do you think we can trust these people?" The youngest amongst the trio asked. 

"There's no need to worry. Although they are mysterious, I have a hundred percent confidence in them. Over the past years, they've been helping me out with the issues of the kingdom," The middle-aged man replied calmly. 

"I understand, it's just that, I tend to get this eerie feeling just by looking at them," The youngest said. 

"It's because this is your first time speaking with them. Take your brother for example, he's not bothered by their presence. If you're going to be an important figure in the empire's future, then you have to know them, their strength is not something to joke with," The middle-aged man advised. 

"Alright, father," The young man bowed his head before leaving. 

This was the first time he was seeing his father's special guards, and to be honest, he was quite frightened by them. For someone his age, he never once thought he would be scared of someone he hadn't even seen fight before. 

With the young man gone, two people were left in the tent. 

"Father, do you know where they are from?" The man in his mid-thirties spoke up. 

"I've asked a couple of times, but they've never given me a clear answer. The only good news is that since I helped them when they were in danger, they felt indebted to me. With their help, we should be able to take control of this war, even without those youths. Also, they are the people who suggested the method of removing the cores," The middle-aged man said. 

"Alright father, but they're a risk factor as well. Given their knowledge, they should have a high cultivation stage, but they are still at the Peak of the Overlord Plane," The man asked suspiciously. 

"Don't dwell too much on this, it might cause you more harm than good," The middle-aged man warned. 

"Alright, father," The man in his thirties bowed before leaving the tent as well. 

When everyone left, the eyes of the middle-aged man suddenly went dark and it seemed as if he had lost all intelligence. Dark lines started to crawl all across his body. 

Black smoke rose up from the side before a man who looked exactly like the middle-aged man appeared from the ground, his figure was dried up, and he couldn't stand straight. 

"Kekeke, this technique is impressive, who would've thought there's such a miraculous thing in this world?" The man walked around his other self, examining the figure. 

The five men appeared soon after from a fog of black smoke as well. 

"You said you'll give us a large number of Sage Plane Elementalists, where are they?" One of the cloaked men asked. 

"Don't be in a hurry my friends, you've already taken down all the Sage Plane Elementalists from my empire. With your strength, you can also take down the ones from the other three empires," The middle-aged man said. 

"It's not as easy as you think. Without your help, the ambush wouldn't have gone as planned. Also, I think I've found out how that person left your empire to the Qilin Empire instantaneously," One of the figures said. 

"Oh, do tell then," The middle-aged man said. 

"There's a Space Elementalist amongst them who is also good at arrays. You might not know of this, but from where we're from, these people are the most difficult to deal with. The reason I didn't think of it at first was that it never crossed my mind that someone like that would also be here," The cloaked figure explained. 

"A Space Elementalist?" The middle-aged man asked in shock. 

"Yes, they have the ability to manipulate the space around them and travel thousands of kilometers with nothing more than a blink. If they can create an array, then they can easily travel through all these empires in a matter of minutes," The cloaked figure explained. 

"That's extraordinary, how come you don't have any?" The middle-aged man was impressed by their description of a Space Elementalist. 

"If they want to escape, then it is almost impossible to hold them back. All Space Elementalists can be said to be first rated escape specialists," The cloaked figure said. 

The middle-aged man went silent for a while, accessing his options, "Either way, we don't have to worry too much. I'll think of a way to draw over one or two of the Sage Plane Elementalists from the Azure Empire, you guys should be able to deal with them then, right?" 

"That's easy. We already have over five Sage Plane corpses, they can quickly take down a single person," One of the cloaked figures said. 

"Alright, that will be all for now. The battle is still ongoing, and I need to feed off the death essence spreading across the battlefield. In a few days, I should be able to break through to the Sage Plane myself," The middle-aged man said with sharp eyes. 

"It is good that you've grown this much," One of the figures placed his hand on the shoulder of the middle-aged man. 

"It's all thanks to your help, Teacher," The middle-aged man bowed respectfully.

"Alright, we should get going now. I believe the duo should be with their friends right now. The cores of those youths will be very tasty," 

The middle-aged man bowed respectfully as the group faded into the fog, disappearing. 

His eyes turned cold after their departure. 

'I'll kill you all for killing uncle, just you wait until I get to the Sage Plane,' He thought with gritted teeth. 

With the figures gone, he too started to fade away. 

The figure that looked exactly like him started to regain life once again, before walking to the bed in the tent to take a nap. 

In the entire Azure Continent, only a few people have encountered these five cloaked men and survived, this middle-aged man was one of them. Surprisingly, he is also the Emperor of the Blue Wind Empire, taking control after the untimely death of his father.