Chapter 224 - The Dawson Family
The next morning.
When Grey and his friends came out, the lady was surprised when she noticed Grey had already broken through to the Fifth stage of the Origin Plane.
'Could it be he was the one who released that aura yesterday?' She asked herself.
The timing of Grey's breakthrough and the release of that aura was just too coincidental. She knew during the previous day, Grey was still only at the Fourth stage.
'No, it shouldn't, the aura I sensed wasn't something a Fifth stage Origin Plane Elementalist should have.' She contemplated.
The aura she felt was stronger than even what a Sixth stage Origin Plane Elementalist has, so she couldn't link Grey's breakthrough with the aura.
"You broke through yesterday." She said.
"Yeah, I was already close to breaking through before I left the trial land." Grey replied.
"That's good, the empire needs more people like you." The lady nodded repeatedly while studying Grey.
"Thank you for yesterday." Grey bowed slightly.
"It's nothing. Oh! How's your pet?" The lady asked when she saw Void on Grey's hand.
Void currently had his eyes closed. He woke up the previous night while Grey and his friends were speaking, but since they couldn't show the others he was already fine, he had to pretend he was asleep.
"He's better now, but it'll take a while before he wakes up." Grey smiled softly.
"What element does your cat have?" The lady asked curiously.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
"Wind." Grey said offhandedly.
"Hmm, it's quite fast for a Wind Elementalist." The lady continued looking at Void.
'Looks like the Overlord Plane experts saw him when he helped me, but luckily, they have no knowledge of the space element. No wonder she wanted to take Void, she planned on studying him.' thought Grey.
Grey smiled without responding any further, he had already told her Void was a Wind Elementalist, there's no reason for him to keep answering her questions.
Seeing no more response from Grey, the lady sensibly stopped asking about Void.
"Are you all going back to your Academy, or are you willing to join the empire's forces?" She asked.
Once a citizen of the empire breaks through to the Origin Plane, they can freely join the empire's forces. They would all be given positions according to their stages, as well as their potentials. The lady felt with Grey's talent, his position wouldn't be meager.
"Okay. They'll take you to Red City, just make sure to head to your Academy soon, the empire might summon all four of you." She said.
There's a chance the empire would summon them once they get the news of what happened here. Grey's talent and ruthlessness would make him a terrifying figure if placed on a battlefield.
Reynolds' Elemental Warrior was strong, Alice could not be removed from the picture as well. But Klaus, there was nothing she could say about him.
The group soon left the camp, heading for Red City. The journey would take the group at least a day and a half, which was on the premise that they traveled without rest. But since the beasts couldn't fly continuously for such a long time, they would naturally have to rest while on the journey.
Two days later.
The sun was just about to set when two huge birds landed on a forest.
These were the birds that carried Grey and his friends from the border of the magical beast forest. The journey was surprisingly safe. The young men guarding the group didn't believe it would be this peaceful, according to what the lady told them, they thought they will be attacked while taking Grey and his friends here, but not even a magical beast attacked them.
"Thank you, we'll be going now." Grey said as he leads the group out of the forest.
This was the same forest he first saw Brown, he still couldn't help but look at the area where Chris left Brown feeling a little nostalgic.
"Is this the city you came from?" Klaus asked while looking at the city gates.
This was the smallest city gate he had ever seen.
Alice and Reynolds looked at the city walls curiously as well. Although Reynolds wasn't from a big family, the city he came from was bigger than Red City, even the mayor was in the Origin Plane.
"Yeah, I spent fifteen years of my life here." Grey nodded with a soft smile.
He couldn't say he was overly attached to this city, after all, his memories here weren't that fun. Other than his mother, he didn't really have any other friends here.
"Come on, let's go check it out. I'll show you where I stayed." He walked through the city gates, heading into the city.
The guards at the gates were all in the Fusion Plane. Unlike the gates of big cities like Lunar City, and the rest, Red City wasn't bustling. The activity was minimal since merchants rarely came here.
The group walked in, Klaus and Reynolds were particularly looking around curiously. Alice would occasionally take a glance around, but would then focus on their journey.
Grey soon got to the building he used to stay. He looked at it, and it was just like the way he left it, only, he still felt there was something missing, his mother.
He stood on the roadside looking at it, "This is where I grew up."
The others had already guessed it seeing that he stood here looking at the building for some time.
"It's nice." Alice smiled softly.
Klaus and Reynolds looked at the building for some time.
"So, what did you usually do for fun here?" Klaus asked.