Chapter 301 - He's My Friend
Grey stood in the same position, holding his sword casually. The attack he used against the two young ladies was very simple, explosive speed.
'My physical strength should be around the Fifth or Sixth stage now.' He thought to himself while looking at the dumbfounded group of three.? ??
The group looked at him with dread, with a hint of fear appearing in their eyes. Grey's capabilities scared them. Having such speed meant that it was almost impossible for their attacks to hit him since he could easily dodge it.
"Wait, he's also a Lightning Elementalist!" The second young man in the group exclaimed.
When Grey used inscriptions the first time, he attacked with the fire element, but his blade was coated with the lightning element. This explained his explosive speed, but to a certain extent. After all, he wasn't the only Lightning Elementalist in the world, but the group hadn't seen anyone that's as fast as him.
Grey's speed is almost double the speed of a Lightning Elementalist in the same Plane as himself, if not even over.
The leader of the group as well as Johanne only realized this fact after the young man pointed it out to them. This increased the feeling of dread in their hearts once again.
"Mister, we don't know why the Crowned Prince wants this man, but we were sent by him to bring this young man with us," The leader immediately changed his approach back to the first way.The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
Grey's show of strength petrified him, he wanted to get as far away from him as possible. He wasn't part of the group that would willingly chase after death just because he didn't want to disappoint the Crowned Prince. He had a family waiting for him at home and would be getting married soon. It would be a shame to die for someone else's cause.
"Oh, that's a shame. I really want to know why," Grey replied with a shake of his head.
He almost lost interest in them, he thought this was a group of die-hard loyal people that the Crowned Prince, or whoever assigned them picked, who would've thought they were just like normal people and would bend at the sight of seeing someone far more powerful?
"Mister, we were only given orders, we know nothing else. I know you have no relations with this young man here, so there's no need in getting involved with the Crowned Prince's matter." The leader said once again.
"Friend? That means you're the one the Emperor wants!" The leader exclaimed in sheer disbelief.
Most of the people in the empire's forces knew of the Emperor's hunt for a certain young man. Although they didn't know the details, they knew he was an Inscriber and had a powerful Teacher behind him.
When this group was given the order to bring Reynolds, they found out he was friends with that mysterious young man.
'And here I was, feeling honored that the Crowned Prince was searching for me," Reynolds said jokingly while walking closer to Grey.
"Heh! You're still an amateur. I'm wanted by the entire empire, do you think you can beat that?" Grey replied with scorn.
His facial expression threw Reynolds in a fit of laughter, "I've missed you bud, but on a more serious note, what did you do to the Emperor?"
"I have no idea, I tried asking some of the new Instructors at the Academy, but none of them knew why they were sent to capture me," Grey replied with a thoughtful expression.
The duo completely disregarded the group who were standing a few meters away from them, but the group was too shocked to even try escaping.
'What sort of man is his Teacher to train such a monster?'
This was the question revolving around their heads. They also thought of the trial land since they've heard about it from their superiors, but they didn't want to believe it was the reason for his monstrous strength. He wasn't the only one who entered the place, so there's no way he would be the only one showing such insane levels of strength.
While the group was still looking at Grey and Reynolds speaking, they got the scare of their lives. a pitch-black cat suddenly appeared out of thin air and laid on Grey's shoulder.
"How?" The leader asked.
He suddenly sensed a feeling of mystery clouding this young man before him. He was in the Fifth stage of the Origin Plane, even though he wasn't as strong as Grey, his strength was evident. He was focused on Grey and Reynolds, so if something came in at high speed, he would definitely sense it. But he didn't even sense any energy until Void appeared.
"Now, time to care of these guys," Grey said while releasing a massive killing intent. He didn't plan on allowing any of them to leave this place.