Affinity:Chaos

As Grey went higher, the symbols appearing on his body became more noticeable, not just to himself but to the others.

"What's happening with him?" Victor asked, amazed that Grey had made the stones show some kind of reaction after such a short time interacting with it.

Grey was also amazed at what was happening, and he never thought his casual attempt to comprehend the marks would produce such an effect.

'I wonder what this means…' He thought to himself but didn't dwell too long on it. After all, he wasn't even halfway through the marks on the stones.

The others watched as Grey continued to ascend higher, the marks on his body glowing brighter and brighter.

Brax decided to copy what Grey was doing and started circling the stone he was previously studying. He looked at each mark diligently while slowly ascending. Unfortunately for him, Grey wasn't casually staring at the patterns; he was making mental notes of them in his head, which might have resonated with the stone, causing the phenomenon they were all witnessing.

Elaris looked at Grey with her bright eyes, curious about what he was feeling now.

While the others were wondering what Grey felt from the glow on his body, he also wondered what the light and marks represented. He hadn't felt any changes since the marks started showing on his body, which he felt was odd.

Void was the only one who didn't react, and he couldn't care less about what was happening to Grey. His eyes were set on what was hidden beneath the stones.

The pillars might be precious to others, but not to him. He came here from the start because of the treasures hiding underneath these pillars, and from the looks of it, only Grey could break the seal blocking his path, successfully.

Grey continued with what he was doing while the others could only watch without being able to do anything.

After a few minutes, Grey was at the peak of the pillar. He was expecting some sort of reaction from the pillar, but to his shock, the pillar only gave off the same lights on his body.

'What the hell?' He complained internally.

After carefully studying the marks and with the sudden glow on his body and the pillar, he thought something magnificent would happen when he was done with it. Who knew the pillar would only give off a light and nothing would happen?

"A waste of time…" He muttered to himself before looking at the top of the other four pillars.

His eyes shone with delight, and he chuckled softly, giving a self-deprecating laugh, "I can't believe I missed it. After all my years learning arrays, I still missed something so easy."

Now that he was looking at the pillars from above, he got the catch of what was happening. It was a simple array. Of course, with how it was from the start, it was tough for anyone to realize it was an array, especially when there was a sudden reaction when he was taking mental notes of the marks on the pillar.

In all sincerity, he was expecting something to happen. Only now did he get the hang of what he needed to do before anything will happen.

Grey started the same process on the other four with one lit pillar. It was useless to tell Elaris and the others since they weren't arraymasters.

Elaris and the others gave him space to continue with whatever he was doing.

It took a little longer than he thought, but in the end, all five pillars were brightly lit after just over thirty minutes.

When the last pillar fully lit up, the other pillars reacted to it. All five pillars sent a bright light into the sky, before merging.

The light in the sky soon descended, stopping at the central pillar and creating a small passage large enough for humans to walk through.

Before anyone could react, Void was already gone. Other than Grey, no one else sensed the quick movement of Void.

"Fuck!" Grey cussed out again due to Void rushing into the place before him.

After cussing out, he didn't waste any time and charged in, right behind Void. He would not let Void benefit so much from his hard work. Void barely did anything!

He couldn't take away the fact that without Void, they wouldn't have been able to locate this place, and even if they did, it wouldn't have been with such ease.

Nevertheless, knowing how greedy Void can get, he didn't dare to give him too much time alone in there; the chances of him wiping the place clean before they entered were very high.

Elaris wanted to ask Grey how he knew how to open it, but then she heard Grey cussing and rushing into the opening. She looked at the disappearing figure of Grey, unsure of what to feel about his actions.

"Let's go."

She went after him, reminding the others not to slack behind.

Brax and Victor also rushed in, leaving only Sylvia's brother behind.

He found Grey's behavior strange, but since he wasn't close to Grey, he didn't speak about it and entered through the opening behind the others.

If they knew there was a little thieving cat on the verge of stealing all the treasures they might grab from this place, they wouldn't be moving as slowly as they were.

….

Inside the passage.

A small black dot shot through the place with lightning speed.

Behind it was a far larger shadow moving just as fast, if not even a bit faster.

'Void!'

'What?'

'Slow down.'

'No.'

'Damn it, Void, if you take everything, I'll kill you!'

Grey and Void continued exchanging words as they headed deeper into the place.

Void was following his sharp senses, while Grey was following Void. The duo didn't even take a glance at their surroundings. If they did, they wouldn't be in such haste to get to the treasure.

Elaris and the others weren't as brash as the duo, and the sight before them made them feel a cold chill run down their spines.