Affinity:Chaos

'I knew it would still be intact.' Grey thought staring at the garden in front of him.

It was almost just as he left it, only, there were more fruits and plants present.

'Wow! There are quite a lot of fruits here.' Void said looking at the garden.

Although, he wasn't too interested in them since the essence they contain isn't much. But, he wouldn't mind taking a few, they look delicious!

"Yeah." Grey nodded.

'So, what's protecting this place?' Void couldn't help but ask.

From how confident Grey sounded when he was speaking about the garden's protectors, it meant he knew what it was, and also how strong it was.

An awkward expression suddenly showed up on Grey's face when he recalled his past experience with the bunnies.

"Bunnies." Grey said in a low voice.

'Bunnies?' Void asked just to be sure he heard correctly.

"Yeah, bunnies." Grey nodded seriously.

Had it been when he was still in the Arcane Plane, he wouldn't have dared to come here. Even though the bunnies couldn't kill him, they could still seriously hurt him.

Being familiar with the place, he didn't rush in, rather, he sent out a light attack on the ground.

Boom!

The sound reverberated throughout the garden, soon, what Grey was waiting for started appearing.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

More than twenty bunnies appeared within a second of the blast, with more still popping out of the ground as the seconds went by.

'Damn! That's a lot of bunnies.' Void was dumbstruck by the sheer number of bunnies.

Although his attack power was insanely high, he wouldn't want to go through the hassle of going against such high numbers. And, more bunnies were still popping out. Now he knew why Grey was so confident that this place would still be intact.

Who could defeat these guys?

Of all the people that came here, only Quinn and his group had a slight chance, and that was in the premise that they worked together.

"Oh! There's an increase in their average stage, and also in their numbers." Grey suddenly realized that there was not only an increase in their strength, their overall number also saw an increase.

The first time he encountered them, he was sure they weren't this many, and the average stage of the bunnies was the Seventh stage of the Arcane Plane, now, the average stage was the Eighth stage of the Arcane Plane. And of the three bunnies that were in the Ninth stage of the Arcane Plane, two had already broken through to the Origin Plane.

The most shocking thing was that the leader of the bunnies was still in the Ninth stage of the Arcane Plane. Grey couldn't help but wonder how it still managed to keep its position as the leader since two were already stronger than it was.

Unlike the first time, Grey ensured he wasn't surrounded by the bunnies. Staring at the leader, he saw it hopping forward from the group.

When it got to the forefront, it looked at Grey, and a look of surprise flashed across its face, clearly, it still recognized the human who had come to disturb their peace once again. A smirk appeared on its face.

Squeak, Squeak

The bunny leader made some squeaking sounds.

"Wait, is it trying to talk to me?" Grey was taken aback by its weird behavior.

According to its arrogant nature, it would have ordered its army to attack immediately.

"Hmm, maybe it's scared after realizing how much my strength has improved." He added.

'No, if I'm not wrong, it's mocking you.' Void spoke after some time.

"You can understand them?" Grey asked, stunned by what Void said.

'Yeah, you should know animals understand each other. We have a universal language, and also specie-based languages. Also, the bunny is cursing at your family.' Void said looking at Grey.

"Oh! I forgot." Grey scratched his head in an embarrassed manner.

He completely forgot about this.

'*Sigh* I really need to think more carefully before asking some questions.' He thought.

The part where animals understand each other was general knowledge, so he naturally knew about it, but due to their situation, he forgot about it. Because Void had been speaking to him since he hatched, he sometimes forgets the fact that Void was an animal.

"Wait! It's cursing my family?" Grey suddenly remembered the other half of Void's statement.

'Yeah, and it's quite good at cursing, if I may add. It should be on the same level as that friend of yours.' Void said.

When Grey heard this, he naturally knew who Void was talking about, other than Klaus, he didn't have any other friend that's as good at cursing.

"Fuck! I knew it, that damn bunny is no good." Grey cursed.

'Shit! That's it! I can take it when you're cursing at him, but what did I ever do to you?' Void yelled angrily and disappeared from Grey's shoulder.

Boom!

The next scene shocked Grey to no end. Void who suddenly appeared and attacked out of nowhere was unable to hit his target. The bunny, for some strange reason, plunged into the ground the moment Void attacked.

"How did it sense him?" Grey was astounded.

From how quickly the bunny escaped, it was easy to figure out it was able to sense Void. Grey had been trying to sense Void previously, but he had always been too late. Yet, a bunny at the Ninth stage of the Arcane Plane was able to sense him easily, and also escaped so quickly.

'This bunny isn't normal!'

This was the only thought in both Grey and Void's minds. How could a normal bunny be this sensitive?

To confirm his thoughts, he once again disappeared and sent out another attack aiming at another bunny.

Bam!

The attack was once struck the ground. Just like the first bunny, this one also sensed Void and escaped into the ground.

"Shit! They all aren't normal!" Grey exclaimed.

'What the hell!' Void was stunned by what was happening.

'Are these even bunnies?'

Given the speed and unpredictability of Void's attacks, Grey felt it was almost impossible for some in the Fifth stage or even in the Sixth stage of the Origin Plane to block it, not to mention of escaping it. Yet, these bunnies at the Arcane Plane were escaping it so leisurely.

Just as Void was about to unleash another attack, Grey quickly stopped him.

"Don't destroy the garden! I came here for it." He quickly said stopping Void from attacking any further.

'How are you gonna get it from this sea of bunnies?' Void asked.

Other than attacking them, there's naturally no other way to acquire the fruits and plants.

"Don't worry, we'll attack them, just, not here." Grey smiled.

The bunny leader that escaped into the ground previously suddenly popped out and looked at both human and cat in disdain.

'Damn! I swear I'll kill that bunny!' Void declared.

"Yeah, it's pretty annoying." Grey added.

Now he knew why most of their enemies wanted to kill Klaus first.

Squeal!

The bunny squealed, stretching out its right paw like it did the first them Grey came here. The sea of bunny followed the command of their leader and charged at Grey and Void.

Even though Grey was in the Second stage of the Origin Plane, he still couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. He hadn't gotten to the level where numbers wouldn't bother him, yet.

Without wasting any time, he turned around and started running. Before coming here, he had prepared a place where he would trap the bunnies.

When the bunny leader saw Grey escaping, a look of contempt appeared on its face.

'To think you prepared this because of those bunnies.' Void said while staring at the ground of the huge compound they just entered.

The building in the compound was already almost destroyed, so there was nothing inside other than the big space.

"Yeah, I already knew how they act. This time, I must clean that place dry!" Grey declared before entering the compound.

Before heading to the garden, he had created some small-scale arrays all over this compound. After creating the arrays, he made a huge array that hid the other ones.

While he was running here, he didn't forget to create inscriptions as well.

After getting inside the compound, Grey looked around warily, he wanted the bunnies to think he was scared.

After some seconds went by, he heard the normal squeal of the bunny leader.

But surprisingly, it stopped at the front of the compound, not entering. It looked around warily, only after it didn't sense anything before it squealed like a commander once again, only, it didn't enter the compound.

For some odd reasons, it felt danger, so it didn't dare to enter the compound. Although it was arrogant, it was scared of death.

'Why isn't it coming in?' Void asked when he saw the bunny leader staying outside.

"I don't know." Grey said looking at the bunny leader thoughtfully.

'Could it be that it sensed it?'