Had I informed Agrona of this development, there would have been severe consequences. From forcing Grey to reveal the nature of his technique to him to teaching others, would be the least of my worries. As Sylvia had instructed and of my own will, I had limited the information I provided to Agrona on Grey's development so that he won't be watched upon much and he doesn't grow suspicious of me and assign someone else to watch Grey.
Strange thing is that he isn't visiting the experimenting labs much nowadays. Maybe it's because the legacy experiment was successful.
And now that I'm sure Agrona isn't manipulating or looking into his memories, I should reveal myself to Grey. That I'm not working with Agrona. Grey is clearly suspicious of me, and with the way I've been interacting with him, I can't blame him. It sometimes hurts to see him look at me that way, having seen how close Cecilia and Nico are with Viessa and Melzri. Hopefully our relationship turns out fine after we talk things through.
Caera seems happy around him too. I'm glad I entrusted her to him as there's no one better to look after her. Trying to handle things with Agrona, I haven't paid much attention to her. She sees me as someone to respect, and that's all.
My thoughts ceased as two familiar mana signatures became apparent. Smiling to myself I made my way to them but soon felt a domineering pressure bore down on me. This was not normal, the only time I've felt this type of pressure is from a sovereign.
Worried for their safety, I dashed towards them but quickly found Grey emerging from between the trees below. Sighing in relief, I descended to meet him. But that relief didn't last long as the pressure I felt earlier seems to be emanating from Grey.
'Such strong aura!'
"Grey? What's wrong? Why are you releasing your intent?"
He didn't respond as he continued to march towards me with an empty gaze as purple flames started flickering into existence near his palms.
Grey POV:
Seris stood there petrified as I took heavy steps towards her. My mana channels burned as it felt like they were being expanded at an astonishing rate.
Raising my hand, black lightning shot at her at an alarming speed.
She composed herself just in time to avoid my attack as it scorched the cape of her black battle robes.
Her brows furrowed as I saw inky gray-black mana wrap around her body.
Her face contorted in a grimace as she screamed something, but my senses couldn't register what she said but I knew she told me to stop.
"And why should I?" my voice came out having an icy undertone which felt foreign even to me.
Her eyes widened at my response as I shot wind blades. I could feel mana and aether in the environment flooding into my body.
But as the wind blades made its way to her, they just disappeared into the inky mana wrapping around her body.
'Nullification magic? That's going to be troublesome! Tsk'
Feeling something cold on my palms, I looked to find purplish black flames creeping up my skin. They were brimming with power.
'Destroy. Kill. Kill her. It is possible, with Destruction.'
The same voice whispered in my ear as I smirked at my newfound powers. Seris hadn't attacked me all this time, as if underestimating me. I'll show her. I'll show her what pure dread feels like.
Willing mana into my legs, I burst stepped towards her instantly as the ground splintered at the spot I was in. Her eyes widened as my fist made contact with the arms she had raised just in time to block my attack which pushed her a few meters back before coming into a skidding halt.
Chapter 9 - Insanity
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