Affinity: Chaos

After some time, a rock fell from the side of the wall on the cave. A human body could be seen in the walls of the cave.

"F**k" Grey cursed before vomiting a mouthful of blood. He was really angry.

After the Red Lizard attacked with the Fireball, Grey decided to use his Earth Wall to block the attack. Who would have thought that the force from the attack would impale him into the side of the cave. Luckily, the Earth Wall he used followed him and ended up covering him in the wall of the cave.

"At least it was able to hide me from that stupid beast" Grey felt lucky also, he knew escaping from the Red Lizard would have been hard given the fact that he was inside the cave with the Lizard being the one close to the exit. For Grey to escape, he would have to pass the Lizard, which would have been difficult.

"Hmph, it's lucky I need to turn in this mission, else I would have waited until it returns then teach it a good lesson" Grey snorted coldly.

"Crack"

Cracking sounds could be heard from deep inside the cave, clearly, the Lizard was coming back.

"Damn, can't it just let me act tough in peace" Grey immediately turned tails and fled the cave without a second thought. Who was he kidding, there was no way he would want to face that beast again with his current strength. Besides, he was already slightly injured and needed to rest in other to recover his strength.

Grey successfully escaped from the area and went in search of a place where he could heal himself without worries. Since the injury wasn't that severe, simple meditation and some tonic would do.

The tonic was made from a special herb that had healing properties. "My mission is already successful with the acquisition of this egg, I should still have a little over a week left before I hand in the mission" Grey calculated the time he left the sect and noticed he had been gone for six days now.

"I should heal up before I plan on what next to do" He would take it one step at a time since he wasn't in a race against time there was no harm in resting.

Grey healed up but his body was still a mess, "I haven't washed up since I came into the mountain" He enjoyed the refreshing feeling one gets after washing up. Grey decided he would search for a river in the mountain, it shouldn't be that hard since the Misty Mountain was huge. There was bound to be a river somewhere.

He started searching, but he made sure not to head in deeper into the mountain since he was already having a hard time with the beasts here. If he accidentally encounters a stronger beast, there was no telling if he would be as lucky as he was back in the cave.

Grey avoided most of the beasts that came his way. He has been searching for nearly the entire day without any results. He made camp and started eating the last piece of meat he had with him. It was already sunset, Grey always finds a place where he would stay before it gets dark completely.

He suddenly saw smoke coming from the south, "Hmm, who would be so foolish to make a fire in the woods when it's already getting dark?" Out of curiosity, Grey headed in the direction the smoke was coming from.

When Grey got there, he was surprised to see a familiar face. "It's them, but why are they still here?" He was puzzled. The people he saw were the two young ladies from the Idris Academy, Nina, and Tessa.

Since Grey was already an acquaintance, he thought it would be best to advise them against what they were doing. He walked closer to them.

When the two young ladies heard the sound of footsteps, they immediately sprang to their feet and they were shivering from fright. Grey was surprised by their reaction but what shocked him most was the state both ladies were in.

Their hairs were unkempt and some injuries could be seen on their bodies, they looked visibly exhausted and were pale.

"It's me don't be afraid" Grey spoke up when he saw the girls were shivering in fright.

The girls got a closer look at his face before tearing up instantly, they both ran towards him and started crying.

Grey was stunned by the sudden intimacy and couldn't speak for some time.

"What happened to you two, and where are the others?" Grey asked them after getting himself together. Although both girls can't be called world toppling beauties, they were still well above average and they had great figures. The tight clothes they wore brought out their hourglass shapes more.

'How can two beauties be alone here?' Grey's mind couldn't help but start wandering. But he didn't have any other thoughts about the girls and quickly separated himself from their embrace so they could speak.

"On our way out of the mountain, we were attacked by a group of mercenaries," Tessa said while sticking to Grey closely. "Thanks to Aaron and Claude, we were able to escape. But we don't know where they are now" She continued.

Grey was uncomfortable with how they were sticking close to him but since they were pitiful girls, he couldn't drive them away.

"What about the injured one?" Grey had already forgotten their names since he didn't really put it in his head. He felt they were people he would only see by chance, so what's the need of remembering their names. He would recognize them if he sees them, but remembering their names was something different.

"Ryan is dead, because of his injury he was unable to protect himself" Nina answered this time. "The leader of the mercenary is already at the Third stage of the Arcane Plane, we don't know if Claude and Aaron were able to escape since. They blocked them so I and Tessa could escape" She continued.

"And you decided to flee back into the mountain was the best choice?" asked Grey with a weird tone. It's understandable that they were attacked, but why would you flee into the mountain region again. It just doesn't make sense.

"We were panicking and since they came from our front, we could only flee backward" Tessa explained.

"So there might be a group of mercenaries searching for you two as we speak?" Grey asked.

"Yes," both ladies answered in unison.

"And you thought setting up a fire was a good idea?" He asked again.

Both girls looked at each other, confused by his questions.

"Do you know how I found you two?" Grey asked another question.

The girls shook their heads, they were still baffled how he found them.

"Because you called me here," Grey said with a light smile.

"Huh" the girls were surprised by his answer. How did we call him here?, this was what they were asking themselves.

"Because of the fire, you should know that you shouldn't make fires here when it's dark. It attracts unwanted guests" Grey put out the fire before he finished what he was saying. He could tell these young ladies weren't used to a hard life and the ordeals they had gone through lately was still too much for them to take.

He suddenly looked behind him and furrowed his brow.

"Hehehe, too late"