guess wo's back back again rupt is here so go tell a friend long time no see glad to see you still around this story Peak my interest and I hope you will like it too admittedly first few chapters are not excellently written but later the author's style improves it gets more and interesting I am not too deep in story myself yet so I only hope it will continue being interesting thank you also for your support it really means much to me I won't bother you much more let's get started this is Affinit
y chaos chapter 1 I'm coming mom a boy's voice filled with excitement could be heard from upstairs before long Martha heard the sound of running on the stairs take it easy dear you might hurt yourself Martha said in a soft tone when she heard the rushed footsteps a young boy about the age of 12 could be seen running down the steps with a flush look I'm ready Mom let's get going before it starts I want to get a good position on the list gray said with enthusiasm Martha looked at him with a smile
and helped arrange his head before they left for the arena where the test will be held Martha was a lady in her early 30s she had fair skin and beautiful brown eyes an oval shaped face and shoulder length blonde hair in short she was a breathtakingly beautiful woman today was the day when the academy Union did a test for the youngsters in this city to know their aptitude and which elements they were inclined to this is a world of elementalists everyone has an element they are in tune with and Th
e eies Help the People check what elements they are inclined with elementalists cultivate by absorbing their said Elemental particles from the world to increase their Realms with each increase in realm there is also an increase in lifespan everyone wants a long life so they always work hard on cultivating one can only check which elements they are compatible with after reaching the age of 12 but anything older isn't advised as the body is at its best state to start cultivating at that given age
you can get a cultivation technique after you get admitted into any of theems or if you are from a big clan getting one wouldn't be hard the entire town was a buzz with activity and people could be seen coming out from almost every home heading in the direction of Areno at the eastern part of the city the test is held every year as a lot of kids reach the age of 12 every year there are different places where test could be taken and big cities have multiple centers for taking the test since they
have more people this city though well it's not that big and only has about 20 participants taking the test each year on getting to the arena the stands were already filled to the broom with people and they were all chatting about the possible result of today's test a kid could be seen on The Arena Stage this indicated that the test had started mom look they've already started now I'm going to be among the last people tested gray complained when he saw the test had already commenced Martha looke
d at her son speechless you were the one who took Heaven's know how long dressing up yet I'm the one to blame because we came late she was too lazy to reply to her son's statement she looked around for the registration stand come on let's go and get you registered little man Martha said as she walked towards the place for registration a table and a chair was set up there and also a man could be seen sitting on the chair taking down names hello sir I'm here to register my son for the test Martha
said towards the man sitting on the chair okay what's his name and exact age the man said politely his name's gray and he is 12 years 2 months old Martha replied okay he will be the 16th person called up the man said after taking down the details of gray okay so Martha turned and was about to leave with gray currently three people have already already gone up to take the test just be prepared if his name is called and he doesn't come up the stage within 1 minute he would be skipped and we'll hav
e to wait till next year to have his test done okay thank you sir Martha thanked him sincerely before taking gray with her as they looked for a place to sit now sit down and behave wait for your turn patiently and don't get nervous okay Martha advised her son calmly she knew how mischievous he can get although he causes a lot of trouble she knew he was a sensible kid while the mother and son Joo was still talking a loud voice could be heard from the platform Jonas Elemental Affinity fire grade p
urple the Elder who took the test declared the result of the test loudly the entire Arena immediately went into an uproar when this result was announced did he just say purple grade oh my God a purple grade appeared the last time a purple grade appeared all the bigm fought for who would admit her into their school talents are graded with colors and there are four colors known to the people of the killan Empire which are pink orange purple and blue with blue being the highest and pink the lowest
pink and orange Talent takes up the majority of the population while The Talented have purple and blue there are rare cases of people who have multiple elements it was said the emperor of the Empire is a duel Elementalist and also had a blue and purple grade respectively on each element the emperor is the strongest Elementalist known to the public the representatives of each Academy immediately got into a heated argument on who would take Jonas as a student usually after the result of a test is
announced the representatives discuss among themselves before one of theis gets the kid but in this case none of theems wanted to miss out on such a talented individual although theems had a good relationship outside they were still competing against each other cough cough why don't you allow him to choose which Academy he would like to enter as a student the Elder announcing the results couldn't allow theems to lose face in front of the crowd so he quickly tried to stop their dispute the repres
entatives quickly calmed themselves and looked at Jonas with eager looks Jonas felt glad for attracting such attention from the representatives seniors can I go talk with my parents before deciding on which Academy I will join Jonas asked respectfully yes of course besides the test is still ongoing the representatives said with a smile usually they wouldn't have been so courteous towards anybody from such a small City but the case was different for Jonas Jonas was someone who will grow to become
a Powerhouse later in the future with his talent so having a good relationship with him isn't bad even if he will only be able to join one of theems everyone looked at Jonas with Envy he was currently the center of attention in the entire Arena his current status has already risen to a new high as even in the academy he will be someone the academy will nurture greatly wow a purple grade gray said with a tinge of Envy while looking at Jonas who was walking towards his parents with a smile on his
face Martha looked at Jonas also surprised that someone with a purple grade appeared in this little city of theirs okay now let's continue with the test the Elder shouted as he tried to restore order to the arena the people in the arena quickly toned down the noise the Elder continued calling the names of the children on the list given to him after getting to the 10th name the Elder called for a break he used the opportunity to take the new Lis which had been made since some people came late th
ey decided to hold the test in this manner after the 10 minutes break the test continued quickly it got to the 15th name on the list gray tensed up as it was soon going to be his turn his palm became sweaty and his nervousness could visibly be seen calm down sweetie no matter the outcome of the result promise me you'll remain the same Martha immediately held on to Gray's sweaty hands um gray nodded next up gray the Elder shouted the next name on the list everyone in the arena looked on with inte
rest awaiting the boy whose name was called up chapter 2 gray nervously stood up from where he was seated and slowly walked towards the platform dot question mark when he got there he couldn't help but look at everyone staring at him intently who gray breathed heavily trying to calm himself down step forward and place your hand on the Stone the Elder in charge looked at gray with a smile gray carefully observed the stone it was quite an amazing thing as it was what was used to check the elements
people are compatible with and also it checks their talents gray carned his mind and stepped forward he looked at the stone before gently walking closer to it and placing his hand on it the stone felt cold when he placed his hand on it the moment he placed his hand on the stone he felt something moving out of the stone and passing through his hand into his body gray was slightly surprised by the feeling and instinctively wanted to take his hand off the stone don't move it will be over soon it w
as like the Elder could read his thoughts and quickly whispered to him before he could take his hand off the stone gray stilled himself and let the strange energy run freely in his body the energy moved from his hand before making a circle around every single part of his body after circling three times he felt the energy leaving his body the same way it came when the energy left his body he finally loosened up the Elder looked at gray for some time before walking closer towards the stone he star
ed at it profoundly before taking a look at gray again place your hand on it one more time he said to gray gray was surprised by what the Elder was doing all the kids who had taken the test before him only did it once and the Elder would announce the result how come his case was different he couldn't refuse the order so he placed his hand on it again the audience was quite surprised on seeing gray play placing his hands on the stone again what is going on why is that kid doing it again is there
a problem with the stone Martha just watched on without any emotions like she knew this would happen already although deep down she felt sad there was nothing she can do about it he told her to make sure she took gray to the test and she couldn't refuse him so she did the process repeated itself the Elder got close to the stone again to look at it and was stunned again he looked at the stone then it gray again before sighing sympathy could currently be seen in his eyes when he looked at gray gra
y was taken aback by the way the Elder was looking at him he suddenly had a bad premonition senior what is the result gray asked with a slightly shaky voice gray Affinity zero the Elder announced the result loudly boom it was like a bolt of lightning struck gray he stood there dumbfounded and just stared at the Elder what zero Affinity how can he not have an affinity this is my first time seeing someone without an affinity I've only heard of them but never seen one before so they're truly are pe
ople with no affinities what a pitiful kid how can he live without having any affinities scoff he made us wait for nothing I even thought he was something special as the senior told him to take the test again who knew he didn't even have an affinity dot shocked voices could be heard from the audience and there was also some with scorn some people are just prone to kicking a man when he is down so hopefully he doesn't break down Martha said with a sad voice gray Stood Still amidst all the noise w
ithout any reactions one word was reverberating in his head currently how the representatives looked at the boy on the platform and felt sad for him but since he was someone without any Elemental Affinity he was not of much use to them they looked at the Elder in charge of the test and signaled him to continue with the test they were eager for the test to end as they were waiting for the decision Jonas will make get on with the test Elder we don't have all day the representative of the Starlight
Academy urg the Elder to go ahead with the test since gray didn't have any Affinity he was no different from a young boy don't feel down you might be a late bloomer as some people don't awaken their elements on time the representative of the lunar Academy tried to console gray although it was rarely seen there have been times it had happened but usually it rarely happen gray looked at the representatives he couldn't reply to any of them as he couldn't even process what was going on he walked do
wn from the platform like a lifeless zombie he just walked straight and even forgot to head back to his seat this kid Martha worriedly went after him she knew gray was very cheerful and this will definitely affect him but she knew he will be able to walk out of the darkness with time next the Elder continued with the test and everyone's enthusiasm was instantly reignited since the tragedy didn't happen to any of them they couldn't really wallow in sorrow Jonas looked at Gray's fading Shadow with
out any emotion he didn't feel anything towards him as even if he had any Talent it didn't matter much to him who had purple Talent as a child he has always set his sights very high and now things have already started to click as he envisioned the test went on normally and soon ended after the test was completed Jonas went over to the representatives to tell them his decision he joined the Starlight Academy as it was publicly regarded as the leaders of the academy Union in public opinion The Sta
rlight Academy was known as the strongest and Jonas wanted the best for himself a lot of events took place in the test today first a purple Talent appeared and then a person with no Elemental Affinity also appeared the news of what happened in the test quickly spread around the city when the people staying in the city heard of Jonas they were AED by the fact that he had a purple talent but Jonas wasn't the only one who became famous after the test Gray's name also became widespread since he was
someone without any Elemental Affinity it was later announced that Jonas joined the Starlight Academy and immediately left with the representative of the academy knock knock gray can I come in Martha knocked on the door that led to Gray's room she waited for some time and didn't get any response she opened the door and walked in she saw gray lying on his bed staring at the ceiling Gray Martha called out softly why why did this happen to me gray asked with a croaked voice Martha felt pained on se
eing her son like this this wasn't anything she would wish anyone to go through in a world where elementalists reign supreme having no Affinity is the same as being a I don't know dear but you have to be strong you remember what your dad said to you before leaving right Martha said while caressing Gray's cheek yes he said I should never give up on my self even when the world does he said I should always stand tall and stay strong gray replied but without much firmness in his voice I know my son
is the greatest dot Martha looked at gray lovingly gray knew his mother was trying to cheer him up but still whenever he thought of how he was going to live without any elements he felt sadder gray remember this What Makes You Different Makes You special you are unique from the rest of the world I'm not saying this just to cheer you up I'm saying this because I know the child I gave birth to was not meant to live an ordinary life you will reign above all only you shall be at the top and no one s
hall be your equal Martha looked at her son in his eyes and said with all seriousness What Makes You Different Makes You special that statement kept repeating itself in Gray's head and he started seeing the light in the darkness which he had fallen into although a little it was something that will help him leave his current state Martha was happy when she noticed he had some reactions to her words she went over to her room and dropped on the bed crying she was only being strong in front of her s
on as she wanted him to pull himself together soon I know you said it was for his future but why must you make him through this she said angrily while looking out the window no mother wanted to see her child downcast she felt bad on seeing his reaction when the result was announced somewhere far away very far away on an open field a man could be seen standing gallantly in the air ahead of him there were over 8,000 soldiers yet they were filled with fear when looking at the man who was standing b
efore them the man had striking white hair yet he only looked to be in his early 30s with a handsome face which had a somewhat sad smile on it he looked at the Army cold before stretching out his hand Retreat one of the leading figures in the Army yelled in Fright even though he was scared of the man before him he had to make make sure his soldiers escaped first before he left as well the whiteair man standing in the air smiled Riley before flying away to stand at the top of the city walls not t
oo far from the field looking at the Army retreating back to their camps some kilometers away why didn't you kill them a slightly older man came over to question the whad man the whad man looked at him without replying after confirming that the Army had returned to their base he turned around and left the city walls he walked to a building too far away from the city walls and was greeted along the way by everyone he passed on the way he soon got to a small Bland looking building which looked one
out before disappearing inside inside the building there were no chairs only a bed and a small shelf that was beside it on top of the Shelf a painting could be seen in the painting the whiteair man could be seen smiling accompanied by a beautiful lady who held a little cute boy in her arms the boy had a somewhat naughty expression on on his face the white-haired man picked up the painting and traced his hand over it sigh he must have reached 12 by now time sure does fly fast I wonder how he wou
ld react after finding out I hope Martha can talk him out of his bad mood the man said with a sad smile I really miss them he said with a voice filled with longing chapter 3 on a rocky patch in the forest Northwest of red City a young boy could be seen with his hands on his knees while in a standing position panting heavily sweat dripped from his chin as he bent exhausted when he raised his face a stunningly handsome face could be seen he had short black hair and an inverted triangular shaped fa
ce he had both shaped lips with beautiful black eyes his skin was toned from being in the sun for twoo long each day he measured 57 in height and has a slender body adding his chisled like muscles further made physique just amazing any girl will fall heads over heels for him gray stood up and looked at his hands which looked rough for some on his age it has been 3 years since the day of the test after wallowing in sadness for some time he was able to pick himself up one day during dinner Martha
suggested he should start training his body since there was no way he could hone at using the element which would in turn keep him healthy at first he rejected the idea but after multiple convincing from Martha he finally decided to try it out gray took up the idea and started training ever since it has been 3 years already he had forgotten just how many times he had trained himself so hard he couldn't stand up he has always been a determined person so he decided if he couldn't cultivate he will
pour all his energy into honing his body besides spending his time here helps him escape from the reality of what happened to him well that should be it for today I better get back before it gets dark gray immediately rushed home before his body would give up on him after the rigorous training he always tries to surpass himself every day he heads out to train red City mom I'm home gray shouted as he opened the door and walked into the house gray immediately smelled a great Aroma coming from the
kitchen as he walked in okay dear go freshen up dinner will be done shortly Martha's voice came from the kitchen okay Mom gray replied as he went to take a warm bath he always baths warm water after training as it helps wear down the fatigue but nothing beats a good night's sleep 10 minutes later gray came downstairs and saw a wonderful sight on the table Martha prepared his favorite food how was your training today Martha asked while inviting gray over to have his meal it was okay I was able t
o go 30 minutes more than my usual time gray stated proudly did anything strange happen today Martha asked gray curiously no Mom you always ask me this question every time I tell you I surpassed my previous records in training gray couldn't help but ask Martha has asked him this question frequently lately and it was sort of making him worried will something happen to me if I hone my body too hard gray was starting to get scared elementalists don't hone their body the elements do it for them but
the result is different from honing the body his body is stronger than most elementalists of his age because of how much he had honed it nothing dear Martha replied why isn't it happening yet could it be that he hasn't met the requirements he said it should awaken after he clock's 15 years old it has already been 5 months now Martha couldn't help but begin to worry about her son's future she hid it to herself though and didn't show any visible reactions gray looked at her suspiciously before foc
using back on his meal after dinner he spoke with Martha for some time before he went to his room to rest gray grew as time went on and was able to put everything behind him his situation made him find comfort and reading when he's alone Gray continued his daily routine and quickly another month went by without any major thing happening on a particular day gray was in the forest doing his usual training routine he suddenly started feeling hot and sweating more than usual he felt maybe it was bec
ause of his training and decided to take a short rest to calm his temperature he got hotter as time went on and also sweated more what's happening to me gray started panicking because of what was taking place he immediately packed his things and ran home as fast as as he could gray is faster than most people because of his training only some wind and lightning elementalists will have an edge over him in terms of speed and his stamina was also high so he had no problem sprinting a long distance w
hen he got home he immediately pulled all his clothes and jumped into cold water the hotness in his body continued getting hotter and it got to the point he couldn't bear it anymore he screamed in pain for some time before passing out huge changes were currently going on in his body and his body began automatically absorbing the elemental particles in the surrounding his body was like a black hole as it absorbed the elements greedily his tone skin started reverting to his usual fairness and his
rough Palm also turned as smooth as a baby's Palm by the time he woke up it was already late in the evening and he noticed he was fully dressed in his bed who dressed me up that was the first question that entered his mind on seeing his condition he looked around confused by everything that happened he managed to up he walked downstairs after some time and saw Martha sitting quietly on a chair she raised her head and looked at gray with a big smile when she noticed him coming down mom were you t
he one who dressed me up gray asked the most important question on his mind after seeing her gray felt embarrassed because he remembered being fully naked when he passed out Martha was taken aback by the question she couldn't believe the first thing Grace said after waking up was to dress him up I have no idea Martha replied as she looked at gray with eyes saying do you live in this house with someone else try asking that question again and I'll beat you up he is actually embarrassed because I d
ressed him up I'm his mother this kid Martha thought Riley when gray heard her reply he wanted to talk more but when he saw the look in Martha's eyes he quickly swallowed his words he knew just how scary she could be if she got angry gray why were you unconscious when I came back Martha asked worriedly I don't know Mom I suddenly started feeling hot during training I rushed home and took a cold bath but the hot feeling didn't stop instead it increased I passed out shortly after gray recounted ev
erything that happened before he passed out omitting the part where he screamed like a baby he still wanted to keep his pride in front of his mother Martha immediately fell into deep thoughts when she heard this she glanced at gray before getting up and walking towards the kitchen to get dinner for him as she walked past him she froze in the spot and looked at him again from head to toe gray was surprised by his mother's abrupt behavior and started feeling scared thinking his mother was angry gr
ay did you notice the changes in your skin Mara asked she clearly remembered how he looked in the morning gray didn't really take notice of the change in his skin and looked at it he was dumbstruck by what he saw how is this possible he looked at his skin and his eyes drifted to his Palm chapter 4 Martha kept staring at gray happiness clearly seen on her face Mom what's going on Gray inquired he was right he's lucky he didn't lie to me Martha was ecstatic who was right Mom what's going on Gray w
as nervous because of his mother's current strange Behavior your father Martha said happily dad gray raised his brow clearly still confused about everything that was going on yes gray your father he told me when you turned 12 years old if you go for the test there was a possibility you wouldn't awaken your element Martha slowly explained to her son wait he knew I wouldn't have any Affinity with any of the elements the confused gray asked Well it can't really be said knew but yes he did according
to the scroll it would have to stay inside of you for 15 years Martha continued inside me I don't get it did he put something inside me gray still wasn't compr ending what was going on yes baby as a newborn you had a lot of health issues and no matter what I tried you didn't get any better your father came back from one of his adventures and seeing how unhealthy you were he also tried his everything he could and even took you to the best healers he knew but unfortunately nothing worked Martha s
lowly started explaining so how was I cured gray asked curiously he never knew he had health problems as a newborn a PE Martha said a pear how does a PE C someone gray asked still confused I'm getting to it Mara smiled and recounted what happened to her son during one of his father's Adventures he accidentally stumbled upon a ruined Ancient Temple he saw a pole with Myriad colors rotating slowly in the middle of a hidden room of the temple beneath the rotating pole was a scripture after reading
it he was astounded by the information it contained he quickly kept the Pearl and the cultivation Tech technique yes cultivation technique what he thought to be a scripture was a cultivation technique he remembered the feeling he got from the Pearl and was certain it wasn't fake the description of the cultivation technique was unique it stated that once one assimilates with the Pearl after 15 years they would be able to wield all elements seeing this he wanted to cultivate it but alas there was
a catch to it first the pear can only assimilate with a body that hasn't awakened any element yet and it would need 15 years before completing assimilating with the body he sadly kept the Pearl and cultivation technique when he realized there was no way he could use it he got home a week after Gray's birth and realized the situation his son was after trying everything he could but there was still no way to save him he placed all his Hope on the Pearl if the pear has such a monstrous ability to g
ive someone the ability to train all elements then saving someone wouldn't be impossible Martha refused the IDE idea when he brought it up which mother would allow an unknown Pearl to be placed in her baby but after her husband persuaded her and seeing there was nothing they could do to save gray she gritted her teeth and accepted it two days later her baby was as healthy as he rightly should be although she still took gray to take part in the test she didn't know if he would awaken his element
then she also hoped there was a possibility he would awaken an element but unfortunately he didn't the notion of telling gray about came to her when she saw how depressed he was after the test but then again what if after he reached 15 years of age he didn't awaken any elements what would she tell him then he would be even more traumatized than when he didn't awaken it at the age of 12 even she was starting to lose hope when there wasn't any difference in him after he passed 15 the scroll stated
Grace should use physical exercises to hone his body which he had been doing for almost 3 years now so it was understandable she started feeling fearful about it gray sat down stunned by what he was hearing but why didn't you tell me earlier he asked when you passed 15 did you awaken your element then Martha asked gray shook his head I know it seems like a flimsy excuse but if I told you something was placed inside of you and you wouldn't awaken your element by 12 rather by the time you turned
15 you wouldn't believe me since it was known everywhere that one can only awaken their Elements by 12 although there are a few late bloomers it can't be predicted from birth maybe after the test you'll start feeling what I said was true but what about after you turned 15 then what even I was starting to lose hope Martha said calmly hearing Martha's explanation gray knew she was right there was no way he would have believed it if she told him he wouldn't awaken his element by 12 when he thought
of all the possible heartaches his parents must have gone through due to his sickly nature as a newborn he felt grateful to them at least they didn't give up hope even when it meant placing their Last Hope on a pearl with unknown Origins at least they just wanted to save their child although the thought of it being fake and probably killing him passed through his mind he remembered what his mother said at that time he was dying anyway after some time he immediately thought back to what he heard
yes not just any ordinary Elementalist but one who controls all elements Martha said while holding Gray's hand in Joy control over all elements it kept ringing in his ear how can someone have control over all the elements gray asks with shock I don't know baby but what I do know is that your dad will never lie to me and will not do anything to harm you too Martha said wait here Martha ran into her room and brought an ancient scroll out she looked at gray before handing it over to him study it cl
osely she said after gray collected the scroll gray took the scroll from her still not knowing what to do he studied the scroll closely before opening it then he looked at it with great curiosity the scroll showed him the exact way of cultivating the technique without the Pearl anyone can have the technique but will never be able to cultivate the technique gray finally calmed his thoughts no wonder mom was so confident it truly is worth it gray thought happily gray felt like he had regained some
thing it was a desire the desire to grow strong ever since he was little he had always wanted to be the strongest but that desire died at the time of the test but now the fire is suddenly reignited and the fire was burning stronger than ever I can finally cultivate I will definitely work hard gray clenched his fist tightly gray rushed to his room as he couldn't wait anymore to start cultivating he had waited for so long and now finally he can start cultivating Martha looked at gray hurrying insi
de and did nothing to stop him she knew just how badly he wanted to be an elementalists she felt happy for him now he can start his rise to the top she knew it won't be easy as he will face a lot of obstacles but she believed he would definitely be able to overcome them he already overcame one of such obstacles in his journey and it was also one of the hardest gray went inside and immediately tried entering a meditative state so he can clearly follow the pattern of the technique he sat in a Lotu
s position and stayed motionless to try to calm on his mind after 10 minutes he finally got into a meditative State he followed the instructions said in the scroll he tried searching for the energy in his body it took him close to an hour before finding it of course after failing several times found it now for the Second Step gray was thrilled on managing to find the energy now the next step was to move the energy in a particular pattern in his body he has to repeat the cycle 10 times to get his
body accustomed to it gray tried the first time and failed to even move the energy from its current location he didn't give up though he didn't give up when he found out he didn't have any Elemental Affinity talk less of now that he can cultivate with having an affinity with all elements he tried again which also failed he kept on attempting it for the rest of the night with no progress by the time he got totally exhausted it was almost Dawn he collapsed on the floor and fell asleep there and t
hen his body was totally worn out from all the attempts by the time he woke up it was already midday he felt pain all over his body and was still exhausted if a normal Elementalist tried what he did they wouldn't be able to get out of bed for a week the cultivation technique took a great toll on the human body no wonder it required such strict physical training before one can start cultivating it if it were my previous physique before I started training I would not have been able to get out of b
ed for a month gray exclaimed when he felt the aches all over his body the process continued for another 2 days before grace started making small progress he was finally able to move it albeit a little it was still something he was so happy but also felt sore all over his body for his little progress due to his strong training he was able to withstand pain more than others because he wrecks his body almost every day in the training session after another week he was already able to complete one c
ycle he felt excited when he imagined himself using the different elements and couldn't help but laugh in his bed he couldn't laugh properly because of all the pain his body was going through during the process of the second cycle gray felt the pain increased a bit he was already starting to get used to the pain then it increased hiss gray hissed in pain while Midway of the circulation I can't continue like this this pain will probably kill before I complete the circulation I need to come up wit
h a way to reduce it the pain was already getting almost unbearable for him he had to quick think of a way else he would go on pause then continue some other time but he didn't want that I will head out to train tomorrow it's been a while I trained gray said he had already gotten used to training his body and these days he had focused fully on cultivation he had somewhat missed it gray stopped the circulation and went to sleep he will wake up early tomorrow to go for a Long training session chap
ter 5 the next morning gray got up filled with energy as he ran out of his room he saw Martha in the living room and told her he was going out to train Martha noticed how cherful gray became since he started cultivating although he hadn't made a breakthrough yet it was good he can cultivate now Martha was surprised gray was going to train she remembered that since grce started cultivating the technique he had immersed himself fully on it eat something before you go also remember to take some foo
d with you Martha immediately shouted when she saw gray was about to leave without eating Gray hurried back and ate some food he took a little along and went on his way I will return late today gray yelled from outside Martha smiled Riley gray came out of their house and headed straight for the entrance of their little city on his way to the city entrance he noticed that even though it had been some time since the test people still recognized him not only that but they mostly look at him like an
anomaly and some could even be seen whispering to little kids while pointing at him trash Grace saw a young boy his age shouting at him if it were before he would have felt bad when he was called a trash but now he doesn't give a about what they're saying about him he ignored them and continued his journey towards the forest the youth who was with two others looked at gray with a small smile oh looks like he's starting to grow wings good thing I noticed it early guess it's time to teach him ano
ther lesson the two others chuckled slightly but didn't plan on joining him when he's teaching gray a lesson they only plan to watch after all they've heard about Gray's mother's violent nature most of the people in the city knew that gray usually goes to the woods to train the city wasn't big anyway so the occupants are familiar with each other some of the people usually mocks him saying he had gone mad because he was trash but he stopped paying attention to them when Martha told him those were
just people who had sad lives so they were looking for an outlet to pour out their frustration this youth was called Derek and so surprisingly he was recently kicked out of the academy he was a wind Elementalist only his Elemental grade was the lowest there is pink not just that but he was bad at cultivating so when he didn't meet up with the targets set by the academy which admitted him he was sent back home after joining any of theems there are tests carried occasionally to see the growth of
the students if they notice a student isn't making any improvements the student will be dropped the pressuring competition at the Academy are really high Derek and his friends were part of the students dropped although he was dropped he was already in the seventh stage of the collection plane his age should usually have broken through to the fusion plane by now the collection plane is the first plane in an Elementalist Journey this is the plane where the elementalists collect the elemental Essen
ces from the world into their bodies for the first time thereby strengthening it gray got to where he trained and immediately began with his usual training session before he knew it it had already started to get dark and he still didn't get as tired as he used to well seems like my physique improved dot I can train for longer periods without quickly tiring out now gray said with astonishment could it be because of the technique I'm currently cultivating he pondered for some time since he couldn'
t figure out what caused it he decided to forget about it for now he prepared his things and headed home on the path leading to Red City from the forest a group of youths could be seen standing by the side of the road their leader was a boy around 15 years old there were four boys in total gathered by the side talking when gray walked closer to where they were gathered he paused and looked at them this was not his first time encountering something like this since the leader of this group in part
icular came to the city some months ago he had been targeting him but due to the fact he didn't want to make any trouble for himself he always tried his best to avoid him although there had been one time or two times or three times okay it's been a lot of times that he had been unfortunate to not have been able to avoid him and they spoke amicably with him having a black eye at the end of the conversation here comes the trash boys Derek looked at gray with disdain the boys started laughing when
they heard this they've always accompanied Derek whenever he bullied gray or any other youth gray looked at them with emotionless eyes before asking Derek what do you want now he asked while thinking of a plan to get out out of his current predicament he knew what Derek wanted to do to him and he didn't plan on having a black eye this time he was a little tired of telling Martha lies although he knew she was aware he was lying I never knew you were this stupid you obviously offended me this morn
ing I called you and you snub me Derek replied with a mischievous smile Derek's group snickered when they heard this Gray's expression changed to one of surprise what when Derek isn't this a little too much I I don't recall you called my name I remember hearing your voice but you were clearly talking to someone else did you call my name gray asked to clarify things yes I did Derek affirmed trash gray said yes Derek responded to what gray said after responding he paused for a moment and realized
gray was calling him trash and he even answered you see you said your name is trash I clearly heard when someone asked you your name you replied trash so I thought you were speaking to someone else Grace said playfully you Derek almost exploded in Anger he didn't think gray would dare to trick in Apollo you know what forget about apologizing cause even if you did I wouldn't forgive you Derek said he knew he couldn't beat gray in a war of words so he decided to beat him up crap I messed up I shou
ldn't have toyed with him gray immediately regretted his decision before he could even even say another word he saw a change in Derek's appearance he cursed inside and prepared himself Derek mobilized the wind elements in his body and charge towards gray stretching out his hands to grab hold of Gray's shoulder when an Elementalist is still in the collection plane they aren't able to wield the elements outside their bodies because they've only not collected enough elements but they've also not fu
sed with their said elements yet it's only when an Elementalist goes above the fusion plane can wield it but while in the collection and fusion plane they can only use it to improve their strength and speed being a wind Elementalist Derek was faster than others in the same stage as himself gray side stepped quickly and he unexpectedly managed to dodge Derek's grab huh gray Derek as well as the youths watching from the side all exclaimed in Surprise what just happened gray asked himself although
his motive was to dodge Derek's attack he knew he couldn't but he still attempted it since there was no harm in trying due to his frequent physical training he could be said to be fast even amongst some collection plane Elementalist but in front of a wind Elementalist it wasn't much he never expected he would be able to dodge the attack he also noticed his senses were heightened the youths watching were amazed Derek couldn't even believe gray dodged it he only planned on hitting gray once or twi
ce but now he changed his mind and prepared to beat him up properly gray on the the other hand was excited when he thought of what just happened don't get cocky maybe it was a mistake he told himself hm pH don't get full of yourself because you were able to dodge my attack Derek said before attacking once again he mobilized the wind element in his body and pounced on Gray throwing a fist at his face gray panicked a little when he saw this but he quickly tried shifting his head to the side and to
his surprise he was faster than Derek once again this time he doged the attack almost effortlessly had it been before then there was no way he would have been able to dodge the strike due to its speed Derek didn't stop with this attack after his fist missed he immediately tried to hit gray on the stomach with his knee but just like before gray dodged the attack only this time he retreated back Derek kept on attacking and gray was like an experienced fighter easily dodging the strikes how can he
be so fast one of the youths exclaimed they knew just how fast Derek was yet gray was still able to dodge his attacks stop gray wanted to try to convince Derek to stop attacking but he was interrupted by his Roar ah Derek roared in Anger he had been attacking for almost 1 minute now yet he havn't been able to touch gray even once it was infuriating on seeing that Derek didn't plan on stopping gray knew he shouldn't stay on the defensive anymore he finally decided to attack if an opportunity pre
sented itself it didn't take long before the said opportunity showed itself but being someone who was inexperienced in fighting he was unable to capitalize on it luckily he was faster than Derek so it didn't come back to haunt him another opportunity presented itself when Derek threw a reckless punch towards him which was enforced With the Wind element gray dodged the attack by bending down after dodging it Derek's body was completely exposed and defenseless due to his stance gray gathered as mu
ch energy he could muster and sent to punch towards Derek's chest bam his fist connected and an even more unexpected scene followed right after Derek's body shot through the air and hit one of the trees that was at the side of the road he passed out right after huh gray stood stunned alternating his gaze between the unconscious Derek as well as his outstretched fist that shouldn't be possible right he asked himself the youths watching were dump struck their mouth opened so wide that an egg could
easily fit right into them they stared at the unconscious Derek and back at the dazed gray after standing for a while gray quickly went home this was his first time he was able to fight back and he was elated by it on getting home he didn't tell his mother of it not because he wanted to hide it but since he had refrained from telling her when he was bullied by him he decided to let the matter go he took a warm bath before eating dinner then the thought struck him to try cultivating chapter 6 gr
ay immediately tried so culating the energy he noticed it became easier than the previous time he tried it and the pain reduced significantly well guess I shouldn't have stopped my training gray was delighted he immediately started feeling remorseful when he thought about all the days he had to go through pains just to make the energy move why didn't they make it known in the scroll I wouldn't have passed through days of pain gray complained bitterly although he knew it wouldn't change anything
he didn't want to blame himself for not continuing his training so he just shifted the blame gray was able to complete the second circulation before long he was exhausted from the hard work and immediately fell asleep the next day gray woke up late in the day although it wasn't midday yet it wasn't far from it ah what a great night gray woke up with a huge smile on his face after having a breakthrough in the circulation he felt fantastic with himself although it wasn't anything big gray felt lik
e it was a major accomplishment he fresh up before going downstairs he saw Martha just coming into the house when she saw gray she gave him a sweet smile for some reason when gray saw the smile he felt a chill run down his spine I haven't done anything wrong lately have I gray started thinking about everything he had done lately and couldn't remember upsetting his mother on any occasion gray paused instinctively and slowly retreated to a distance he deemed was safe enough I'm fine thanks how are
you doing today gray asked with a smile I must say you look very beautiful this morning before Martha could reply to the question gray asked she heard him speak again what a glib tongue he has just like his father Martha sneered coldly in her heart she knew why he was complimenting her whenever he does something wrong he always does this to get on her good side although she never Falls for it she does reduce the punishment she has in mind for him unknowingly how was your training yesterday Mart
ha asked with a smile it was fine I noticed my stamina has gone up a notch since I started cultivating the technique although I have not started cultivation fully I think it wouldn't take long anymore oh and I made some progress in the second circulation now all that's left to do is to continue till I reach the 10th one gray spat out everything he did yesterday he forgot about what happened with Derek as he was too excited over the success of his cultivation breakthrough the previous night MTH l
ooked at him closely why is he hiding it from me or did he forget about it no need I will just ask about it I was told you sneak attacked Derek yesterday when you were coming back from the forest Martha studied Gray's reaction closely gray was shocked when he heard that then it all clicked no wonder she was acting strange so it was because of the small conflict he had with Derek of course not he wanted to bully me so I decided to teach him a lesson he said proudly whilst sticking out his chest M
artha looked at him not knowing if to laugh or cry this kid well that was not what he said he said he was minding his business at the side of the road when you suddenly sneak attacked him while he was distracted he said you attacked him possibly because you were mad at him when he jokingly called you a trash Martha recounted what she was told she knew her son all too well although he was mischievous he wouldn't sneak attack anyone well not for that particular reason though with his character he
will definitely sneak attack his anemas Derek can't be counted as an enemy he isn't even worth Grace time not only that but she knew of Derek bullying gray lately but she didn't interfere since gray didn't tell her about it he's lying gray defended himself confidently he knew his mother knew he was right she was just trying to scare him even if he was wrong he knew she would definitely protect him Martha looked at him for some time oh tell me what happened gray recounted the whole event from whe
n he was heading out to when he was blocked by Derek Martha was similarly dumpfounded when she heard how gray was able to defeat Derek effortlessly Derek is someone at the eighth stage of the collection plane just a bit away from the fusion plane yet gray was faster than him what was more shocking was the fact that Derek is a wind Elementalist she looked at her son Pride filled her heart but she didn't show it out if gray were to know she was was proud of him she didn't know what he might do nex
t okay don't worry about this I will take care of it I don't want to hear something like this happen again Focus fully on your cultivation and try to complete the circulations as soon as possible so you can start the real cultivation Martha told him seriously she really didn't want him to waste his time with all these little things so long as he can start cultivating for real I will be happy yes Mom I will work extra hard gray proclaimed with determination Martha looked at him and nodded in appr
oval on seeing how determined he was gray continued his training that day only now his routine had changed he would train in the day and meditate at night slowly time passed and a month quickly went by gray didn't hear from Derek or anyone later he was given a rare moment of Peace he was happy as now all his Focus was on his training during this month he was able to get to the seventh circle the more the Cycles the harder it was for him he was determined so he didn't stop or give up halfway beca
use he felt it was too hard he kept on pushing himself to the brink and surpassing himself whenever he wants to train he will set himself as the target to beat if could do more than what he usually does then he had successfully surpassed his previous self another month went by without any major event taking place gray continued his frenzy training and Martha even began worrying over him there was one time GR came home looking like someone who had a fought on death St she had to make him stay at
home for a week to take a rest before he was allowed to continue his training even when staying at home gray focused fully on meditating during these two months gray had been able to complete nine Cycles now it was left with the last Circle once he completes it he will officially step into the realm of elementalists gray was so excited about it and couldn't wait to start manipulating each element gray took a break before going for the last Circle he noticed he should always take breaks sometimes
so his body doesn't break down after the break he immediately started training and he started moving the energy according to the instructions of the 10th cycle each cycle had a different route so he had to be careful when studying it to avoid making any mistakes although they were almost identical there is always a different route for each cycle gray worked hard and after two weeks of rigorous training one night he finally completed the last cycle chapter 7 Rumble a rumbling sound could be hear
d from Gray's body after completing the 10th cycle huge changes started taking place in his body gray got in a trance when this happened he saw a man standing majestically in the air looking down at the world he had a noble Aura spreading in all directions it was like he was the Lord over everything he stretched out his right hand and all elements could be seen converging at the top of his hands it was a beautiful sight the elements formed an orb at the top of his hand the orb was captivating bu
t gray could feel the destructive Powers hidden in the beautiful orb this could be called a beautiful killer the man spread out his hands wide and the orb exploded it was a stunning sight and was also beautiful gray was surprised by the number of elements the man had control over the man looked in the direction of gray and flashed a smile at him only after the lights died down did gray realize they were alone the man leisurely walked towards him he studied him for some time before nodding his he
ad gray stood nervously and also studied the man in front of him the man was handsome with long shoulder length hair what is your name young boy the man asked calmly gray gray replied cautiously the man raised an eyebrow and stared at him closely you were the one who inherited my Powers good you were just barely able to meet the minimum requirements you must have a strong body if you want to use the chaos element dot care El elements gray was surprised although he didn't know everything he knew
there were only seven elements in the world which are fire water wind Earth lightning Darkness and Light Elements he had never heard of this chaos element the mysterious man was talking about H you don't really need to know much about it for now just have it in the back of your mind you've inherited the power of the strongest god the chaos God the man said to gray chaos God gray had read about gods in some books and knew there was a God for each element but he had never heard of this chaos God t
his man was talking about yes the chaos God he was the strongest among all the gods and was the one who led the gods the man said I never heard of this chaos God you speak of senior gray said to him the man looked at him with a bewildered look is there no record of the chaos God he asked no senior after the Great War of gods the gods haven't been heard about since then and that war took place over 100,000 years ago gray explained the man was alarmed seems like another War took place after that o
ne no wonder they don't know of the chaos God he muttered under his breath come forget about it for now you will get to know more as time goes on now since you have inherited this power you should already know some things about it the man asked seriously yes senior I know I can wield all elements with it gray replied hum well that isn't the strongest aspect of it you still won't be able to form the chaos element soon the man said with a smile okay so can I start using the elements now gray asked
excitedly he didn't care about the chaos God or the chaos element what was important for him now was if he could use the elements although he was curious about it it wasn't too important to him no the man answered what gray exclaimed no the man said again but it stated in the scroll told that I will be able to control all elements gray quickly spoke he had already envisioned how he would control all the elements now this man was telling him he can't use the elements now I know but it isn't that
easy the human body wasn't supposed to have an affinity with all elements so it will take some time and hard work from you the man said while looking at gray hard work I've been working so hard just to be able to hone my body yet you're telling me I will still get to do more hard work gray was feeling down he had already worked so hard from his view yet he will still work more just to get what was promised to him he thought he already had everything in his hands who knew he was holding on to cl
ouds you don't expect it to be that easy right the man said with a chuckle gray felt scanned senior can I have only one element and just forget about all this gray asked although the idea of wielding all elements sounded great if he had to wait for another 15 or even 20 years it wouldn't be nice if he can have one element He will be satisfied he wasn't greedy okay he wasn't too greedy but he feels like it wouldn't be worth it to have all elements if he had to wait for so long what if he died bec
ause he couldn't control any elements the man looked at gray speechless how can you settle for less he couldn't help but ask I'm not settling for less I'm just doing the more reasonable thing from my view I'm already behind my peers in terms of cultivation so if I take much longer I might as well just give up on the rest and have one gray reasoned the man looked at gray for some time before sighing helplessly oh so all I have to do is comprehend the elements gray asked with an excited look why d
idn't you say this earlier instead of scaring me gray thought don't think it will be easy comprehending elements and being born with a given element are two different things comprehension is harder and your talent in the element will tally with your comprehension if your comprehension is low for the element your talent and control over it will also be low he patiently explained to gray it shouldn't be that hard how can I get into this space gray said naively before asking the important question
for him he didn't think it would be hard for him to comprehend the elements what he was bothered about was how to get here the man looked at him and didn't reply he knew how hard it was to comprehend an element and also he didn't want to give gray a scare so he just let him be just will it and you can come here anytime the man said okay Gray replied happily since he now knew how he can get here everything was settled oh I haven't told you the strongest aspect of it yet the man suddenly said gray
looked at him with interest Elemental Fusion he said with a smile Elemental Fusion Gray's interest was peaked when he heard this the man knew he would have to explain it to gray so he patiently explained to him yes Elemental Fusion as the name implies this power gives you the ability to fuse elements after being able to fuse all elements you will then be able to create the chaos element which is a combination of all elements and also the strongest element dot gray was shocked when he heard this
so the chaos element is a fusion of all elements was that what I saw you did earlier gray asked he remembered seeing the man forming an at the top of his outstretched hand it was as beautiful as it was dangerous yes what you saw me create was the chaos element the man didn't hide anything from him and told him more about it how can there be such an overpowered element also elements can be fused together gray was astounded by what he was hearing and also excited doesn't that mean he will have su
ch an amazing ability not only will he be able to use all elements but he will also be able to fuse them and once again gray starts envisioning himself when he was using the chaos element and couldn't help but cackle maniacally the man looked at him and couldn't help but sayigh what sort of fellow inherited this power he started pitying the world because an overpowered will soon be let loose he held a moment of silence for everyone he knew gray was a determined person as he was able to train him
self to reach the requirements stated if he knew gray didn't do it on purpose he would be dismayed chapter 8 gray kept smiling in in a silly manner the man just looked at him lost of words he just ascertained gray was a total nutcase stop smiling and listen up I will be gone soon there are things you should be aware of the man tried to turn the atmosphere serious once again if he was still alive he was sure he would probably beat gray up no wait he will definitely beat gray up okay senior I'm al
l is gray tried to calm down when he noticed how serious the man was he will be gone soon where is he going gray thought in his heart comprehending each element isn't as simple as you think it is for you to have perfect control over it you have to know everything about it you have to be one with the element being one with the element is the highest level of comprehension although you're still far away from this level the man looked at gray before continuing you should also know that the higher y
ou comprehend the elements the faster your cultivation speed gray listened closely and felt stupid ified by what he was hearing senior doesn't that mean unlike the rest people who have a fixed talent for their said element mine isn't fixed yes that's basically the point of course it can only increase if you can have a high comprehension of the said element he explained patiently as a teacher would to his student gray had a solemn look and started having a feeling it won't really be that easy to
have a high comprehension of the elements when the man saw Gray's look he started having a different opinion of him seems like he has finally realized how hard things are going to be he nodded in approval in his heart you can actually start cultivating now you were originally born with an affinity with an element the man said gray was overjoyed when he heard this so he had an element also this made him K his mind at least now he wouldn't start from scratch when he wanted to start comprehending e
ach element the more elements you comprehend the faster your cultivation speed grows meaning if you can comprehend two elements your cultivation speed will double and your talent also matters he said with a slightly calmer tone when gray heard this he was beside himself with joy doesn't that mean I will improve at a faster Pace gray asked just to be sure he heard correctly yes you will the man replied haaa gray laughed crazily well there goes the good impression he had managed to build of himsel
f the man stared at gray and couldn't believe how quickly he changes his demeanor Sai forget it he is already here he was mentally exhausted from his conversation with this young boy after gray finished his wild imagination he quickly composed himself senior you said you would be gone soon gray asked yes I'm just a spiritual being currently I have already died long ago the man replied calmly without any emotions death was something not even the gods could avoid although if they were left alone t
hey could live almost forever wars were a brutal bral and bitter part of the world you are dead gray view on life was once again shattered you don't have to say anything about it it is something that happened long ago now I will tell you how to perfectly use this space the man slowly explained to gray gray listen keenly as he knew once this senior disappears he will never see him again he felt bad for him but this wasn't the time to think about it gray was able to find out how to use the chaos s
pace it wasn't really that hard all you have to do is think of the element you wish to comprehend and you will see it there was also an object used for checking talents it was just like the one he saw when he went for the test only this was more sophisticated well that is all you need to know remember this won't be easy and always be careful of how many elements you show people you can show multiple but not too many okay you will be surprised how far greed can push people he warned gray sincerel
y the man looked at Gray with eyes of encouragement train well oh and don't forget to train your body as well don't allow the elements to hone it for you that is the wrong path he said while fading slowly yes senior I'm already used to it so now I can't really go a day with doing a little training gray said senior how can I leave gray hurriedly asked wouldn't it be embarrassing if he couldn't leave this space just will it and you can leave he said while shaking his head with a smile what an inte
resting young boy okay Senor do take care oh sorry my bad gray wanted to wish him well before he remembered he was already dead gray had an embarrassed smile while waving goodbye to him the man laughed when he saw this before fading away completely gray looked at the place the man faded with a look of melancholy he stayed in the space for some time before leaving and returning to the real world when he returned he looked around calmly he knew his life will change complet completely from this day
wait let me take a look at which element I'm attuned with naturally he suddenly remembered and went back into the space gray stood before the stone nervously he had waited for 3 years he had suffered countless insults all for this day with a heart of expectation he placed his hand on the stone just like what he experienced the last time he felt an unknown energy entering into his body from the stone after it circulated around his body it went back to the stone gray waited patiently for for it t
o read the results after a minute the stone lit up gray was slacked Jord when he saw the result his heart couldn't stop racing what sort of luck is this how can I have a pink Talent gray immediately cursed out it was depressing after waiting for so long this was what he saw a pink Talent although he had a great element it was annoying he had a lightning element but with a pink Talent if it had been orange he would have at least Managed IT besides his element was rare but pink if people knew abou
t this he would be a laughing stock he was already being laughed at for not having an affinity now that he awakened it after so long it was a pink Talent s well at least this is better than having no element gray sighed although somewhat dejectedly he immediately left the chaos space and went to sleep chapter 9 the next morning gray got up early although he still felt dejected because of his talent he couldn't hide his Joy of being able to finally cultivate now all he needs is a cultivation tech
nique for his element he still wanted to join an academy though but with his current Talent that's not happening I will improve my talent that way they will accept me even though I awakened late gray already had a plan in his heart he would first comprehend the lightning elements to improve his talent then after that he will join the academy to have a better cultivation technique the cultivation technique which followed the Pearl was only for the circulation now he needs a technique for each ele
ment separately the higher the grade of the technique the faster he can cultivate gray washed up and went downstairs he saw his meal was on the table and quickly woled it down before heading out gray initially wanted to try comprehending the lightning element but he decided against it I will continue my training for now gray left the house for his usual training session and came back earlier than usual gray why did you come back this early Martha inquired when she saw him coming home early I cou
ldn't concentrate so I just came back home gray replied Martha looked at her son for some time did something happen gray knew he couldn't hide anything from her so he just told her what happened on his way to training he was blocked by Derek and his Squad although they didn't fight he was mocked by them what annoyed him the most was when he remembered the fact that he had pink Talent so there was no use talking about it gray wasn't someone who acts out of anger so he was able to restrain himself
from fighting but due to his Youth and Hot Blooded he told them he would be taking part in the test that was going to take place in 3 months he was laughed at by them Derek laughed so much and said he would tell the entire city about it Martha looked at gray and shook her head will you be able to complete the tenth circulation before then she knew how hard it was to complete each circle and gray also told her the process gets harder with each circle Martha wasn't aware gray had already complete
d it the previous day gray hadn't been able to tell her he planned on telling her tonight during dinner mom I completed it yesterday gray said gray recounted everything that happened including telling her about the man and also the chaos element Martha was left stunned by this information she was surprised by the fact that gray could increase his talent but what truly surprised her was that Gray's original Elemental affinity was the rare lightning element although it was only a pink gray Talent
it wasn't really bad since the element was unique she felt genuinely happy for her son and tear drops unknowingly left her eyes she knew just how much gray had suffered for this if she was given an option she would never have allowed her husband to do this now her little boy will be able to show them all who was the most talented what got her reing was the fact that with Gray's ability to be able to improve his talent if he could get a purple Talent before the test he would definitely be fought
over by the academy and might even attract attention from the higher ups of the Empire having a lightning element is something which rarely happens adding to the fact that the owner is a purple talent that will give him more attention the lightning element is as destructive as the fire element and it also gives the user almost unparalleled speed which is also one of the advantages of the wind element it is sometimes regarded as a twoin one element she didn't have any techniques for the lightning
element and getting one would be difficult but if gray was able to join any of theems he will be able to get a high grade technique gray you have to work hard if you can push your talent to purple before the test that would be great Martha said yes Mom I know what to do gray already planned this he will work hard to improve his talent before the tee then shock the entire city with his results gray left Martha before heading to his room he he tried meditating but to no avail so he just gave up a
nd started reminiscing about how he had been treated by everyone in the city he was mocked and abused by everyone his so-called friends stopped talking to him because he wasn't an Elementalist he was downcast during that time but his mother has always been there with him all the time she was his backbone when he couldn't stand up straight she made sure she did everything she could to assist him she was his greatest support Mom we will show the world how wrong they are soon gray clenched his fist
tightly even if he doesn't want to do this for himself he has to do it for his mother he is grateful to his mother if not for her he would have still been down wowing in self-pity he promised himself he was going to make his mother proud not only that but he would be her source of Joy the best is the only thing he wishes for her after this test his life would change completely his social status will also change he imagined the look of shock that will be written in the faces of everyone when he
gets the test done how would they react I can't wait to find out gray smiled to himself he was going to give it his all chapter 10 the news of gray taking the test quickly spread over the entire city gray was pretty famous in the city due to not being an Elementalist they really didn't expect gray would still be hopeful in Awakening his element it's already been so long yet he still thinks he can awaken it some were pessimistic about it and felt great just wanted to make a fool of himself others
felt there might be a good chance he might awaken they all couldn't wait for the next test to happen What would happen that day was unknown but what they knew was that there is certainly going to be a scene that day and they were all looking forward to it people hate being bored so when they knew something was going to happen they can't help but be excited they don't care if it's The Misfortune of others so long as it doesn't affect them they're good with it nothing major has happened in the ci
ty since the time Jonas Rose to fame and gray fell during the test 3 years ago although gray retaking the test wasn't anything major at least it will give them something to talk about for some time regardless of the outcome gray started his hard training once again only this time all his Focus was placed on trying to comprehend the lightning element before he started he knew it would be hard well currently he is cursing the man for not telling him how hard it was actually the man clearly told hi
m but he wasn't really paying attention at that time so when he heard it he didn't think it will be hard he was in an overe excited state the man didn't expect him to clearly remember everything he was told right this is impossible I've been studying this for so long now but still have no results gray was feeling dejected who knew comprehending would be so hard what was worse was the fact that this was the element He was aligned with how hard would the other element be then well he really didn't
want to find out anytime soon for the past 3 days gray had been coming to the chaos space to try to comprehend the lightning element but no advances had been made he had stared at it so much that even when he closes his eyes all he sees is lightning gray left the chaos space and tried to relax his mind he slowly started thinking about lightning and how it is after 1 hour he got nothing will I have to disgrace myself in front of everyone again even though he had awakened an element he was alread
y getting past the perfect time of cultivating the only thing that might probably be able to help him will be his Rare Element but he doesn't want that he wants to enter the academy with a good position good talent and also with pride how would the students feel if someone who can be referred to as a late bloomer still has such low Talent he would be a laughing stock again gray cared himself he still had time there is no need to think about all this now he didn't want anything to discourage him
so this was the best option eliminating negative thoughts can be hard but not impossible Martha had been less worried about gray since she knew he had awakened an element although poor Talent it doesn't really matter with that ability of his she knew as long as gray set his mind to it he will surely succeed she knew how stubborn he can get when he wants something and also she knew just how badly gray wanted this the few people close to her had brought up the top topic of gray wanting to take the
test again and some even advised her against it they felt if the result was the same gray might really break down it has been tough for him all these years if the result once again showed the same result of him having no Affinity the consequences would be worse than the first time she told them all it wasn't her decision and gray wasn't a child anymore he can make some decisions for himself now since he said he wanted to retake the test he definitely has his reasons and he had assured me that r
egardless of the result it wouldn't affect him much they looked at her and felt she was just as rash as her child some even left angrily thinking she didn't want to hear what they wanted to say Martha didn't try to stop them she knew they had her best interest at heart but they will definitely understand when the time came she saw how hard gray was trying to comprehend the element so he could increase his talent regardless of everything she was really happy seeing how hardworking gray was at din
ner gray told her how difficult it was for him to comprehend the element you don't expect to be successful right off the bat do you everything takes time and perseverance no one wakes up an overnight success you might be talented but lazy someone who has an average Talent will surely surpass you if he is hardworking strive to be the best you can never compare yourself with others behind every successful individual there are countless days of pure hard work remember this people don't care about t
he Battle only the result Martha advised him gently she knew what gray needs now is time with time he can achieve it all so she wants to ensure he doesn't Rush when doing things lest he makes a mistake gray looked at his mother for a long time and her words resounded in his head continuously sometimes he feels his mother is too wise for someone her age he never says this out though he knew just how fist she was there was this one time she froze his father because they were having an argument Mar
tha is a water Elementalist so she also has the ability to freeze things she had never told him her grade or what grade her Talent is but he knew it was definitely not lower than purple it might even be higher but he is definitely scared of her well scared really isn't the right word he prefers using the term respect gray never tries to upset her because she just freezes his legs to the ground and according to her BRS him to her heart's content that way there is no way for him to run chapter 11
it's been a week since grace started trying to comprehend the lightning element and so far well he hasn't made any progress yet but he didn't feel down though every day he tries harder than the previous day he really wants to comprehend it badly if he could make a little progress it will definitely increase his talent although he didn't know what grade it will get to but he knew it wouldn't stay at the pink grade also having a little bit of understanding will pave the way for him for his future
comprehension it's like building a house once you get the foundation done it becomes easier well so he thought gray didn't rush things and took it slowly he knew since it was with him he will definitely succeed someday since he hadn't made any progress he decided to head out and train since it has been quite some time he did the next day gray prepared and went over to the forest to train as usual midday while he was still training it suddenly started raining gray immediately went over to a cave
close to where he usually trains he found this one day when it was about to rain he couldn't head home so he found somewhere to wait it out it quickly started raining heavily Rumble the sound of thunder immediately reverberated in the Sky boom Grace suddenly couldn't hear anything his ear was ringing continuously he immediately ran out of the cave and stood outside in the rain when he looked at his left he saw some part of the ground was Scorch black that was what entered his mind when he saw it
Rumble gray once again heard the sound of thunder and looked up he saw lightning flashing in the sky like it was doing a dance crash the lightning struck a place far from Gray but he saw everything clearly gray stood completely still not moving even after 10 minutes he was in a trance when he saw the display of the lightning and how it struck he suddenly had an epiphany the scene kept on playing in his head from the fast movement to its destructive power everything kept repeating itself after s
ome time it stopped what a Pity if I can have this feeling once more I will definitely be able to improve my talent to purple grade gray said sadly this wasn't a total waste though he learned some things from witnessing it himself although the chaos space is amazing it wasn't the real deal so there is a major difference with how you feel both but with this as reference he can finally start making progress in his understanding of the lightning element after it stopped raining gray decided to stop
training besides he had trained for some time already he was also eager to see if this little progress of his will make any changes to his talent on his way back to the city he noticed the gate was crowded he curiously walked over to see what was going on when he got there he couldn't see anything as the crowd was just too much good day Mister please can you tell me what is going on Gray asked a man on the scene the man looked at gray before shifting his gaze away not even bothering to answer h
im the man didn't know gray but he just didn't care well what a scum gray cursed angrily before walking to search for someone else to tell him what was going on after asking around he found out Jonas returned from the academy this was the first time he had come back to the city since joining the Starlight Academy gray still had an impression of Jonas I mean who wouldn't have an impression of someone with with a purple Talent gray remembered the envious look he gave Jonas when he saw how all thee
ms were fighting over him he also found out Jonas would be staying until the test why did he come at this time couldn't he come after the test Grace suddenly felt pressured if it were before even if he had an orange Talent he wouldn't care since he can improve it with time but now Jonas came the only person who has ever had a purple talent in the history of the city just to be clear Martha isn't from the city he currently lorded over all in this little city even in the big cities he was still so
meone with a high status no one likes being in the shadow of anyone had Jonas not appeared gray would have been satisfied with an orange talent but now he wanted more he had to get his talent up to purple no matter what gray went home with new conviction and the fire in his heart was burning fervently he immediately wanted to see how far his bit of comprehension took him after getting home he went straight to his room and sat in a meditative position after calming his racing heart filled with ex
pectation he entered the chaos space he went over to check if his grade improved after placing his hand on the stone he waited for it to do what it usually does the energy circled his body before returning to the stone when gray looked at the result his face fell he still had pink grade Talent although he came with expectations he also knew it wouldn't be that easy after trying to comprehend it for so long one moment of epiphany couldn't do the trick well unless he stayed in the state for long w
hile this was happening to gray at home the city was a buzz with discussions and the name mentioned the most was Jonas Jonas was not the only name mentioned Gray's name was also in the mouth of many because he was going to retake the test with the arrival of Jonas everyone remembered they both took the test on the same day with one being fought over by theems and the other most likely not remembering how he even left the arena Jonas got word of the fact that gray was going to retake the test he
clearly remembered that lonely figure who stood at the platform stun interesting initially Jonas had no plans of attending the test even if he was around he had better things to do if not for wanting to meet his parents he wouldn't have come to this low classes City he also enjoyed the feeling of being adored by the people here and idolized by the kids chapter 12 the city quietened down after some time everyone went back to what they were doing although there was still some places where the issu
e of gray retaking the test was still talked about it wasn't really much gray didn't think of any other thing and focused fully on comprehending the lightning element since he already made a breakthrough it would be easier wait saying easier will give people the wrong idea it would be less hard now that's better it got less hard for him and he saw some improvements as he studied the element more in this fashion one month quickly went in a Flash the pressure on Gray increased as it got closer to
the time of the test now he had only 2 months left he had to make significant improvements Within These two months to ensure he makes his mother proud gray didn't know if he can make it in time but he knew he was going to try his best no matter what it took him so long just to have any improvements in the element He was more attuned with just how long will it take to comprehend other elements turn gray was tired but not frustrated he knew by increasing his talent and also having another element
it would increase his cultivation speed this way he would be able to catch up and quickly surpass his peers who started cultivating before him all he needed is time only time waits for no man fortunately elementalists gets to live long the higher their level so he still has a lot of time on his hands gray noticed he had made good progress during this month so he decided it was time to check if his talent increased after entering the chaos space he walked towards the stone slowly he stood there f
eeling apprehensive for some time he slowly breathed out before placing his hands on the stone once again the unknown energy went into his body from the stone after going a circle in his body it went back to the stone gray nervously looked on waiting for the result his heart pounding with anticipation after some time the stone lit up gray looked at the stone in front of him without having any reactions for some time finally a a huge Grim broke out of his face after trying for so long he finally
made some progress his talent has increased from Pink grade to Orange grade gray felt like he was in a dream if it wasn't happening to him he would never have believed it even if he was beaten close to death okay not really he wouldn't allow himself to get beaten up that badly just because he didn't believe it at least if he said he believed he would be free to go right gray was initially already beginning to have some doubts although he could see it all happening nothing seemed to change if not
for the fact that he awakened an element he would have thought this was just a sham gray left the chaos space he wanted to share his new progress with his mother unfortunately when he went downstairs she wasn't around H where did she go to oh well I will tell her the good news once she returns Martha returned late looking exhausted when gray saw her mom are you okay he walked up to her when she saw him she tried to hide her weariness but just couldn't I'm fine dear give me a sec I'll go prepare
dinner she smiled to him gray looked at her and didn't say anything more he knew it hasn't been easy for her and didn't want to make her feel sad don't worry Mom I've made dinner already gray told her gently Martha was slightly taken back when she heard this a sweet smile bloomed on her face how thoughtful of you young man she said in in appraising tone taking care of you is my duty now go freshen up before you come back down for dinner gray said gentlemanly Martha laughed when she saw how gray
was acting no matter how tired she feels whenever she sees gray it just feels like all the fatigue Fades away what a great son you have when Martha was on her way upstairs she heard gray make this statement and nearly fell down can't he just be normal for once although she thought of this she didn't really want that gray was her light and she likes the chle him if he suddenly starts behaving like people usually do he wouldn't be fun to be with gray always makes her laugh so she enjoys his compa
ny a lot Martha returned after taking a bath by the time she got down gray had already prepared the table they sat together and started eating Martha couldn't deny it gray was a great cook but she restrained herself from praising him I'm such a great cook Gray exclaimed after doing the dishes Martha rolled her eyes when she heard this at least let someone praise you first gray really is one of a kind but he is always a great company mom I have good news for you gray said with a mysterious smile
oh what is it Martha raised her brow when she heard gray well I managed to advance to an orange Talent today graay said with a proud face really Martha was stunned when she heard this but but quickly it turned to Joy gray being able to increase his talent is something unbelievable but she knew gray would never lie to her he probably wouldn't even think of it he really is scared of her congratulations that's great news Martha congratulated him happily Mom I'm aiming for a purple Talent before the
test gray told her his aim Martha looked at gray don't put too much pressure on yourself having an orange Talent is already considered good especially with that El of yours not that she wanted to discourage him but she knew sometimes it was best to take it easy don't worry Mom I'm confident about this if I can't make it before the test I'll just make it after it it's no big deal gray assured her I'm definitely going to make it before the test gray declared in his heart okay baby remember to you
r health comes first don't overwork yourself Martha said with care gray has always been her pride and joy she still remembered how happy she was the day of his birth what a rascal she said in her heart when she remembered just how Troublesome he was as a child chapter 13 the time for the test was getting closer with each passing day the test will take place in another two weeks the kids who have reached the age for the test were all excited as after the test they will start their own Journey the
y were all filled with anticipation towards the test and couldn't wait for it this usually happens every year the new kids will be fill filled with expectation towards their new Journey not all the kids get into theems though since some have low talents they are picked up by some lower powers in the Empire only a few of the kids with pink Talent actually get admitted into theis however the majority of the kids with orange Talent gets into theems a lot of lives would change after this test just l
ike how it happens every other year theems are the meeting ground for the young people all over the Empire apart from the emperor faction theis are the next in terms of strength but they are always below the Empire they have groomed a lot of powerhouses for the Empire theems can virtually be said to be an important part of the Empire The Emperor's faction can't reach out to every part of the Empire this is where theems come in although they can't be said to have reached every single part of the
Empire they have a larger Network compared to the Empire Gray's full attention has been placed on his training lately that he even forgets about eating sometimes as the time edged closer the voice in his head got louder the voice was telling him to make sure he gets to purple Talent before the test starts he still has hope though there's still two weeks left gray was very determined and didn't want anything to stop him from doing it he really wanted this so he has to work extra hard Martha didn'
t disturb him as she knew with the time of the test getting closer he needs to be fully focused if he can make an improvement it will will certainly do him more good having a purple talent and an affinity with the lightning element it would attract a lot of attention from the academies and also the Empire although the fire element is just as destructive due to the fast nature of lightning and also its ability to electrocute people it has a very high View for the people lightning can shock burn a
nd also has the ability to paralyze people so it can be said to have a higher Firepower than the fire element all around Martha always tries her best to support gray he has been working really hard lately he can do it gray didn't forget to hone his body also he was very diligent in his training he always heads out to train every 5 days he had crossed paths with Jonas during one of the times he went out to train but nothing was said between them gray didn't even recognize Jonas he had only seen h
im once so he really can't be blamed for it he hadn't made any improvements since the previous time he knew it would be h hard but he wasn't giving up gray has been hoping to see lightning once again he had a feeling that if he could see it he would be able to get a deeper understanding of the element lightning is something that can only be seen when it is storming it doesn't always appear when it rains also also the few times it has rained even when there's lightning he isn't as lucky as that d
ay besides no one would wish for lightning to strike their house it was already 3 days left before the day of the test Grace still hadn't made any progress he didn't want to give up like this he would continue until the day of the test he must try harder it dinner gray asked if Martha knew of a way to attract lightning towards a particular spot or she knew of a place that attracts lightning to it why are you asking this Martha inquired I want to see a lightning strike I feel if I can see it I wi
ll help me in deepening my comprehension towards it gray said don't you have the chaos space you can compreh hand it they right Martha asked yes but due to the uniqueness of the element it's hard and I can't feel it in the chaos space gray explained Martha mused for some time I know of a place but before I tell you you must promise me you won't even think of getting close if I find a place for you Martha knew her son too well given how daring gray was she is over 80% confident he truly might go
close to it relax Mom I won't put my life at risk I will only take a look from a distance away gray reassured he knew she would definitely know of a place which attracts lightning if he knows of this place it would be helpful well as long as it storms okay I know how wise you are Martha said with a sneer gray knew she still hasn't believed him so he continued convincing her luckily Martha loved him a lot and quickly gave in she told him the place where lightning strikes a lot gray was happy afte
r after finding out the location it was said lightning always strike that particular Mountaintop whenever it storms no one knows the reason or cause of it but it had been happening for long they have investigated it but they came back empty-handed gray immediately made up his mind he will go check out the place tomorrow that way he would know what to do next when it storms hopefully it storms before the test this is my only hope now I should be able to make it in time I think gray was was n't to
o optimistic about his chances of progressing though but he knew he could get a sudden realization and progress immediately so he hasn't given up hope gray went to his room he entered the chaos space to comprehend more although he would be heading out tomorrow it didn't mean he shouldn't continue his training schedule gray has already gotten used to always training before bed in fact he can be said to be a maniac with how he trains chapter 14 gray headed into the forest he usually trains in surp
risingly the location was in this Forest his mom told him very few people knew of lightning striking the Mountaintop only the higher ups of the city knew of it the mountain was in a deeper region of the forest although he had been to the forest for a long time he never tried to head deeper into the forest there were magical beasts in the forest the magical beasts were also attuned with elements and some of them are even better at using it than humans the mountain wasn't too deep into the forest
that was why Martha was able to tell him freely if it was too deep in she won't be comfortable telling him about the place as he might be in danger if he encounters a magical Beast gray cautiously headed deeper into the forest he had to be careful as sometimes magical beasts do come out from deep in the forest after 30 minutes gray has already gone deep into the forest the trees were really high and looked old they must have been here for a long time gray muttered while placing his hands on the
old tree Gray looked at the trees he couldn't take his hands off it when he placed them on it it was like he could hear the heartbeat of the tree from the earth he traced his hands down the tree towards the Earth he felt the solidity and support of the earth it was able to support everything and all the trees could depend on it the Earth was regarded as the sturdiest element gray had a little bit of understanding with the element and for some time his heart was breathing in the same Rhythm as th
e Earth what a wonderful feeling he felt strong at that moment his eyes glowed with a dark brown color for some time before returning to normal the Earth element truly was resilient and was also the best element in terms of Defense how great would it be if I can awaken the Earth element that would make me almost perfect for now with great attack and great Defense gray said with a smile he was completely aware of the brown glow that flashed through his eyes for some time gray really didn't think
this short realization would help him awaken the Earth element for him he continued his journey into the deeper parts of the forest this is the deepest he had gone into the forest since he started coming here shortly a huge mountain appeared in front of him the mountain was over 1,200 M high and it extended over a range of 300 Mi gray stood at the for of the mountain looking towards the top of the mountain he began climbing the mountain the mountain was rough so he couldn't hurry while climbing
it the top of the mountain had an empty space it looked very smooth probably because of after being struck uck by lightning for too long gray reached the top of the mountain after some time he felt a stinging wind hitting him hard he looked into the distance from the top of the mountain the forest extended as far as his eyes could see this really was a huge mountain he wouldn't dare to go into the deepest part of it he was curious about it though the mountain had a high concentration of the ligh
tning element although grey H started cultivating yet he can still feel how high the lightning concentration in the mountain is due to the high concentration of the lightning element in the mountain gray was able to feel some sort of closeness to it this is really a great place even without any lightning descending I can clearly feel the lightning element this mountain could be regarded as a paradise for all lightning elementalists the element could even be felt in the air it was amazing gray fe
lt great if he could stay here frequently he can increase his comprehension on the element gray sat in a meditative State and tried feeling the lightning element in the air he focused intensely on the element while gray was in a meditative State the lightning element in the air immediately got attracted to him his body was like a magnet towards the element even the mountain had a reaction the lightning element gathered in the mountain started moving towards gray gray couldn't feel anything as he
was fully immersed in meditation some Earth element also moved towards him although a little it still moved towards him gray stayed in a meditative state for 3 hours without making any movements he got out of the meditative State and decided to head home what a wondrous feeling gray felt greatly surprised by the feeling he got he even felt somewhat Intoxicated by it he almost couldn't draw himself out of meditation gray headed home this was a fruitful experience for him he couldn't wait to come
back tomorrow gray decided he won't check if he made any improvements he will wait till the test and see what he got he needed someone to protect him if he wanted to stay longer he had to always remain vigilant when he was meditating although he forgot himself sometimes it was his first time so the feeling took him by surprise gray went to bed early he wanted to go quicker tomorrow so he can comprehend for a longer time he truly enjoyed the feeling and wanted to feel it again gray got up the ne
xt morning and headed towards the mountain in high enthusiasm this was the last day before the test he had to make good use of the day he meditated for a long time before heading home soon the next day reached the day for the test have finally reached after waiting for so long gray got up early like usual this is the day at all changes dot chapter 15 the city was filled with activity since today was the day of the test all the kids that are 12 years old were all excited a lot of people attended
the test this time could it be the number of children participating in this test is greater than the number we usually get for the previous tests this was the thought going through the mind of each representative even the Elder in charge of testing was also surprised by the number of people present today he couldn't hold himself back and asked someone if something else was going on excuse me is something going on he asked someone by the side do you remember the boy who didn't have an affinity wi
th any element four years ago at the test the stranger asked yes I do he answered it was quite easy to remember gray since what happened to gray was something rarely seen so a lot of people present that day still remember him clearly what does that have to do with what is happening he asked again he couldn't see why they would be this much people just because of something that happened 4 years ago well I heard he will be coming to take the test today a lot of people didn't come back then and hea
rd about what happened from others so this time they all wanted to see what will happen The Stranger replied so it's like that ha he still remembered how shocked he was when he saw the result of Gray's test he even had to tell him to retake it just to confirm if the first result was true or if he was just seeing things only after the same thing showed up did he confirm the result was real after he heard this he went over to the representatives of theems and told them why the arena was filled up
today hump I see no reason why they were all making a fuss over nothing the result will be the same why would he want to humiliate himself once again one of the representatives spoke coldly the other Representatives thought the same as well someone who could awaken his Elemental Affinity at the age of 12 years old will most likely be unable to do so for the rest of his life this happens to very few people and out of every 2,000 people it happens to only one of them might be able to awaken his El
emental Affinity later on in his life this was the reason they didn't have any hopes of gray being able to awaken his element again you might be wrong what if he is a late bloomer it's not like someone has never done it before so you shouldn't just count him out just yet one of the representatives said calmly even he knew how hard it is but that doesn't mean this boy can't create a miracle hump we shall see then but this boy better not waste our time another one of the representatives said most
of the representatives felt allowing gray to take the test was a waste of time but they also knew there was a small possibility that he might truly be able to awaken his element who doesn't want to be a witness to something that amazing people who awaken their elements later than usual are always strong willed not everyone will have the courage to come and retake the test after not being able to awaken their elements the time they were supposed to look it's Jonas someone suddenly exclaimed with
a high-pitched voice the noisy arena quickly quietened down they all looked at the same location simultaneously it truly is Jonas wow look how cool he is I hope I can also have a purple Talent once I take the test the arena immediately got noisy once again a lot of kids look up to Jonas they felt since he can have a purple Talent they too can have it Jonas was like a god in the eyes of the kids Jonas walked calmly without any changes in his face he looked calm and confident he walked towards whe
re the representatives of theems were seated close to the platform even the mayor of the city wouldn't dare to walk towards the representatives so leisurely these were people from theis they were people at a place the May can only dream of reaching when whenever he sees them he always has to be polite towards them Jonas walked towards the representative from The Starlight Academy and sat close to him without saying anything the man didn't utter a word when he saw Jonas and even smiled calmly alt
hough he felt he lost face when Jonas didn't even bother to acknowledge Him there was nothing he could do Jonas's status in the academy is higher than his Jonas can even order him around without any issues he still remembered when Jonas called him senior respectfully when he came here but only four years later the difference in both status and attitude was huge the other Representatives looked at Jonas without selling anything even though he was a junior his status was better than theirs what do
you think about what's going on will that boy be able to truly awaken his element Jonas asked while looking around it is almost impossible but there has been times when it happened but his chances aren't High the man said currently there wasn't any sign of his previous own overbearing attitude when he spoke he was as Meek as a sheep Jonas looked at him well we will see how he fares hopefully he won't waste any of our times Jonas currently spoke with dignified bearing he had always been with peo
ple of High status when he was at the Academy or other big cities his world viw has changed completely he has learned a lot and can't be said to be the little boy he used to be I'm not really sure he can awaken it but there's no harm in allowing him to retake the test the man said soon it was time for the kids to register their names gray still hadn't arrived yet the Elder started the test without any delay they couldn't put the test on hold just because of someone if gray can come before he is
given the second list then he can also be tested by the time it was the E person a commotion took place at the side of the Arena it immediately drew the attention of everyone there he has finally showed up gray had appeared chapter 16 Gray walked into the arena calmly his eyes were like Still Waters calm yet enchanting he walked towards the place where registrations take place okay what's your name and age the man in charge of registration was quite surprised that someone who had clearly passed
the age came to register then he quickly remembered what he heard before the test began about a boy who failed to awaken his element four years ago gray I'm 16 years old gray replied politely okay you will be the 21st person called up they're already at the eighth person if you don't get to the platform within 1 minute after your name is called up you won't have a chance to take the test this year and we'll have to wait till next year he told gray the rules I know sir thank you anyway gray thank
ed the man before heading towards the stands in search of Martha Martha came early unlike the last time they came together the last time she had to register gray before getting a seat but this time it was different gray is already old enough to do it properly she knew the arena will be filled today so she came early and saved a seat for gray there was no way she was going to miss this not for anything in the world today her son was going to be in the Limelight and today will be one of the happie
st day of her life she knew how much this means to her son he had suffered for so long just for this day she had been with him all through so she knew his pain whenever he's happy she's happy when he said sad she's also sad if he gets bullied by anyone she beats up the person this was one of the reasons few people troubled him gray quickly found her and sat beside her everyone was shocked by his calm look it was like he wasn't even nervous they thought he would have a serious look on his face if
it were to be them they would be scared silly like what if I still haven't awakened my element the representatives fix their eyes on the youth his bearing is amazing the representative from the lunar Academy said with surprise the other Representatives nodded in approval this was a big day for gray and the pressure on him must be intense if he couldn't awaken his element then he will be totally finished for him to still look so calm even in the presence of this huge crowd who he knew came just
to watch him most probably fail they couldn't help but admire his bearing Jonas looked at gray for some time it was like gray felt his stare in particular and looked at his Direction They stared at each other for a while before moving their gazes from each other how come I suddenly felt inferior when I met his eyes just now that should be impossible it's definitely a mistake Jonas was alarmed in his heart when gray looked at him a moment ago he felt something he only felt from his seniors in the
academy it was a feeling of inferiority he rarely feels this among his age group the only people he looks up to in his age group are those rare monsters with either a blue grade Talent or a duwel Elemental he had only heard of three people his age who has blue talent and only one who was a jewel Elementalist Jewel elementalists were even rarer than people with blue talents they rarely appear and are stronger than people in their stages they can easily fight across multiple stages without any is
sues because they were fortified by two elements gray didn't feel anything when he looked at Jonas he knew although Jonas was currently better than him it wouldn't take long for him to catch up and surpass him as long as he remains hardworking he will rise to be the strongest as time went on the people got more tense they all wanted to know what the result of Gray's test will be some were hoping to witness something which they didn't think was possible While others just wanted to see how gray fa
iled again Martha looked around with confidence she knew her son was going to shock them all she couldn't wait to see their reactions the Elder went for the usual break and got the new list before he continued the test gray calmly looked at the kids who were having their tests some of them were happy with their results While others were sad that was life though everyone can't be successful but there were some kids who didn't care what grade their talents were though some were met to rise While o
thers fail but there are also a few who doesn't care about anything though those are the legendary group they just came to take the tests because they had two and nothing else the time moved slowly it was like the time was moving at a snail's pace usually they would have already called up to the 20th name but they are still stuck in the 15th name everyone waited patiently for the main event of the day gray could feel the unease in the air it was like they all wanted him to take the test immediat
ely morons I'll scare your hearts out with my result gray sneered in his heart after a long wait the audience finally heard the name they were waiting for next up gray the Elder called the next name on the list even he had some expectations for what would happen with this particular test will he be able to change his Destiny or will he fall deeper into the darkness the Elder thought in his heart gray calmly stood up and gently walked towards the platform he slowly got there under the watchful ga
zes of everyone this kid he's doing this on purpose Martha complained when she saw how slowly gray was walking she knew he was doing it on purpose to create more tension in the hearts of everyone hump how Shameless I'll teach him a lesson when we get home gray was having a good time with the gazes of everyone focused on him unaware of his mother's plan if he knew he would surely scream in his heart what did I do on I was only trying to act mysterious when he got to the platform everyone's gazes
were still tightly glued to him he nodded in his mind for how cool he was place your hand on the stone the Elder spoke to him calmly gray looked at the man smiled before walking towards the stone confidently when he placed his hand on the stone everyone held their breaths and waited for the result chapter 17 the entire Arena was quite they all had their eyes fixed on the figure whose hand was on the stone they wanted to know the result badly time slowly moved as the seconds crept at a sluggish P
ace their hearts were racing in anticipation what would be the result this was the question in their minds Jonas and the representatives also had the same thoughts they were closer to the platform so they saw how C gray looked he really is different from the rest one of the Representatives said they all looked at the lazy looking gray whose hand was on the stone gray had a lazy look when his hand was on the stone he didn't have the disposition of someone who had failed to awaken his element prev
iously it was like it was his first time doing the test and he didn't even care about the result after some time the strange energy left his body and returned into the stone the Elder walked over to confirm the results when he saw the results he looked at gray shocked please place your hand on the stone again the tone of the Elder changed slightly when he asked this gray looked at him for some time before placing his hand on it again when the crowd saw this they immediately started to murmur amo
ng themselves this was how he was also told to place his hand on the stone the last time seems like we came in vain clearly he's failed to awaken his element again different opinions came in when they saw this those who were present the last time gray did his test also didn't think gray will be able to awaken to them seeing this was like seeing gray in the platform years ago what happened in both cases was exactly the same the energy circled all over his body before returning to the stone the El
der once again came over to check he was left stunned by what he saw he couldn't even speak the results of the test the people were surprised by his behavior could it be that he was able to awaken his element they immediately started speculating about the result of the test they knew something must have definitely happened for the Elder to have this sort of reaction Elder what is the result we don't have much time so tell us the results the representative of the Starlight Academy spoke coldly to
ward his for not calling the results sooner the Elder immediately got out of his shocked State and immediately announced the result gray lightning element purple grade talent and Earth element pink grade Talent he announced loudly when everyone heard the result they all looked dumbstruck even gray had a surprised look in his face jonice had a look of disbelief Jewel Elementalist gray was surprisingly a rare Jewel Elementalist and what was more shocking was the fact that he had the lightning elem
ent as well although the grade of the talent for the Earth element it doesn't change the fact that he is a jewel Elementalist Martha looked at her son surprised did he know about this we will talk when we get home she didn't want to distract herself from what was happening today gray has shamed them all and also he had surprised even her who stayed with him Martha looked at Gray's face which also had a look of surprise seems like he wasn't aware of this as well she calmed down when she felt it o
kay already the crowd immediately burst into an uproar did the Elder just call two different elements yes lightning and Earth elements he is a jewel Elementalist the crowd couldn't calm down not only were the crowd agitated the representatives felt more agitated this is an unseen Talent each of his element balances him completely one is for attacking while the other is used mostly for defense jouras just looked on without being able to say anything the representatives from each Academy even forg
ot to fight over which Academy he will be admitted to gray looked at the reactions of everyone and also how they looked I'll always remember this day gray was proud of himself he searched for Martha with his eyes and saw her smiling towards him he walked out of the platform towards his mother the stunned crowds still haven't been able to get over what they heard the representatives quickly regained their wits and quickly shouted for greater wait wait which Academy will you like to join the Elder
of the lunar Academy said gray looked at them and chuckled to himself I will be joining the lunar Academy oh gray didn't bother to wait before replying he had a good impression of the representative from the lunar Academy he still remembered how he cheered him up when he came for the test previously gray left the platform and headed towards where his mother sat the crowd still haven't been able to get out of the shock from what they witnessed Derek's face paled when he heard the result he knew
there was a bad blood between the both of them so when he thought about Gray's current status he couldn't help but be scared gray felt very happy deep down when he saw the reactions of everyone he surprise suckers gray snickered in his heart the feeling of Victory truly was a good feeling after being mocked for so long now he had climbed up from the abyss and stood straight before them yet could speak before him well done gray you've truly silenced them and also you made me proud Martha spoke wi
th a huge smile on her face of course I'm the best you didn't expect anything less from me right gray Shrugged and said with a little laugh will you die if you don't praise yourself for once Martha asked with a look that scared the out of gray gray immediately dropped his head clearly not having any plans of replying Martha looked at him and shook her head she could tell no matter what happened gray will always be gray chapter 18 the entire Arena stayed quiet for a long time the representatives
forgot to even remind the Elder to continue the test the representative from The Starlight Academy was obviously stunned not expecting gray to pick the lunar Academy instead he already had the thought of sucking up to gray while they were still here he clearly remembered how he acted towards Jonas he felt he didn't do enough that was why Jonas didn't bother with him all this while he planned to make it up with gray if he could have a good relationship with someone like gray it would make life ea
sier for him the best Elders were sent to better and bigger cities but he was sent here this little place called red City but what he can't deny was the fact that he had witnessed things the other Elders haven't to be able to First witness gray failing to awaken his element to seeing him Awakening Jewel elements it was an unforgettable experience the Elder from the lunar Academy was struck with joy when he heard Gray's reply and burst into laughter the other Representatives looked at him with En
vy they knew he would surely be rewarded by the academy for bringing such a talent back even if this would be the only achievement he had in the sect it was something worth being proud about what annoyed the representatives from the othery was the fact that gray didn't even think and just chose them outright he should have at least gave them all a chance before deciding which he wanted to join although most of the talents head to the Starlight Academy at least there had been some who picked them
Jonas looked at everything going on with a complicated look he remembered how much of a stir he caused when he took his test but comparing it to gry it wasn't worth talking about when he chose to join the Starlight Academy the other Representatives only felt sad about losing such a talent but the reactions they are currently showing towards losing gray was clearly more than just being sad he looked at Gray's smiling face and suddenly felt irritated hum what is there to be proud about I'm alread
y ahead of you in Plains there is no way for you to catch up even if you're a jewel Elementalist Jonas has always liked being the center of attention he enjoyed the looks everyone gave him but with the emergence of gray everything changed all the kids who used to look at him with worshiping eyes were now staring at gray like he was more than a God humph why are you holding up the test we don't have all day Jonas immediately snorted and coldly said to W the Elder in charge of the test the Elder i
mmediately regained his KH and quickly called out the next name on the list the kid whose name was called Stood Still it was like he totally forgot his name the crowd still hadn't gotten over what happened so he couldn't be blamed the Elder shouted the name for the second time before the kid hurried over for his test the entire Arena didn't have any enthusiasm towards the rest of the test they knew they had already seen the highlight of the test the test ended with the CR still stunned the boy w
ho failed to awaken his element four years ago was actually a jewel Elementalist it was shocking no one expected something like this to happen everyone who had previously mocked him started feeling scared they felt like they were standing on fire what if he wants to get revenge on me this was what they were all thinking some even went over to Gray's house to congratulate him when Martha saw them she frowned immediately she didn't like any of them because they insulted gray when he hadn't awoken
in his element if not for the fact that they were all scared of her they might have done more than just insulting him gray didn't even bother with any of them currently the representative from the lunar Academy came over to talk to him it's surprising you were able to awaken your element after not being able to awaken it while you were 12 years old This truly is a rare sight the representative said with a sigh it was all thanks to senior's word that I was able to hang on and not lose Faith gray
said calmly when he saw him he suddenly remembered what he said truth be told he didn't even remember how he got out of the Arena talk lless of what he was told but he had to put up a good demeanor in front of the representative like I remembered what you said gray thought that truly was the worst day of his life I only said it to encourage you truth be told I have never seen anyone who was able to awaken his element after failing once I've only read about it in books the representative said wit
h a smile oh by the way my name's Chris you can call me elder brother Chris Chris told gray his name I think I'll stick with senior gray said with a smile although gray was Troublesome he was respectful his mother taught him this so no matter if he will one day grow stronger than them or stand at his Peak his Elders will always remain his elders but there have been a few times he was disrespectful towards some older people not everyone deserves the respect and Elder should be given Martha almost
got to the point where she wanted to chase all their visitors away luckily they left on their own if gray were to be present he would have clearly seen the fear in the eyes of the leaving visitors when gray saw her coming inside mom are they all gone he asked yes they said they had things to do hence they left early Martha replied gray looked at her for some time he clearly didn't believe it she must have scared them away gray thought why is she giving me that look did did she know what I was t
hinking no impossible gray felt genuinely scared chapter 19 Chris looked at the mother and son Joo clearly surprised by the sudden silence after Martha replied to Gray's question gray how come you didn't even get tea for our guest Martha decided to break the silence due to receiving guests she was unable to personally receive Chris when she saw gray didn't even prepare tea for him she immediately chided him it's okay I didn't plan on staying long I only came over to confirm with gray when he wil
l be able to leave for the Academy with me Chris said with a smile Mara looked at gray when she heard this clearly indicating the decision was up to him when gray saw her look he knew what she meant when he wanted to reply he immediately froze he was excited about starting cultivation so he wanted to say they could leave the next day but when he thought of it he felt lucky that was a close call she would have definitely flipped out if I said I wanted to leave tomorrow gray thought while heaving
a sigh although he said this in his heart he knew he couldn't leave her so soon he wanted to spend time with her when he still hadn't awoken his element He was totally occupied with training now he would be leaving soon it will be wrong of him if he didn't spend some time with his lovely mother when Martha heard this she felt happy inside she knew how eager gray was about cultivating but he decided to stay a week just for her sake okay I'll come back a week from now I'll be in the city until the
n Chris nodded and prepared to leave okay Gray walked Chris to the door take care of yourself goodbye for now Chris advised before heading out I will goodbye gray waved at him before heading back into the house when he stepped in he looked at Martha who was standing and looking at him lovingly why did you decide to wait a week before leaving Martha asked although she knew the reason she still wanted to hear what gray would say What's the difference if I start cultivating now or in a week's time
I only took a week off so I can rest after so many days of constant training gray said when Martha heard his reply her smiling face immediately changed on seeing the change in her facial expression gray burst into laughter I'm only joking Mom I wanted to spend time with the best mother in the world before leaving if I had left immediately wouldn't that make me a bad child gray continued laughing while stating his real reason to Martha when Martha heard this a sweet smile immediately surfaced on
her face hump luckily you still think of your mother of course I'll miss you a lot when I'm not here besides I won't be able to see a beautiful lady who lights up my life every day gray said cheekily save your teasing for the young girls of the academy Martha rolled her eyes when she heard Gray's teasing she also felt sweet inside by the way hey how come you're a jewel Elementalist you didn't tell me you comprehended a new element Martha asked the question she had wanted to know when she heard t
he result even I didn't know about it until today I had a little understanding of the Earth element when I went over to the lightning Mountain but I didn't expect it to actually awaken the element so quickly gray said in a tone that clearly showed his surprise truly unexpected well it's a good thing for you only I don't think it will be easy for you to comprehend new elements you were fortunate this time let's hope your luck continues Martha said seriously yeah now I'll have to focus on cultivat
ing and comprehending the elements it wouldn't be as it used to since I wouldn't be to put all my focus on one of them gray shared his thoughts with Martha gray spoke with Martha for the rest of the day before deciding it was time to get some rest mom I missed dad Grace suddenly said when he was about to leave it had already been been so long yet his father still haven't returned yes I miss him too Martha said with a faint voice when will he return gray asked gray had been asking this question f
or a long time now I don't know dear but he promised me he'll return safely he also told me he might stay for a long time before returning I initially begged him not to go but he said it was very important and had to leave and besides he's never lied to me so I know he'll come back to me Martha said firmly she knew just how many times she had used this statement to not lose hope after being gone for so long she had never once lost hope her husband will never lie to her he will definitely return
yeah he will definitely return it's just I wish he were here to celebrate with us gray said with a smile he knew bringing up this topic will ruin their celebratory mood but he just had to bring it up Martha looked at gray with a smile she really does love him a lot she decided to let him off for his performance during the time he was called up she suddenly felt lonely when she thought about Gray's upcoming departure her husband still hasn't returned now her son would be leaving soon also she loo
ked out the window with tears flowing down her cheek like rain she's always been strong because of gray but when she's alone she clearly feels the pain of her husband not being here doing so much has not been easy for her but she had to stay strong not just for herself but also for her son wish you were here dot chapter 20 gray spent time with Martha but he had already gotten used to always training so after 3 days he had to go train Martha shook her head when she saw this she knew he wouldn't b
e comfortable staying this long without doing anything fortunately he didn't spend all day training like he usually does he would only spend approximately 4 hours training before heading back home he encountered the rep representative from the starart academy when he was returning from his training you can still change your mind you know he said to gray I've already made my decision thanks for the invitation though gray declined politely gray wanted to continue his journey but was blocked again
by the representative the lunar Academy isn't even in the top three in terms of strength we've dominated the empire for years now he said proudly gray knew what he said was right but he didn't care about it he liked how senior Chris presented himself this in turn made him have a good impression of the lunar Academy gray had never been the hay type and he had learned a lot during these four years he was not able to awaken his element he knew more about human nature also you will regret this decis
ion of yours the representative said coldly before leaving gray looked at him with cold eyes he didn't like him good thing he wouldn't see him once he joins the lunar Academy gray went home and continued his normal routine he spent most of his time with Martha then went over to the forest to train he also visited the lightning Mountain once more he savored the feeling he got from it this is a nice place hopefully I can find a place like this in the academy gray loved the feeling he got whenever
he came here to meditate elementalists cultivate by meditating they try to attract the elemental particles of their said elements into their bodies it would then be refined by the Elementalist The Collection plane is all about collecting the Elemental particles into the body of an Elementalist after collecting the particles to a certain level then the fusion stage would begin gray heard Jonas had already broken through to the Arcane plane this was the same plane the mayor of red city was current
ly in Gray couldn't wait to start his cultivation Journey just the thought of it got him excited gray prepared himself for his journey and soon it was only a day before he left senior Chris was staying at an inn in the city so getting to him wouldn't be an issue gray was sure he wouldn't even need to search for him normally the representative wouldn't have asked when he wanted to leave he would have just told him they will be leaving soon each representative rarely stays more than 4 days in the
city they didn't like coming here in the first place so they were always grumpy if they had to stay longer but due to Gray's Talent he had to stay for a week just so he could fulfill Gray's demands although he wasn't sucking up to him he wasn't trying to offend him either this was one of the reasons gray respected him even more gray knew if it were to be other Representatives they would have tried to suck up to him this also made him more curious about the lunar Academy if the academy isn't as t
he representative presented then he would be very disappointed although he wouldn't have a problem since he was a duel Elementalist he would have a high status anywhere he went power was everything and talented individuals were respected a lot since they would turn into powerhouses in the future so long as they do not die early finally the day of his departure finally came Martha was feeling both sad and happy she was happy Gray's dream of cultivating was about to be realized but was sad since s
he would be left all alone she suddenly thought of something and quickly made a decision gray I'll be heading to meet your father Martha suddenly spoke you know where Dad is gray asked in a surprised tone actually I would have gone with him if not for you you were the only reason keep me here now since you're about to go to the academy I'll be able to go freely without worrying about you Martha said while caressing Gray's cheek gray thought about it and felt it was the right decision staying her
e wouldn't bring her anything so how will I find you gray asked he wanted to know where they were so in case he wanted to go find them it would be easy don't worry about us for now I'll send you a message when I get there just focus on your cultivation for now Martha reassured sh gray she wanted him to focus fully on his cultivation he has already fallen behind so he needs to fully focus on his cultivation okay Mom but don't forget to send me the message so I won't get worried about you it has a
lready been so long since he heard from his father if his mother was added it would be devastating for him Chris came after some time gray are you ready he asked yes gray replied okay come with me Chris replied before going out of the house heading in the direction of The City Gate gray hugged Martha before walking out he stood outside and looked at the house for some time before following in the footsteps of Chris when they passed through the city Gates Grace suddenly felt nostalgic he couldn't
help but taking another look at the city he had stayed in all his life when he looked back he saw Martha standing not too far from him with tear filled eyes a new phase of his life was about to begin this is the end of this video thank you guys for listening hope you enjoyed and wish you wonderful rest of the day the silent rupt is out
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