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At the valley.

A youth stepped out of the big black door and was welcomed by the sight of a huge tornado coming his way.

He unconsciously froze in shock, not expecting something like this to happen. But after going through multiple fights, he was able to quickly regained his calm and sent a wave of fire that destroyed the attack.

When he stared ahead of him, he was greeted by the sight of a heated battle. The battle was divided into four parts. There were fourteen youths present, four of the youths seemed to be ganged up on by the other ten. Other than the most eye-catching battle which compromised of two fighters, the other three had four fighters with one person fighting against three others each.

“How shameless, how can they team up against four people?” The youth wasn’t a fan of this. But, he knew all was fair in war.

The only person he felt still had a shred of dignity left was the one who was fighting against a single opponent. Both of them looked like they were the strongest amongst the groups fighting and from the little exchange he had seen, he could tell they both wielded multiple elements.

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‘Finally!’ Grey almost exclaimed out in delight.

The inscriptions he had been trying to make were finally done. At first, he wanted to create one symbol to fight against the Darkness Elementalist, but when Ellis and his group joined the fray of things, he changed his mind and decided to create three instead. And all of them would be to assist his friends.

Since he could still hang on against the Darkness Elementalist, he didn’t need one. Now, he planned to create a chance for them to escape. Had they been fighting against the Darkness Elementalist and his group alone, then he didn’t fear anything, but now, things had gotten too difficult for them.

When he noticed Reynolds was about to summon his Elemental Warrior, he signaled him to wait a little longer. If he summoned it at the wrong time, it wouldn’t give them the opportunity they needed to run since their opponents were too many.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three attacks struck out from the symbols with none of the others being aware of them being above them. This was the first time Grey was using his inscription in front of his friends.

Ellis and two others who were in the Second stage were struck by the surprise attack. Ellis having a higher cultivation stage was more sensitive to danger and managed to defend against it. But it still threw him off balance, this presented an opportunity for Klaus that he didn’t miss.

Sending out an attack, he was able to send Ellis flying.

The two others didn’t have it any better and the attack from the inscription injured them, although not fatally.

Having one opponent less in each of their battles, the pressure on Alice, Klaus, and Reynolds would naturally reduce greatly.

But, the sudden turn of events shocked everyone except for Grey who was the cause of it, and the battles stopped momentarily due to the fear of them being attacked by others.

The youths as well as the Darkness Elementalist retreated and looked around vigilantly to find out who attacked them.

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“Which bastard dares to sneak attack me?!” Ellis roared after managing to stand up.

Blood could be seen at the side of his mouth. Klaus didn’t hold back on the attack and truly wanted to take his life with it.

Looking around, the only unfamiliar person he saw was the youth who was standing in front of the door.

“It’s you! Who the hell do you think you are?!” Ellis shouted, clearly infuriated by the fact that he was injured because of the sneak attack.

“I’m not that lowly to sneak attack someone like you. And… I don’t involve myself in things that have no connections with me.” The youth said coldly.

“Then did you see who did?” Ellis questioned.

But unlike the first time, the youth didn’t respond to him, instead, he just stood at his position with his arms crossed.

“He’s not the cause of it.”

Just as Ellis was about to yell at the youth, he heard a voice, turning around, he realized the speaker was the Darkness Elementalist.

“If he’s not the one, then who is?” Ellis asked.

Since the youth was the only one present, it was natural that he would be the only suspect.

“Look above you,” The Darkness Elementalist pointed upwards.

“Uh! What are those?” Ellis asked in surprise.

“If I’m not wrong, those should be inscriptions. There’s an inscriber amongst these four,” The Darkness Elementalist pointed at Grey and his friends who had grouped together since the battles were placed on hold.

When Ellis heard what the Darkness Elementalist said, he sucked in a cold breath. He had some knowledge about inscribers and knew they were a terrifying bunch.

‘To think there’s an inscriber amongst them. They’ll all have to die, I can’t allow them to leave this place alive.’ Ellis thought.

Now, he wanted Grey and his group dead. But before that, he’ll allow them to weaken the strength of the Darkness Elementalist and his group, so killing them would be easier.

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“So those are inscriptions, to think you’d learn it,” Alice said looking at the flickering symbols in the sky.

“It hasn’t been long I learned it,” Grey replied casually.

Unknown to everyone else, Grey was secretly creating another inscription. Since the battles have gotten to this extent, creating more inscriptions would make the battle easier for them. Even if they would escape at the end, he wanted to make sure these people wouldn’t be left unscathed, especially Ellis, if he had the chance, he’ll be the first one he kills.

“Isn’t that the guy from your city?” Klaus pointed at the youth standing by the side.

“Yeah,” Grey nodded.

He recognized Jonas the moment he saw him. When he noticed Jonas’s stage, he was slightly taken aback but when he remembered the legacy, he felt it wasn’t really unexpected.

Jonas had reached the Third stage of the Origin Plane. When he passed through the door, he was only in the Eighth stage of the Arcane Plane.

“So what’s the plan now?” Reynolds asked.

“We’ll have to fight. How long can it last?” Grey asked.

“Five minutes max, Reynolds answered.

“Hmm, we should be able to escape within that time,” Grey answered after pondering for a while.

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“Don’t give them any more time, kill them now. But remember to be wary of those symbols.” the Darkness Elementalist ordered and charged at Grey.

He was dead set on killing Grey, and since he had the chance now, he wanted to make sure he does. Although he didn’t know who was the inscriber, he didn’t care. As long as they all died, then he was satisfied.

Ellis and the others charged at their previous opponents.

But just as Ellis was heading towards Klaus, an unexpected figure appeared before him.

“I’ll be your opponent this time,” Jonas said casually.

“What is the meaning of this? I thought you said you don’t involve yourself in things that are not connected to you?” Ellis asked in rage.

“I don’t. But you see, I’m indebted to him, and I hate being indebted to others. So, this is me repaying a favor.” Jonas shrugged and attacked Ellis.

The battle got more heated with the addition of Jonas. Although Jonas wasn’t as strong as Grey or the Darkness Elementalist, he was a notch stronger than Alice and Ellis, which made him the third strongest person in the battle.

He was ganged up by three people, and Alice, Klaus, and Reynolds were fighting against two people each. But given the damage some fighters have taken, they weren’t at their best, so the battle wasn’t as pressurizing as it used to for the three.

Being wary of the symbols, they had to ensure to didn’t put their full focus on the fight or else the consequences would be detrimental. Due to the sudden involvement of Jonas, Grey stopped Reynolds from summoning the Elemental Warrior, for now though.

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Grey managed to create a fourth symbol after one minute went by, and used it to immediately attack his opponent. Having so many inscriptions up was quite tiresome, so he planned on escaping soon.

“It’s you!” the Darkness Elementalist exclaimed when he was attacked by an inscription all of a sudden.

If he still didn’t realize that Grey was the inscriber then he was a fool. Now, he felt more driven to kill him.

Grey wasn’t just a Multi Elementalist, he also had a terrifying physique, and now, he found out Grey was also an inscriber.

How could one person be equipped with all this? Having one of the three things he had would already make one a genius, yet, one person has all three. It was shocking, to say the least.

“Rey, now!” Grey said.

Having four symbols up was very taxing to his spiritual energy, and if he didn’t dismiss them, it would tire him out soon.

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When Reynolds heard Grey’s call, he quickly summoned his Elemental Warrior. The moment the warrior appeared, it sent out attacks towards Reynolds opponents and sent one of them flying.

Bam!

Managing to escape, Reynolds second opponent wisely created a distance between them and struck out an attack.

When the others saw the appearance of the Elemental Warrior, one of them left Klaus and came to the aid of his companion. With two fighting against the Elemental Warrior, they managed to contain it, although just barely.

Klaus being left with a single opponent didn’t delay and went to work on him.

One minute later.

Klaus had managed to send his opponent flying and sent out an attack to help Alice while also preparing a gift for Ellis.

“Grey, We’re ready!” Klaus said after they managed to escape from their opponents.

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“Goodbye,” Grey waved and made an attack that consisted of three elements and also with the symbols.

Attacking three people simultaneously, he dashed away from the Darkness Elementalist. Jonas, Alice, Klaus, and Reynolds also ran into the forest beside him.

Although Jonas wasn’t aware of their plan, he was able to pick up some things since he knew they couldn’t defeat their opponents and the others were also exhausted from the long battle.

But before Klaus left, he didn’t forget to throw the gift he was preparing for Ellis. The ice needle was too fast for Ellis to dodge, and it entered his chest.

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“Consider us even,” Jonas said before walking away after the group stopped running.

Grey stared at the fading shadow of Jonas, he didn’t expect because he left him back at the secret room to acquire the legacy, Jonas would feel indebted to him.

He shrugged and focused on recovering. The mental stress he had from using four symbols made him tired. He needed to rest.