Affinity:Chaos
chapter-188

"That's the last one." Grey said after watching Klaus extract the last healing tonic from the last snake that wasn't in an earthen cage.

"So soon? I thought there were more?" Reynolds said with a hint of sadness.

He didn't expect the snakes weren't that many, given the sweetness of the liquid, as well as the feeling they get from breathing in the scent, he didn't mind doing this for another hour or so.

"Well, unless there's a way to make the previous ones create another healing tonic, that's all." Grey said after looking around to confirm there was none left.

"Wait, can't we just capture them and train them till they create another one." Klaus asked after letting go of the snake.

The snakes were relatively quite calm and only attacks whenever they were threatened, so it would be very easy to train them.

"I don't think that's possible, or is it?" Alice asked while looking in the direction of Void.

Since she knew Grey could communicate with Void without others knowing about it, she felt very intrigued by the black cat, added to Void's space element, she felt it was very unique.

They still had no idea Void had three other elements, and since Void rarely fought, they felt he was only attuned to the space element.

Grey also stared in Void's direction, along with the other boys.

'No, these snakes can only make one healing tonic their entire lives. Look at the head of the snakes, you'll see the bud on it is gone.' Void explained.

'Also, don't think of capturing it so you could breed them to acquire their offsprings, there are special conditions they must go through before they can acquire the healing tonic, and I don't think anyone knows of the conditions.' He added when he noticed that Grey didn't immediately give up.

'Oh!' Grey exclaimed lightly.

After getting the information from Void, Grey went on to tell the others about it, without adding the other part since he felt it wasn't necessary. But just like him, Klaus also had the idea of capturing them so they could breed them for their offsprings.

"No Klaus, we can't capture them…" Grey told him the reason for it.

"Well that's a bummer. What now?" Klaus asked.

"Going back to the Academy should be our next choice of action." Grey said.

He felt there wasn't anything left for him in the trial land, so getting out of here and going back to the Academy was the next possible thing to do. He also wanted to go back to Red City and search for the whereabouts of his mother, it had already been so long, and he didn't know what happened to her.

The others nodded to his suggestions and all turned to leave the cave.

While they were walking on the pathway before getting to the spot where they had to choose which path to take, Klaus suddenly came up with an interesting topic.

"Grey, if you were to cook with one of those liquids, it would be quite an unforgettable experience." He said while licking his lips.

"You also thought of it, I thought I was the only one." Reynolds said in surprise.

When he tasted the liquid for the first time, he thought of Grey's cooking and his imagination ran wild, he even planned on telling Klaus so they would team up together to plead with Grey to use one of the liquids.

"You guys too?" Grey had a shocked expression on his face.

"What are you all talking about?" Alice looked at them weirdly, she knew Grey was a great cook and had gotten a taste of his food once, but it had been a while now.

"Great minds they say think alike." Klaus said with a laugh.

"So, are you?" Reynolds asked with an excited expression.

"I still don't know yet." Grey said with a hint of uncertainty, the truth was, the idea of cooking with it was quite tempting.

"Wait, you want to cook with one of the healing tonics which according to Void could save someone who's at the brink of death?" Alice asked feeling bewildered by the audacity of the boys.

Who would freaking think of using such a life-saving item to cook? Sometimes she felt the boys all had a screw loose or something, they've never seemed to amaze her with some of their weird ideas.

"Yeah, pretty much." The boys all nodded simultaneously.

"Are you mad?!" Alice felt like beating the boys to stupor just for this thought.

She's felt angrier by the fact that Grey who she thought was the more rational one among the boys also thought of it. Although there had been times where Grey showed his irrationality, but not in a scenario where they had to use such an item.

"No, we just like good, tasty food." Klaus said.

Boom!

An attack struck Klaus sending him crashing into the wall by the side.

Bang! Bang!

Klaus wasn't the only one who hit the wall, Grey and Reynolds also met with the same fate.

"It's a freaking miraculous healing tonic for God's sake! If you dare to say you want to cook with it again, you'll all be losing some teeth." Alice stomped her feet angrily and turned around to leave.

The boys were currently sprawled on the floor, aching on different parts of their bodies.

"We haven't even cooked with it yet and I'm already feeling pains all over my body, do you think it'll be worth it to lose a tooth or two just to have the chance of using the liquid to cook." Reynolds crawled over to Klaus and Grey who were closer to each other and asked.

"I don't know, but it might be." Klaus said while rubbing his stomach where Alice's previous attack hit.

Luckily, she was lenient on them, so they only felt pain from where they were struck, and also their backs which they used in slamming into the wall.

"How long would it take for a tooth to grow back?" Grey asked.

If they were going to do this, then they had to prepare for every possible thing. It would be embarrassing for them to go out if they were missing a few teeth.

"A week or so, I haven't really lost one before." Klaus speculated as the trio got to their feet.

"I have, it took two weeks at that time, but since we're already in the Origin Plane, it shouldn't take more than ten days." Reynolds said.

The speed of each Elementalist's recovery mostly depends on the Plane of the Elementalist, as well as the healing tonic used.

"Hmm, but we only have fifteen healing tonics, losing one wouldn't be nice though." Grey said seriously.

"We're not losing it if it's consumed." Klaus said.

"You do have a point there." Grey said while rubbing his chin.

Alice who was already walking forward turned around when she noticed the boys were not following behind her.

"What are you all still going?" She asked angrily.

"Coming!" The boys replied as they hurried towards her.

The boys caught up to her and they all continued the journey out. On getting to the point where they had to choose which path to take, Grey suddenly stopped.

"What's up?" The others asked simultaneously.

"Void said there's still something here." Grey said with a serious look.

"Well that's great, looks like even if we picked any of the paths it wouldn't have made a difference." Reynolds said with ecstasy.

"Are you trying to say my gut feeling had nothing to do with us discovering the previous cave?" Klaus said with a long face.

"Of course not, I'm just saying it was quite useless in a situation like this." Reynolds mocked.

"How dare you? I can allow you to mock me, but not my gut feelings." Klaus said before pouncing on Reynolds.

"Sometimes I wonder how they're so close given how frequently they fight against each other." Alice said as she watched Klaus biting Reynolds' arm.

The duo who were fighting were not using any elemental attacks, rather, they were using their physical strengths which compared to Grey's, was like that of a newborn child.

"That's what makes their friendship closer, don't you see they don't really plan on hurting each other." Grey said pointing at the duo who were struggling.

But the next moment, his expression changed, not only him, but Alice and Klaus' as well.

"Haha, try me now." Reynolds laughed happily.

"Damn you! How dare you do something I would do if I were in your position?" Klaus yelled angrily as he ran towards Grey.

Behind him, Reynolds' Elemental Warrior could be seen chasing after him, with a whip made of fire surprisingly in its hand, it would occasionally lash out at Klaus, making him yell in pain every time the whip hit his butt.

Grey quickly escaped from the range of their battle with a weird look on his face.

"It's not every day you see Klaus being bested by Reynolds." He said with a chuckle.

"Yeah." Alice nodded while laughing at Klaus' plight.