While hex was integrating the soul runes in his own soul to manually adjust to this worlds power system the clone that grey left behind eyed the cat cautiously.
grey didn't know why but he felt a very weird energy that slightly unsettled him, in a way it reminded him of a certain red fox he knew and the only thing that came to mind was something he didn't want to think about as it would mean he had to do something grave.
Grey heard lily asking for help to modify her summoning rune to be more practical instead of just summoning one creature every tier and permanently bond their souls.
at this hex was ecstatic at the chance to study and even modify another power so they spent the next few hours talking about what each part or her rune did what to add and take away.
somewhere along the line terra and sky also joined adding their ideas and learning form hex and his own worlds power that seemed to be a more advanced version of the glyph's lily learned and seemed very well suited for their world as the two elves seemed to understand how to use these complex symbols almost immediately but terra the only human seemed to struggle and only barley managed to use some of the basic glyphs that hex called magic circles.
hex explained how they were all talented as it would take most months if not years to learn it, crystal carried everyone atop her as she was now transformed into a simple wagon at the regrets of terra to blend in with the locals.
while all of this was nice and all grey felt weird despite being surrounded by people and talking to them and even learning a bit from hex he for some reason felt alone?
Greys original body also felt these feelings as he was making his way through the wilderness as he slowly walked through the wilderness his mind was left to think about everything that has happened lately again.
it all just seemed like a fever dream now that everything around him calmed down but he knew deep down this peace was never fated to stay.
At that thought an ingenious thought came to his mind as his usually droopy ears shot up as he quickly ran up a tree as if gravity had nothing on him.
''When lily became a fate stealer elf, she met the embodiment of fate of something like that I think and since my aura comes from chaos all I have to do is find a connection and use that as the base to truly understand this power!"
"Time to use a reverse sound barrier while I'm at it.''
grey was so excited he forgot that he wasn't entirely safe as he only hid in a tree and setup a simple barrier around him and a few nearby trees.
a few animals wandered into his barrier and regretted it immediately as the moment they entered a very high pitch ringing echoed through their ears giving all who entered extreme headaches and nausea.
grey spent the next twenty minutes impatiently trying to find the red energy deep in his body and couldn't no matter how hard he tried.
'What am i missing?' he thought to himself while remembering what caused him to use it all the previous times and that's when it struck him the two main things that brought out that power was intense emotions was something fatal to him or someone, he knew and the other was when he had no more energy but wanted to keep fighting forcing out that energy.
at the moment he wasn't in any danger, so the only other option was to fully exhaust is soul energy to better use his aura.
the barrier soon cracked as multiply small barriers and weird noised rung out in his general area to quickly drain his energy in four minutes, but the other creatures nearby the forest seemed to think it was haunted and alive while others just assumed two powerful creatures started fighting as the sounds of roars, explosions, howls, cries of pain and the sound of something being chewed on echoed out from the forest.
and at this moment grey didn't know but all these actions caused quite a bit of chaos thought the entire forest as everything nearby started running away as to not be dragged into what seemed to be a massive fight and that chaos, he accidently created actually strengthened his bond to the chaos energy slumbering deep within him enough to sense it and use that connection as he ran out of soul energy.
soon after he focused on connection to chaos his clone in another dimension also stopped moving and joined in the meditating and their bodies light up with a small reddish hue surrounding them in complete sync as they fell into a deep trance.
the red eyeball from above spoke to his master "My lady his soul has left his body what should i do?''
after a few moments he heard Azazel's voice enter his mind you can't follow where his soul is going jo just protect his body until he returns.''
"Yes, my lady!"
grey felt as if his soul and mind were falling though darkness with no direction only fowling a thin red tread in all types of random directions.
soon enough he saw scarlet cracks rupturing through what seemed to be the floor until a giant red claw smashed through it and dragged him through in a painfully tight embrace but left enough room not to kill him.
grey was yanked into an abyssal dark red room and tossed across like a discarded meal and just rolled across what seemed like the floor, it was hard to tell as everything was the same color.
a low and deep growl shook the surroundings before a primal voice startled grey to his feet as if ready to fight, he looked around until he saw it.
"What is that look? It's as if you've never seen the Arch-gin Progenitor before which is impossible since you are part arch-gin.''
grey stared in pure awe as the creature before him seemed like the peak of power it made is blood boil with both admiration and fear.
The creature before him looked like no other it had abyssal black horns atop its massive snakelike head that was attached to a massive and muscular lizard body and enveloped by mesmerizingly powerful and beautiful dark red scaled wings.
after admiring what seem the apex of all apex species greys golden eyes soon met its almost magma orange eyes and stared at them as if they were beautiful gems.
"Are you done admiring my body little one?"
grey slowly nodded without breaking eye contact before the creature continued "Most of my own children are too scared to even look me in my eyes let alone some filthy half-blood.''
at that grey was greatly confused which confused the creature before the eyes pulsed a bright red lifting greys bodies and forced its way into his mind.
for grey is felt as if someone was sticking an invisible arm down his thought and then lifted him up like that.
the creature felt small amounts of chaos energy inside of trying to resist but aside from a small amount of shock at seeing it he cast it aside as if it was an insect.
back in the physical world both Azazel and lily looked at greys body in horror as it looked like a ghost was lifting him up by his throat and choking him out until he just collapsed on the floor.
back in the weird dimension grey was dragged in he was lying on the ground coughing and gasping for air with tears running down his face.
"Wak ud ooo oh ee" grey tried asking what you'd do to me, but his mouth was really numb for some reason as he glared at the one resposible.
the creature was thinking to himself out loud "So one of apo's creations stole and assimilated one of my children's corpses and you stole my children's bloodline form that thief.''
it was only after those words that grey understood what had happened this creature that he assumed was furor just forcible entered his body and read his memories.
''Hmm a creature born with a very weak connection to me gained the ability to assimilate physical forms like those Damm sludges and became a distant cousin to my children by accident? Is this the same as adoption or is it like finding a distant bastard child.''
furor stared at greys tiny and weak frame over before muttering to himself "Defiantly a distant hybrid bastard child but one of my bastards nonthless.''
grey was left in pain and confusion "Don't worry little one I don't kill my own children no matter how distant they are but that is besides the point, after studying your biology and life I can safely assume your will start your own lesser Arch-gin race which seems like fun to me so ill help you understand what chaos is and if you die along the way my children won't really lose anything valuable but if you survive you might be useful to them.''
grey couldn't even voice his opinion as he felt a more forceful sensation than before choking him out as his mind was barraged with memories.
back in the physical world both of greys bodies were being choked in the air only this time they were transforming into a winged lizard and relished what seemed to be blood red flames from their mouths as bright red veins pulsed through their bodies letting black ooze leak from their skin in a strange manner.
while everyone was panicking around his physical body grey felt almost enlightened as he finally understood that chaos was at its core was just change making a catalyst for change and within his new understanding a few things engraved themselves in his very soul.
everything around grey seemed to be fading in and out as grey was being dragged back to his body he heard furors final words "Just know you and your kin are always welcome in Azcure if you need to escape as no one touches any of my children no matter what crimes they commit and the only law on Azcure is power so if you ever feel you can be contained on that pitiful star system apo made just come to mine you have a lot of potential for something so small.''
with that grey woke up a sweaty mess back in the real world exhausted and just ready to just lay down the rest of the day when he noticed a strange but strong smell.
he looked around him only notice he was surrounded by black goo on all sides strangely enough as if it came from, and while being mentally exhausted and physically sore, he strangely felt full of energy.
grey left the tree he was in and even more strangely there were corpses around the tree he was on and he felt a familiar presence high up in the sky but no matter how hard he looked he couldn't see anything.
he didn't know why but his entire body felt... purer as if his old body was a clogged machine, at the same time his clone woke up and started explaining what happened to a worried lily while his original felt something coming at him.
"I can feel a strong heartbeat coming close, but I have no soul essence left.'' a plan started formulating in his mind as he braced for a fight with a wide smile on his face.
soon enough a yellow falcon surrounded by lightning emerged from the tree line and glared at him from above.
greys already wide smile widened even more as he summoned the golden disc in one paw for the first time in a while and his body started pulsing from his body like it was following its own heartbeat.
before he even moved multiple bolts of electricity hit him but much to the falcon's surprise grey was to only fine but the electricity seemed to be integrating inside of greys body and almost tempering.
grey stared down the falcon like a beast that finally realized it was a monster all along, grey soon disappeared from sight so the falcon tried to speed straight Ahed to escape when a golden disc surrounded in a red hue flew at it from above.
the falcon seemed to have dodged by spinning out of the only to crash into a tree causing it to fall, when the falcon managed to painfully pull itself it realized to late that its left wing was cut smooth off before it could even let out a cry of pain a red furred claw crushed its head instantly after appearing out of nowhere.
"HMMM? this beast seems like a mid-tier four of the electric branch and yet I so easily defeated it despite having no soul essence.''
grey smile seemed distorted while covered in blood "It seems I found my calling as an ambush predator!"
only three people saw grey were watching grey at this time and they all felt something similar that he will become a true powerhouse.