The trio was currently sitting in a field, and a fire was burning mildly, with a stake set up and what looked like the remains of a pig could be seen on it.
“I have to say bud, you’re a great cook. Not like some people I know.” While saying the last statement, Klaus made sure to stare at Reynolds.
Reynolds was left flabbergasted, ‘Why is he looking at me?’ He asked himself.
“Yes Rey, I’m talking about you, you’re a bad cook. No, not bad, saying bad makes it sound good, you’re a terrible cook.” Klaus said looking at Reynolds in contempt.
“Like you’re any better.” Reynolds retorted angrily.
“At least my cooking doesn’t cause diarrhea, even with our enhanced organs, your awful cooking is still poisonous. I’m very confident that your cooking can easily wipe out an entire town of people who are below the Arcane Plane.” Klaus said still looking at Reynolds in contempt.
Hearing Klaus’ statement, Grey, Void, and even Reynolds was taken aback.
“Is it that bad?” Reynolds couldn’t help but ask.
He had tasted his food, and he could agree with Klaus that he was a terrible cook. But come on! His cooking could wipe out an entire town of people below the Arcane Plane, isn’t that a little too exaggerated?
“You could try cooking for your parents, if they survive it, then I’ll walk around naked for a week!” Klaus was even ready to go naked for a month because he was very sure that Reynolds’ parents would die from it.
They might not even last two hours before dying!
“Okay Klaus, I get it, I’m a bad cook. But don’t forget we couldn’t eat anything when you cooked. At least there was something left in mine to eat, you, on the other hand, burnt the outer part of the meat, yet the inside wasn’t properly cooked.” Reynolds said laughing.
“That wasn’t my fault, the fire wasn’t properly made!” Klaus tried explaining.
“And who made the fire?” Reynolds asked with a sneer.
“I di… I meant to say that the wood was bad.” Klaus said, trying to shift the blame.
“And… Who picked the wood? I remember you saying, and I quote, ‘This wood is great! Grey always uses this type of wood’.” Reynolds said the last statement imitating Klaus’ voice as much as he could.
And for the first time since Klaus entered the trial land, he didn’t have a comeback. In this war of words, Reynolds was the victor, but he knew he’ll come back again stronger!
‘I’ll accept defeat this time. But he should remember, he might have won this battle, but I’ll always win the war!’ He thought cheering himself up.
Grey on the other hand was enjoying the bickering between the duo, since they had grouped up, his journey had been very amusing, to say the least.
“Enough guys, you’re both terrible cooks.” He said chuckling.
“Hmph! Someday, I’ll be a better cook than you are.” Klaus declared.
“Haha, not a chance. But I’d like to see you try though, at least your cooking might get better.” Grey laughed, and Reynolds soon joined in as well.
“*Sigh* Who am I kidding? I’m not patient enough to cook, I’ll just find myself a wife that’s a great cook, but until then, you will have to cook for me.” Klaus immediately gave up on the idea of learning how to cook.
Eating good and tasty food was great, preparing one, was not so great.
“At least you know your limits. Wait, who’s going to cook for you?” Grey asked looking at Klaus.
“You of course, do you think I’d eat whatever Rey cooks? I still want to continue living.” Klaus said while throwing a disdainful glance at Reynolds.
The trio continued speaking about food until they finished their meal.
“Okay, now where to?” Reynolds asked.
“I don’t know, you know we’ve been moving randomly all this while.” Klaus replied.
“Hmm, let’s head in that direction then.” Grey suggested, pointing at what looked like the roof of a building from where they were currently sitting.
“Okay.” Klaus and Reynolds nodded before standing.
“Such a waste of good meat.” Klaus said with a sad look.
They weren’t able to finish the pig, so there was still some left.
Grey walked closer to it and touched it. After touching it, it disappeared.
“Shit! Grey, since when can you make things disappear?” Klaus immediately yelled out, stunned by the fact that after Grey touched what was left of the pig, it disappeared.
Reynolds stood dumbstruck, looking at Grey like he was a freak.
“Wait, what?” Grey asked with a confused expression.
All he did was keep the rest of the meat in his spatial ring, what’s so shocking about it? Besides, it wasn’t like he hadn’t told them about it before.
“Can you make humans disappear as well, if you can, I have a list of people I…” Klaus stopped when he saw the weird look Grey was giving him.
“I only kept it in my spatial ring.” Grey said.
“Oh! You mean that spatial ring. Wait, what’s a spatial ring?” Klaus said as a series of expressions appeared on his face.
Grey was once again left speechless, and he couldn’t help but pull a long face. He didn’t think Klaus would’ve forgotten about it so soon.
‘Maybe he’s forgotten about it.’ Thinking of this, he decided to tell Klaus what a spatial ring was.
Just as he was about to speak.
“I’m joking, I remember what it is, I just wanted to see how you’d react if I said I didn’t.” Klaus chuckled after seeing Grey’s reaction.
“You… Forget it.” Grey could only shake his head at how playful Klaus was.
Now he knew how most of Klaus’ opponents feels whenever he asks who they were. With nothing left, the trio started their journey.
‘Hey, are you okay?’ Grey transmitted his voice to Void.
‘Yeah, why’d you ask?’ Void stared at him strangely.
‘Oh nothing, it’s just that you’ve been a little quiet lately.’ Grey asked a little concerned about his companion’s behavior.
Void felt quite good on seeing Grey’s concern towards him, and just as he was about to speak, Grey ruined the moment with his next statement.
“Or, are you pregnant?’ Grey asked cheekily.
‘Fuck! How can I be pregnant, I’m a male!’ Void immediately exploded out.
Grey who was walking suddenly burst into a fit of laughter.
Klaus and Reynolds who were both behind him looked at him not understanding why a normal person would suddenly start laughing.
“Do you think he’s okay?” Reynolds leaned closer to Klaus and whispered.
“I’m not so sure.” Klaus shook his head.
They couldn’t be blamed, when Grey previously told them about the space element and spatial ring, he didn’t tell them he could speak to Void in his mind.
“Grey, are you alright?” Reynolds poked Grey on his back as he asked.
“Of course I am, why would you even…” Grey who turned around when replying Reynolds failed to see the rock which appeared in his way and tripped over it, falling face-first to the ground.
The strange thing was, after he tripped on it, the rock disappeared like it was never there.
Klaus and Reynolds hurried closer to him on seeing this.
“Are you okay?” They asked simultaneously.
“Yeah, I just tripped on…a…rock.” Grey said the last part looking at the place where the rock was supposed to be, yet he found nothing.
He looked around, and found Void not too far from where he was laughing.
‘It’s you.’ He said.
‘Yes, that will teach you not to mess with me.’ Void continued laughing.
He knew Grey was only making fun of him, so he decided to play as well, and since he had the space element, making things appear and disappear was his specialty.
Grey squinted his eyes and a grin formed on his face.
Plop!
The ground Void was standing on suddenly went soft, and he fell into it.
Grey made sure to be secretive about it so Klaus and Reynolds wouldn’t find out.
‘Hehe, I won in the end.’ He laughed before standing up.
The trio continued their journey with Void having to walk on his own, the reason for this was because he was covered in mud. And Grey refused to use the water element to wash him up.
Klaus and Reynolds were actually shocked when they saw the muddy Void, they knew they didn’t pass any muddy place, so where did the mud come from.
When the group was about to reach the building, Grey finally decided to clean Void up, since he couldn’t use the water element openly, he could only tell Klaus to do it.
Boom!
A loud explosion came out of the compound, accompanied by smokes and screams.
“People are fighting again.” Reynolds said sadly.
He had seen more fights in this week than since he entered the trial land. He felt a little sad for the ones who lose their lives fighting for treasures, although one treasure could change their lives, if they die because they were trying to get it, what was the use?
Although he also wanted to grow stronger, he was contended with the pace at which he was improving. Sometimes, moving too fast in life isn’t always the right choice.
“Come on, let’s check it out.” Grey said in low voice.
He too, didn’t get why most of these people were fighting to the brink of death just for a treasure. He moved his hand along Void’s soft fur petting him, before entering the compound.
After staying with Void for some time, he found out that just like every other cat, Void likes it when someone pets him, so whenever he sees he was angry, he’ll pet him.
The trio soon entered the compound, and what greeted them was just as expected, four people were fighting against each other, with three corpses on the floor.
