On an island somewhere far from the Pyrmond Faction.
A rip appeared in space and a figure shot out of it, crashing into the ground.
The figure was of course Grey who had an issue with his teleportation array.
When he landed on the island, he looked around, trying to figure out his current location.
"How lucky, I got to appear in a place with an active volcano, yeah…" He said sarcastically as he looked at the large volcano that had smoke coming out of it. They appeared close to the volcano.
Looking around, he noticed he couldn't see anything other than a large sea of water. He didn't even know where he was, which was worse.
"At least you're alive, stop complaining." Void replied after climbing onto Grey's shoulder.
"How come I look like a wreck and you're fine?" Grey couldn't help but ask.
They were both thrown out of the spatial tunnel, yet he was the only one who seemed to have crashed.
"I landed on my feet, unlike you who crashed into the sand with your face." Void mocked as he looked around.
Other than a few beasts, he couldn't sense anything else in this place.
"There's food, I think we're pretty lucky." He muttered.
Grey cleaned his face before grabbing Void and tossing him to the ground, to his dismay, Void landed on his feet and stuck out his tongue mockingly.
After the duo played around for some time, with Void being the victor in their small battle they finally decided to tackle the issue at hand.
Grey brought out the horned men and sent them out to scout the island and see what they could find. After being with them, he finally knew their names. The first guy he captured outside the trial land was called Birch, the two he captured inside were, Braden and Basil. All three brothers had different elements, one was a Water Elementalist, the other was a Space Elementalist, and the last was a Wind Elementalist.
"What do we do now?" Void asked, his expression more serious this time.
"I have no idea." Grey replied.
This was what happened to Ellis when he appeared in the Azure Continent. What he felt was worse was that he had no clue where he appeared. If he was still in the Aurora Continent, he would be delighted since going back to the Faction would be easy, but if not, then he would have to think of a way to leave the place. This was his greatest fear.
The duo stayed on the island, waiting for the return of the horned men. A few minutes later, they returned with what they could find. Other than magical beasts, there were no other things living in the place. They also sensed the presence of a beast that should be above the Overlord Plane, which frightened them. The island was around three kilometers or so, so Grey ticked out the area where the beast was located.
Other than that, the volcano seemed to be on the verge of erupting.
'Where will these beasts go to if the volcano erupts?' Grey started to brainstorm.
From how the volcano looked, he felt if it were to erupt, it would most definitely affect this place which was only around three thousand square meters. If that is the case, then the entire island would be affected by the eruption. The beasts living here would naturally have to flee for their lives.
While thinking about all this, he also thought of the possibility of the volcano not being too violent when it erupts. There's a chance that it might only cover a small area. In conclusion, he didn't want to leave his fate to chance.
"Leaving this place should be our priority. Void, you can fly, so all the work in finding the next patch of land lies on you. If you can find a boat, that will be even better." Grey started to give out orders.
Void nodded to his words and immediately took to the sky. With the connection between the duo, he could find him even after moving thousands of kilometers.
Grey was still speaking with the horned men when a thought suddenly struck him.
'Come back.' He called Void telepathically.
After doing that, he brought out a plaque-like item. It was the tracking device he made when he was still in the Azure Continent. As long as he was in the Aurora Continent, then the light dots of his friends will most definitely appear.
He prayed in his heart as he activated the device, joy appeared on his face when he realized there wasn't only one dot on the device.
"Yes!"
His expression changed when he saw the distance between the lights.
'This should still be the Western Continent, but I'm in no way close to the Faction. Hmm, getting back before the mission's time runs out will be difficult.' Grey sighed when he thought of his wasted points.
He couldn't help but curse at the necromancer, wishing for him to die. The points he worked hard to get would be gone, just like that.
He was still cursing at the necromancer when he felt a strange sensation coming from his body.
'Huh?'
A confused expression appeared on his face and he turned to look in the direction of the volcano.
One of the things he suddenly realized was that even with the smoke coming out from the volcano, the island was still chilly. He didn't get to think about it before since he was preoccupied with the thought of leaving this place, but after calming down, he was amazed by the temperature of this place.
"Why's it cold?" He blurted out.
He looked in the direction of the volcano, wondering if it was the cause of the chilling air.
For some reason, he also felt a strange connection with the volcano as well.
Void had returned, and hearing Grey's question, he couldn't help but think about it.
"Strange." He muttered, looking at the volcano as well.
In a place with an active volcano, it was quite odd that it was this cold.
