Kaz walked through the castle, trying to rid his mind from something that was really pissing him off. "How dare he?" The teenager grumbled. His pacing lightly accelerated as he walked through the corridor.

The guards let him through, given he was asked to come. They didn't want to be on their ruler's bad side.

Kaz was incapable of cooling off though. It was just spiraling in his mind against Rothar. If he could, he would have done something. Alas, he wasn't an Underworlder. Just a human.

He reached the throne room and Kaz knew he was in trouble. In his mind though, he didn't care. He just wanted to make Rothar regret his words. He was so certain he wasn't kidding. He'd rather be elsewhere and deal with that problem or vent it out, but he couldn't.

Chapter 40: Chaotic Knowledge

Kaz entered in the throne room, half his mind still preoccupied. Looking up he saw Chaor sitting on his throne. By the looks of it seemed he was angry at him, if his hand scratching the arm support of his throne was any indication.

Agitos looked at the boy and noticed that there was something going on with him. However, he couldn't voice anything as long as his ruler didn't ask for his opinion. He just hoped that Chaor knew not to try what he did before. The aggressive interrogation was of no use in helping them reach the Cothica at all. It might even push them away as Kaz was their guide.

Takinom crossed her arms as she noticed that the human was a little too assertive than he usually was. She saw him enough times to know that something was going on. She gazed at the other Underworlder at the other side of the throne who nodded.

"You are finally here Kaz." Chaor grunted.

"Yeah. I took a while." Kaz replied shortly, not looking at the ruler.

The three were quiet at that reply. None of them saw that coming, even if they knew something was going on.

Chaor gazed at his councillors who raised their shoulders.

One glare was enough to make Agitos whisper, "I'll figure something out."

Chaor frowned and grunted, "You've been gone for a long time Kaz. I've wanted you to come here for a while, but no one could find you."

"Should have been longer." the red-haired boy replied more snappily then he should have, his mind still focused on what Rothar had asked before.

Chaor grunted and was about to stand up. He wanted to show the boy what it meant to disrespect him.

"Chaor." Takinom and his councillor Agitos looked at him, reminding him that it was a bad idea.

"He is our guide Chaor." Takinom whispered to him.

"Maybe he is under control of a M'arrillian… or something else." Agitos offered quietly.

The ruler nodded. It had to be the case. His Kazzy would never act like that. He took a deep breath and crossed his fingers. Agitos suggestion was only a possibility for now. They had to figure out if it was that or the boy was really disrespecting him. Chaor frowned as the human still didn't even try to look at him. Even when the boy was usually intimidated, he would raise his eyes to meet his eyes, "You are lucky I need you or you would have been in trouble Kaz." He grunted, putting the nickname aside until everything was back to normal, or force the M'arrillian controlling him to reveal himself.

"Yeah." Kaz replied.

Now, Chaor could see that there was something distracting the boy. He didn't even react when he stopped using the nickname.

When he first used it on the boy, he was always embarrassed a little. It was amusing to see the face of a human just changing color like that. He always found that red looked much better on his Kazzy. He kept using it because it was also getting on the nerve of the human and eventually, it was just how he called him.

Being controlled or not, the boy would have notice it.

Agitos and Takinom reached the same conclusion.

"It seems as if you aren't disposed to say anything Kaz." Agitos started.

The red-haired boy finally gazed at them. He saw Chaor seemingly dangerously looming over him, asserting his dominance. Aware of it, the boy mentally gulped as he realised that he might put himself in trouble. He put his sarcastic demeanor on the side, still it was lingering in his nerves, "Yeah."

Takinom gazed at Chaor who gave a nod. She crossed her arms, "What happened? Surely something important for you to act so disrespectful towards Chaor."

The Chaotic Player did not want to talk about that. He gazed at the side, "Nothing important."

It was turning into a guessing game and Chaor was not happy about the lack of cooperation from the human. He was not someone who liked to play guessing game. He stood up and jumped near the human, "I shall be the one to judge if it is important or not Kaz!" His face was an inch from the boy and grunted, "Remember your place."

Kaz paled as he knew what that meant. His anger was on the side and didn't want to linger around. It was put in a box, ready to be dealt with later. He let out a weak, "Fine."

The ruler of the Underworld didn't move an inch, "Talk." He was already pissed off that they were wasting time to reach the Cothica with a boy who suddenly acted all tough and trying to hide it from him. He didn't have the patience to wait for the boy to spit it out as Takinom wanted to try.

"I came here with my mother to get a scan of Rothar. With his new attributes and power. She wanted him for a match and me to prepare for any future matches," he gazed at the side. Just thinking about it pissed him off. He was frowning more and more as he continued on, "We searched around and when we found him, we followed Rothar until mom talked to him. It took a while, but eventually, he accepted to be scanned by my mother only." he crossed his arms as he grumbled, "It's not only that." He was tensing as he approached what the creature said to him.

Chaor ordered, "Continue. This is wasting my time."

"Rothar then remembered that you asked him to bring me to you if he found me. He did that and mother left." Kaz grumbled a few things before went on when his hero showed his fangs, "He then said something."

"Which is?" Agitos pushed the boy, knowing it was the climax of the story. The boy was dancing around and it was wasting their time. The boy was getting tense, his muscles could be seen stretching under the frail skin of the human, a strange sigh for the creatures. The player seemed to bit his lips as if he tried to keep his emotions in check, volatile one obviously.

Agitos concluded that it was the reason why he was strange. Trying to control that raw emotion, boiling in him.

"He said…" Kaz hesitated. He suddenly snapped, much to the surprise of the creatures, "That freaking jerk asked me if my mother was single! He thinks he can ask something like that! My mom isn't something for his amusement!" Kaz put his hands over his mouth after saying that right in front of the leader of the Underworld. He gazed down and didn't try to look at his ruler.

Chaor saw it all in the eyes of the boy when he snapped. As the boy avoided looking at him, he let out a small smile. The eyes that looked a little like this when he was mad. He couldn't believe a weak human had a little bit of him inside himself. A young human, a weak creature from the Cothica. In the Cothica, everything was possible, he thought. He turned around and suggested, "You should challenge him in a duel and make him regret his words."

The boy didn't reply.

Chaor turned around and grunted, "I let it pass just this once."

"S-sorry Chaor!" The boy bowed.

The ruler let out a small chuckle.

Agitos crossed his arms. It made sense now why his ruler was interested in the boy. He would dare to imagine what would happen if Kaz was an Underworlder. He pushed that thought aside.

Takinom brought them back to where they began, "Now that we wasted enough time with this little problem. You forget about it and you answer our questions now."

"Of course." Kaz said, focused this time, "What you want to know?"

The shining blue eyes of the king went on the human as he replied, "Did the Overworlders manage to reach Chaotic?"

Kaz sighed and nodded, "Yes. Maxxor managed to do that not too long ago. It wasn't as bad as the first time a creature came there."

"As I thought." Chaor grunted, "They are one step above us to reach the Cothica."

"My world." Kaz whispered.

They didn't hear him.

Agitos asked, "What do we have to expect from Chaotic? Our spies overheard a few things in Al Mipedim and Kiru City, but not enough detail. There seems to be some rules put in there."

The boy knew he had to tell them about it, "Yes. There are rules that must be followed or… you might be…well… dead." Kaz tapped his fingers, "There are defenses there, though we just saw those for the first time when Theb-Saar appeared."

"And the rules were given by those Codemasters?"

"And Theb-Saar negotiated for-" Kaz gulped, "all of Perim."

Chaor grunted with barely restrained anger as he threw a fireball to the wall. It enraged him so hat the ruler of another tribe spoke in his name. It was an insult he wouldn't let go, "Theb-Saar will pay for that." He grunted.

The advisors waited for the other one to say something. Chaor was still fuming his rage and he was the one who continued, "Explain the rules."

Kaz told them everything he knew about what they could do or couldn't do when they went to Perim. He knew it was going to happen and he could tell them. He was still nervous though about when the creatures would come to Chaotic. He didn't like where it would go. It wasn't an if but a when. His thoughts also went to the M'arrillians, if they would reach it eventually. He didn't know how the Danians were progressing, but he knew they were.

Chaor frowned at all the restrictions. He knew the consequences, but it was not the Underworlders way at all. He was furious that they couldn't fight the other creatures there and get rid of the competition, "This is problematic." He admitted.

The three creatures were quietly talking together, probably planning how they would deal with everything they learned.

Kaz wondered what he meant, but didn't want to argue with the creature. He looked at the others. He put his hands on his pockets and wondered what would happen now.

"Leave." Chaor suddenly ordered.

The boy nodded and took out his scanner. He pressed on it and he was gone of the castle.

Chaor nodded at Takinom.

"We need to carefully pick the creature we will send in Chaotic. We cannot allow a creature who wants to fight the others at first sight."

"Not only that, but we don't know which creatures will be there. We don't know if it would end up in a fight." Agitos added to her thoughts.

Chaor nodded as they continued to talk more about it. He eventually interrupted them, "We need our battlegear to be ready soon. We cannot let the Danians reach it before us." He stood up, "And I'll be the first one to go to the Cothica. The other rulers did and I will do the same," he let out a small smirk.

"But-" Agitos started but couldn't say anything else.

"I know what's at stake Agitos. I will not cause chaos there or we have no chance to reach the Cothica." Chaor grunted.

"Fine." Agitos submitted to his ruler will.

They talked more about it. They had to accelerate the upgrade of the Telebracers and figured out how they could even do it. There were still many things they were missing to be able to do that.

AC: This is the end of this chapter.

Next: M'arrillian Civil Conflict.

The M'arrillians division is getting intense as those who supported the will of the Messenger get a Chieftain on their side. Those who sided with the Messenger are better organised now.