Aetrox's face went from confusion, to realization, to understanding, and back to confusion once again.
Michael used magic. He wasn't a Mystic Master who commanded the Arcane, and yet, he was able to command the mana in the air to form a magic circle.
At first, because of Michael's strange words and his suspicious knowledge about the Eternitus Consortium, Aetrox first thought that Michael was an enemy. That he was an agent of the Ersatz, sent here in order to cause further chaos and destruction.
However, the young man's use of magic was a complete contrast of that. It was what the Ersatz hated. There was no way that they were going to let one of their members wield magic like this. In fact, if the Ersatz found out that he had this ability, it wouldn't be surprising to learn that he would be killed by them.
So, this meant that Michael wasn't a part of Ersatz.
Meaning, he was probably a member of the Eternitus Consortium.
