Chapte r317 316: We Have Company

317 316: We Have Company

'A lot of things about the Underworld don't add up.'

This was Corey's main thought as he listened to Rosa speaking about their situation and the ugly truth of the Underworld.

Although Corey was slightly stunned by the fact that the Underworld was used as a training ground for the young masters and ladies of the top factions of the outside world, Corey was still baffled by one question:

Why was the Underworld truly created?

Corey knew the Underworld was not a structure that was created after the apocalypse started.

There were so many reasons as to why Corey knew this, and the main reason was that there were people who had lived in the Underworld for more than 5 years.

In fact, there were children who were born in the Underworld and had never seen the outside world. An example was Kiefer, who was fourteen years of age.

If Corey's guess was correct, the Underworld had been in New Earth for at least 10 years before the apocalypse started. since that was when foreign forces like the Temple of Flames, the Temple of Water, and so on came to New Earth and integrated with it.

Although Corey knew all of this, he was still baffled as to what the main goal of the Underworld was.

The Underworld was a prison, but it was not like most prisons where one is tortured or constantly suffers at the hands of the prison guards.

The more time Corey spent in the Underworld, the more confused he got whenever he thought about the true purpose of the Underworld and how terrifying and cunning the mind of whoever created the Underworld was.

The conclusion Corey came to after spending so long in the Underworld was that the Underworld was a land of nightmares and sufferings to the weak, but a land of paradise to the strong.

It was eerily similar to how the outside world worked before and after the apocalypse.

Before the apocalypse, those who were poor, physically weak, and had no power suffered, while those who were rich, physically strong, and had power enjoyed most of their lives.

The same principle applied even after the apocalypse, and it was even more pronounced.

The Underworld worked in the same way. And the scary fact was that as one got stronger or gained more value points in the Underworld, the more comfortable one got in the Underworld.

The Underworld was not a place where one would be confined to a small room with nothing to do.

One could go out, and if they had enough value points, live as they want. The Underworld Emporium was an extremely large place with so many activities.

It was the place where one could be in a perpetual state of happiness and fun. In fact, some people forgot that they actually lived in a place like the Underworld after spending a very long time in the Emporium.

Some even chose to live there. If they had enough value points, that is.

Corey furrowed his brows as he kept on looking at a certain part of the abandoned warehouse.

'I was planning on escaping the Underworld on my own. But, with my plan, it could take two years or more before I'm able to implement it.'

Corey released a soft sigh, and then he placed his left hand on top of Rosa's head, baffling her and everybody else to the core.

"I'm going to need Divine's help to escape. I know he has been making plans towards escaping the Underworld."

Corey mumbled with a calculating glint in his eyes.

"Uhmm? What's wrong with you Smile Reaper?"

Rosa asked, but Corey gave no reply.

His mind was currently on something else.

A guess.

A terrible guess that he had made after listening to Rosa's words about the chosen ones of the top factions.

Rosa did not need to tell him, but Corey could infer one thing from her words.

The Temple of Flames was in the Underworld.

BANG!

BOOM!

An extremely loud bang shook every single individual to the core, except Corey that is, resounded in the abandoned warehouse like thunder released by raging clouds.

Old Man Poison, Selene, and Dave quickly regained their balance, and their gazes immediately landed on Corey and Rosa, who was frozen due to extreme shock and fear.

"We have company."

Corey said as he stroked Rosa's head, which was placed by his waist. All eyes moved to the eastern part of the abandoned warehouse, where five people appeared with their auras unfurled.

Tier 4s!

Five Tier 4s!