(In a random alley in the city of sin)
Corey sat on a wooden crate with his head resting on his left hand, and his eyes closed.
He remained in that posture for some seconds, then he opened his eyes with his brows slightly furrowed.
"That was… a lot of unexpected information."
Corey mumbled as he pondered on the information that was brought to him by Rhea, his pet, who was now tier 1.
Ever since Corey decided to join Divine's group, Corey had already planned on using Rhea to spy on the group, especially Divine who was… obsessed with him for some unknown reason.
Corey's confidence in his plan to spy on the group was one of Rhea's new skill, which was called Spirit Form.
The skill allowed her to turn incorporeal and invisible to normal sight.
The skill also gave her more abilities, like not been able to get hurt by normal physical attacks and so on.
The skill, Spirit Form was just one of the skills Rhea got when she got promoted to tier 1 with the help of the Paragon Ancestor.
Corey did not know how the Paragon Ancestor evolved Rhea to tier 1, because during the time of his training, the Paragon Ancestor just took Rhea and told him that he was going to help her evolve.
And who was Corey to complain when he was receiving free help from one of the most powerful beings in the multiverse.
Anyways, back to Divine and his group.
When Corey was at the site of the committed suicide, he told Rhea to subtly move to the corpse and hide in it, while observing Divine and his group.
Although Corey knew that there was always a chance of something going wrong, he never expected Triple X to notice Rhea even when she was hiding in the corpse.
In a way, he was lucky that Triple X was extremely nonchalant about it or he'd have been placed in a situation which he would prefer not to be in.
'Well, even if Triple X told the group about me spying on them, it won't be a problem, just a little troublesome.'
Corey thought, then his mind went to Divine.
He just could not figure out Divine's obsession with him.
Corey had various thoughts as to why Divine was obsessed with him, like for example,
Maybe Divine knew that he was on the temple of flames hit list and he wanted to kill him so as to get the rewards.
No matter what, Corey had not forgotten that there was a possibility that some people knew about him being on the temple of flames hit list, and maybe, just maybe they were watching his every move, wanting to end his life for the rewards.
Corey was not entirely sure, but the matter of the temple of flames hit list was always at the back of his mind, just like the other reasons Corey had as to why Divine was so obsessed with him.
For example:
Maybe Divine wanted something from him?
Maybe he knew one of his secrets?
Maybe he wanted revenge for somebody that he killed in the past?
Corey honestly did not know and it was deeply unsettling for Corey to not know the reason why Divine was so obsessed with him to the point that he even wanted to know his Fate.
"Well, like a wise man once said, keep your friends close and your enemies closer… that's if Divine is an enemy."
Corey rubbed the middle of his brows with a slightly frustrated expression, then he released a sigh and a soft chuckle was released from his lips when he remembered Divine's plight that was caused by Rosa.
"Although she's crazy, endangering the bastard's future generations makes her alright in my eyes."
Corey smiled and just as he smiled, a beeping sound resounded from the silver watch on his wrist.
Corey looked at it, then he tapped it.
After he tapped it, a translucent screen appeared in front of him, notifying him about several friend requests, and a set of coordinates.
Corey looked at the friend requests which were from everybody in Divine's group and he accepted all of them.
He then opened his map which now had a blinking red dot, directing him towards a particular direction.
"Time to meet this old man poison."
Corey said, then he jumped off the crate and with a calm gaze and calm steps, he walked out of the alley.
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(Some minutes later)
Corey stood in front of a beautiful mansion which was located… in the inner area of the city of sin.
This was Corey's first time coming to the inner area of the city of sin, and Corey could definitely see the huge difference between the inner area and the outer area.
It was like the outer area was the slums, and the inner area was like a modern representation of a well, developed city.
The inner area had good roads with different types of vehicles driving about, there were people buying from the various stores by the roadside.
There were people that were visiting other people's houses. There were even some people that were taking their pets out for a walk.
The inner area of the city of sin, seemed so… calm, lawful and peaceful that Corey felt a chill run down his back when he saw all of this.
To Corey, it was like the Underworld was trying to make they, the prisoners, forget that they were prisoners of the Underworld.
To Corey, it was like the Underworld was trying to make them feel that the Underworld was basically like the outside world, like it was safer and it was better.
To Corey, it was like the Underworld was trying to make all the prisoners… have an attachment towards the it.
It was trying to make them like the Underworld or even love the Underworld.
When Corey heard from Divine that the Underworld was a place full of madness, Corey thought that the Underworld would be so chaotic to the point that there would be fights happening everywhere at every moment.
But when Corey saw the inner area of the city of sin with his own eyes, he felt that a more chaotic was better than this orderly dangerous place, called the Underworld.
Another thing that surprised Corey concerning the Underworld was that, the Underworld had something akin to androids.
A few minutes after Corey entered the premises of the inner area, an humanoid android walked up to him and without speaking to him, it started scanning him, wanting to know whether he had the authority to enter the inner area.
Corey was at first worried, that something might happen but surprisingly, the android said he had the authority which Corey guessed was because of Divine.
After that happened, Corey started following the directions on the map which led him to his current destination which was a mansion that was in an isolated location in the inner area.
"This is unexpected. I was expecting a shoddy looking house, or a residence that was… average or moderate."
Corey spoke with a slightly surprised expression as he looked at the beautiful mansion in front of him.
He looked around just out of habit, and when he didn't see a single living being around the mansion, his brows furrowed slightly.
"Well, I somewhat expected this sort of environment."
Corey mumbled then he released a soft sigh and walked to the door of the mansion.
Knock
Knock
Corey knocked the door, and with a calm expression, he waited.
A minute went but he received no response.
Five minutes passed, but he still received no response.
Ten minutes passed, but Corey still did not receive a response.
Corey frowned deeply and he knocked the door once again, but this time it was louder and more forceful.
Just as Corey knocked the door, the door opened slightly and Corey raised his brows.
He changed his posture slightly, in case there was an attack coming at him but after waiting for a few seconds, nothing happened, causing Corey to frown.
Two black battle axes appeared in Corey's hands and with a calm expression, Corey pushed the door with his leg softly so as to not alert whoever or whatever that was behind the door.
With cold calm eyes, Corey walked into the mansion and when he did… he saw six people who were some meters away from him, though five out of the six were on the floor, writhing in pain while releasing painful groans.
Standing in front of the five groaning people, was an average looking man with wrinkles on his face, grey hair on his head and long beard that had a pointed end.
In his right hand was a staff, and his clothing was that of a green robe with different designs on it.
The man previously had an intrigued expression on his face as he was looking at the writhing five people on the floor.
But just as Corey entered, he frowned, then he looked up and a surprised expression appeared on his face.
"Another one?"
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