Chapter 238 237: Map of The Underworld
Inside the manager's office, Corey and Divine found themselves in a dimly lit and spacious room of opulence and mystique.
The room was adorned with deep crimson velvet curtains that frame tall, arched windows, allowing in a soft, diffused light. A grand mahogany desk, intricately carved with mystical symbols and intricate patterns, stood at the far end, covered in parchments, scrolls, and a computer . At the edge of the desk, rests a crystal ball, one which Corey had no idea of its use.
The walls were lined with shelves filled with ancient tones and magical artifacts, the shelves nearly buckling under the weight of esoteric knowledge. A plush, emerald-green chaise lounge was tucked into one corner for meetings.
A large, ornate mirror stood at one part of the room, and beside this mirror was an object that was hung on the wall and encased in a glass casing.
The duo walked to the object and Corey turned towards Divine.
[Is that the map?]
Divine nodded, and Corey furrowed his brows as he looked at the map.
No matter how he looked at it, he found the map… suspicious.
He thought the map would probably be locked in a safe or would be hidden from the public eyes, but to his bafflement, it was out in the open.
Although, he knew that the map was probably protected by unseen formations, he still felt like the manager of the emporium was too trusting of their formations.
[Are you wondering why the map is out here in the open?]
Divine voice echoed in his head, and Corey nodded.
[Well, think about it like this?]
[How many people would decide to rob the Emporium manager's office?]
[You should know that getting into this place is certainly not easy. And it's not everybody that can get the artifacts I used.]
[How many people possess the ability to crack the manager's formation on the map.]
[Also, the callling of every mystic Underworld officials is not known to the public. Only people that possess vast sources of information like me can know this.]
Divine said, and Corey decided not to comment on his narcissitic words.
He reflected on Divine's words, and he realized that what Divine said was right.
How many people could summon the courage to do something as daring as robbing the manager of the emporium's office?
How many people had the information Divine had?
How many people had the strange artifiacts Divine had?
And, how many people had the knowledge Divine had on a lot of things like formations?
Not many people could boast of possessing all these abilities, so it wouldn't be strange for the manager to not expect the arrival of two daring mortals.
But,
[What about taking a pic of the map? What's stopping a visitor of the manager from taking a sneak pic of the map?]
Corey asked as he wondered why somebody would have to trouble themselves with breaking the formation when they could just take a pic of it.
Also, what about people like him that possessed a photographic memory. He was sure he wasn't the only person in the world to possess a photographic memory, though, his was much better than a photographic memory.
Divine's lips curled into a light smile, then he pointed at the map.
[What you see on the map is fake. It's an illusion.]
[There have been countless people that have been fooled by what they saw on the map. They tried to escape using the paths shown on the map, but they just ended falling into a deadly trap and their fates were worse than death.]
[They showed every resident how they tortured them, and this deterred most residents from having the thought of escaping.]
Corey raised his brows as he heard Divine's words. He looked at the map and tried to find any sign of the drawings on it being an illusion, but he didn't see anything different.
The drawings looked too real.
Corey activated his Eyes of Omniscience.
Divine walked to the map, intending on destroying the formation surrounding the map.
[Stop!]
Corey's voice resounded in Divine's mind like a clap of thunder, and Divine shook and grabbed his head in pain. He turned towards Corey with reddened eyes, and,
[WHAT THE FUCK MAN!]
Divine screamed internally in anger, and Corey winced as he felt a little bit of discomfort.
Divine noticed this, and his eyes gleamed with a strange light that contained a tinge of shock.
[Look at your feet.]
Corey's voice echoed in his mind, and Divine looked at his feet.
The instant he did, his eyes widened in fear as he looked at an extremely hidden formation that was barely an inch from his foot.
He observed the formation and realized that the formation was meant to notify an individual- most likely the manager, when an individual was in the vicinity of the map.
The formation was so subtly hidden that Divine had not noticed it, and he could not help but imagine how terrible their fate would be if he had taken that extra step.
Meanwhile, after Corey warned Divine, he looked at the map and the map in front of him changed.
The lines and diagrams on it changed, and Corey could not help but be amazed by the intricate design of the Underworld from the map.
Although, he knew that with his talent skill, Record, he would be able to look at the map again in his Library of Records, he still wanted to brand the image of the map in his mind.
This was his way out of the Underworld, and he wanted nothing to happen it.
As Corey was observing the map, Divine was studying the formation. His plan was to break the formation, then break the formation on the map.
lightsnοvεl.cοm 'I'm not going to give up no matter what.'
Divine's eyes gleamed with a determined light.
[We should give up on taking the map.]
[Hmm?]
Divine looked at Corey with squinted eyes. He noticed Corey's pure white eyes and a glint flashed in his eyes.
Corey pointed at the map, and spoke:
[I don't know what's on the map, but I can see a strange energy on it. And I feel like if we were to take the map, the manager or whoever it was that put the energy on the map can track the map.]
[We'll be in serious danger if we take the map.]
Divine furrowed his brows and he looked at the map. His eyes glowed with a red and blue light, but even after looking at the map, he saw nothing different on the map.
The only thing that changed on the map was that the diagrams became blurry, signifying to Divine that there was an illusion formation around the map.
The glow in his eyes died down, and he turned to Corey with a deep frown.
[I don't see anything.]
Divine said, and Corey shrugged before pointing at his eyes.
[I have special eyes, and I can see it.]
If possible, Corey would rather not show his Eyes of Omniscience to Divine, but his life was at stake here, and he needed Divine to listen to him.
Besides, Divine would defintely not know the full abilities of his Eyes of Omniscience.
He pointed at the mirror that was directly beside the map.
[That mirror is actually a portal.]
[If my guess is right, the mirror is meant to transfer the manager directly to her office the instant she notices that something is wrong here.]
Divine's face grimaced as he looked at the mirror with a deep frown.
He had always thought the mirror was a normal mirror.
Even till now, he could not sense nor see anything different about the mirror.
[So what are we going to do about the map?]
[We can't just leave without taking it.]
Divine asked with a frustrated tone as he looked at Corey.
[I can see through the illusion on the map, and i've memorized the map.]
Divine raised his brows as he looked at Corey skeptically.
[Are you sure?]
[100%]
Corey spoke with immense confidence, and Divine looked at Corey for a few seconds before releasing a sigh.
He looked at all the artifacts, knowledge and spells in the manager's office with reluctance.
'So much treasure.'
'So much bloody treasure but I can't take any of it!'
Divine almost shed tears of pain, and with immense struggle, he looked away from the treasures all around him.
[Well, let's leave this place and get some treasures for ourselves.]
Corey looked at Divine with raised brows as he noticed Divine's pained expression.
Although, he was curious, he decided not to ask and just nodded.
It was time for him to look for a medicinal plant that could heal his damaged meridians.
'Hopefully I find one.'
Corey thought, then he looked at Divine who brought out two transparent cloaks that were similar to the ones they used to enter the manager's office.
Corey looked at the cloaks blankly, then he looked at Divine with raised brows.
[I thought you said you could only make two cloaks?]
Divine grinned.
[Of course I lied to you.]
Corey's eyes twitched, and without saying anything, he grabbed the cloak and put it on.
Divine chuckled softly, then he put on his cloak, and a few seconds later, they both phased through the wall and disappeared from the room.
After leaving the room, a spider at the ceiling of the room opened its eyes to look at the room beneath it.
Its eyes moved to the map, and after seeing it there, the spider closed its eyes.
If Corey and Divine had seen the spider, they would be thanking their lucky stars that they didn't touch the map nor did they tamper with the formation, or the spider would have noticed them.
And who knows what disaster would have befell on the duo.
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