Chapter 239 238: Treasury
As Corey and Divine phased through the wall, leaving the manager's office behind, they found themselves once again in the labyrinthine corridors of the Underworld Emporium. Divine's Vanishing Ring concealed them, allowing them to move undetected.
As they walked to the stairs leading to the top most part of the Emporium, Divine, with a hint of relief in his voice, whispered through their telepathic link, [Good call on leaving the map. It's too risky, and we've already pushed our luck in here.]
After leaving the office of the manager of the Emporium, Divine had thought about his actions and plans regarding the map. He realized that his thoughts on how easy it should have been for him to take the map could be considered foolish.
The map was undoubtedly one of the, if not the most precious object in the Underworld. And there was no way the manager, who was a key existence of the Underworld would not have employed certain measures to make sure the map would not be taken no matter what.
Although, he was a special existence and he had a lot of secrets on his body that would make top mystical beings and even some immortals tremble in fear and greed. He was still a weak tier 3 human at the moment.
Meanwhile, Corey nodded silently, and his mind raced with the implications of what he had seen in the manager's office. The mirror that could teleport the manager was a dangerous revelation, and the fact that they had escaped without triggering any alarms or traps was a stroke of good fortune.
Time went by and Corey and Divine eventually stood in front of a colossal, fortified vault surrounded by four solemn looking tier 3 guards.
[Hmm. I was right to not think about destroying the vault.]
Divine rubbed his chin with his free hand as he studied the vault and formation with interest.
Corey's lips twitched as he looked at the guards who were not aware ot their presence despite being so close to them and the vault.
[Can we please go?]
Divine glanced at Corey, then he sighed and reluctantly moved away from the vault.
[Fine.]
Divine begrudginly replied, then he walked to a certain part of the wall beside the vault with Corey in tow. He gave Corey a similar cloak, and Corey wore it.
[Were you able to cause a flaw in the formations like that of the manager's room?]
Corey asked since Divine never told him about the formations protecting the treasury of the Emporium.
Divine shook his head, and with a gesture toward the wall and the vault, he spoke:
[99% of the formations surrounding the treasury was created by the leaders of the top native forces of New Earth.]
Corey tilted his head, and with a confused tone and furrowed brows, he spoke:
[What do you mean? How does that make it any different from the formations at the manager's office?]
Divine smiled.
[The formations at the manager's office was solely created by the manager. And the manager is not a native of planet New Earth. She's an outsider.]
[The manager has more knowledge than the natives of the planet. So her formations are more difficult to bypass.]
[It's also for this reason that the manager doesn't place any of her possession or anything that piques her interest in the treasury.]
[Her office is much safer than the treasury.]
Corey raised his brows when he heard Divine's words. He was not totally shocked that the manager of the Underworld Emporium was an outsider due to the information given to him by Ashley.
According to Ashley, Corey knew that the actual 'rulers' of the planet were the Outsiders. And for a place like the Underworld to exist, Corey guessed that the Outsiders played a major part in the creation of the Underworld.
Divine looked at Corey whose brows were furrowed in contemplation.
'He doesn't seem surprised by the information on the Outsiders.'
Divine thought with intrigue.
From what he knew, information related to the Outsiders was only known to a few number of people.
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As far as he knew, some people would take a long time before they accepted this information. And, luckily for Divine, he was certain that Corey was not related to any of the people that knew the information.
'I wonder how he knew.'
Divine thought, but decided not to ask.
[You said that the manager would take anything that piques her interest.?]
Corey asked, and Divine nodded.
[Doesn't that mean she'd have taken the powerful artifacts, spells and every other thing that's… priceless?]
Corey had a slight frown as he asked, and Divine shrugged.
[What you said is right. But who knows what'll pique her interest.]
[Also, she might think some artifacts are useless, but they're actually powerful.]
Divine said, and Corey nodded.
Even if the manager took the most powerful artifacts and spells from the treasury for herself, there was nothing they could do about it. He just hoped that he would be able to find a herb that could heal his damaged mana veins.
[Let's go. Countless treasures are waiting for us.]
Corey raised his head, and looked at Divine. He nodded, and Divine transferred his mana to Corey who then poured it into the transparent cloak.
Unknown to the guards, the duo effortlessly phased through the walls, and a second later, they appeared inside the treasury.
As Corey and Divine appeared inside the treasury, they were left in awe.
Corey and Divine found themselves surrounded by the gleam of priceless treasures. The room was enormous, with rows of intricately carved chests, shelves stacked with ancient looking scrolls, and intricate artifacts.
[As expected from the treasury of the Underworld.]
Divine said with his eyes lighting up in greed and glee. He could not suppress his avaricious personality as he looked at the countless treasures in the treasury, and he didn't want to suppress it at all.
He rubbed his hands, then he looked at Corey.
[Don't forget my words. Don't take everything in the treasury so that the Underworld would not perform an intensive and extensive search for the missing treasures.]
Despite saying this, Corey had a strange expression as he looked at Divine who looked like he could not wait to grab every single treasure in the room.
'I think I should be more worried about you.'
Corey thought, but he didn't say anything and just nodded in response.
[Great! Let's take back our treasures shall we.]
An evil chuckle escaped Divine's lips as he walked to the treasures.
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