Chapter 288 287: Unique Soul and Physique
An entire hour passed after Kiefer left the mirror shop, and as Corey subtly followed and observed him, he was beginning to get frustrated.
At first, he was curious about the story and life of the boy. After watching him for an hour, Corey was beginning to lose his interest.
From what Corey had observed, the boy's job was to collect payment from certain stores.
Obviously, the stores were not giving the boy money for no reason. The boy was a slave who worked for a group called The Dread Vipers.
The Dread Vipers were a notorious group which performed a lot of terrible deeds that was imaginable. One of the deeds that The Dread Vipers was to provide 'protection' to certain stores… at a cost obviously.
The consequences of the shops not paying up the protection money was either complete annihilation of the shop and the family members of every employee of the shop.
Or… Every employee loses something valuable while keeping their lives.
To Corey's surprise, The Dread Vipers were a group which were quite famous in the Internal Area of the City of Sin.
Their leader was a peak tier 3 who was considered to be an above average tier 3 due to his better than average foundation.
The gang had a total of 53 members, and thirty of them were tier 2s. Ten of them were at the peak of tier 2, and they were also considered above average.
When Corey heard this information, he found it a little bit strange that most of the top members had above average.
Why?
Because, that meant the attributes of the top members were most likely in the yellow star realm or the peak of the orange star realm.
Due to racial limitations, humans could not go above the yellow star realm. Therefore, unless a human got external help from a powerful being, item or from something else, a human could never increase their stats past the yellow star.
So, for a human to be considered above average, that meant the human's attributes were in the yellow star realm or orange star realm at least.
Most humans had their attributes in the red star realm, and Corey found it a little bit strange that The Dread Vipers had a lot of tier 2s that were higher than average.
As for how Corey got all this information?
Corey simply paid somebody for information on The Dread Vipers.
"I think I'll leave. There's nothing really interesting about the boy."
"He sometimes get beaten up, spat on, and abused from some owners of the shops. While some just gives him the money without interacting with him or even looking at him. Only the young girl and her mother showed the boy some goodwill."
"Though, the only thing I found interesting about the boy was his perserverance."
"He never complained nor did he show any sign of anger or hate at the owners that treated him poorly."
"... Maybe, he's just used to this sort of treatment?"
Corey furrowed his brows as he ate an apple while sitting on the roof of a building.
He threw the unfinished apple away and with a sigh, he stood up.
"I guess it's in the future something interesting would happen regarding the boy?"
"I'll probably hire some people to watch the boy and girl."
Corey mumbled, then he took one last glance at the boy before taking a step to leave.
[Corey. Stop.]
A surprised and stunned expression appeared on Corey's face when he heard Nina's voice in his head.
When it came to Nina, he had been surprised one too many times ever since he survived the first tribulation of hell.
Now, he didn't even know what to think regarding Nina's constant interaction with him.
"What happened Nina?"
Corey questioned.
[Keep on watching the boy. I'll advise you to take him as your subordinate.]
"What?"
A stunned expression appeared on Corey's face when he heard Nina's words.
This was the first time Nina would say something like taking a subordinate, and Corey was immensely surprised.
"Why do you say so Nina? What's so special about him?"
Corey asked.
[He has an extremely special and rare physique and soul.]
Corey raised his brows.
"Rare and special physique and soul?"
'For Nina to call something rare and special. That means, it's top tier… Extremely top tier.'
Corey looked at the young blessed.
[The boy has a physique called The Celestial Verdant Physique and he has a soul called The Blossomheart Nexus Soul.]
[The physique grants him an exceedingly high affinity with plants and the wood element. His soul gives him the ability to sense and recognize unique plants. His soul gives him the ability to naturally know the characteristics of a plant. Even if he's just seeing it for the first time.]
[He would also know how best to grow the plants, take care care of the plants, and use the plants.]
[He's almost like the perfect gardener.]
A surprised light appeared in Corey's eyes when he heard Nina's remarks about the young boy.
Never did he think that the young boy who he was growing bored of actually possessed such a talent.
His talent was extremely useful, and if Corey was able to win the boy over, the boy would be extremely useful to him.
"If I'm to guess, the leader of The Dread Vipers knows about the boy's talent and he's using the boy to find rare plants that can improve his stats or grant him extraordinary skills."
A light smile appeared on Corey's lips as he observed the young boy with renewed interest.
"I guess I'll have to meet up with the leader of The Dread Vipers very soon."
…
Another hour went by, and to Corey's relief, the boy finally went back to the headquarters of The Dread Vipers.
"What a mess."
Corey's eyes glinted as he observed the headquarters of The Dread Vipers.
The headquarters exuded an ominous aura, filled with the raucous laughter of a group devoid of empathy.
Men lounged carelessly, indulging in drinks and smoke, their demeanor reeking of arrogance. Around them and in the arms of some men were women who were either scantily clad or totally naked.
Their expressions conveying a mix of fear and resignation. It was a place where exploitation thrived, a den of cruelty veiled by false power.
And walking into this den was a young boy who had scars and wounds that would cause men to reel in disgust and fear.
Surprisingly, this young boy walked into the den with no fear and resignation. Only… exhaustion and a strange unbending will.
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